After the phone got certified by TENAA this week, Xiaomi today officially announced that it will introduce the Redmi Note 5A on August 21st, as rumored earlier. The phone is expected to come in two versions, both with unibody design, but only the high-end version is said to come with a fingerprint sensor and the entry-level version could just be a larger version of the Redmi 4A.
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Xiaomi Redmi smartphones with model numbers MDT6 and MDT6S have been certified by TENAA in China. Both the phone have a 5.5-inch HD screen, come with a unibody design and pack a 3000mAh battery. The basic version is powered by a 1.4GHz quad-core processor, which could be Snapdragon 425 and doesn’t have a fingerprint sensor like the Redmi 4A. It is rumored to be called the Redmi Note 5A. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A with 5.5-inch display, Android 7.1 gets certified”
Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 4 with Snapdragon 625 in India running MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) back in January earlier this year starting at Rs. 9999. Now the company has finally started rolling out Android 7.0 (Nougat) update for the smartphone along with the MIUI 8.5.4.0.NCFMIED OTA update as nightly build, which Xiaomi calls Beta Stable release before the final update. Check out the changelog below. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 MIUI 8.5.4.0 Android 7.0 Nougat update starts rolling out in India”
Today Xiaomi India VP and Managing Director tweeted that the company will launch a new smartphone in India with dual rear cameras in India in next month along with a portrait shot with background blur effect. The smartphone will likely be the Mi 5X that was introduced in China last month. Continue reading “Xiaomi to launch new smartphone with dual rear cameras in India in September, Mi 5X expected”
Xiaomi introduced Mi Music Alarm Clock, portable Bluetooth Mouse and a Wireless Mouse in China recently. We recently unboxed these accessories, check out the video below. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Music Alarm Clock, Mi Portable Bluetooth Mouse and Mi Wireless Mouse Unboxing”
Xiaomi recently introduced its Noise Cancelling USB Type-C Earphones. We managed to get one from China and unboxed it a few days back along with few more products, check out the video.
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Flipkart today started its on-day Big Redmi Note 4 sale to to celebrate the 6-month anniversary since the phone was launched back in January 2017. Flipkart said that the Redmi Note 4 has remained one of the most popular and hottest selling smartphones on the platform. The phone is also India’s top selling smartphone. Continue reading “Flipkart Big Redmi Note 4 sale: Buyback Guarantee, up to Rs. 12000 exchange offer and more”
Xiaomi has secured a whopping $1 billion loan to expand globally and increase its retail footprint. The Chinese smartphone maker has revealed that it has secured a three-year syndicated loan agreement from 18 banks across Europe, Middle East, India, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley served as joint global coordinator, with Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, and Wing Lung Bank.
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When Xiaomi announced the Mi Max last year, nobody expected it to be particularly popular. The gigantic size was expected to be a deterrent but as it turns out, the phablet saw massive uptake amongst users. Serving as a good mid way ground between carrying smartphones and a tablet, the Mi Max delivered battery life, a large screen and a generally great experience in a well priced package. One year on, Xiaomi is back with the Mi Max 2. With a bigger battery in roughly the same sized package, the Mi Max 2 is already looking quite exciting but is it worth an upgrade? We discuss that and more in our full review. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Max 2 Review”
Xiaomi launched its Mi Max 2 phablet in India last week for Rs. 16999 and the phone went on sale through Mi.com and Mi Home during Mi 3rd anniversary sale last week. Today from 10AM, the smartphone went on sale on Flipkart, Amazon, Tata CLiQ and Paytm mall online as well offline stores – Poorvika, BigC, Sangeetha, Croma, Lot, Vijay Sales, eZone and Reliance Digital. The phone is already out of stock on Flipkart and Paytm mall online, but you can get it from Amazon, Tata CLiQ and offline stores. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Max 2 now available from Amazon, Flipkart, Paytm Mall, Tata CLiQ and offline retailers in India”
Xiaomi introduced its flagship Mi 6 smartphone back in April. At that time it announced Silver Edition with reflective mirror finish Stainless steel frame. Today at the Mi 5X and MIUI 9 event, the company announced that it will be available for 3999 yuan (US$ 592 / Rs. 38,110 approx.) starting August 3rd, but the company will make only 100 units available. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 6 Mercury Silver Edition price revealed, will roll out in limited numbers”
Along with the Mi 5X, Xiaomi also announced new Mi AI speaker, a new speaker with voice assistant from Mi lab. This offers 360-degree audio experience, thanks to six omnidirectional microphone array that senses external noise to cancel out echo. It promises the best sound quality and has voice control so that you can say it to play music, live radio, audio books and even children’s stories. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi AI Speaker with voice assistant, 360-degree sound announced”
Xiaomi just announced the Mi 5X, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone at an event in China, as it had promised. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 Mobile platform, runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) based on MIUI 8 and will get MIUI 9 update. It has 12MP dual rear cameras, one with a wide-angle lens and other with a telephoto lens offering portrait mode, background blur and more features. It has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5X with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 625, 12MP dual rear cameras announced”
We just have one more day ahead of Xiaomi Mi 5X and MIUI 9 event on Wednesday. The company already released official images of the Mi 5X a few days back. Today it has released teaser images of new features that are coming with the MIUI 9 and also released a new teaser video for the Mi 5X. Continue reading “Xiaomi teases MIUI 9 in images, Mi 5X in video ahead of announcement on July 26”
Xiaomi launched Mi Max 2 phablet in India earlier this week for Rs. 16,999, which went on sale in the country today during Mi 3rd anniversary sale. We already brought you the unboxing of the Mi Max 2, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 5300mAh (typical) / 5200mAh (minimum) built-in battery with support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 along with parallel charging that promises to charge the phone up to 68% in one hour. It has 6.44-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by the power-efficient Snapdragon 625 14nm Mobile Platform and runs on MIUI 8 based on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat). Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Max 2 Battery Life Test”
