Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi plans to open an office in Russia. This was reported TASS the President of the Chinese company lei Jun.
“We plan to open an office in Russia, we have this opportunity,” he said. A “defined time frame yet, but we have an interest not only to the Russian market of smartphones, but also other areas (the Russian market),” – said lei Jun.
According to him, the Russian market of smartphones is the most important for the “Chinese Apple” outside of the PRC.
“The Russian smartphone market is now experiencing a period of rapid growth. We attach most attention is the Russian market and there is expected a substantial increase in sales,” the source said, however, he refused to tell more details about the sales.
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Until June 2016 in Russia is not carried out official sales of Xiaomi smartphones, although “grey” devices were sold in the online stores. First to officially implement the smartphones of the brand began a retail network of “Svyaznoy”, began selling model Mi4i, announced in April 2015.
In October 2016, in Moscow, opened Russia’s first mono-brand store of Xiaomi. Sales of it are carried out by the distributor of the brand, RDC Group, who said that in the near future our country will have several salons Xiaomi, including in regional centres.
At the beginning of its existence, the brand Xiaomi has quickly gained popularity by offering users a device with premium specifications at affordable prices. The company received the nickname “Chinese Apple” for copying the look and feel of the iPhone in their smartphones. Due to the rapid rise of a brand of lei is called “the Chinese Steve jobs”.
