Will Xiaomi finally start selling smartphones in the US?

Xiaomi plans to finally start selling its smartphones in the US, but it will take some time. Xiaomi’s new senior vice president Wang Xiang, says that its phones will likely arrive to America by 2019. "We don't want to make a random decision, oh say, here's the Mi 6, let's try the US market, if it doesn't work let's just leave," Wang said. "No, we want to be well prepared and make a boom in those markets."
Xiaomi sells its smartphones directly through their website at a relatively low price. One of the main barriers to enter the US is the fact that it's a market which is still driven by carriers. Working with carriers means having to integrate and test carrier-specific add-ons, a.k.a. bloatware.