WEEK 4 (04-09.05.2021) Xiaomi IoT

 

What is Xiaomi Mi?

I think that each of us has heard about the xiaomi company, perhaps many have a phone or a fitness tracker of their production, but are there many people here who know how large their assortment is? A couple of years ago, I thought that xiaomi produces only phones and the devices and electronics attached to them, but then I began to wonder what else they do, and found out that they have products for almost all occasions.

Officially Xiaomi, but sometimes called Mi for short, let’s find out who the heck this Chinese manufacturing giant is? Confusingly, the ‘MI’ logo actually stands for ‘Mobile Internet’ but someone in the branding team decided it looked better with a small case ‘i’ in the product range, hence the Xiaomi Mi range. Xiaomi was officially founded in April 2010 as developers of their own Android operating system MIUI. After a few series of funding, Xiaomi went on to announce their first smartphone, the Xiaomi Mi 1 which was released in 2012 featuring a Snapdragon S3, 1GB or RAM and a 4 inch display. In the beginning, they were online only but then went on to open their first physical store in China, in 2015. Just two years later in 2017, Xiaomi celebrated opening their 100th store and continue to expand inside & outside of China. After successfully manufacturing smartphones, Xiaomi was on the lookout to expand its product lines. It did and still does this by acquiring smaller tech companies then integrates them into their product line.

What are they makes?

Xiaomi makes everything… Smartphones, Tablets, Laptops, TV’s, TV Boxes, Electric Scooters, Drones, Rice Cookers, Smart Lights, Kettles, Headphones, Speakers, Robot Vacuum Cleaners, Segways, VR Headsets and now even home furnishing and fashion!
So if you haven’t heard of the Chinese Giant Xiaomi before, then shame on you! They’ve won a whole host of design & innovation awards for their huge selection of products!

Xiaomi Mi Robot Vacuum Cleaner

If you’re still vacuum’ing your own floors, then I’ve got news for you! You can now grab yourself a little hockey puck shaped robot that’ll clean your home while you’re out at work! The intelligent little puck uses lasers to map out your home, clean it edge-to-edge and then will even go back to it’s charging station all on its own. It's also quite interesting to watch the pet's reaction on it xD

Xiaomi Mi Smart Home Gateway

You'll need this smart home hub in order to control the vast array of Xiaomi smart home sensors. It plugs straight into the mains and doesn't need to be connected via Ethernet, so is about as hassle free a hub as you could hope for.

  

 

Xiaomi Mi Band

This thing, I think, does not need an introduction, since now almost everyone already has it on their hands, even if it is from another production company. A fitness bracelet is a useful thing that helps us monitor the state of the body, especially during exercise or even during sleep.

 

 

 

 

Xiaomi's dash camera

 Dash cameras are a blessing for every driver, especially when it comes to claiming insurance for an accident Without a doubt, Xiaomi's dash cameras use advanced technology that tops many other Cheese in the market. With a 1080P full HD resolution, the Dash Camera has a sufficient screen size of 2.7 inches and weighs 300g

 

  

The Xiaomi Yeelight Candela

The Xiaomi Yeelight Candela is a nifty replacement for candle It has the features of a candle with its light flickering feature. It'll surely help you elevate the ambience of a room. This simple device not only looks beautiful but it is the perfect device that can elevate the ambience and even create a romantic setting at home.

 

 

  

What else?

If you do not particularly like all these smart home accessories, since in fact there are many that are not very necessary or for very lazy people, then you can still pay attention to non-electronic xiaomi products!

Xiaomi is making its way through into the lifestyle products, especially with those backpacks. This lightweight has a carrying capacity up to 10 kg The nylon material is water resistant. Although bag isn't smart like most Xiaomi Products, it's still made from high quality materials and will easily weather the contents from the environment. The 4 grade water repellent material effectively resists the rain.

 

Xiaomi Mi Pen

Well, the Xiaomi Mi Pen is a pen. No, not a Bluetooth pen, nor a pen with a radio. A pen and that's it. However, according to most of the opinions, it seems to be a very comfortable rechargeable pen of excellent quality. However, the Xiaomi Mi Pen uses exclusively ink made by Premec, so it can be difficult to find.

This is just a small part of what xiaomi produces, they also have Toothbrushes, Sneakers, Car pumps, Screwdrivers and much, much more.

 

 

Is Xiaomi a good brand?

Xiaomi is an amazing brand and it's one of the biggest brands in China and all over the world. In just 8 years, they have grown by leaps and bounds to become on the largest and affordable consumer brands in the world. Although Xiaomi's lines of products are affordable, the quality of tech and engineering is absolutely amazing There of course other brands such as Huawei that deliver phones with a similar price range of Xiaomi smartphones But Xiaomi is really pushing the envelope when it comes to gadgets.

Is Xiaomi better than Samsung?

Ever wondered how those budding Chinese phone brands like Xiaomi lasted this long? Well, it not that complicated While Xiaomi is definitely not as wealthy as big brands like Apple or Samsung. They Lasted this long purely due to quality. They actually sold pretty high-end tech and managed to snag some of Samsung's market share because they priced it at one-third of Samsung's So, it is indeed better than Samsung in terms of tech. However, Samsung's brand value is really high so its an up hill battle for Xiaomi

Sources:
https://www.xiaomitoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/xiaomi-backpacks-780x405.jpg
https://bestxiaomiproducts.com/best-xiaomi-products-you-must-buy/
https://img.mysku.me/uploads/pictures/00/26/92/2018/03/16/4209c4.jpg
https://www.xiaomitoday.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/xiaomi-mi-store-varsavia-1.jpg
https://www.review-hub.co.uk/best-xiaomi-stuff-gadgets-tech/
https://bestxiaomiproducts.com/best-xiaomi-gadgets/
https://www.tollotoshop.com/best-selling-products-xiaomi-china/

Questions: 

1. Did you know that xiaomi has a very large range of products, not only phones?
2. Which brand do you prefer(Apple, Samsung etc.) and why? (perhaps there will be a matter of safety and trust among the reasons)
3. Which smart gadgets do you have at home and is it produced by xiaomi? (I have xiaomi : phone, weight scale, knives, TV, Robot Cleaner, thermometer, kettle, mi band and really want that Candela ^^)