Taiwan-based Inventec will develop and manufacture (ODM-contract) 12.5-inch notebooks for the Chinese company Xiaomi Technology. Laptops will be assembled at the factory in Shanghai, and their delivery to begin in April 2016.
Xiaomi originally planned to release two notebooks with screens 12.5 and 13.3 inches, which would be produced by ODM-contract companies Inventec and Compal Electronics, the source says. Now, however, it reported that first Xiaomi decided to release only the 12.5-inch model.
Laptop Xiaomi will be like MacBook Air will be sold in China at a price approximately equal to $ 470. Most of the components for notebooks will supply Chinese manufacturers.
It should be noted that the company Xiaomi is gradually expanding its product range. Initially there were only smart phones, then there were tablets, LCD TVs and routers, and now the company has decided to try laptops.