Taipei Times
Date: Mar 01, 2017
By: Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
Chinese handset maker Xiaomi Corp (小米) yesterday launched its first in-house mobile
Xiaomi Corp CEO Lei Jun presents the Surge S1 chipset at a launch event in Beijing yesterday. Photo: AFP
phone chipset for its new smartphones to better suit clients’ needs, following in the steps of its rivals, including Huawei Technologies Inc (華為).
The new chipset, dubbed Surge S1, is to first be used in Xiaomi’s latest flagship model, the Mi 5c, the company said in a statement at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
The handsets are to be available in China from Friday at online and brick-and-mortar stores for 1,499 yuan (US$218.23) each.
Two-and-a-half years ago, Xiaomi established fully-owned chip design subsidiary Pinecone (松果) to develop chipsets for its own use. [FULL STORY]
