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

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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. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5 MIUI 9 Global Stable ROM starts rolling out [Update]”

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 recently. 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

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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 wasn’t just all of its own but was breaking ground. While the original was relegated to China, the second generation hardware is spearheading the company’s entry into markets world over. Enter the Mi Mix 2. More refined, more powerful and yes, finally available in India. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 Review”

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

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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 the sale in just 3 minutes. Second sale is scheduled for November 15, next Wednesday.  Continue reading “Xiaomi sold over 150000 Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones in 3 minutes in first sale”

Xiaomi to open its first Mi Home Store in Pune on November 10

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After BengaluruDelhi-NCRChennaiHyderabad and Mumbai, Xiaomi is all set to open its first Mi Home Store in Pune on November 10th. It will be located at First Floor, Seasons Mall, Magarpatta City. This will be the 10th Mi Home Store in the country after four stores in Bengaluru, one in Gurugram, Noida, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai. Continue reading “Xiaomi to open its first Mi Home Store in Pune on November 10”

Xiaomi smartphone shipments cross 70 million in 2017, beats target

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Xiaomi is growing at a phase that no one would have imagined. The company has sold over 10 Million units in October 2017 for the second month in a row. The total shipments of the company now crossed over 70 Million units for the first ten months of this year, thus surpassing the target set for 2017, said Lei Jun, Xiaomi’s founder, and CEO.

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Xiaomi Mi Drop – Transfer files between Android phones

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Xiaomi’s MIUI focuses towards providing a complete user experience and to achieve this MIUI is loaded with many system apps like Explorer, Recorder, Compass, Scanner and many more. A couple of days back Xiaomi announced the lightning fast MIUI 9 Global with many changes including Split Screen, Interactive and Fresh UI changes, New Notification Shade, App Vault, New Gallery App, Calendar Cards, Mi Video App and Mi Drop. In this post we will cover the all new Mi Drop app which comes with a simple UI and is capable of transferring all types of file. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Drop – Transfer files between Android phones”

Xiaomi Mi Max 2 MIUI 9 stable update starts rolling out in India [Update – Download links]

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Update: After the Redmi Note 4, MIUI 9 Global Stable update is now rolling out for the Mi Max 2. You can download the zip file from here or just get the OTA zip file from here (MIUI 8.5.9.0 to 9.0.1.0) and flash it manually, if you don’t have the update yet. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Max 2 MIUI 9 stable update starts rolling out in India [Update – Download links]”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 MIUI 9 Global Stable ROM starts rolling out

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Earlier today Xiaomi officially announced MIUI 9 Global ROM along with Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite in an event in India. The company announced that MIUI 9 Global Stable ROM will start hitting Mi Mix 2, Mi Max 2 and Redmi Note 4 starting tomorrow. A few days ago, we reported that company started testing MIUI 9 Stable Nightly update for Mi Max 2, and this evening Xiaomi started rolling out MIUI 9 Global Stable update to Redmi Note 4 (Qualcomm variant). Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 MIUI 9 Global Stable ROM starts rolling out”

MIUI 9 Global Stable ROM for Redmi Note 4, Mi Max 2 and more to roll out starting November 3

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Xiaomi introduced the MIUI 9 back in July and it the Global Beta ROM was released starting 27th July. Today at the Redmi Y1 launch event the company has finally announced that the MIUI 9 Global Stable ROM will be available for its phones starting from tomorrow, November 3rd. Continue reading “MIUI 9 Global Stable ROM for Redmi Note 4, Mi Max 2 and more to roll out starting November 3”

Xiaomi Redmi Y1 Lite with 5.5-inch display, Snapdragon 425 launched in India for Rs. 6999

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Xiaomi along with the Redmi Y1, also launched the cheaper Redmi Y1 Lite smartphone in India. It was introduced as Redmi Note 5A in China back in August and packs a 5.5-inch HD screen, is powered by a Snapdragon 425 with 2GB RAM, comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash with PDAF and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Y1 Lite with 5.5-inch display, Snapdragon 425 launched in India for Rs. 6999”

Xiaomi Redmi Y1 with 5.5-inch display, Snapdragon 435, 16MP front camera launched in India starting at Rs. 8999

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Xiaomi just launched the Redmi Y1, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the new ‘Redmi Y’ series in India, as it had promised. As expected, it is the re-branded Redmi Note 5A smartphone that was introduced in China in August. It has a 5.5-inch HD screen, is powered by Snapdragon 435 Mobile Platform, runs on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) with MIUI on top, packs a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 16-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash for both. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Y1 with 5.5-inch display, Snapdragon 435, 16MP front camera launched in India starting at Rs. 8999”

MIUI 9 Stable ROM coming in November – List of Xiaomi devices getting it [Updated]

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Xiaomi officially announced the latest version of its popular android skin MIUI along with Mi 5X back in July, Redmi Note 4 was amongst the first devices to receive MIUI 9 based Global beta ROM update on 11 Aug, and Xiaomi rolled out Global Beta ROM to all devices by Sep end in three batches. MIUI 9 comes with features like Split Screen, Quick Switch, Better System optimization, Beautiful animations, Revamped Gallery and Security app. Continue reading “MIUI 9 Stable ROM coming in November – List of Xiaomi devices getting it [Updated]”

Smart Assistant now rolling out to MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM users

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Xiaomi announced the latest iteration of its android skin on 25th July in an event in China with new features like Smart Assistant, Split Screen and Universal Image Search. MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM started rolling out to Global ROM users on 11th July but many of these features were exclusive to MIUI China ROM till now. This Tuesday Xiaomi started rolling out some of these features to closed Beta users with MIUI Global 7.10.31. Continue reading “Smart Assistant now rolling out to MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM users”