小米在2015年销售了逾7000万部手机，超过了2014年的6100万部，但没有实现最初制定的销售1亿部（后来调整为8000万部）的目标。

Microsoft itself has had little success in trying to crack the global smartphone market. It acquired Nokia’s hardware business in 2013 for $7.2bn but the deal has been disastrous. Microsoft said last month it would take an additional $950m writedown, having already written down $7.6bn from its mobile phone operations and laid off 7,800 staff.

微软自己在进军全球智能手机市场方面乏善可陈。它在2013年斥资72亿美元收购了诺基亚(Nokia)的硬件业务，但该交易是灾难性的。微软上月表示，将再次减记9.5亿美元，它之前已经对其手机业务减记了76亿美元，并裁掉了7800名员工。

Bryan Ma at IT consultancy IDC in Singapore said of the deal: “It’s a win-win, with one side building up its patent collection and the other building up its ecosystem. But this deal alone won’t change either of their fortunes overnight.”

新加坡IT咨询公司IDC的马伯远(Bryan Ma)谈到该交易时表示：“这是一笔双赢交易，让一方积累专利数量，另一方打造其生态系统。但单凭该协议不会在一夜之间改变它们的命运。”