[JonFish85]

The 5 million by itself is fine. It's the comparison to Apple that seems out of whack to me. The article doesn't compare them to a startup, it compares them to one of the biggest companies in the world. If you do that, you invite criticism on the comparison, which is what I gave.

[kkowalczyk]

Xiaomi is 3.5 years old, currently only sells in China and in Chinese market it has already overtaken Apple in market share.

I think comparing them to Apple on the basis of sold phones in China is justified.

Looking into my crystal ball, I further think that their strategy is so brilliant and their execution is so good that we're witnessing the rise of a new giant.

Give it 5 years and they'll be in the same league as Apple and Samsung on a world-wide basis, not just in China.