Uma ngabe sikhulume ngezikhathi ezithile ngeXiaomi, kungenxa yesizathu esisodwa esikhulu futhi lokhu bekungukuthi bebenjalo ikwazi ukukhula ngokukhulu eminyakeni embalwa sibonga i-repertoire enkulu yama-smartphones akwazile ukulingana nezidingo zezigidi zabantu emhlabeni jikelele. Izingcingo zabo zingcono kakhulu ukweluleka isihlobo esingafuni ukudlula ngaphezulu kwe- € 150 futhi sifuna i-hardware esezingeni eliphakeme. Umuntu ungena e-Amazon futhi ungathola i-Xiaomi eminingana ukuthi kusuka ebangeni lentengo lama- € 100 kuye ku- € 200 akwazi ukuletha okuhle kakhulu kumsebenzisi.
Olunye lolo chungechunge olwamukele ukwamukelwa okukhulu yiRedmi, ifoni okwakuyiyo ikhishwe ngo-Agasti 2013 futhi lapho umenzi ekwazile ukuthengisa amatheminali angaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-110 emhlabeni jikelele eminyakeni emithathu edlule. Lesi yisibalo uHugo Barra, iphini likamongameli womhlaba wonke weXiaomi, asanda kwabelana ngaso kusuka ku-akhawunti yakhe ye-Twitter futhi wengeza ukuthi iningi labasebenzisi beRedmi ngabantu abaphakathi kweminyaka engama-22 nengama-29 ubudala.
UBarra akazange anikeze noma yiluphi uhlobo lwedatha maqondana nezifunda lapho lolu chungechunge olukhulu olubizwa ngeRedmi luthengiswe kakhulu, kepha wakhuluma ngalo ngesikhathi kwethulwa iMi Max eNdiya. Kuleli selithengise ngaphezu kuka Amayunithi ayisigidi esingu-1 weRedmi Note 3 ezinyangeni eziyisithupha nje kuphela. Ngemuva kweChina, i-India iyimakethe enkulu kunazo zonke yabakhiqizi, inkampani yandisa inethiwekhi yayo yokusabalalisa kuleli lizwe ukufaka nezitolo zezitini nodaka.
UXiaomi uthengise izingcingo eziyizigidi eziyi-110 zeRedmi emhlabeni jikelele selokhu ifoni yethu yokuqala yakwaRedmi yethulwa ngo-Aug 2013. Lokho kungamayunithi angu-1.21 ngomzuzwana eminyakeni emithathu!
- UHugo Barra (@hbarra) July 11, 2016
Ngakho-ke kubonakala ngathi kuleli sonto iqala kahle isinqa, ngemuva kokwazi okungenhla mayelana nama-Mi 5s, ngochungechunge lwezindaba ezizonakwa kakhulu ngabezindaba kanye nalezo zigidi zabasebenzisi abathembe lo mkhiqizo selokhu baqala ukwethula amatheminali anenani elikhulu lemali.