Xiaomi Copied the Foldable iPhone Before Apple Even Announced It
THE SO WHAT
Foldables are now a fast-follower game — Xiaomi is willing to pre-empt Apple’s rumored design language to capture mindshare and test demand. Hardware teams should assume industrial design moats compress quickly and shift differentiation toward software, ecosystem, and services that can’t be cloned on a 12–18 month cycle.
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