Xiaomi, Huawei smartphone chiefs in tit-for-tat over who has best camera specs
- Xiaomi wants overseas markets to account for more than half its annual revenue
- Huawei has countered Xiaomi’s lower priced models with the Honor brand
Two Chinese smartphone makers have publicly traded barbs over whose camera has the best specs, signalling intensified competition as phone brands face a saturated domestic market coupled with escalating US-China trade tensions.
Lei Jun, the CEO of Xiaomi – the country’s fourth largest phone brand – said at the launch of its Mi Mix 3 in Beijing on Thursday that its camera specifications were better than the P20 Pro from leading local vendor Huawei Technologies.
That prompted a retort from Richard Yu Chengdong, chief executive of the Huawei Consumer Business Group.
“Any smartphone maker cannot surpass Huawei’s P20 Pro in a short period of time. Only we can surpass ourselves,” Yu said in a social media posting.
The Huawei P20 Pro, which claims to offer professional-level photo shooting at night, is also the first smartphone in the world market to offer a triple camera set-up, but at a starting price of 5,288 yuan (US$760).
