I tried understanding Xiaomi names (and failed)
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Xiaomi has 3 different names for a single phone, has 10 way to say "lite" and 8 different ways to say "pro". Why are their names so confusing?
Thanks, I hate it - Ep. 3
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Well put, MUCH needed video, some of these names really make you want to put your head through a wall 😂
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Techalter: releases this video
Xiaomi office in China: write it down quick. Someone categorised it for us. Now we know whats what.
You can't watch TH-cam in China
Then proceeds to develops 20 ways to categorize things in conflicting ways
We can. Unlimited high speed VPN is present in every decent company's office
Lol 😂🤣
Lmfao
Xiaomi unofficial motto: "Screw names, you're here for the specs anyway"
Specs and price
specs,active community and also the custom rom development
exactly... who cares if its in some series... noone looks at older phones
Exactly
While techy consumers don't care about names, Xiaomi use these names intentionally to confuse non-techy consumers.
OnePlus: names theire phones 6t, 7t, 8t so it sounds like 60, 70, 80
Xiaomi: copy that!
Xiaomi: 10t
Hahahaha
I have a mi 9t
😂 😂 😂 😂
😂😂😂
2t
*Xiaomi Offices*
Employee 1:What should we name this new phone?
Employee 2: Get the Ouija board
🤣
Underrated
Those employees are named too logically reckon it should be Employee A and employee 6E
employee 3f: write all differentiators on small balls and let's pick them up like they're lottery numbers
This is how my family sees USB when I try to explain the confusing versions 🤓
usb-c made that a whole bunch worse
Yep. I still wonder what jackass came up with their version numbers at some point. Everything was allright untill USB 3. Number indicates the Generation and a .X indicated it's slightly faster but not really the new generations. And then it all went downhill and I still can't really figure out what the fuck is supposed to be what the fuck.
Anyway, ain't your families fault for not understanding this Mess. And ain't your fault either; the naming of their standards just became batshit crazy.
USB should be renamed like WiFi.
@@premier69 when you take a look at it, it kinda makes sense tho
type-A, B, and C for the generation of the plugs
Mini and Micro for the type of plugs
2.0, 3.0, 3.1, etc for the type of transfer speeds
@@adiabd1 yeah and what about the newer ones? :) USB 3.2 2x2 etc...
TLDR: for naming they roll their head over the keyboard and see what happens
Xaomi Redmi note 10T pro max k50 max 5G shark 40S
@@thaiefahmed9561 You need to put an A in there somewhere too
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10S, remember it's completely unrelated to Note 10X, and also it is named Poco F8S in some markets
(my comment is a joke, it does not exist)
they have cats to type it
Wow. Thank you so much for making this video, I'm so glad a big creator is finally shining some light on these super cofusing naming schemes Xiaomi has been using. It's an absolute disaster.
Frankie !
@Remo Gaggi I didn’t say that Xiaomi’s sales strategy is a disaster. But if you don’t think their naming scheme is a disaster then you clearly haven’t tried to cover Xiaomi’s releases have you 🤣
not disaster..making phone nowaday like lego puzzle..it so easy due all part availability. with huge budget and big potential market
always watch your video..
it's kinda disaster if we connect local market naming to china market name (or even india) 😅
*as i know. .Xiaomi different product name as terrific as miui version
- IN : India
- CN : China
- ID : Indonesia
- MI : Global
- RU : Russia
- EU
Sony: *Amateurs.*
Sony wh1000x3
@@Wan-vo4cr *WH-1000XM3, but you just proved my point 😂
@@tahsanbinalam2595 my point is about proving ur point
lol good one
But there is actually A more consistent Upgrade in Sony’s lineup than in Xaomi’s... for example: you could shorten them by removing the zeros, so they’d be called WF-1000XM4 to WF-XM4 I have no idea what WF stands for, but XM means Mark apparently.... the number after XM is based on the generation , And its much more simpler since Sony Didn’t do the same on PlayStations thankfully
But if you look at their smartphones , It’s another story , However, it’s still not as confusing as Xaomis ...
