Honor India Accused of Running Negative Twitter Campaign Against Xiaomi

While both the Honor 7X and the Honor 9 Lite take been widely praised in the Indian media, Huawei seems to have been spooked by the launch of the Redmi Note v and Redmi Note 5 Pro, if some recent tweets targeting the ii new devices are anything to go past.

Outset spotted by YouTuber Dhananjay Bhosale (@Dhananjay_Tech), a number of tweets from different accounts are seemingly spreading negativity around the two new devices from Xiaomi, even though neither of the devices accept become bachelor for purchase however.

Each i of them is proverb bad things nigh device which is all the same to exist launched & expert well-nigh #Honor9Lite & #Honor7X (which are keen besides)

But is this something @HiHonorIndia is doing? I hope non 😑@manukumarjain @clintonjeff @jaimani @rohitghalsasi #RedmiNote5 #RedmiNote5Pro picture.twitter.com/zATlGRIAgF

— Dhananjay_Tech (@Dhananjay_Tech) February 13, 2018

Tech weblog OnPhones then dug up quite a few of those negative tweets, and as yous tin can come across from the composite screenshots posted by the site, they seem to have the verbal text and hashtags, which include the subtle-as-a-sledgehammer #DontBuyXiaomi hashtag.

Honor India Allegedly Running Negative Twitter Campaign Against Xiaomi

In improver, the below video has been circulated as proof of Xiaomi'due south bad customer service, even though it'southward a rather one-time video from at to the lowest degree two years ago.

Bought a mia1 and faced recurring heating issues and this is how their client service, they should stop making phones #MiSucks flick.twitter.com/Vqg9jShJFN

— Reena Soni (@trulycrazy15) February eleven, 2018

OnPhones even claims to have got their hands on the electronic mail which was sent past the social media agency to these so-called Twitter influencers to run the anti-Xiaomi campaign.

This naturally leads to suspicions that Huawei's sub-make Award is pulling strings through some agency to get this hashtag trending on Xiaomi'due south large mean solar day. It's not going to assist the visitor'due south paradigm every bit it comes at the same time as the controversial move of luring its fans to post favorable comments well-nigh the Mate 10 Pro in the U.s., even earlier the devices went on sale there.

It'due south easy to meet a pattern here, which leads many to believe that at that place may exist link between Honor and the torrent of negative anti-Xiaomi tweets. The modus operandi seems incredibly similar – mail 'opinions' nearly a device without fifty-fifty using information technology, so equally to influence people into buying a item make ahead of another.

Nosotros take reached out to Huawei and Accolade India for a comment on the affair and we will be updating this story with the response.