Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun today announced that Xiaomi has shipped 23.16 million smartphones in Q2 2017, up 70% from the previous quarter, which is a new record high for the company in a quarter. This comes after a slight decline in sales for a year. The company said that this was due to two instances of supply issues, each one hampering its chain for several months. Continue reading “Xiaomi shipped record 23.16 million smartphones globally in Q2 2017, India revenues up 328% YoY in H1 2017”
Earlier this week, Xiaomi revealed Android Nougat update for range of smartphones. Now, the company has confirmed that MIUI 9 will arrive before August 16. The news comes after it was confirmed that the MIUI 9 is currently in development.
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Nokia and Chinese handset maker Xiaomi Technology have signed a multi-year patent licensing agreement. Xiaomi also acquired patent assets from Nokia as part of the transaction. The deal also includes a cross license to each company’s cellular standard essential patents.
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Xiaomi has released the list of 14 smartphones that will get Android Nougat update. The list includes 10 smartphones that will get Android 7.0 update and four smartphones that will get Android 7.1 update. Most of these smartphones were released running Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). Continue reading “Xiaomi confirms Android Nougat update for range of smartphones”
Xiaomi has achieved a new milestone by opening its 500th authorized service center in India in Bengaluru. With this, Xiaomi will provide an enhanced after sales service experience. Earlier this year it partnered with B2X, leading provider of customer care for smartphones for after sales service in India. At that time it had only 200 service centers across the country. Xiaomi’s service centers are now in 350 cities in 3 years since the company entered India.
Xiaomi has partnered with Reliance Jio to offer up to 30GB free 4G data on select smartphones. The offer is eligible to Redmi 2, Redmi 2 Prime, Redmi Note 4G, Redmi Note 4G Prime, Mi 4i, Redmi Note 2, Mi 5, Mi Max, Mi Max Prime, Redmi 3s, Redmi 3s plus, Redmi 3s Prime, Redmi Note 4, Redmi 4A and Redmi 4 smartphone users. Continue reading “Xiaomi teams up with Reliance Jio to offer up to 30GB additional 4G data for select phones”
Xiaomi today at its Mi Ecosystem event also introduced Mi Ultrasonic Toothbrush, its latest Mi Ecosystem product in the personal healthcare space. It uses ultrasonic technology which enables vibrations of up to 31,000 per minute for powerful cleaning. It has DuPont StaClean high-quality bristles and has waterproof body with IPX7 ratings. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Ultrasonic Toothbrush is smart, waterproof and uses ultrasonic technology”
Xiaomi along with the Mi Ninebot Plus introduced Mi Laser Projector at its Mi Ecosystem event. it has ALPD 3.0 world’s leading sources of laser technology, wide color gamut and 5000 lumens brightness. It has Mi TV built-in to watch movies and shows easily. Even though it comes with a remote, you can also use your smartphone as a remote. The company says that it has been developed over two years of research and development.
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Xiaomi at its annual Mi Ecosystem event in China introduced Mi Ninebot Plus, a new mini scooter and the successor of last year’s Ninebot that offers improved stability, climb over obstacles such as bumps easier, easier to hop on and get used to the controls and integrated machine learning learns speed, balance, agility, recovery, and braking that will be adjusted accordingly to best suit the user. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Ninebot Plus has one-button remote control, automatically follows you”
Xiaomi launched its Redmi 4 smartphone in India last month starting at Rs. 6999. Today the company on the sixth week of sale announced that it has sold more than 1 million or 10 lakh units of Redmi 4 smartphones in India since the smartphone went on sale on May 23rd on Mi.com and Amazon.in. With this, the smartphone has broken the record of Redmi Note 4 that took 45 days to cross 1 million unit sales back in March. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 4 sales cross 1 million units in India in just 30 days of launch”
OnePlus, as promised, introduced its latest flagship device dubbed as OnePlus 5 with much fanfare today. This is the first smartphone in the OnePlus portfolio to sport a dual camera setup. Having said that, today we have come up with spec comparison between OnePlus 5 and its arch rival Xiaomi Mi 6. As both the device possess more or less the similar internals, we found it interesting to compare side by side. Do check it out here. Continue reading “OnePlus 5 vs Xiaomi Mi 6 – What’s different”
Xiaomi, in addition to new power banks have launched Mi Bluetooth Speaker Mini and Mi Wi-Fi Repeater 2 in India. The Mi speaker has a full metal body, measures just 52 × 52 × 25mm and weighs just 58 grams. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Bluetooth Speaker Mini and Mi Wi-Fi Repeater 2 launched in India for Rs. 1299 and Rs. 999”
Xiaomi has launched its 10000mAh Mi Powerbank 2 in India, as expected. It also launched the 20000mAh Mi Power Bank 2, successor of the 20000mAh Mi Power Bank in the country. It has support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0, features same ABS plastic body for a better grip and these have two-way fast charging. Continue reading “Xiaomi 10000mAh and 20000mAh Mi Power Bank 2 launched in India starting at Rs. 1199”
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun had already confirmed in February that the company is working on the successor of the bezel less Mi MIX smartphone. Now, Jun has again taken Weibo to share that Mi MIX 2 is all set to be announced later this year. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 will be announced later this year, confirms CEO Lei Jun”
Xiaomi today launched Reward Mi program in India, that let registered mi.com users to obtain reward benefits while purchasing Xiaomi products from the website. Xiaomi said that Mi.com is the first technology e-commerce platform in India to offer a reward program for its users. Continue reading “Xiaomi launches Reward Mi reward program in India”