Customer: Wait so 10X phone that I bought actually 9th generation
Xiaomi: Always has been
*customer in china
“Be like water my friend”
~Xiaomi
~Bruce Lee
🤫There is a phone actually named Redmi k40 Bruce Lee edition
@@dusanmitrovic4068 This guy unironically predicted the Bruce Lee K40 lmao
While hunting for a Xiaomi phone in the last two months, I was on gradually turning into the main character of A Beautiful Mind. Now watching this video I'm crying in tears because I finally know that I'm not insane. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make it!
I want a xiaomi phone and i have literally no idea where to start looking for one...like which one is the latest and higherend and which one is the midrange ...what
"How do you want to name all these different variants?!"
Xiaomi: "S"
That awkward moment when you release so many phone in a year that you forgot what name u gave for what
Lmao so you end up releasing your phone with a name that already exists so now you have two phones with the same name xD
relatable
@@hyperrrrrr 😅
The Person in charge of names just didn't know how to use Excel. That's why all the names are in inconsistent categories
Netflix's Dark: I'm really confusing
Xiaomi: Hold my nomenclature
Actually their naming is not that hard but the problem is with different naming in different markets. You should just know the basics. First there is redmi and mi. Redmi is the cheaper ones and mi are more expensive
For redmi you have:
redmi Xa (X is number): the low end
Redmi X
Redmi note X
Redmi note X pro: the most expensive
For mi it's
Mi X: the vanilla flagship
Mi X pro/ultra: the highest end flagship
Mi XT: cheaper flagship/fllagship killer(there is pro and lite)
@@fluff5 ik ik😂
I've been using Mi phones for ages now,
Mi 1s
Redmi Note 3
Redmi Note 5 Pro
Redmi Note 7 Pro
And now
Mi 9T Pro (not k20 pro)
I just wanted to leave a comment that's it😁
Sony:we are not alone😂😂😂😂
Sony released 4 - yes, just 4 - phones these year and they are clear upgrades from iterations from prior periods. So no, they are not comparable to Xiaomi's clusterfuck of a naming scheme.
@@JodenPaoloPeroy their naming scheme still isn't good. all they know is X and Z and they just shuffle them around
You mentioned that the Redmi 3S is a cheaper version of the 3 but here's a fun fact: The Redmi 3S (also called 3X in some markets) came around six months later and was cheaper by about 30 euros but the Redmi 3S *Prime* had better specs overall and more features while costing the same as the Redmi 3 (so like the 8A Pro, a Lite and a Pro version at the same time???)
Xiaomi: have bad naming skills
Sony: **nervous sweating**
Atleast Sony doesn't release phones every week.
What, you don't like xperia 1 mark 2?
@@VibezVideo No brand is forcing anyone to buy anything. But that is not the point.
You cauld be a commedian.
@@VibezVideo Making phones evry week means software support is orrendous. no company can support that many phones. Infact Xiaomi is bad with updates, its software is trash and even top phones are not properly supported. Companies like Apple, OnePlus and Google dont do this having circa 5 phones in a year and in fact they have a good software support
I gonna order myself a "Xiaomi Redmi Poco Note 10x pro 9a Lite K11"
Ultra
4g
Max
NFC
5G
"Why Xiaomi is so bad at names"
Sony: Ahem Ahem!!!
sony may be one of the worse in naming their phone, but not as bad as xiaomi.
Xperia One Two Threeeeeeeeeeeeee
@@affinityxs well, at least for average customer they wont get worse version of a phone than the original. for example: xperia I ii is clearly a better product than xperia I.
however with xiaomi, you can buy an S or X version and end up getting worse phone than the original non S/X version. this is the point of the video.
@@hiro9253 yeah, I was just joking along
@@VibezVideo yes, that what we who knows tech do. thats NOT what the majority of average consumer do.
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*Triggered*
Genuinely one of the best content creators around!
True
AGREE !
Agree. 👍
He adds a value no one else is providing. He is truely an enrichment to the tech bubble.
The funniest part was Mi CC9e. Imagine telling your mates, hey I bought a new Mi CC9e.
Coming out soon: The Xiaomi Asdfghjkl
shhh 🤫🤫 those guys might hear this
Cat in their office walk on the keyboard.
Xiaomi Redmi CX11S Pro Max Lite 5G Plus
Dude, don't give them ideas.
