Xiaomi gained market share by pricing its phones competitively, but cut corners by only releasing security updates quarterly (instead of monthly).

https://www.mi.com/global/service/support/security-update-1....

The only exception is Xiaomi's Android One "A" line, which is now discontinued.

WAY cheaper and still do everything you want a modern mobile phone to do.

This could have been a race between Xiaomi and Huawai but trump decided against that.

Good, cheap phones, but packed to the brim with spyware.