Recent reports have revealed that there has been a decline in smartphone shipments across the globe. However, Xiaomi is one of the companies along with Huawei, Apple, Samsung, Vivo and OPPO that have managed to decent results. On the last day of the year 2018, Xiaomi has released a short video to lookback on its achievement this year.
The video begins with the Xiaomi’s IPO event in Hong Kong in June. The company that was founded on April 6, 2010 issued its IPO in July for HK$17 per share. Hong Kong is one of the largest capital-raising centers in the world it also offers dual-class shares like the New York Stock exchange.
The video then showcases some of the smartphones, smart home products and technologies that it launched this year such as Mi 8, Mi MIX 3, Mi 8 Lite, wireless charging, vacuum cleaner, foldable electric bicycle and so on. Xiaomi has also cooperated with different brands including IKEA this year. The video also reminds Xiaomi’s promise of capping hardware income margin at 5 percent.
The year 2019 will be a bigger year for Xiaomi since it will be launching the Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 5G as its first 5G smartphone. The Mi 9 and Mi MIX 4 could be the company’s first smartphones to come equipped with triple rear cameras.
omi Speculations are rife that Xiaomi may also debut its first foldable smartphone in 2019. It is expected to sport a fold-out design and is rumored to carry a cheaper price tag. As far as the beginning of the year 2019 is concerned, Xiaomi’s President has confirmed that the company will be announcing a new smartphone with 48-megapixel in January. Rumors surrounding it claim that it could be a Redmi series flagship phone. Some reports have also claimed that it could be the Redmi Pro 2 smartphone.
The Chinese manufacturer is also expected to debut Redmi Go as its first Android Go device. The Redmi 7 Pro and Poco F2 are some of the other devices to look out for in 2019.
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