Xiaomi Wikipedia. Coordinates 3. 95. N1. 162. 63. 0E 3. N 1. 16. 4. 41. 6E 3. Xiaomi Inc. stylized as Mi2 Chinese Mandarin jaumi  listen, Chinese pinyin Xiom Kj, literally millet technology 3English or is a privately owned Chineseelectronics and software company headquartered in Beijing. It is the worlds 5th largest smartphone maker in 2. Xiaomi designs, develops, and sells smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics. Since the release of its first smartphone in August 2. Xiaomi has gained market share in mainland China and expanded into developing a wider range of consumer electronics, including a smart home Io. T device ecosystem. The companys founder and CEO is Lei Jun, Chinas 2. Forbes. The company sold over 6. Enjoy free after mailin rebate deals and freebies usually with free shipping. Please read the rebate form before purchasing. ClockmClock. The company has over 8,0. China, India, Malaysia,1. Singapore, and is expanding to other countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines and South Africa. According to IDC, in October 2. Xiaomi was the third largest smartphone maker in the world, following Samsung and Apple Inc., and followed by Lenovo and LG. Xiaomi became the largest smartphone vendor in China in 2. Samsung, according to an IDC report. Xiaomi is the worlds 4th most valuable technology start up after it received US1. Xiaomis valuation more than US4. Xiaomi entered the Indian market in July 2. Flipkart. com and entered the Bangladeshi market via Solar Electro Bangladesh Limited in August 2. EtymologyeditXiaomi is the Chinese word for millet. In 2. 01. 1 its CEO Lei Jun suggested there are more meanings than just the millet and rice. He linked the Xiao part to the Buddhist concept that a single grain of rice of a Buddhist is as great as a mountain, suggesting Xiaomi wants to work from the little things, instead of starting by striving for perfection,1. Mobile Internet and also Mission Impossible, referring to the obstacles encountered in starting the company. Android. Heres a video test which shows whether or not iOS 11. OS 11. 0. x releases. Geekbench 2 Ipad' title='Geekbench 2 Ipad' />10. IOS. He also stated that he thinks the name is cute. In 2. 01. 2 Lei Jun said that the name is about revolution and being able to bring innovation into a new area. Xiaomis new Rifle processor2. Communist Party of Chinas millet and rifle revolutionary idiom2. Second Sino Japanese War. HistoryeditEarly beginningseditXiaomi was co founded by eight partners on 6 April 2. In the first round of funding, institutional investors included Temasek Holdings, a Singaporean government owned investment company, the Chinese venture capital funds IDG Capital and Qiming Venture Partners,2. Qualcomm. 3. 0 On 1. August 2. 01. 0, Xiaomi officially launched its first Android based firmware MIUI. The Xiaomi Mi. 1smartphone was announced in August 2. It was shipped with Xiaomis MIUI firmware which is based on Android and resembles Samsungs Touch. Wiz and Apples i. OS. The device could also be equipped with stock Android. In August 2. 01. 2 Xiaomi announced the Xiaomi Mi. The phone was powered by Qualcomms. Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8. GHz quad core Krait chip featuring with 2 GB of RAM and the Adreno 3. GPU. 3. 3 The company said on 2. September 2. 01. 3 that the company had sold over 1. Mi. 2 devices over the preceding 1. Mi 2 smartphones were sold by wireless phone vendor Mobicity in Australia, Europe, New Zealand, the UK and the US. On 5 September 2. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun announced plans to launch an Android based 4. D capable Smart TV,3. Sony TV manufacturer Wistron Corporation of Taiwan. The company explained the choice as to take advantage of Wistrons skill as a supplier of Sony. In September 2. 01. Xiaomi announced its Mi. Snapdragon 8. 00 MSM8. AB and another by NVIDIAs Tegra 4 chipset. GHz quad core Krait chip featuring with 2 GB of RAM and the Adreno 3. GPU. 4. 0 On 2. 5 September 2. Crack Money Wiz Windows. Xiaomi announced plans to open its first service center in Beijing. By October 2. 01. Xiaomi was reported as the fifth most used smartphone brand in China. In 2. 01. 3 it sold 1. In 2. 01. 4 Xiaomi announced its expansion outside China, with their first stop in Singapore. The international headquarters, which will coordinate all activities including future product launches in the region, will also be set up there. Xiaomis Redmi and Mi. Singapore on 2. 1 February 7 March 2. On 7 March, Xiaomi Mi. Singapore. 4. 8 Following Singapore, the company opened in Malaysia, Philippines and India,4. Indonesia, Thailand, Russia, Turkey, Brazil and Mexico in the following months. On 1. 7 March 2. 01. Redmi Note phablet known as Hong. Mi Note in some Asian markets was announced by Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun. The Redmi Note has a 5. HD display with OGS technology and an octa core processor from Media. Tek. 5. 1 There are two variants of the Redmi Note, one with 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage and the other with 2 GB of RAM and 1. GB of internal storage. It was made available for pre order on 1. March exclusively through a mobile application from Tencent. In April 2. 01. 4 Xiaomi purchased the Internet domain mi. US3. 6 million, the most expensive domain name ever bought in China, replacing xiaomi. Xiaomi domain. 5. In Q2 2. 01. 4, Xiaomi shipped 1. Chinas market, while Samsung shipped slightly more than 1. By July 2. 01. 4, it had sold 5. In November 2. 01. Xiaomi said it would invest US1 billion in television content building. In December 2. 01. Xiaomi completed a round of equity financing led by Hong Kong based technology fund All Stars Investment Limited, a fund run by former Morgan Stanley analyst Richard Ji5. US1 billion, with a valuation of more than US4. In April 2. 01. 5 Xiaomi announced it would make its Mi devices available through two of Indias major e commerce sites, and through offline retailers for the first time. On 2. 3 April 2. 01. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun and VP Hugo Barra came together to announce a new smartphone named Mi 4i in India, the first phone to be launched in India before any other country. Mi Band was launched in the same event. On 3. 0 June 2. 01. Xiaomi announced its expansion into Brazil with the launch of locally manufactured Redmi 2, the first time the company sells a smartphone outside Asia or assembles one outside China. On 2. 4 February 2. Xiaomi launched the Mi 5, with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8. It has a power efficient 5. Full HD 1. 08. 0p display with a 1. LED backlight technology giving a picture of brightness 6. There are models in black, white and gold cases, and available storage of 3. GB, 6. 4 GB, and 1. GB. On 1. 0 May 2. Xiaomi launched the Mi Max, with Qualcomm Snapdragon 6. It has a power efficient 6. Full HD 1. 08. 0p display with 3. Ah battery, 4 GB of RAM, 1. MP back facing camera, a 5 MP front facing unit, and a fingerprint sensor. Shortly after starting to operate in Brazil, the company left the country in the second half of 2. In July 2. 01. 6, Chinese artists Liu Shishi, Wu Xiubo and Liu Haoran became the first ambassadors of Xiaomis Redmi series in China. On 1. 9 April, Xiaomi launched Mi 6, its flagship Snapdragon 8. In May, Xiaomi opened a store MI Homein Bangalore, India, and in Noakhali Bangladesh. On 2. 5 May, Xiaomi released Mi Max 2 in Beijing. Its based on Snapdragon 6. IPS display. On 2. August, new MIUI v. Mi 5x has been released6. On 5 September Xiaomi released Mi A1, which is the first Android one smartphone Created by Xiaomi, Powered by Google. As per key note in the event Xiaomi started working with Google for the Mi A1 Android One smartphone almost six months ago.