Stefan Mileschin

China’s Xiaomi will not suffer from the downturn in smartphone sales as its profits will be driven by sales from smart home devices as well as revenue from its software eco-system.

But last year Xiaomi missed its global smartphone targets by 12 percent, while its third-quarter China smartphone sales have fell by 45 percent. Analysts are a bit worried that the company’s high value might not be still warranted.

But Xiaomi’s global vice-president Hugo Barra said the company’s business model was not based on money made from handset sales and that it did not need to raise more funds or see any point in doing so at a valuation of less than $46 billion.

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