
Xiaomi ships 100 million smartphones faster than expected
China's second biggest smartphone maker is now the biggest in India
Xiaomi passed their own target to ship 100 million smartphones in 2018 -- boasting that they reached it two months before the end of the year.
How Xiaomi forged a unique path
Of course, that’s shipped, not sold -- we don’t know how many of those actually ended up with consumers. And it’s way behind some of its competitors. China’s biggest smartphone vendor, Huawei, hit 100 million handsets shipped in July. It’s targeting shipments of 200 million handsets this year.

Hands-on with the sliding Xiaomi Mi MIX 3
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