Xiaomi introduced a TV, it was like 49 inches, it's like 400 bucks. They're air purifiers that are all this, they're internet of things, air purifiers in TVs. All interact with the Xiaomi layer on the smart, smartphone. It's called a meet me UI. There's an app. It integrates with your phone. The water purifier that's going to come out integrates withYour phone,. The health monitor have integrates with Your Phone. This is the serve, this is the service layer among their other products. And if you think about it, Like what, what age, what, what Age are Xiaomi's fans? And they're teens, early
Ben and James discuss Xiaomi’s ambition to own the home, why we’re frustrated with patents, why the West is unfair to the developing world, and what makes China unique.
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- Jordan Lewis: Exponent Bingo – Twitter
- Ben Thompson: Xiaomi’s Ambition – Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Handicapping the Internet of Things – Stratechery
- When Charles Dickens fell out with America – BBC
- To Live (The film about the Cultural Revolution) – Wikipedia
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