„China’s iPhone killer is unoriginal but amazing“

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Xiaomi seems to be following Samsung’s method of copying Apple while it is starting out, and (hopefully) once it feels it has gotten enough traction, it will start coming up with its own designs. The Galaxy S was definitely a derivative product, but once Samsung got a little more into the Android smartphone business, it started to go off in its own direction. (A massive worldwide lawsuit-fest between Apple and Samsung helped, too.) If Xiaomi wants to avoid the mess we’ve seen Apple and Samsung go through, it will have to stay relatively close to its home turf until it comes up with its own designs. […]

Xiaomi is a company in need of some self-confidence, though. It has built an amazing device, but it has sullied the Mi4 by cloning the iPhone design. Xiaomi is like an extremely smart student that still cheats off the person next to it because it doesn’t trust itself to come up with the right answer.

Ron Amadeo | Ars Technica

Bis das jedoch nicht passiert, steht Xiaomi für tolle Hardware, zum Kampfpreis, die nicht zufällig wie ein iPhone aussieht, sondern auch freizügig iOS nachbaut und sich mit Marketing-Material schmückt, an dem es keine Rechte hält.

Ich würde wirklich gerne sehen, welchen eigenen Beitrag die Firma von Lei Jun im weltweiten Smartphone-Markt, der sich im Moment exklusiv zwischen Android und iOS aufteilt, leisten könnte.