On April 6, 2018 and then, Xiaomi even entered the age of stepping on 8 years. Since its founding in 2010, the China-based company started its business with only less than 30 employees. Who would have thought smartphone manufacturers are now successfully transformed into a world brand mobile phone with a position strong enough. Not only that, the millions of loyal users (MiFan) from the products claimed by the vendor has also been a witness to the success of this manufacturer in earning a large sales figures.
Xiaomi managed to change the way we look at Chinese products. The company is focused on delivering the best quality products, attractive designs with the cheapest price tag possible. These are the decisive combinations of the success of a product sold to the market.
So no wonder, Xiaomi’s smartphone quickly gained popularity in the global marketplace which is even one of the fastest growing companies today. The company is expected to have a value of up to USD 100 billion in stock exchanges when its initial share sale will open in late 2018 in Hong Kong.
One of the keys to Xiaomi’s success is his courage to expand its operations to countries in Asia, Europe and even the United States.
In its first year of operation, Xiaomi has released its first version of MIUI OS. It took a year for Xiaomi to release its first smartphone, Xiaomi Mi 1. A year later, Xiaomi released the second Mi 2. Both smartphones sold successfully, with sales surpassing the 10 million units a year after its launch.
Talk about real sales success, felt by Xiaomi during the launch of Xiaomi Mi 3 in October 2013. The company decided to expand its operations globally to Singapore, India, Malaysia and the Philippines in 2014. This is where companies begin to see strong and total growth Xiaomi’s shipment in that year continued to climb to more than 61 million units!
After that period, Xiaomi position as one of China’s smartphone vendors can not be underestimated. Xiaomi intense release of 5-10 series of smartphones every year. Not a few of them are then exploded in the market and a favorite. To commemorate a windu Xiaomi, following eight favorite smartphone besutan the vendors who colored their journey in the last eight years.
1. Xiaomi Mi 3
No doubt, Xiaomi Mi 3 is a revolutionary smartphone. Its specifications include a 5-inch diagonal display and 1080p resolution, quad-core Snapdragon 800 series processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB / 32GB / 64GB ROM, 13MP main camera, Android KitKat OS, MIUI 5 interface and 3,000mAh battery. This smartphone is sold in September 2013 and priced USD 327 (Rp 4.3 million). In its time, Xiaomi Mi 3 is included in the category of powerful phones.
2. Xiaomi Redmi Note 3
After Xiaomi announced the Redmi smartphone lineup in 2013 known as Hongmi in China, the company continued to expand its wings by releasing the famous Redmi series at an affordable price. You need to know, the series Redmi help Xiaomi beat Samsung in China before Q2 2014. Since then Xiaomi incarnate into a company whose development continues to grow high. The launch of Redmi Note 3 is the real turning point of Xiaomi’s success. The phone that was released November 2015 has everything you expect in a middle-class smartphone.
Its performance relies on Helio X10’s Snapdragon 650 / MTK processor, 2GB / 3GB RAM, 16GB / 32GB ROM, featuring a 5.5-inch screen with 1080p resolution, 16 MP main camera, Android Lollipop, MIUI 7 and a 4.050 mAh power battery.
3. Xiaomi Mi Max
One year later, Xiaomi had to feel quite a bitter sales figure. 2016 is indeed the worst year for the company, although the vendor is still able to spawn innovative products to the global market. Through the Mi Max series, Xiaomi managed to reap a very high sales.
Xiaomi Mi Max comes with a 6.44 inch wide screen and 1080p resolution. This smartphone is marketed in two processor options, Snapdragon 650 and Snapdragon 652. Its performance is also assisted by a combination of RAM each of 2GB / 3GB / 4GB with 16GB / 32GB / 64GB / 128GB internal storage options.
The entire Mi Max variant is also equipped with a micro SD card slot. Smartphone that was introduced in May 2016 is also equipped with 16 MP main camera. Mi Max runs Android OS v7.0 Nougat and displays MIUI 8. The overall device operation relies on a battery capacity of 4.850mAh.
Actually quite natural if Mi Max quickly became hits because in that year, not many OEMs who released sailing smartphone of Xiaomi Mi Max is crammed with great spesikasinya but with the official price is quite affordable.
4. Xiaomi Mi Note 2
The launch of this model marks an important milestone for Xiaomi. Xiaomi Mi Note 2 is the first curved smartphone display released by Xiaomi. This smartphone has its own meaning from the development of innovation double curved screen design made by Xiaomi on the front and rear.
In addition to Samsung, at that time it is not many smartphone manufacturers who managed to release a smartphone with a curved screen design like that. The birth of Xiaomi Mi Note 2 seems to be a testament to the company’s ability. Mi Note 2 also so leverage the image of the company from the original who just dwell on making cheap smartphones into a smartphone maker top. The presence of this high-end mobile phone offers the latest technology that compete pitted with other global smartphone brands.
Devices released in October 2016 comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 chip, 4GB / 6GB RAM option, 64GB / 128GB ROM option, Android OS v7.1 Nougat and MIUI interface 8. This smartphone also comes with 5.7-inch Curved AMOLED screen on 1080p resolution. The photography sector is equipped with the main camera 22.5 MP resolution. For overall device operation, this smartphone is equipped with a 4.070mAh battery power capacity.
5. Xiaomi Mi Mix