Xiaomi Redmi 3S and Redmi 3S Prime launched in India, starts at Rs. 6999

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Xiaomi has launched the Redmi 3S smartphone in India, as it had promised. It packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 SoC, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with MIUI 7 on top, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), resulting in a quick focus of just 0.1 second and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.

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Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime Review

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As the competition progressively gets tougher in the Indian smartphone space, we’re increasingly seeing Xiaomi get more aggressive. Not just on price but also with the frequency of launches, the company wants to retain and enhance its foothold in the bread and butter, sub 10,000 rupee market. As millions of Indians start buying their first smartphones, it is this very segment where most manufacturers are hankering to grab a piece of the pie. We’ve had our hands on the Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime for a couple of days now and here’s our review. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime Review”

Xiaomi Redmi 3S launching in India on August 3

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Last week we said that Xiaomi will launch the Redmi 3S smartphone in India soon, today the company announced an event for August 3rd to launch the smartphone in the country. It comes in two variants, one with 2GB RAM and 16GB storage and other version has 3GB RAM and 32GB storage. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 3S launching in India on August 3”

Xiaomi Redmi 3S launching in India soon

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After the successful launch of Redmi Note 3 smartphone earlier this year and the Mi Max phablet last month, Xiaomi is all to to launch Redmi 3S, its latest budget 4G smartphone in India soon. It was announced in China last month. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 3S launching in India soon”

Xiaomi VR headset to be announced on August 1

Xiaomi VR August 1 invite

Xiaomi introduced Redmi Pro and Mi Notebook Air at an event in China earlier this week. Today the company has sent invites for another event in China on August 1st where it will unveil a VR headset, as it had promised last month. The teaser reveals that Xiaomi will launch video resources that will give users an ‘enjoyable VR experience’.
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Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air Windows 10 laptop with slim metal body announced

Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air

Xiaomi has announced Mi Notebook Air, the company’s first Windows 10 laptop, along with the Redmi Pro at an event in China. It comes in 12.5-inch and 13.3-inch models with 1080p displays with 5.71mm and 5.59mm ultra-narrow borders, respectively. It has a full metal body with 135-degree opening and closing hinge. The 12.5-inch model is just 12.9mm thick and weighs 1.07kg and the 13.3-inch model is 14.8mm thick, compared to 17mm thick MacBook Air and weighs just 1.28kg.

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Xiaomi Redmi Pro with 5.5-inch 1080p OLED display, dual rear cameras, 4GB RAM announced

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Xiaomi just announced Redmi Pro, the company’s latest smartphone in the Redmi series at an event in China. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p OLED 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a deca-core MediaTek Helio X20 / X25 SoC and runs on MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has dual rear cameras, a 13-megapixel camera along with a 5-megapixel camera for achieving depth of field and real-time background blur. It also has a fingerprint sensor on the front built into the home button. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Pro with 5.5-inch 1080p OLED display, dual rear cameras, 4GB RAM announced”

Xiaomi Redmi Pro teased by CEO, Mi Notebook surfaces ahead of July 27 announcement

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Xiaomi already confirmed Deca-Core Helio X25 SoC, dual cameras and OLED display for the Redmi Pro. Today the company’s CEO Lei Jun has posted an image of him holding the phone. This shows the phone’s unibody metal design and dual cameras on the back. Images of the rumored Mi Notebook has also surfaced in a couple of images that shows chrome finish and USB Type-C port. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Pro teased by CEO, Mi Notebook surfaces ahead of July 27 announcement”

Xiaomi Redmi Pro: 10-Core Helio X25 confirmed by CEO, brushed metal body teased

Xiaomi Redmi Pro Helio X25

Xiaomi already teased 10-Core SoC, dual cameras and OLED display for the Redmi Pro. Today the company’s co-founder and CEO Lei Jun confirmed that the smartphone will be powered by Deca-Core MediaTek Helio X25 SoC. The processor was introduced along with the Meizu PRO 6 smartphone back in April. He also said that Redmi Pro will be the flagship smartphone for Redmi series. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Pro: 10-Core Helio X25 confirmed by CEO, brushed metal body teased”

Xiaomi Mi 10000mAh Power Bank and Mi Capsule Earphones launched for Rs. 1299 and Rs. 999

Xiaomi launched 10400mAh power bank back in 2014. Last year it introduced a new slimmer 10000mAh power bank. Today it has launched the power bank in India during the Mi 2nd Anniversary sale. This has the same brushed aluminium finish, similar to the other most other Mi Power banks. The energy density is increased by 30% and the volume decrease by 21.4% compared to it’s old power bank, says Xiaomi. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 10000mAh Power Bank and Mi Capsule Earphones launched for Rs. 1299 and Rs. 999”

Xiaomi Redmi Pro to be announced on July 27

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We already know that Xiaomi has scheduled an event at the end of this month where it is expected to announced a new Redmi smartphone. Now, the Chinese smartphone maker has confirmed that Xiaomi Redmi Pro will go official at the event.

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Xiaomi Mi 2nd Anniversary sale: Mi 4, Mi 5 and Mi Bluetooth speaker to get a price cut

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Last week Xiaomi announced its second Mi anniversary sale from July 20th to 22nd in India that will have Re. 1 flash sales, new product launches and more. It already promised that it will reveal details about discounts on products on July 18th. No it has revealed that its Mi 4 and Mi 5 smartphones and Mi Bluetooth speaker will receive a price cut during the sale. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 2nd Anniversary sale: Mi 4, Mi 5 and Mi Bluetooth speaker to get a price cut”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Helio X20, fingerprint sensor surfaces

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, the company’s upcoming smartphone in the Redmi Note series with dual cameras surfaced last week. Now an alleged retail box image has surfaced on weibo that reveals that it will be powered by Deca-Core MediaTek Helio X20 SoC, instead of Snapdragon 652 SoC as rumored earlier.  Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Helio X20, fingerprint sensor surfaces”