2016年CRI Chinese Firms to Shine in MWC 2016

 

Apart from Samsung Galaxy¹ S7 and LG G5, analysts² are expecting new emerging Chinese players like Xiaomi and Huawei to pop out in this year's MWC in Barcelona, Spain.

Editor at Mobilegeeks Sascha Pallenberg says he is looking forward to Xiaomi's new flagship Mi5.

"Well, it is going to be the show of the flagships. So Samsung is launching its latest Galaxy S7, and the Galaxy S7 Edge. And we will see also the LG G5. Plus for the very first time, and I'm really excited about this, we will see a launch of the new Xiaomi, on the Wednesday of Mobile World Congress. This amazing, incredible, Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi is going to launch the Xiaomi Mi5."

A latest survey shows that Xiaomi's global market share grew to some 6 percent last year.

Its Chinese peer Huawei has also climbed to the third biggest worldwide exporter of smartphones, after Samsung and Apple.

At the same time, Samsung's global market share has decreased to 21 percent from a previous mark of 32 percent.

The South Korean firm has also been elbowed out of the top three vendors³ in the Chinese market by competitors like Xiaomi and Huawei.

Pallenberg thinks that low prices are the reason for the emergence⁴ of Chinese firms.

"The real competition is happening in the market below 200 (US) dollars. And actually the real innovation, in my opinion, is happening there. Because right now, you can buy a Chinese phone at the price point of 200 dollars that delivers flagship device specs of devices that costs like seven, eight hundred dollars about two years ago. So, this is where the real disruption, where the real competition is happening."

Faced with cheap Chinese smartphones, companies like Samsung and LG are trying to stay competitive by introudcing new features, faster processors, and better cameras.

Amir Tamannai, editor at Giga Android, thinks they will also have to boast lower prices.

"For us as a customer it is a good thing, because the Chinese phones, as I said, they are good phones. So you can buy cheap phones which are just coming from China. And, if Samsung and other players react that would mean that devices of traditional manufacturers would go down in pricing too, which would be a good thing for the customer."

The Mobile World Congress runs from Monday to Thursday of next week.

More than 95 thousand attendees and 2 thousand exhibitors are expected to attend.

For CRI, this is Fei Fei.

1 galaxy   

n.星系；银河系；一群(杰出或著名的人物)

参考例句：

• The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
• The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。

2 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

3 vendors   

n.摊贩( vendor的名词复数 )；小贩；（房屋等的）卖主；卖方

参考例句：

• The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
• At the same time, interface standards also benefIt'software vendors. 同时，界面标准也有利于软件开发商。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

4 emergence   

n.浮现，显现，出现，（植物）突出体

参考例句：

• The last decade saw the emergence of a dynamic economy.最近10年见证了经济增长的姿态。
• Language emerges and develops with the emergence and development of society.语言是随着社会的产生而产生，随着社会的发展而发展的。