Category: Xiaomi

Xiaomi launches Mi Note Pro in China, says it has solved heating issues in Snapdragon 810

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Xiaomi announced the Mi Note Pro, the top-end variant of the Mi Note smartphone back in January. Today the company launched the smartphone at an event in China. As we already know, the Mi Note Pro has a 5.7-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Protection, is powered by a 64-bit Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 processor with Adreno 430 GPU and has 4GB DDR4 RAM.  It has 64GB of internal storage and 4G LTE support. Continue reading “Xiaomi launches Mi Note Pro in China, says it has solved heating issues in Snapdragon 810”

Xiaomi Mi 4i vs Mi 4 Photo Gallery

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Xiaomi launched the Mi 4i smartphone last month in India for Rs 12,999. We have already seen unboxing, hands on, benchmarks and photo gallery of the phone. Now let’s compare the phone with last year’s Mi4 in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4i vs Mi 4 Photo Gallery”

Xiaomi Mi 4i Photo Gallery

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Xiaomi launched the Mi 4i smartphone last month in India for Rs 12,999. We have already seen unboxing and hands on of the Mi 4i and now lets see detailed hardware and specs of the smartphone in the form of photo gallery. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4i Photo Gallery”

Xiaomi Mi 5, Mi 5 Plus specifications leaked, launch rumoured for July

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According to new rumours from China, Xiaomi is all set to launch the next flagship Mi 5 along with a phablet variant Mi 5 Plus. The launch will reportedly happen sometime in July, considering that the Mi 4 was also launched in July last year, but there isn’t any particular date known or rumoured as yet. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5, Mi 5 Plus specifications leaked, launch rumoured for July”

40,000 Mi 4i smartphones sold out in 15 seconds in first sale on Flipkart

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Xiaomi sold 40,000 units of Mi 4i smartphones in just 15 seconds in the first flash sale today on Flipkart at 2PM. It received over 3 lakh registrations for the sale. Even though the company sells only the White variant of the smartphone, the company plans to bring blue, yellow and pink colors variants soon. Continue reading “40,000 Mi 4i smartphones sold out in 15 seconds in first sale on Flipkart”

Xiaomi retains top market share in China

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Xiaomi has just announced the results of Q1 2015 and that it has retained its number one spot in the Chinese market. The company holds a market share of 14% and are well ahead of some of the big international players.

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Xiaomi Mi 4i Benchmarks

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Xiaomi launched its Mi 4i smartphone in India last week at a price tag of Rs. 12,999. We brought you the hands-on impressions and the unboxing of the smartphone recently, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a second-generation Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 64-bit processor that has four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.65 GHz per core and other four Cortex A53 cores are clocked at 1.1 GHz per core. It has Adreno 405 GPU clocked at 550 MHz, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 5-inch 1080p screen and runs on MI UI 6 based on Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop). We were not able to achieve the scores that Xiaomi has mentioned on their website, but these are close enough. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4i Benchmarks”

Xiaomi Mi Band launched in India for Rs. 999

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Xiaomi has launched the Mi Band, the company’s first fitness band and sleep tracker. It connects to your Android smartphones running Android via Bluetooth 4.0 low energy (BLE), has a set of sensors that monitors your fitness and tracks your sleep. The data can be share to social networks easily with the companion app that would also offer you health advice. It has aluminum surface and skin-friendly wristband.

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Xiaomi Mi 4i with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 12999

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Xiaomi has launched Mi 4i, the company’s latest smartphone in the Mi series. It has a 5-inch 1080p fully laminated display from JDI or Sharp with 178-degree viewing angle, is powered by an 2nd generation Octa-Core Snadpragon 615 processor and runs on MIUI v6 on top of Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with visual interactive voice response (IVR) feature built for India. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera from Samsung or Sony with 5-element lens, f/2.0 aperture and two-tone LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with 80-degree wide-angle lens. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4i with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 12999”

Xiaomi Redmi 2 Review

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Xiaomi’s grand entry into India was more to do with the Redmi 1s than any of its other devices. We had called it “one of the best budget smartphones ever made” and that it was, with a price point that shook the market. Over 6 months have passed since then, and the market has adapted to the threat, with a number of devices that now offer more or less the same, in terms of specifications. The Redmi 2, launched about a month back, is the sequel which faces renewed competition and tremendous expectations. With evolutionary changes, how does it fare this time? Let’s find out.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G Refurbished and Unboxed units to go on sale on April 27th starting from Rs. 7999

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Xiaomi recently partnered with GreenDust and Overcart to sell refurbished and unboxed Redmi 1S smartphones. Unboxed Redmi 1S units went on sale last week on Overcart. Today Overcart has announced that it is bringing the Redmi Note 4G smartphone next week. Refurbished and Unboxed Redmi Note 4G units will be available for Rs. 7,999 and Rs. 8,499, respectively.  The devices will be covered under a six-month manufacturer warranty from Xiaomi, says the company. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G Refurbished and Unboxed units to go on sale on April 27th starting from Rs. 7999”

Xiaomi teases its global smartphone ahead of launch on April 23

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Xiaomi’s scheduled Global Mi Phone Premiere event on April 23 in New Delhi is likely to see a ‘lite’ variant of the current Mi 4 flagship device, expected to be named the Xiaomi Mi 4i. Keeping up with the initial “i is coming” teaser, Xiaomi so far has released three teasers suggesting that how the upcoming device is very different from others. Continue reading “Xiaomi teases its global smartphone ahead of launch on April 23”