And these are just a handful in the mountain of consumer products that have come out of Asia’s biggest tech industry
The Chinese city of Shenzhen
The Chinese tech ecosystem has produced a wellspring of quality consumer hardware that cost a fraction of similar products in the West.
Opinion may be divided on whether many Chinese companies are truly innovating or simply just adapting — or copying wholesale — hot products, but the fact remains that the Chinese are making deep inroads into global consumer market through brands such as Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo.
Let’s not forget about its famous Shenzhen-based hardware accelerator Hax. One of its esteemed alumni, smartphone instant photo printer Prynt, raised US$1.5 million on Kickstarter.
Here are five Chinese consumer tech products on the horizon that we feel everyone — be it the tech nerd or layperson — should check out.
The Mi Robot Vacuum is Xiaomi’s answer to the revolutionary Roomba Vacuum Robot.
The difference is that the Chinese version costs only US$250, far below Roomba’s US$900 price tag.
In addition, it has a suction rating of 1,800 PA, which is marginally higher than Roomba’s (1,670 PA )
Many who owned Nokia mobile phones in the early 2000s would no doubt remember the sweaty palms and blisters developed whilst playing Snake.
Now, this Rubik’s Cube-esque QCoo device wants to take the difficulty up a notch by bringing Snake to the 3D realm.
It has an inbuilt gyroscope inside so users can change the movement of the LED pixels by tilting the cube.
QCoo also has a slew of other games such as a version of Temple Run and AR games, all of which are playable by pairing the app with a smartphone.
It retails for US$100.
Recount the immersive experience of watching a Michael Bay film in a theatre — besides the special effects, the rich surround sound plays an instrumental role.
The iLepo i30 wants to package all of that aural pleasure into a pair of lightweight earphones.
It claims its DPS (digital sound processing) technology is able to convert any audio stream into a 3D sound. And all for US$59.
FASTeam’s bicycle taillight device doesn’t just turn a bike into an on-demand-rave-on-wheels; the smart device has very practical usages.
The smart light alerts passer-bys by flashing when the rider has encountered a dangerous situation — such as a collision or unusually sharp turn — and sends out a notification to the rider’s emergency contacts via its app.
In addition, by enabling the lock feature, it sends out alerts to the owner if someone attempts to steal the bicycle.
It retails for US$29.
After building a range of an eclectic portfolio of smart devices ranging from smartphones, rice cookers, air purifiers and powerbanks, Xiaomi wants to enter the laptop space.
And, it wants to be a direct contender with Apple.
Not surprisingly the aesthetics of Mi Notebook Air bears eerie similarities with Apple’s flagship laptops’ minimalists designs.
Under the hood, it has packs a 13.3 ″ FHD full HD screen, Intel ® Core ™ i5 2.7GHz processor, NVIDIA GeForce 940MX discrete graphic card, 8GB RAM, SSD 256GB PCIe × 4 NVMe SSD + 1GB GDDR5, and weighs 1.28 kg.
It retails for US$999.
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