Review of Xiaomi's low-end model, the $130 Red Rice. http://www.techinasia.com/xiaomi-hongmi-review-photos/ …
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Replying to @benthompson
@monkbent confused. My understanding is Xiaomi sells hdwr. near cost to sell pay services. Never see that mentioned in reviews. ???1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @eric_perlberg
@eric_perlberg because gadget sites are generally clueless about business models1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @eric_perlberg
@eric_perlberg a bit if everything. Games, apps, ebooks, ads, paid themes, search. It's like Apple only making profit on iTunes/apps etc2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @benthompson
@monkbent or Google selling hardware at cost to profit from the Play store without the hidden advertising revenue? Hard to take seriously.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @eric_perlberg
@eric_perlberg well, that's why it should be taken curiously. A competitor who lives on much smaller margin is much more dangerous1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @benthompson
@monkbent those sort of dots are always easier to connect looking back. I’ll remain incredulous.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@eric_perlberg yes. Agree they've sort of jumped the shark, as it were.
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