Category: Xiaomi

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S with 5.99-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 845, 8GB RAM, 12MP dual rear cameras announced

Xiaomi just announced Mi MIX 2S, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the Mi MIX series in Shanghai, as it had promised. It has a 5.99-inch Full HD+ display, is powered by Snapdragon 845 with up to 8GB RAM, support for Google ARCore and runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with support for AI voice assistant. It has a 12-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX363 sensor, 1.4µm pixel size, OIS, Dual Pixel auto focus and a secondary 12-megapixel rear camera for AI portraits and has AI scene recognition that can detect 25 categories and 206 kinds of scenes. The 5-megapixel front camera, which as been moved to the bottom part of the phone. It has support for AI portrait selfies with real-time background blur and the phone also has face unlock. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S with 5.99-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 845, 8GB RAM, 12MP dual rear cameras announced”

Xiaomi Mi 6X / Mi A2 with 5.99-inch FHD+ display, dual rear cameras, metal body gets certified [Update: Detailed specs]

Xiaomi Mi 6X

Update: Detailed specifications of the smartphone have surfaced on TENAA that reveals Black, Rose Gold, Gold, White, Blue, Red, Pink, Gray and Silver colors, up to 6GB RAM, Android 8.1 and more.

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Xiaomi Black Shark gaming phone with Snapdragon 845 confirmed

A new smartphone code-named Blackshark surfaced on AnTuTu and Geekbench recently, which is believed to be Xiaomi’s first gaming smartphone under the new Black shark brand, in which Xiaomi started investing last year. Now the official Black Shark account on weibo and Qualcomm China have confirmed that it will be powered by Snapdragon 845. Continue reading “Xiaomi Black Shark gaming phone with Snapdragon 845 confirmed”

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S – 8GB RAM, 256GB storage, Ceramic body confirmed by CEO; surfaces in video ahead of March 27 announcement

Xiaomi is all set to introduce the Mi Mix 2S smartphone at an event in Shanghai tomorrow. The company already confirmed Snapdragon 845, AI camera, AI face unlock, AI scene recognition, AI dual camera and wireless charging support for the phone. Today the company’s CEO Lei Jun on weibo confirmed 8GB RAM and 256GB storage for the phone and also said that it will have a ceramic body curved on all four sides.

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Xiaomi Mi TV gets Hotstar app to stream sports, watch movies and TV shows

Xiaomi launched its Mi TV 4 55-inch 4K HDR TV last month and recently it launched the TV 4A series. At the TV 4 launch the company said that it has partnered with Hotstar, SunNxt, Voot, Sony LIV, Hungama, Zee5, ALTBalaji, Viu, TVF and flickstree offering over 500,000 hours of content. The company starting adding them slowly. Recently it announced that TVF videos and web-series will be available across all Mi TVs. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi TV gets Hotstar app to stream sports, watch movies and TV shows”

Xiaomi Mi Video App gets online content integration

Mi Video Player App

With the launch of MIUI 9 back in November, Xiaomi introduced few new apps such as Mi Video, New Mi Explorer and Mi Drop. MIUI gets updated biweekly, which includes closed beta on every Tuesday and public beta on every Friday, last Friday Xiaomi updated the Mi Video app and it gets online content integration. Users can now watch content from Hungama Play, Youtube, Hotstar, Amazon Prime Videos, Voot and other streaming services without leaving the Mi Video App. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Video App gets online content integration”

Xiaomi starts rolling out MIUI 9.5 Stable ROM, finally brings New Notification Shade with Quick Replies [Update: Rolling out for Redmi 5A]

MIUI 9 Notification Shade

Update: 3: Update: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 9.5 update for select Redmi 5A users that brings all these new features. Xiaomi releases Stable Nightly updates to random users to get feedback and the same update is rolled out to all users as a Stable build if feedback goes well, in case you wish to read more about Nightly ROMs refer to this post.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Review

The sheer hype around Xiaomi’s successful Redmi series is not for nothing. Time and time again, the Redmi Note series has proved itself by offering a product that effectively straddles that thin line between performance and value. With the introduction of the Redmi Note 5 Pro though, the company is obliterating the few sacrifices it had to make to hit a certain price point and is taking the fight to the competition.  Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Review”

Xiaomi opens its first Mi Home Store in Punjab

Xiaomi has announced that it has opened its first Mi Home Store in Punjab. This is the 30th Mi Home Store in India after Mi Home stores in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Madhya Pradesh, Coimbatore and Gujarat. Continue reading “Xiaomi opens its first Mi Home Store in Punjab”

Xiaomi Mi Casual, City and Travel Backpacks launched in India starting at Rs. 899

Xiaomi launched its Mi Business Backpack in India back in August last year. Today the company has launched 3 new backpacks – Mi Casual Backpack, Mi City Backpack and Mi Travel Backpack in India, in its Mi Ecosystem. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Casual, City and Travel Backpacks launched in India starting at Rs. 899”

Xiaomi Redmi 5 Unboxing and First Impressions

Xiaomi just launched the Redmi 5 smartphone in India last week as the successor of last year’s Redmi 4, and it went on sale earlier this week for the first time. Check out the unboxing and the first impressions of the phone. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 5 Unboxing and First Impressions”

Xiaomi and TVF announce strategic partnership for Mi TV

Xiaomi and The Viral Fever (TVF)  today have announced a strategic partnership for the recently launched Mi TV 4 and Mi TV 4A. TVF has announced that all the content including videos and web-series will be available across all Mi TVs. Continue reading “Xiaomi and TVF announce strategic partnership for Mi TV”

MIUI 9.5 Stable ROM – List of Xiaomi devices getting it with schedule

Xiaomi started rolling out  MIUI 9.5 Stable ROM for the Redmi Note 4 last week, later some users reported the update rolling out for Redmi 3S. Yesterday Xiaomi confirmed that it is rolling out the update to Redmi Note 4, Redmi Note 3, Mi Max/Prime and Redmi 3S/Prime in phases. Today the company has confirmed that list of devices that will get the MIUI 9.5 update along with the roll out time-frame. Continue reading “MIUI 9.5 Stable ROM – List of Xiaomi devices getting it with schedule”

Xiaomi launches new Mi Earphones, Mi Earphones Basic in India starting at Rs. 399

Xiaomi today launched two new earphones – Mi Earphones, Mi Earphones Basic in India. The company already has several in-ear earphones in India, and it recently launched the Mi Noise Cancelling USB Type-C Earphones in the country. The Mi In-Ear Headphones Basic also got a permanent Rs. 100 price cut recently and is available for Rs. 499.

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Amazfit BIP Unboxing and First Impressions

You have probably heard of Huami Corporation, if not, it is the company behind Mi Band series which are known for providing smart activity tracking at affordable prices, in which Xiaomi has invested in. Apart from Mi Bands, Huami has its own range of wearables called Amazfit. Recently, Huami launched its budget smartwatch Amazfit BIP globally at US$ 99 (Rs. 6455 approx.). We got to unbox the Amazfit BIP, check out the unboxing and first impressions of Amazfit BIP. Continue reading “Amazfit BIP Unboxing and First Impressions”