The New York Times commentary on Hugo's trip to Millet: the ambition of China's smart machines

Hugo Barak is thought to be one of the most famous European and American people to join China's technology companies: "The New York Times" online edition, published in Friday, Chinese Smartphone Maker hires Google Executive, a Chinese smartphone maker recruiting Google executives, said China's smartphone maker Millet announced in Thursday that it has hired Google's Android business, Tangyugo (Hugo Barra), to take charge of the company's international business development. This suggests that Chinese handset makers want to export more handsets. The following is the full text of the article: Hugo Barak in the admission of Millet news, the first time opened a personal Sina Weibo. Analysts say that Barak is one of the most famous European and American people to join China's technology companies. At Google, he is the vice president responsible for the Android system's product team. The system is currently used by most smartphones in the Chinese market. Pete Cunningham, a market research firm Canalys analyst Pitt Conningham, said that Barak was a prominent figure in the smartphone industry as well as within Google, driving the current direction of market development. And Chinese smartphone makers want to play a more important role in the definition of the industry's future. In recent years, a number of domestic smartphone makers are robbing Apple and Nokia of market share in the Chinese market, one of which is millet. Until recently, these Chinese manufacturers were satisfied with domestic sales. But at present, companies like Millet, Lenovo and Huawei are beginning to focus on international expansion. According to Canalys, Millet's share of the smartphone market in China was 5% in the second quarter, behind Samsung's 18%, but slightly above Apple's 4.8%. China has become the world's largest smartphone market. Canalys's data show that, although the main market is domestic, China's smartphone manufacturers have accounted for about 1/5 of the world's sales. And if the Chinese plant is considered a foundry for foreign manufacturers such as Apple, China's smartphone production is already the largest in the world. Barak, on Google's social network, said he wanted to help millet expand its product lines and businesses around the world. "I look forward to this new challenge and are excited about the opportunity to continue to drive the Android ecosystem," he said. "One of the big selling points of Chinese manufacturers ' smartphones is price. According to the Counterpoint Technology market research firm, Millet's mobile phone price is about 180 to 300 dollars, half the price of Samsung and Apple's high-end handsets, but slightly above the price of similar products in other Chinese brands. Counterpoint Analyst Canty (Tom Kang) said that the millet mobile phone is not a special bright spot, but attracted a lot of attention. Millet has realised that the future of smart-phone hardware and software differentiation will be small, and marketing will be the focus. Millet CEO Lei borrowed the style of Steve Jobs, Apple's founder, and heldA shiny product launch, and he was wearing jeans and a black T-shirt. Lei said on Sina Weibo that it welcomed the arrival of Palawan in China. "Hugo Barak will join Millet in early October and will be responsible for the development of international business," he said. "Although the appearance of the millet phone is similar to the iphone, there is at least one difference: The former uses a custom-made Android system." Although Google withdrew most of its business from mainland China 3 years ago, the Android system is now installed in more than 90% smartphones in China. Millet recently raised sales forecasts and is now expected to sell 20 million smartphones this year, up from the previous estimate of 15 million. Lei said this month that Millet would receive a new round of funding from outside investors, with a valuation of 10 billion dollars for millet. "We extend our best wishes to Palawan," Google said in a statement. Google will miss him and we're glad he's still in the Android ecosystem. "(D-Gold)