Counterpoint: Xiaomi becomes India's top smartphone maker, beats Samsung

28 January 2019
Samsung has been #1 in India since it dethroned Nokia back in 2012. Meanwhile, Jio quickly took over the featurephone market.

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YoloBS, 29 Jan 2019No offence but what Samsung doing in features phone list. T... moreAs if the worst class xiaomi has released a feature phone !!!

    Anonymous, 29 Jan 2019Ads in MIUI phones are becoming worse. I made a mistake by ... moreZero ads in my Xiaomi. "Promoted apps" is set to off. Just as an example. Only normal ads in some free apps, which is unrelated to MIUI.

      Xiaomi can release and THRIVE on releasing a $300 "true" flagship and only earning barely $15 in profit.

      Everyone else can't.

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        Anonymous, 29 Jan 2019Pls don't group Sony together with the likes of those compa... moreUnique, because they literary does not exist today in low and mid segment in mobile phones, even in Japan or? There is no new sony phones from mid range at all.
        I agree, unique, but it was unique back in the days (2011-2015)..

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          Anonymous, 29 Jan 2019Ads in MIUI phones are becoming worse. I made a mistake by ... moreYou can always try to sell it to someone, and buy another brand, maybe one of those upcoming low end Samsung devices from M series.

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            • 29 Jan 2019

            Mix 3, 28 Jan 2019Well, maybe, but maybe he/she is right because i saw anothe... moreAds in MIUI phones are becoming worse. I made a mistake by buying a Xiaomi device for a family member.

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              Anonymous, 29 Jan 2019Indians don't buy Huawei?If Huawei do not make the devices in India, probably not possible to be competitive on prices due to tariffs, taxes and etc...

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                • 29 Jan 2019

                Of course cheap price items will be sold more than the expensive ones. Samsung sell 1 Galaxy S series vs 5-8 Redmi phones.. Lol.. Just compare how much Galaxy S series number of sales vs Mi flagship series sales. Yes Galaxy S series is pricey because of high quality product and brand itself.

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                  AnonD-731363, 28 Jan 2019Makes m happy knowing Xiaomi beats Scamsung and others so c... morePls don't group Sony together with the likes of those companies and learn your lesson. Sony is unique.

                    Samsung millenium goal(galaxy M series ) out dated

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                      • 29 Jan 2019

                      No offence but what Samsung doing in features phone list. They didn't Care about feature phones. They didn't even release a smart feature phone. They can relese a feature phone with their own tizen os .

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 29 Jan 2019

                        Indians don't buy Huawei?

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                          • 29 Jan 2019

                          BigDisplay, 28 Jan 2019Well done Xiaomi and well deserve Samsung. Sammy going dow... moreSamsung is making flour and bread while Xiaomi is serving bread.

                          Flour -- Components
                          Bread -- Smartphone

                            If the Government increases monthly payments to people,makes more job openings,invests into better transport,better economical benefits for people,the number of smartphone users will increase even more.Indians are one of the top 3 phone lovers in the world.Investing in India is the smartest move you can do as a potential company.

                              Well done Xiaomi and well deserve Samsung.
                              Sammy going down with their smartphones most places now.

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                                Gone, 28 Jan 2019Maybe you ask too much of someone with such reasoning, who ... moreWell, maybe, but maybe he/she is right because i saw another comments here for Xiaomi ads in settings menu (really)?. So.. I guess this is region(s) stuff, because i was using in the past like 5-10 differente Xiaomi phones (now also using one) with diff MIUI, without any settings, to turn off something, and those ads newer show up in setting menu. In other Xiaomi apps (if we dont turn of recommandations) yes. So i guess thats something regional, for example, if we change region from Germany to India, 4-5 new apps just start to install like Amazon, Flipkart and similar. And i agree, Xiaomi need to stop this, better to increase price pf their phones. Those ads we have in most of the aps from playstore anyway, like Viber, every time when we quit call ads pop up, with games its the same, at least we, users sont need ads in stock MIUI software (with global stable version(s).

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                                  Mix 3, 28 Jan 2019If thats true, it seems that only case if someone set regio... moreMaybe you ask too much of someone with such reasoning, who only criticizes and is unable to find out or figure out how to set up their phone without adds. To know if he is able to find his navel ...

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                                    X41, 28 Jan 2019Ads on setings menu...lot of money right thereIf thats true, it seems that only case if someone set region to India? Because other(s) does not have ads in settings menu hehe..
                                    And, btw, for Xiaomi noob users (that will be you).. You can disable ads in Xiaomi Security, download, Music apps by 'turn off recommandations'. Try it, maybe ads will desappear even from MIUI settings

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                                      • 28 Jan 2019

                                      Ads on setings menu...lot of money right there

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                                        • 28 Jan 2019

                                        Well this is what happens when you actually listen to what most people want:
                                        value for money.