Angry at the fans for being caught using an iPhone, the Xiaomi CEO was fortunate to be the partner of the defense

Apple products are popular in China, so it’s not surprising to see wealthy people using iPhones in the country. But if it was the CEO of a major phone company in China like Xiaomi like Mr. Lei Jun, that would be much more amazing. The undeniable proof of this is his recent Weibo post.

The post “counterclaim” by Mr. Lei Jun.

Weibo often detects which smartphone is being used to post an article, and in the past, it was used as a way to see which unreleased smartphones were in development. But sometimes it backfires like this case of Mr. Lei Jun.

At that time, Xiaomi’s CEO was sharing an article to encourage fans to buy some useful books. But netizens Weibo quickly discovered the article was posted by the Xiaomi founder from an iPhone. Finally from the innocuous post, this incident sparked outrage among fans of this brand.

More significantly, just a few days ago, the official fanpage of Xiaomi also posted a “cool” image of Apple’s newly released iPhone SE 2020, when tacitly criticizing this newly launched smartphone with an outdated design as well as Battery life is too low. While this disparaging post was extremely popular with fans, Xiaomi’s actions of using the iPhone made them even more angry.

Mr. Lei Jun appeared to have deleted the post, but a Xiaomi partner, Pan Jiutang, defended Lei. He said that if any CEO or product manager of any smartphone brand claims not to use Apple, Samsung or the phones of other competitors, it is all hypocritical.

The defense of Pan Jiutang, a partner of Xiaomi.

He also said that creativity sometimes has to be accompanied by copying and then improving based on what is already there. In fact, Huawei’s CEO, Richard Yu and Realme’s CEO also use iPhones. Even Li Nan, the former director of Meizu, once revealed that after leaving the company, he also switched to using iPhone.

Moreover, Mr. Lei Jun is said to have stated that Xiaomi officials and employees are not prohibited from using equipment from rival brands. But that did not ease the anger from fans when it was embarrassing that the Xiaomi founder used the iPhone.

The post was shared by Lei Jun with the Xiaomi 10 Pro

At least maybe we all know why the MIUI user interface looks so iOS.

Refer to GizmoChina