Category: Xiaomi

Xiaomi’s Huami introduces Amazfit smartwatch with heart rate sensor and GPS

Xiaomi Amazfit

Xiaomi’s sub-brand Huami has introduced its new Amazfit smartwatch in China. It has a 1.34-inch (320 x 300 pixels) circular display with scratch-resistant ceramic bezel and 1.2GHz dual-core processor. It has replaceable standard 22mm wristband and comes with IP67 ratings for water resistance. It also has GPS + GLONASS support. It also has a heart rate sensor on the back for real time heart rate measurement and syncs to phone over Bluetooth.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, metal body, 4100mAh battery announced

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4

Xiaomi just announced Redmi Note 4, the company’s latest smartphone in the Redmi series at an event in China. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a deca-core MediaTek Helio X20 SoC and runs on MIUI 7 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) to focus in just 0.3 seconds, comes with dual-tone LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has a fingerprint sensor on the back. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, metal body, 4100mAh battery announced”

Xiaomi schedules an event on August 25, Redmi 4 and Redmi Note 4 expected

Xiaomi Redmi phone invite August 25

Xiaomi has scheduled an event tomorrow in China where it will introduce a Redmi phone with a metal body. The teaser features Xiaomi’s brand ambassadors, Chinese actress Liu Shishi holding a metal device and actor Wu Xiubo with a smartphone. Continue reading “Xiaomi schedules an event on August 25, Redmi 4 and Redmi Note 4 expected”

Xiaomi releases MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM, rolls out OTA update for select smartphones

Xiaomi MIUI 8

Xiaomi today released global stable MIUI 8 ROMs and also started rolling out OTA updates for Redmi 1S, Mi 2/2S, Mi 4i, Redmi Note 3G and Redmi Note 4G smartphones, as it had promised. Continue reading “Xiaomi releases MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM, rolls out OTA update for select smartphones”

Xiaomi Mi 5 gets a permanent price cut in India, now available for Rs. 22999

Xiaomi launched its flagship Mi 5 smartphone in India back in March for Rs. 24,999. Today the company has announced first permanent price cut for the smartphone in India, which will be available for Rs. 22,999 from Flipkart, Mi.com as well as offline stores starting from today. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5 gets a permanent price cut in India, now available for Rs. 22999”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 breaks record online shipment in India, 17.5 lakh units sold in 5 months

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As per IDC India Monthly Smartphone Tracker report for June, Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 3 has become the highest-shipped smartphone ever in the history of India’s online market in any given quarter with record-breaking shipments of 880,000 units in Q2 2016, and it is almost twice the volume of the second highest-shipped smartphone for the same period. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 breaks record online shipment in India, 17.5 lakh units sold in 5 months”

Xiaomi MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM to roll out from August 23

Xiaomi MIUI 8

Xiaomi introduced MIUI 8 at global launch event in June and rolled out MIUI 8 global beta ROM for Redmi Note (3G and 4G), Redmi Note Prime, Redmi 2 and Mi Max (32GB) smartphones last month. Now the company has confirmed that it will roll out the stable ROM for Redmi 1S, Mi 2/2S, Mi 4i, Redmi Note 3G, Redmi Note 4G starting from August 23rd. It was supposed to roll out on August 16th, 2016, but got delayed. Continue reading “Xiaomi MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM to roll out from August 23”

Xiaomi Redmi 3S and Redmi 3S Prime Unboxing

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We had unboxed the Xiaomi Redmi 3S prime smartphone last month and also reviewed the smartphone recently. Even though it released only one variant of the Redmi 3S smartphone in China, which is called the Redmi 3S Prime in India, it also launched the Redmi 3S with 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage and without a fingerprint sensor at Rs. 6999. We managed to get hold of both the devices and decided to show you the difference, here is the unboxing. We also show you the Voice over LTE (VoLTE) demo towards the end. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 3S and Redmi 3S Prime Unboxing”

Xiaomi Redmi 4 with 5-inch 1080p display, 4000mAh battery gets certified

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After the live images of the upcoming Xiaomi Redmi 4 smartphone surfaced earlier this week, the smartphone has been certified by TENAA in China. The listing just has a number 2016060 without any images, but the specifications coincide with earlier leaks. It also reveals a 4000mAh battery for the smartphone along with 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the Redmi 3 and Redmi 3S phones.

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Xiaomi Redmi 4 design leaked online, metal-unibody and fingerprint sensor confirmed

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The anticipated Xiaomi Redmi 4 design has now been leaked in few purported live images by a Weibo user. While it is rumoured that the company might host an event in China on August 25 to launch the Redmi 3/3S successor, thus far we only knew few specifications of the Redmi 4 courtesy GFXBench listing. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 4 design leaked online, metal-unibody and fingerprint sensor confirmed”

Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime Battery Life Test

Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime FA One Charge Rating

Xiaomi launched the Redmi 3S and Redmi 3S Prime smartphone in India earlier this month starting from Rs. 6999. We already brought you the review of Redmi 3S Prime, here we have the battery life test results. It packs a 4000mAh (minimum) / 4100mAh (typical) battery, has a 5-inch HD display and is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor.

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Xiaomi Redmi 4 with Snapdragon 625, 3GB RAM surfaces in benchmarks, could arrive on Aug 25

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Xiaomi Redmi 4, the company’s upcoming mid-range Redmi series smartphone has surfaced on Geekbench. This reveals that it will be powered an Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 SoC, pack 3GB RAM and run Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 4 with Snapdragon 625, 3GB RAM surfaces in benchmarks, could arrive on Aug 25”

Xiaomi Mi Max Battery Life Test

Xiaomi Mi Max FA One Charge Rating

Xiaomi launched the Mi Max phablet in India back in June starting from Rs. 14,999. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have the battery life test results. It packs a 4850mAh built-in battery, has a 6.44-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Hexa-Core Snapdragon 650 or a Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 SoC and runs on MIUI 7 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow).

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Xiaomi Mi VR Play headset with zipper design announced

Xiaomi Mi VR Play

Xiaomi has finally introduced Mi VR Play, its VR (Virtual Reality) headset in China. It has a zipper design so that the phone doesn’t fall out when moving the headset, uses Lycra fabric (nylon + spandex) and EVA that is lightweight, skin-friendly and doesn’t cause discomfort when using it for longer period. It can fit phones from 4.7 to 5.7 inches in size. Since it has openings on the front, you can adjust the phone if it moves and ventilation.

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