Xiaomi Sees India as Big as China in Smartphone Push

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Xiaomi Corp. sees Indian demand for its smartphones eventually equaling that of its home market China, where the company shipped 15 million devices last quarter to outpace Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc.

“It is the biggest market for us beyond China, it will someday be as big as China,” Xiaomi Vice President Hugo Barra said in a phone interview from Bengaluru. “We are coming into India with full force.”