On the evening of August 14, 2023 #雷军年度演讲 #在国家会议中心拉开帷幕，这是雷军举办的第4次年度演讲。 with the theme of “growth”
“I didn't expect it to be so difficult to be high-end.” In his speech, Lei Jun said that Xiaomi is a leader in the mobile phone industry, including high-tech companies such as Apple, Samsung, and Huawei. If Xiaomi doesn't do high-end, it will eventually lose its competitiveness.
Lei Jun said that Xiaomi has invested tens of billions of dollars in high-end products over the years, the initial products were not very successful, and there was a lot of pressure.
According to Lei Jun, the Xiaomi 13 almost died before it went on sale. There was intense debate at the project planning meeting, and more than half of the opinions opposed continuing to make the screen smaller. It was almost abandoned before going public. Lei Jun insisted on convincing everyone that although it's not on the parameter list, feel is the most important user experience. Fortunately, the product team went back and forth. In the end, the ill-fated Xiaomi 13 came out.
“Some users said that buying a pair of Xiaomi and not paying for it shocked my heart. But in the end, Xiaomi 13 was a success and was well received by Xiaomi's 'Thirteen Fragrances'.” Lei Jun said that the success of this product is of great significance to Xiaomi, and the company has won a phased victory. I believe Xiaomi products will get better and better in the future.
Radar Finance noticed. In 2022, Xiaomi continued to invest in technology research and development, with an R&D expenditure of 16 billion yuan, a five-year compound growth rate of 38.4%, and expected total R&D to exceed 100 billion yuan in five years (2022-2026). As of December 2022, R&D personnel accounted for a share of the total number of employees...