Lei Jun: Xiaomi invested 16 billion yuan in R & D in 2022, an increase of 21% over the same period last year, and it will invest 20 billion this year.

Thank you, CTOnews.com netizen Kui, for your clue delivery! According to CTOnews.com news on April 18, Xiaomi held a new product conference in Beijing tonight, releasing Xiaomi 13 Ultra, the flagship mobile phone of humanities image specialty, as well as a series of new products of Xiaomi technology and ecology.

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun took the lead in making his debut. He first thanked the rice noodles, saying that Xiaomi's high-end route had achieved preliminary results. Last year, three high-end products received high reviews, and today it brings another high-end product, Xiaomi 13 Ultra.

He said at the press conference that Xiaomi's revenue and profits were under great pressure in 2022, but under such circumstances, Xiaomi continued to increase its R & D investment. The investment in R & D in 2022 was 16 billion yuan, an increase of 21% over the same period last year. Lei Jun also said that Xiaomi will invest 20 billion yuan this year.

"A lot of progress has been made in the high-end strategy," he said. "Last year, Xiaomi released three waves of high-end flagships. Xiaomi 12s Ultra, Xiaomi MIX Fold2 and Xiaomi 13 series all received favorable reviews of more than 98% of users on e-commerce platforms. We have the confidence and ability to make high-end mobile phones that our rice noodle friends are satisfied with."

Lei Jun stressed that the cooperation with Leica is not a simple name. Leica CEO gave Xiaomi a full score for its cooperation with Xiaomi and a full score for Xiaomi 13 Ultra. "the image is not just a big bottom, not just 100 megapixels, but a human image. Xiaomi 13 Ultra implanted Leica's optical ability to bid farewell to the digital taste of mobile phone images."

Xiaomi's press conference is under way, and CTOnews.com will bring you a wonderful live broadcast.