Famous for its 'iPhone clones,' China's Xiaomi said to be mulling first laptop for 2016 to compete with MacBook Air

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun is shown at the launch of the Xiaomi 4 smartphone in Beijing in July 2014. Photo: Simon Song

Xiaomi, which currently ranks as China's top smartphone vendor, is considering the introduction of its first laptop early next year, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, opening a new front in its battle against Apple and Chinas Lenovo Group.

Xiaomi’s notebook may go on sale in the first quarter to compete with such premium computers as Apple’s MacBook Air and Lenovo’s ThinkPad, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private.

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