Xiaomi never changes, and why should it — it’s selling more phones than anyone else. (Let’s just not mention profits.)

Anyway, on this day, when Samsung launches its new foldables line, Xiaomi launched: 

• A perfect copy of the iPad Pro
• A copy of Spot (the robot dog thing built by US firm Boston Dynamics)
• And, a very good looking new smartphone in the Mi Mix 4 that treads its own path. Credit where it’s due.

The added downside here is that Xiaomi’s launch was China-specific. We don’t have wider release details or pricing on any of the products, and not much from Xiaomi makes it to the US, so, read on for just a brief overview.

Mi Mix 4

• The 6.67-inch Mi Mix 4 smartphone launched with a 20MP under-display selfie camera, 120Hz refresh rate OLED, Snapdragon 888 Plus, 4,500mAh battery with 120W wired charging and 50W wireless charging, triple camera setup, and “unique UWB technology” with “point to connect” features for other Xiaomi smart home products to connect to. 
• It also has a ceramic back, and is launching in China for about $770 on August 16, though pricing never really translates to other markets.
• Still, that is ~50% more than the Mix 3, but Xiaomi’s going for the branding/halo effect here, and playing into the “we did it before Samsung” vibe I’ve been talking about all week. In China, it’ll have a great chance to take more from Huawei.

Mi Pad 5

• Xiaomi announced three models: Mi Pad 5, Mi Pad Pro, and Mi Pad Pro 5G in China, opting for comparisons to the iPad Pro … by showing just how much like the iPad Pro the base option was:

• In short, each offers an 11-inch high-refresh-rate display with Dolby Vision support, and one of a Snapdragon 8-series chipset: the 860 on the vanilla, the 870 on the Pro versions.
• The Pro models also have better cameras and the Pro 5G, well, has a 5G modem.
• Aside from that, pricing starts at around ~$300 for the Mi Pad 5 bottom spec, while the top-spec Pro 5G goes to about $540. 
• It is impressive that Xiaomi can copy an iPad that much cheaper, but a) there’s no word on these launching outside of Mainland China yet and b) sadly, Android tablets just don’t have sufficient developer support.

CyberDog

• Boston Robotic’s Spot is $74,500. Xiaomi’s CyberDog copy, which can backflip, and features a brain by Nvidia, will cost about $1,540 (9,999 RMB) though only 1,000 will be made and it’s only available to “engineers, enthusiasts, and fans.”
• It feels more like a proof of concept to get Xiaomi into robotics, and the company is making the design open-source.
• It’s at least partially menacing — Xiaomi’s released renders are not at all going for a cute, quirky look, but more of a ‘next police enforcement’ design. 
• I mean, look:

• No, thank you .