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"Xiaomi teased a mysterious new product earlier this week, but you can forget any extravagant ideas because\u00A0today it was revealed to be a wireless router... albeit a beautifully designed one.\r\n\r\nThe Chinese company, which is valued at $10 billion\u00A0and hired Google's Hugo Barra, initially made its name with smartphones, but has moved into other verticals: including smart TVs, cheaper smartpones\u00A0and ebooks, while flagship retail stores are planned.\r\n\r\nThere's no price for the router which will launch as a beta with selected customers on December 19. It's not clear when a full launch will occur -- though the product is\u00A0another reason to compare Xiaomi to Apple (and its Airport routers)\u00A0-- that's something Xiaomi founder\u00A0Lei Jun doesn't appreciate...\u00A0at all.\r\n\r\n\u27A4\u00A0Just after selling another 100,000 phones in 6 minutes, Xiaomi finally unveils its mysterious new product\u00A0[Tech In Asia]\r\n\r\nRelated:\u00A0Here\u2019s why you should care about rising Chinese smartphone firm Xiaomi"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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