You consistently make videos about topics that I don't see others making. Earlier today I was thinking about how companies acting in free markets usually "herd" together such that consumer choice is often frustratingly limited despite a vast possibility space existing (I'm not sure but it might be a risk minimisation strategy). To work against this trend, as you do, is truly exceptional and praiseworthy.
that's called price fixing and tendency to monopoly lole
Try doing this BBK's brands - Oppo, One Plus, Realme, Vivo, iQoo, etc. Your head will melt :D
List goes on with - Realme, Narzo and Nord.
@@sathish8961 Realme is already said in the comment, Narzo is realme, nord is oneplus
@@andrewjamez9741 BBK-OPPO-ONEPLUS-REALME-VIVO-IQOOAnd XIAOMI-REDMI-POCO-BLACKSHARK
@@saravanank1058 Blackshark, Redmi, poco, is in the same segment as xiaomi.
Vivo and iqoo too.
@@andrewjamez9741 yeah
Samsung's M and A series are also confusing considering majority of those use same processor "Exynous 9611 " and sharing same design language
Sometimes the difference is in software for A series such as extra years of android and one ui software updates
Hell of an SOC, am I right?
Samsung Naming is more organized then Xiaomi now. S stands for newer version. And the Exynoss 9611 i think its beacouse if you compare M31 vs A31 M31 wins in Battery,Camera(MP(Marketing)), and i believe the Reason Samsung dont use other chipset is beacouse Making your own chipset is like 30% cheaper and the reason why Samsung uses bad chipsets are beacouse Amoled Screens are Expensive.
A series gets carrier aggregation.
@@sintervinter7233 It was organized last year. A20 was better than the M20. Now it's a mess. M51 is slightly better than the A51.
you know you failed when microsoft has better naming conventions
rly? the xbox names are a disaster
@@premier69 at least an Xbox doesn't come every month
Microsft's naming conventions aren't that bad, X means the pro version, S means the lite version, and Go too
@@bri1085 we have XBOX, XBOX 360 and whatever all the stuff after that is named, playstation does it better... but i don't care, consoles suck.
@@premier69 It's not like it's relevant what the newest XBOX is called, xonsoles have much longer release cycles, you only have remember the names of two consoles at a time
Same problem here. So I bought an Asus. :)
Same, BlackBerry for me.
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wow the amount of THOUGHT that went into this video.... i had no choice but to give it a like. that research couldn’t have been easy to do.
Glad you liked it!
I've been binge-watching your channel for a while now starting from this video and I'm loving it! Keep it up !
I wonder how do you get this much details from different markets. Good analysis as always
I was just wondering why I am not seeing recommendations for your videos and within seconds I got this suggestion
Subscribe to the channel and you won't have to worry about a recommendation. This man deserves a sub, his content is consistently great.
@@shawnwilliams7021 thanks
"Looking for Patterns in Chaos", what a great statement, and an exercise in futility.
Great article!
Xiaomi : bad name
All Sony products : ......
Nah! At least I still know what are their Flagship, mid-range and low end, Xiaomi in another hand what is their Flagship this year can you tell me?
@@inthasonephaophanith9820 you need to look at their soc and camera. Well is kinda of hard
@@inthasonephaophanith9820 dont just look for smartphones, look at their audio products and Come back here
@@inthasonephaophanith9820 The Mi 10 brand is the flagship this year, with the lite version being named appropriately too.
@@Sabrintwitt3r You guys must be exaggerated, wait minutes I search a second. Sony SRS-XB33 EXTRA BASS..............
WTF
3:50 What could x mean? My elementary school teacher told me it could mean anything!!
Others : Have you checked out camera in iphone 12 pro
Tech Altar : Do you know Xiomi don't think before naming there products
@Sasmit Right that's why we all like him 😁
The only other tech youtuber after gamersnexus that has a brain
is this about the repairable issue?
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I know I had a kenzo and now have a whyred. that's the easiest to remember.
I'm still using the whyred.
I'm on violet
I'm on meth
Well, my phone's name is "Redmi Note 5 AI Dual Camera" but some apps thinks this is Redmi 5 Plus. 😂😂😂😂
EDIT: Some apps calls this phone as Redmi 5 Plus but Google detects this as Note 5 Pro
@@jaseaquino😂
I bought it as a redmi note 5 but android says it's a redmi note 5 pro
samsung: i have the most confusing naming scheme
sony: no, i have the most confusing naming scheme
xiaomi: *guys, hold my beer*
Samsung only has confusing names on its a and j series the s and note series are named probably accept of the jump from 10 to 20
@@i3araa j series is also simple, they just add the year to it to specify when it was released. The A series is simple. They go from A10 to A80 with a difference of 10. Then a year later we got upgrades to them ie A11 to A10, A31 to A30, and A71 to A70. So it is all good and easy. Except for the M series. I don't even understand why it exists.
