Apple has successfully stopped Xiaomi from trademarking Mi Pad tablet in Europe as an EU trademark as the name was too similar to Apple’s iPad. The European Union’s second-highest court, the General Court has ruled against Xiaomi and said that it should not register as a trademark. Continue reading “Apple wins EU trademark case preventing Xiaomi from trademarking Mi Pad in Europe”
Xiaomi just announced the Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus smartphone at an event in China as it had promised. The Redmi 5 has a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 full-screen display, is powered by Snapdragon 450 and packs a 3300mAh battery, while the Redmi 5 Plus comes with a 5.99-inch FHD+ 18:9 full-screen display, is powered by Snapdragon 625 and packs a 4000mAh battery. Both these run Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI 9.
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At the second annual Snapdragon Technology Summit, Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform as the successor to Snapdragon 835 that most flagship smartphones this year. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun at the event said that Qualcomm has always been part of Xiaomi’s flagship smartphone launches right from the Mi 1 that was introduced back in 2011 and the next flagship Xiaomi smartphone will be powered by Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform. He said that 238 million Xiaomi smartphones are powered by Qualcomm processors.
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Xiaomi launched the Mi A1, the company’s first Android One smartphone with dual rear cameras in India back in September for Rs. 14999. It also launched the Rose Gold version in the country recently. Today the company has announced a Rs. 2000 price cut for the phone for limited period on Flipkart during its Big Shopping Days sale between December 5th and 7th as well as Mi.com. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi A1 to get Rs. 2000 price cut from Dec 7 to 9, will be available for Rs. 12999”
[Update: Xiaomi has finally started rolling out MIUI 9 stable ROM for the Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones. If you don’t have the update, you can download the Recovery ROM for the Redmi Y1 and for the Redmi Y1 Lite here and flash on your device using updater method. Check out the complete changelog below] Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Y1, Redmi Y1 Lite MIUI 9 Stable ROM starts rolling out”
Last week Xiaomi confirmed the announcement of Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus smartphones at an event in China on December 7th. The invite showed-off the phone’s design, now the company has released set of images of the phones to show the full-screen display.
Xiaomi today launched the Redmi 5A smartphone in India. Here we have the unboxing and the first impressions of the phone. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 5A Unboxing and First Impressions”
Xiaomi just launched Redmi 5A, the company’s latest budget smartphone in India, as expected. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 425 processor and runs on MIUI 9 based on Android 7.1 (Nougat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with PDAF, LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 5A with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 425, 3000mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 4999”
When everyone is waiting for the Redmi Note 5, Xiaomi just sent out invites for the announcement of Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus smartphones at an event in China on December 7th. The company has also teased the smartphone in several images that confirm its design. New smartphones with model numbers MDT1 and MDE1 have been certified by TENAA today with 18:9 displays, so this will likely be the Redmi 5.
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According to IDC’s latest India Monthly City-Level Smartphone Tracker, 50 major cities of India accounted for 50% of smartphone sales in Q3 2017 with a growth of 27% from the previous quarter. Tier one cities in India continue to dominate the smartphone market with 29% sequential growth in Q3 2017. Continue reading “Xiaomi replaces Samsung to become leader in smartphone sales in top 50 Indian cities in Q3 2017: IDC”
Goods and Services Tax (GST) was revised for some products in India earlier this month. Xiaomi today slashed the price of most of its accessories in the country. This includes Power Banks, Mi Charger, Mi Car Charger, USB Cable, Cases and Screen Protectors. Price cut vary depending on the device starting from Rs. 20 for USB Fan and screen protectors and goes up to Rs. 200 for the 20000mAh Mi Power Bank 2. Check out the list below.
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People either love MIUI or hate it, there is nothing in between, people who love MIUI usually complaint about the MIUI notification panel because it did not support basic stock Android features like Quick reply and had painful two finger swipe down gesture to expand notifications. At MIUI 9 launch, Xiaomi announced the New Notification Panel to address these issues, and now with MIUI 9 Global Beta 7.11.23 update users can enjoy Quick reply and Bundled notification features on their Xiaomi devices. Continue reading “MIUI 9 brings new Notification Shade with Bundled Notifications and Quick Replies”
It would be fair to say that Xiaomi has become a favorite amongst the Indian audience over the last three years. Today, the company is amongst the largest smartphone players in the country and enjoys a 23.5 percent market share. Over the last year. Since 2015, the company has made massive strides towards manufacturing their smartphones in India. Owing to the existing tax structures, it has allowed the company to reduce pricing drastically which has been instrumental in their onslaught against the likes of Micromax and Intex. The company is known to have razor-thin margins on their smartphones which makes their accessory line up all the more important to drive bottom lines. With the launch of the new production facility in Noida in collaboration with Hipad, the company is no longer dependent on the import model which will have massive ramifications on price competitiveness and capacity. Continue reading “In Pictures: Xiaomi India’s Power Bank Plant in Noida”
Just last week, Xiaomi started rolling out Android Nougat based MIUI 9 Beta ROM to its budget oriented device Redmi 4A which was launched back in March 2017 with MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). Now some Redmi 4A users are reporting that they have received a new android Nougat 7.1.2 based OTA update as Nightly build on their devices. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 4A MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM based on Android 7.1.2 Nougat starts rolling out”
Xiaomi just announced the launch of a new Redmi smartphone on November 30th, few weeks after the launch of new Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite in the new ‘Y series’ in the country. The company is calling it Desh Ka Smartphone, so it will likely be the a budget smartphone. This could the Redmi 5A that was introduced in China last month as the successor to the Redmi 4A. Even the image in the teaser looks somewhat similar to the Redmi 5A.
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