The announcement caused a stir. On July 15, the Canalys institute placed the smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi for the first time on the second step of global terminal manufacturers. According to its survey, the Beijing group, with 17% market share in the second quarter, has now exceeded Apple in volume (14%), but remains ahead of Samsung (19%). Nevertheless, with a posted growth of 83%, the one who, a year ago, was still only an outsider today has the ambition to dethrone the Korean. For Ben Stanton, director of research at Canalys, this breakthrough of the Chinese brand can be explained firstly...