“Removal of Phone Charger Was My Idea”: Xiaomi CEO Jun Lei

Xiaomi’s CEO Jun Lei said during a livestream that the removal of the in-box phone charger with its new flagship Mi 11 was the implementation of an original idea he had five years ago, rather than following Apple’s practice with its iPhone 12.

“Five years ago, I came up with this idea when I saw a full drawer of chargers,” Lei said. “A year ago, we had t…