Xiaomi CEO reaffirms commitment to tablets

Xiaomi CEO, Lei Jun took to Weibo to reaffirm his company's commitment to tablets, denying rumours that the company is exiting the tough tablet market. More crucially, he was quick to add that he finds large tablets to be the best-suited device type for reading, watching movies and playing games. 

No word on a follow-up to the Xiaomi Mi Pad that was launched early last year though. 

My own take on this: Wow. This guy feels the same way I do regarding tablets. I assume he meant 9-10 inch tablets when he said "large tablets", and maybe ones even larger than that, like one that Apple is working on. I still find tablets to provide immense value to the end user, especially in certain key tasks where a notebook or smartphone can't come close to providing as good an experience. 
Based on his comments, I'd think the eventual follow-up to the Mi Pad will be a bigger tablet, with a screen size bigger than the 7.9" screen that the Mi Pad has. 

Lei Jun and by extension, Xiaomi, has always struck me as one of the few guys playing in the Android space that "get it". They sell their products here in Singapore and I follow them very closely. 
I bought the Xiaomi Mi Pad in July 2014, soon after it was first launched in China and have been using it on a regular basis ever since. I will be following up soon with a post about my experience with the Mi Pad, after using it close to a year. Stay tuned. 

You can read my previous two posts on negative iPad sales growth and my thoughts on tablet devices as a whole here and here.