@@i3araa But The specs seems downgrade Eg Note 9 to Note 10 where 10 plus is the Actual successor this year 20 Ultra is the successor there isn't any Plus.
Keep making these great videos! You're making a change brother! ❤️
Love the subtle level of humour here. Great job TechAlter
Sony said "Xiaomi's naming system is awesome."
speaking of poco, i've been running on my poco f1 since 2017 and it holds up _really_ well.
This is a great dissertation on the Xiaomi brand insanity. Well done! And thanks for keeping it 'simple'..
One of the reasons for so many names is because they copy their competitors naming, like Samsung, Huawei, Apple and even Realme
I loved the video, it was like a tech version of standup comedy 😂💯
luckily each xiaomi phone have codename for example pocof1 (beryllium), redmi note 5 pro/ai (whyred), redmi 5a (riva), etc, i think its easier looking at the codename
Not All Xiaomi Customer Are XDA Geeks
But Yeah, The Codename Have A Much More Memorable Name
And I still use Land
Well researched & beautifully presented.
They seem to go for names that other brands have to confuse people and realme copies redmi names to confuse even more
Actually there is a single Xiaomi Series, which is consistent AND makes sense: The Mi Mix. The first one was the Mi Mix, the second the Mi Mix 2, which got an upgrade, the Mi Mix 2s, followed by the Mi Mix 3. Afterwards they brought up a design prototype, the Mi Mix Alpha. Maybe the next Mi Mix will be called Mi Mix 4.
But then the MIX 3 5g should be called the Mix 3s.
@@alex_inside no, cuz they launched at the same time
@@alex_inside Why? its just a 5g version of the Mi mix 3
@@thicklips It got a faster CPU as well and a few minor changes.
nah the next Mi Mix will be called the Xiaomi Mi Mix 5S K51T Pro Max Ultra 5G Fold XL
Xiaomi : We got most confusing names.
Sony Xperia : hold my Z
Wait since the strategy behind such convoluted naming schemes is to compete directly with other phones, can you do a follow up video pitting that regional variant with the immediate comparison? Plus if there is any other phone manufacturer committing these same atrocities please do research them & try to make sense of the reasons why. Love your content as always!
What a great video! Glad you got recommended to me :)
Teacher - The test won’t be difficult.
The test -
I know something is Chinese just by hearing the name. I was buying winter tyres recently and I stumbled upon "Goodride" brand. Instantly I knew it's Chinese.
They are really wordsmiths when it comes to cringe naming
Clarkson once showed on GrandTour (I think) that there is a chinese brand named “Dickass” that makes brakes for cars. True wordsmiths :-D
lol goodride was founded by Stuart Goodridge in Totnes, Devon (UK) in 1969.
OnePlus a chinese brand doing even better than Apple and Samsung with naming 😂
@@cool_guy_Vaibhav Goodride in 1969
*Nice intensifies*
@@VibezVideo it is actually assembled in China and nowadays you can see assembled in India iPhones more often...
Tech Alter : Publishing this video.
Xiaomi HO : Thank You for clarifying our confusion.
Another smooth transition into sponsor. Well done mate
1:38 That's a little bit confusing
I still remember when this video had a different thumbnail...like 15 minutes ago!
you don't know how much i like this video, i also noticed this dumb xiaomi strategy and not really any youtubers covered this
Sometimes I believe the Mi Note series exists only the confuse the hell out of search engines when people wants to look for a Galaxy Note.
okay so having to release phones quickly makes you forget how to count, got it
Could be worse. Could be Intel.
Leaving a like and a comment for the algorithm in appreciation for the effort put into the video
2:11 T is actually not part of the 'Next Gen' category. It's actually a sub-flagship category for those who couldn't afford the more-expensive normal flagship ones.
Xiaomi CEO: we need a new name for our product!
Employee: how about we steal our competitors phone model letter and put inside our product?
