Exclusive: Xiaomi’s Hugo Barra isn’t even trying to compete with Apple and Samsung in India
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New data suggests However, that doesn’t seem to affect the Taiwan-based smartphone manufacturer, widely considered China’s Apple. In an interview with Business Insider, Vice President Hugo Barra mentioned the company doesn’t have sales targets, only manufacturing targets.
Up to 51% of the entire smartphone market in the fourth quarter last year was limited to the top 30 cities. New Delhi and Mumbai were the top 2 cities in terms of numbers.
We caught up with Hugo at the Redmi Note 3 launch in New Delhi, and got chatting.
P.S: This was our first
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What are your targets for the Redmi Note 3?
We don’t have sales targets, only manufacturing targets.
We haven’t shared our production target figures yet. We’re aiming to have a couple of hundred thousand in the first month, and ramp up soon.
How much of your phones are manufactured in India?
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Any plans of launching in the US or UK?
Nothing in an announceable time-frame.
What about the ongoing Patent litigation?
I can’t really comment on any active litigation.
We’ve been proactively engaging with patent authorities. Last year we filed close to 2-3k patents. It’s not only in China, but in other markets as well. It’s not the same patent everywhere, all the time.
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