{"id":18787,"date":"2022-10-17T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T08:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=18787"},"modified":"2022-10-17T08:12:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T08:12:34","slug":"xiaomi-to-launch-new-smart-devices-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/10\/17\/xiaomi-to-launch-new-smart-devices-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Xiaomi to launch new smart devices in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\nChinese manufacturer of consumer electronics, Xiaomi, has revealed plans to roll out a range of innovative smartphones across Saudi Arabia, including the Xiaomi 12T Pro and Xiaomi 12T.<\/p>\n<p>The move aims to target the kingdom&#8217;s increasingly digitally-savvy population with smart devices, equipped with artificial intelligence algorithms.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Xiaomi will introduce the TV Max 86, the smart health monitor bracelet Xiaomi Smart Band 7 Pro, and the all-in-one smart tablet Redmi Pad.<\/p>\n<p>Last June, Xiaomi inaugurated its first official brick-and-mortar store in Saudi Arabia, in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>Its first GCC store opened in Dubai in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia accounted for 51.6 per cent of all smartphones shipped across the GCC in Q2 this year, according to the <em>Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker<\/em>\u00a0 report by global market intelligence firm IDC, while Xiaomi accounted for 15.2 per cent of the GCC smartphone market for the same period.<\/p>\n<p>In August, the monthly share of Xiaomi in the Saudi Arabian mobile market climbed close to 4.4 per cent, according to Statista.<\/p>\n<p>Xiaomi\u2019s Saudi state manager Wang Xingang said: \u201cWith the development of China\u2019s scientific and technological strength, the smart electronic products, including smartphones, are deeply loved by consumers in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proportion of respondents in Saudi Arabia who said they had used their smartphone at least once a week for shopping over the previous year increased to 45 per cent, according to PwC\u2019s latest Global Consumer Insights Survey.<\/p>\n<p>The GCC smartphone market was expected to grow by 6.6 per cent in Q3.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese manufacturer of consumer electronics Xiaomi has revealed plans to roll out a range of innovative smartphones across Saudi Arabia, including the Xiaomi 12T Pro and Xiaomi 12T.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":17278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[182,2683,1957,150],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18787"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18790,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18787\/revisions\/18790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}