mi | Fone Arena - Part 416

Xiaomi catches up with Samsung to become India’s top smartphone vendor in Q3 2017: IDC

A total of 39 million smartphones were shipped to India in Q3 2017, which is a new record with substantial 40% Quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth and a healthy 21% Year-on-year (YoY) growth, according to the latest International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. India smartphone shipments accounted for 10% of the global smartphone shipments for the first time … Continue reading “Xiaomi catches up with Samsung to become India’s top smartphone vendor in Q3 2017: IDC”

Switching between MIUI ROMs using Fastboot method explained

Earlier in a post we talked about the different versions of MIUI, and in case you wish to flash MIUI ROM on your Xiaomi device you should read this post. In this post we will be walking you through the steps for flashing a ROM via fastboot flash method.

A New View – There are many firsts in upcoming flagship OnePlus 5T

We all know that the official launch of OnePlus 5T is just around the corner and as one can expect, the excitement surrounding it is seemingly getting more prominent. In pursuit of making the event majestic and magnificent, the global upstart OnePlus will be live streaming its global launch event at selected PVR theatres in … Continue reading “A New View – There are many firsts in upcoming flagship OnePlus 5T”

Xiaomi Mi Router 3C gets a temporary price cut India, available for Rs. 999

Xiaomi launched the Mi Router 3C, a budget router in India back in May this year for Rs. 1199. During festive sales it offered discount on the router, now it has announced a Rs.200 temporary price cut for it, so you can get it for Rs. 999 across Mi.com, Flipkart and Amazon.in. This limited period price … Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Router 3C gets a temporary price cut India, available for Rs. 999”

Xiaomi shipped record 9.2 million smartphones in Q3 2017 in India

Xiaomi India today announced that it has shipped over 9.2 million smartphones in the country in the third quarter of 2017 for the first time. It shipped 100,000 smartphones per quarter in 2014, crossed the 1 million mark in Q3 2015, 3 million in Q3 2017, and now is has cross 9 million units for the first time in … Continue reading “Xiaomi shipped record 9.2 million smartphones in Q3 2017 in India”

Different versions of MIUI explained

With more than 200 million global users Xiaomi’s MIUI is amongst the most popular android skins. Sometimes users get confused between MIUI versions like Beta, Stable, Nightly and in this post, we will explain different versions of MIUI Global ROM (Note that we are not covering MIUI China ROM in this post). MIUI Global ROM … Continue reading “Different versions of MIUI explained”

Xiaomi Mi 5 MIUI 9 Global Stable ROM starts rolling out [Update]

Xiaomi announced the latest iteration of its android skin MIUI 9 on 2nd November in an event, last week company completed MIUI 9 Global Stable ROM roll out for first batch which includes Redmi Note 4 and Mi Max 2.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 gets a permanent price cut in India, 3GB RAM with 32GB storage version now starts at Rs. 9999

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 4 smartphone in India back in January this year. After about 10 months of launch, the company has announced a Rs. 1000 permanent price cut for the 3GB RAM with 32GB storage and 4GB RAM with 64GB storage variants in the country. The Mi Max 2 got a Rs. 1000 price cut in the country … Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 gets a permanent price cut in India, 3GB RAM with 32GB storage version now starts at Rs. 9999”

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 Review

The Mi Mix 2 sits a class apart in Xiaomi’s line up. Sure, there have been flagship grade phones like the Mi5 and Mi6 but the Mix is where we saw a degree of design innovation that was unprecedented. After years of being called out for aping Apple’s design ethos, Xiaomi finally had a device that … Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 Review”

Zen Admire Unity with 5-inch display, Android 7.0, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 5099

Zen Mobiles has launched Admire Unity, the company’s latest budget smartphone with 4G VoLTE support. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a quad-core processor, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.

Aircel ties up with Amazon Pay to offer Rs. 75 cashback on unlimited plans

Aircel today announced that it has partnered with Amazon Pay to offer flat Rs. 75 cashback on select unlimited plans on first recharge. For other plans you get Rs. 50 cashback. The limited period offer is valid till November 15th. You can check our more details about the offer and list of unlimited plans for different … Continue reading “Aircel ties up with Amazon Pay to offer Rs. 75 cashback on unlimited plans”

Vodafone launches new RED Postpaid Plans with unlimited calls, Data rollover and more starting at Rs. 499

Vodafone has launched new set of RED postpaid plans – RED Traveler, RED International and RED Signature. All the plans come with free unlimited local and STD calling and free National Roaming. These plans offer data quotas starting from 20GB up to 200GB and Data rollover feature that allows consumers to carry forward up to 200GB … Continue reading “Vodafone launches new RED Postpaid Plans with unlimited calls, Data rollover and more starting at Rs. 499”

Beyerdynamic DT 240 PRO professional monitor headphones launched in India for Rs. 7500

Beyerdynamic has launched DT 240 professional monitor headphones in India. The DT 240 professional headphones are aimed towards musicians, podcasters, and filmmakers. The company characterizes the headphones as clean, deep bass, lively mids, and clearly defined highs.

Xiaomi sold over 150000 Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones in 3 minutes in first sale

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones in India last week. The phones went on sale in the country today exclusively on Amazon.in as well as Mi.com today. After the sale Manu Jain, Group Vice President and Managing Director of Xiaomi India said that the company sold over 1,50,000 units of both the phones across the platforms in … Continue reading “Xiaomi sold over 150000 Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones in 3 minutes in first sale”