CEO: 👍🏻 u just got a raised
They should take inspiration from sony🤣
Pls don't
Sony makes more sense. 1 is premium, 5 is mid-high end and 10 is low end. The Mk number is the generation.
@@Rabolisk did you forget the x series? lol
@@justffff they are no longer made. 1/5/10/L is the generation series now.
Redmi Note X Mark ii
This was the video I was hoping someone would come up with eventually you did! Thanks a lot. Xiaomi has really been aggressive this year 😂
Hands down this is a very very brilliant way to put things out. You explained it very well. In india its clear how to follow the system although its confusing but following the global numbers like you do is really hard
5:47 it's not Redmi Mi 9T, it's Xiaomi Mi 9T 😂
Realme does 2 launches per month 😂😂😂
Motorola does 4 per month 😆
@@franklingoodwin where
Xiaomi :- confuse customers
Maruti Suzuki India :- YES
Redmi naming in Indonesia is surprisingly consistent and pretty easy to understand. Atleast for this year
You must checkout Realme also 😂
😂😂😂😂
The naming makes more sense
When it's split regionly
Mandatory 1980s joke in Romania:
What are the similarities between an engineer and a dog?
Answer: Both look smart but neither can express themselves.
Damn. the research he did for all this naming conventions
6:00 Correction: It's called Mi 9T, not Redmi Mi 9T.
Doesn't make any difference. Both are CCP controlled company.
Don't be so defensive on the company side.😎
As long as I see “Mi”, I know it’s Xiaomi. What a catastrophe!
What about Poco?
Poco, Redmi, Blackshark says Hi
They also have Huami brand, but for smartwatches.
Xiaomi just takes name extensions from all the other mobile phone companies so people feel comfortable buying something that sounds familiar . I am a galaxy note user and their Note series sometimes grabs my attention before I realize its just a xiaomi and i look away
The Big capital 'S' for successor and small 's' for lite, may be they are keeping their specs of their releases in terms of size of alphabets
We dont buy xaomi phones looking at their name. We buy best budget phone that met our expectations. That is why they r making so much phones. May be.
Yeah, but it might confuses the everyday joe though. For example, in iPhone, "s" letter means it's a generational update from the previous model, which means better specs and everything. Pretty straightforward, right? But in Xiaomi, unless you're a tech guy, "s" letter either means it's a lite model, a higher specs version of the same generation, or even a different model entirely.
Xiaomi: chaotic capitalist kid running wild
Apple: strict communist ruler, telling you what you like, how you like it and when you like it
I'll just get an LG, they're cool weirdos living on their own planet 😂
It seemed like this video was painful for you to make. But it was really good. I appreciate your sacrifice 😉
Almost every phone company has an super weird names that i don't every look at the names anymore just the specs and price
Mi 9 SE, one of the only two devices and the last of its generation (Special compact Edition of the flagships) is so deed in chaos that hasn't even got a mention.
***How to name different phones***
Apple: deep thinking
Samsung: throwing dice
Xiaomi: smashing keyboard keys randomly
This is like figuring out redstone in Minecraft, except it has no actual pattern in the end.
Very informative video, especially the second part.
Its crazy with Xiaomi's strategy and naming. The much-anticipated Mi 11 was launched in China on 28 Dec 2020. Indians are all waiting for that phone but Xiaomi has already planned to launch Mi 10i in India on 5 Jan 2021 - a rebranded version of Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G of China.
I'm sorry that you had to go through all these
Well that’s the point if Xiaomi. There are just throwing pebbles randomly at a crowd hoping each pebble hits one or another
Finally a video from this channel...
There is some consistency in names within a market, however when you start comparing products across different regions, then it's all chaos
this vid makes a lot of sense.....i was often confused over their names regardless of any differences like k series & poco series goes...where regional 'k series' is always cheaper
I think is a double edge sword, while I agree it gives you immediate competition leverage, it also makes it very hard for anyone to recommend anything from their portfolio, it makes the brand really reliant in local vendors and distributors to sell your products, whilst an iPhone 12 pro is worldwide recognizable and easily recommendable
Those naming are product name for marketing, internal staffs using Model number to identify their phone model
The most consistent sub-brand by Xiaomi is the Blackshark gaming series. The rest is like a maze