Xiaomi executive nabbed promoting the new Poco F1 with fake camera samples

Only last week, there was word of Huawei using DSLR shots as camera samples of the new Nova 3i in an ad. If you thought the aftermath of that decision—a massive media blowout—would’ve dissuaded other OEMs from doing something similar, you’d be wrong, as Xiaomi has been caught doing the exact same thing.

While Xiaomi’s transgressions aren’t nearly as heavy as Huawei’s, it’s still a bit annoying to see an OEM on the scale of the Chinese company stoop so low. The company’s global media spokesperson, Donovan Sung, was caught using an image taken by the Mi Mix 2S as a camera sample for the new Poco F1.

Users on Reddit quickly discovered the irregularity, as the exec had already used that same image to promote the Mix 2S earlier in the year. The original image had the Mi 2S watermark at the bottom left, and the image posted for the Poco F1 is the same, albeit with the original watermark badly photoshopped out.

What makes this even more amusing was the fact that Xiaomi took the opportunity to take shots at Huawei after the latter’s failings made the way into the headlines last week. Tad hypocritical, that.