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Xiaomi Pledges 'War of Life and Death' Against Apple to Become World's Biggest Smartphone Brand
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Usually companies promise robust competition but not to the point of life/death ... what do they know about future Chinese actions that we do not know?
Yes they did. Before the iPhone, you had Motorola Razr and menu/arrow driven operating systems. For many years, here n MacRumors, there were rumors of an eventual Apple phone that Steve Jobs was pushing - which was the next logical progression from the iPod. Finally it came out, and set a whole new standard which was quickly copied by the Korean companies - with a good head start thanks to Google whose CEO was on the Apple board and had inside info which allowed Google to develop Android which powers these competitors.
Those sentiment and accusations are largely geopolitically motivated, which means, very likely, disinformation.
If those things were legitimate, why not release detailed hacking incidents and resort to lawsuits?
If Western companies are bought by Chinese companies to absorb their IP, that's not stealing.
Also, adopting an idea is not stealing, e.g., true wireless headphones, no headphone jack, notched display, etc., as long as they don't violate patents.
I would have preferred that they were somewhat successful as their remaining option is to take Taiwan.
It is not unusual for brands with a tarnished image to 'rebrand' to obfuscate any negative connotations to its parent company and country of origin.
Another example is samsung in Japan where Apple has a 90%+ market share. samsung devices sold there are branded 'galaxy' due to a virtual boycott of korean goods so they only have galaxy stores[Galaxy Harajuku] which only sells galaxy range of goods(no tvs, washing machines etc ) instead of samsung stores to try to hide its south korean origins . samsungs Japanese website is also unique because its the only samsung regional site without samsung in the url [https://www.samsung.com/jp redirects to https://www.galaxymobile.jp/ ]
It's less that Samsung is a tarnished brand in Japan and more that they are perceived to have encroached on markets that many Japanese consider belonging to their homegrown champions, like Sony, Panasonic, Hitachi, Sharp.
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I would say you are wrong oh how Apple fans keep praising the activist CEO and thinking all your data is safe with Apple.
Cynically speaking I think it’s just the company is less **** than all the other ones. Not that it’s really good.
Did you even read my comment? Or did you just not understand what I said? My comment is literally the opposite of praising Apple.
At this point they are actually one of the worst.
Let's not go there. There are better options out there, such as to comprehensively invest in fundamental research in that area.
It's in China's interest to bleed-out Taiwan first before taking it back, rather than forcibly reuniting Taiwan when its still alive and kicking.
When I say bleeding-out Taiwan, I meant to do so diplomatically, economically, militarily, psychologically, and in terms of Taiwan's leadership.
Basically, a supply chain or a brand that's controlled by the US cabal is a threat to China, as evidenced by Huawei, ZTE, SMIC, etc.
They are not saying China should make everything domestically, but they are saying China should have the ability to make everything domestically without using US cabal technology, and do so swiftly with scale when there is a need.
Lol. Stealing is stealing. And no, it’s not “disinformation”. I’ll put you down as an apologist for an evil regime. Nice chatting!
It's actually pretty easy for them to pass Apple. All they gotta do is keep stealing designs/secrets and make the new phones. They don't have to spend a dime on R&D so sure, they gonna become the World's greatest phone maker.
Trying to increase your Social Credit score in these forums is an “unwise” use of your time, comrade.