Tag: hugo barra

  • Former Android VP calls iPhone 6 ‘the most beautiful smartphone ever built’

    The Verge reported on former head of Android and current Xiaomi VP Hugo Barra praising the iPhone 6. Using careful language, Barra suggested that Xiaomi phones and software sometimes resemble existing products because the company is young and its designers lack confidence.”It’s a fight, but I think we’re learning and we’re progressing,” he said. “When…

  • Xiaomi not copying Apple

    Cult of Android wrote about how copycat Xiaomi blatantly ripped off Apple. The allegations about Xiaomi copying Apple are “sweeping sensationalist statements,” Barra told The Verge. “They have nothing better to talk about.” Barra argued that, “If you have two similarly skilled designers, it makes sense that they would reach the same conclusion.” Barra regards…