People in ATRL are have really no technologic knowledge.
Xiaomi is one of smartphone manufacturers that are gaining territory in Europe. Huawei is another Chinese brand.
They make cheaper phones with the same specs as the expensive ones.
Huawei's Ascend and Honor lines have been amazing for the last 2 years and the P8 as won a best consumer product 15/16.
Xiaomi are breaking records actually, they released the Redmi Note 2 like last week and they broke the record for biggest smartphone sales in 12 hours, beating the 800k mark.
Mi3 and Mi4 and the Redmi lines are half the price of other flagship phones and offer the same specs, always accompanied by sleek and well designed chassis.
Xiaomi and Huawei are not like Elephone or Blu. They're the new LG and Sony of the smartphone world.
GET YO LIFE!
http://www.engadget.com/products/xiaomi/mi/4/
http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/15/huawei-p8/