Ngisayikhumbula leyo minyaka lapho u-Hugo Barra eshiya i-Google eya enkampanini eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Xiaomi. Ngakho-ke konke lokho bekukuningi ... Hhayi-ke, masingalingisi, hhayi kudala. Kepha kubukeka sengathi kudala ukuthi i-Xiaomi izofinyelela eNtshonalanga. Ukusayinwa kukaHugo Barra kubonakale kuwukusayinwa kokwethulwa kwamazwe ngamazwe. Futhi sisathenga amafoni e-Xiaomi ngabasabalalisi bamazwe ngamazwe. Kepha manje, okweshumi nambili, kuthiwa uXiaomi uzofika eNtshonalanga “maduze”.
I-Xiaomi iza eNtshonalanga
U-Hugo Barra uyakusho, futhi ukusho engxoxweni abe nayo ne-Bloomberg, nakuba namanje engakhulumi ngezinsuku noma unyaka wokwethulwa. Akakhulumi ngokuphela kuka-2016. Akakhulumi ngo-2017. Nakuba kubonakala sengathi ukucabanga ngo-2018 njengokungaba "ngokushesha" akunangqondo, akunjalo? Ngakho-ke sizosala sicabanga ukuthi uma kungenjalo kulo nyaka, kuzoba okulandelayo lapho izingcingo ze-Xiaomi zizofika ngokusemthethweni eNtshonalanga. Khona-ke kuyodingeka kuxoxiswane ngokuthi iNtshonalanga iyini. Ingabe babhekisela kuphela e-United States noma eYurophu? Imakethe yaseMelika ifaneleka kakhulu kukho kokubili inani labasebenzisi kanye neqiniso lokuthi i-United States iyizwe elilodwa futhi ayizibeki izinkinga i-Europe ezilethayo mayelana nezimakethe ezahlukene.
Noma kunjalo, imininingwane eyengeziwe mayelana nokuthi ama-smartphone azothengiswa kanjani isiqala ukucaciswa, ngabasabalalisi be-inthanethi, kanye nangokumaketha kwezokuxhumana. Okuhunyushwe eSpain kusho ukuthi lezo ezizodayisa omakhalekhukhwini abaningi yi-Amazon, bese kuba nezinye izitolo eziku-inthanethi ezizophinde zidayise i-Xiaomi, nakuba zingeke zikwazi ukuncintisana ne-Amazon, ngaphandle kwezitolo ezikhethekile kakhulu.
Ezingeni lokumaketha, abadingi ukwenza okwengeziwe. Uhlobo lwaziwa kakhulu eYurophu, futhi abezindaba bazonikeza konke ukuhambisana abakudingayo ekufikeni kwawo eNtshonalanga. Noma kunjalo, yebo, kusazobonakala uma i-Xiaomi ikwazi ukufinyelela eNtshonalanga ngamanani afanayo nalawo enawo e-Asia. Uma kunjalo, kuzoba inkanyezi emakethe ye-smartphone nalapha. Impumelelo enkulu yenkampani incike kuyo.