Emir BardakçıXiaomi may make another daring naming move by bypassing the Xiaomi 19 series and going straight for the Xiaomi 20 lineup this time, as reported lately. It would echo Apple’s supposedly bypassing the iPhone 19 model to commemorate the 20th-anniversary release of iPhone with the iPhone 20 series in 2027. Xiaomi had already done a comparable naming revision with the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max with a move for apple’s “Pro Max” pattern and skipping 16 series. Xiaomi 17 Pro Max launch already indicated that Xiaomi will not hesitate to make a revision.
Why Xiaomi might bypass “19”
Skipping the naming convention of Xiaomi 19 is no cult decision. In the Chinese context, 19 has no unique cultural meaning, but skipping it may find marketing synchronism with Apple. As Apple’s 2027 series will commemorate two decades of iPhone life, Xiaomi might find a mirage of linking its flagship naming with Apple’s to validate its high-end standing in the international market.
This was also a repetition of what was seen in 2017 after Apple bypassed the iPhone 9 release and came out with the iPhone X during its 10th-anniversary celebrations. In a similar way, Xiaomi may utilize the name Xiaomi 20 to release innovative technologies like camera systems integrated with AI, HyperOS 5, or Snapdragon 8 Elite 7th-generation processors.
It was a symbolic move for Xiaomi’s second decade.
If this rumor holds water, Xiaomi’s Xiaomi 20 series will come out somewhere around 2027, which will open a new page for the smartphone. Aligning itself numerically with its counterpart Apple, Xiaomi strengthens its identity as a world-class smartphone brand that sets trends, not emulates.
This naming convergence also benefits marketing for Xiaomi, allowing users to compare the iPhone 20 side by side with Xiaomi 20 more easily — a subtle but potent positional stroke in smartphone marketbrand rivalry.
WTF is Xiaomi thinking with their unstable (like their OS) naming?
Althrough I am Xiaomi user, but this is just better explanation of “Copy”. Does not have better idea?
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What is this blind imitation?
Please preserve your identity
I love Xiaomi products, but if they continue to imitate Apple, I will stop buying them. Many people, millions in fact, will also hate this and look for an alternative to this imitating company.
Please preserve your identity; it’s enough that you’ve already imitated so much of the system ios26 on HyperOS 3
Please listen to me, please pass this message on to the company.
If I wanted to buy Apple products I’d buy them. There is also a difference between copying a brand versus being innovative and making your own thing. The time it takes for Xiaomi to copy and polish their OS to match with IOS Apple is are already ahead by adding new things. And HyperOS in it’s current state falls nothing but short. My wife got an iPhone and I had enough time to thoroughly compare both. And I’m so close to make the switch again after more than a decade of using Android phones. Surely on paper the hardware is far superior on my X15U but in reality the i17 pro isn’t that far behind and the ecosystem is just so much more connected and intertwined. Also the price point isn’t that much of a factor anymore given the 15U was around 1200€ when I bought it in March and only slightly less expensive than the 17 pro on release. Oh and before I forget it. Apple seems to care about their security/privacy. While Xiaomi throws ads at me (I can’t seem to disable them for their app store) and their current flagship (since the 17 ultra isn’t released yet) is still running the security patch of October (with critical vulnerabilities around) in Europe. They released a buggy version around December 1st (with November patch) but they had to pull it back because it was so bad. With no replacement for almost two weeks btw.
Writing this up actually makes me wanna just drop the money at Apple and call it a day.