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Xiaomi won the battle over its last phone. The new Xiaomi 15s Pro starts from 5499 yuan ($ 764)-which makes it eligible to obtain a proposal discount for the state-which is much cheaper than Apple models that contain the most advanced phone segment in the company. The iPhone 16 Pro starts from 7,999 yuan, while the iPhone Pro Max starts at 9999 yuan-higher from 6000 yuan to oppose the Chinese government for consumers.

Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi, claims that his company has a competitive segment, saying at the launch event on Thursday that the new Xiaomi Xring O1 Beat A18 Pro on many technical standards, including the ability to play a game with less heat.

CNBC has not independently fulfilled these allegations. CNBC contacted Apple to comment.

“The number one Apple is still one,” she said in Mandarin, according to CNBC. He said that the performance of Xring O1 should not be considered an attempt to pressure Apple, but rather as an indication of the great effort made by Xiaomi to develop a similar processor.

The United States has increasingly restricting China’s ability to reach high -end equipment to develop advanced semiconductors used to train artificial intelligence models.

LEI did not discuss any large AI’s features for 15s Pro, but showed how it could be used to lock a compatible car and lock it.

He announced that Xiaomi will spend 200 billion yuan on research and development in the next five years, starting in 2026, and expected to grow revenue by 30 % this year.

Lee had disturbed the 3 nm chip last week on the Chinese social media application. He later indicated Period in Green Production She said that the company will invest at least 50 billion yuan ($ 6.9 billion) over the next ten years in developing its chips.

IPhone 16 Pro and PRO MAX use A18 Pro chips based on the same Nanomere 3 process.
About 40 % of Xiaomi phones are currently used by Qualcomm and MediaTek, according to the CONTERPOINT research partner.

On a social media, Li told me that Xiaomi spent 13.5 billion (1.87 billion dollars) over a period of four years to develop Xring O1. He revealed that the company started developing chips in 2014 and unveiled one in 2017, before this research temporarily suspended.

Last spring, Xiaomi launched its first electric car, SU7 sedan, at $ 4000 less than the price of Tesla’s Model 3 at the time. Ford Jim Farley CEO said he spent months driving the Xiaomi Electric, as he tried to evaluate competition from Chinese car manufacturers.

The first four -wheel drive vehicle will be released in Xiaomi, which is called Yu7, officially in July, He told me In a post on social media, noting that the price of the car will not be revealed on Thursday. Lei shared some promotional photos and auto features in this event.

The company handed over more than 28,000 vehicles In April, it was recorded for more than 29,000 during the previous month. This comes after the SU7 is crashed in China, which left three dead people. China has since requested car manufacturers to use a more conservative language when announcing drivers assistance systems.

Xiaomi was appointed to release the results of the first quarter on May 27, after the company was informed in March Revenue and net profit for 2024. Last year, sales on foreign markets constituted nearly 42 % of total revenue.

The shares of the company remain above 50 % on an annual basis.

– Arjun Kharpal from CNBC and Bernice Ooi contributed to this report.