It is the year of the fire monkey and Chinese smartphone manufacturers are not wasting time in expanding their already growing market. Xiaomi, a world leader in smartphone sales, and Meizu have just secured partnership with a United States mobile carrier, US Mobile to sell their android smartphone units. Xiaomi, who is already fourth in terms of units sold after Samsung and Apple, has already began their aggressive assault to gain more ground in the smartphone market. The company has sold 70 million units in 2015 which was far from their target but is still a good number for me. Only downside I see with Xiaomi is that its customer support and its android rooting community is close to non-existent.
Meizu, the Zhuhai-based electronics company, has posted a modest 8.9 million units sold on the first half of 2015. This might not be as impressive but for a small scale company this sales numbers are not to be trifled with. This company started with selling MP3 and MP4 players on 2003 and moved its gaze to the smartphone market on 2008. This company is not a new player in the market and it is slowly crawling its way to break sales records of giants like Samsung and Lenovo. One way for this company to grow is for them to improve their FlymeOS, which needs has lots of rooms for improvement. Another way for Meizu to gain more customers is to beef up their customer support and must make android rooting easier for their smartphone units.
The Xiaomi Mi4 and the Meizu MX5, the two companies’ flagship models are no pushovers. Hardware-wise, they can compete with other flagship phones but it is their software that is dragging them behind. Aside from the delay in response, some apps do not work well on Meizu’s FlymeOS and Xiaomi’s OxygenOS. But if you want to make your Xiaomi and Meizu phones run a bit faster, you can follow android rooting techniques to take out some bloatware. If not for their very competitive pricing strategy, these two companies will have a hard time selling their goods.
I have to admit these two companies believe in the mantra of strategic placing and pricing of their products but consumers would love for them to innovate and take strides that would again stir the android market. For their own good, I think that innovation is the key for both companies’ growth and survival.
The Xiaomi Mi4 and the Meizu MX5, the two companies’ flagship models are no pushovers. Hardware-wise, they can compete with other flagship phones but it is their software that is dragging them behind. Aside from the delay in response, some apps do not work well on Meizu’s FlymeOS and Xiaomi’s OxygenOS. But if you want to make your Xiaomi and Meizu phones run a bit faster, you can follow android rooting techniques to take out some bloatware. If not for their very competitive pricing strategy, these two companies will have a hard time selling their goods.
I have to admit these two companies believe in the mantra of strategic placing and pricing of their products but consumers would love for them to innovate and take strides that would again stir the android market. For their own good, I think that innovation is the key for both companies’ growth and survival.