That's always the question from other people to me too. lol

Honor 3C has been on sales for 2 months and it's still selling like a hotcake.. wonder wonder.. Xiaomi is relatively new tho. 1 mth plus..

No doubt, china branded phone had bad reputation for the past, and i always reply them "never try never know, once u try, hari hari mau!" Lol...

huawei is already a international reputable company, local ppl more confident to this kind large company than xiaomi though.

seeing their operation style, huawei bring stock here first then sell, ship out next day, fast and efficient. and having local retail channel.

xiaomi don even have a base to keep phone stock (not even plan to?), all send by international courier only and take around 1 week time, let alone strengthen their international product image through local retail kiosk / IT fair.

that makes grey importer can compete at this weak point.

another matter is 'xiaomi' is a too china name, when they wanna appear in overseas market, only find out this name seems under ppl perception not at par with other maker name.

Xiao mi is follow apple style, order online then send from china warehouse, easy control and their courier ups / fedex is just like working for them. They dont need other warehouse in other country coz they store all stocks at china, in future not sure lar. Like this strategy, their shipping cost would be higher compared to bulk shipping, but they save cost for warehouse too.

Hmmm, you would prefer them to have an English name? Like LG, Sony? Normally brands reflect country of origin, like Huawei, Apple, Samsung, etc.

takes time to change their mentality. for most, 'made in china' means low quality. not the case anymore

Dont u know? They already changed their product name from XIAOMI to MI ! Still sounds not international to u?

Not quite true 'made in chine' means low quality. Look at Apple products. Nearly all made in china... but the quality is paramount.

can't compare it that way.. QC by individual company.. Apple factory in China, QC still controlled by Applr California.. quality really depends on the company itself.. we are still seeing crap China products around.. and yes, recently there are a lot good product from China as well.. wise consumer will self learning about what what which which

That's why one not supposed generalise that made in china = low quality.

my factory already have 8 user using redmi + redmi note + mi3, even got 1 get the clone hong mi...rugi besar for her...

i show them my newly purchase xiao mi power bank 5200mAh and tell them rm25 only all eyes blink blink... every 1 complaint last time before xiao mi come, we all need to fork out for expensive pb that cost nearly 100 for similar capacity...

then i told them rm25 + comes with 6 months warranty some more, can hear even more father mother calling around...

I order 5k pb for rm25 + 15 shipping, i more noob than ur colleague

Huawei 3C vs Redmi 1S
(but they are in Mandarin)

Link:
Redmi 1s vs. Honor 3C

Next time you should print out the news that Samsung Galaxies exploded and iPhone shock the lady till dead in paper to show time.

Soyacincau comparisons of Huawei Honor 3C vs Redmi 1S

http://www.soyacincau.com/2014/06/23/huawe...iaomi-redmi-1s/
(Engelish)

Redmi 1S at lazada via 1G store @ rm409. Got another rm50 rebate till tomorrow morning.

not much diff with ori set

This post has been edited by Flyguyz: Jul 10 2014, 09:53 PM

Can't comment on the 1S, but, the Honor 3C shown in that link is a different version from the Malaysian set.

APPFRI50
Must purchase via lazada mobile app, more than rm300 total purchase.

AP set though