In what has become an embarrassment for Xiaomi, its CEO, Lei Jun was caught posting on Weibo from an iPhone. It may not be as strange as people are making it seem, yet, it is embarrassing.
In the world of products and services, everyone wants to project their own as the best. Finding out that Lei Jun uses an iPhone to post on the web is like discovering that the creators of PlayStation actually play an Xbox at home.
It is a matter of “see no evil … speak no evil”, but now it has been seen. Despite Jun deleting the post immediately he saw his error, the damage was already done. Screenshots of the post were already going around on the web, with the iPhone label circled.
According to Gadgets 360, the post had been about encouraging people to spend more on buying books. However, it was Weibo’s technology that got Xiaomi’s CEO into trouble. Usually, the social media website shows what device users are posting from.
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While some expressed disbelief at what they were seeing, others defended Lei Jun, saying it was all likely in the spirit of comradeship.
Pan Jiutang, who is a partner of Xiaomi Industry Investment Department also defended the company’s CEO. He mentioned that it was normal for executives to try out other smartphone brands as it can help them see what their competitors are getting right how they can do better.
He added that innovations are actually copied and then improved. Finishing his statement, he said any mobile phone company executive who claims to have never used Apple or Samsung’s phones “are being hypocritical”.
As we have explained, it is not strange that Xiaomi’s CEO, Lei Jun uses an iPhone, it is only embarrassing that he slipped up and posted on Weibo using it.
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