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Xiaomi making its own chip is the right move. Here's why.

Do it yourself.

Whether you use Rogers, AT&T, or T-Mobile, a Qualcomm-powered phone is going to perform better than one that uses another company's chip and relies on Qualcomm's networking patents to even work at all. Pixel phones are lacking when it comes to performance, battery life, and connectivity at the expense of AI and Google is fine with that. Cell providers in China or Indonesia are different than one in Ontario or Texas and there shouldn't be a downgrade when it comes to network performance for the majority of Xiaomi's customers.

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