Xiaomi Mi 5 with Snapdragon 820 to be announced in February

Xiaomi’s upcoming flagship has finally got a release date. One of the co-founders of the Chinese smartphone company has confirmed that the Mi 5 will be announced in February.

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Xiaomi Mi TV 3 70-inch 4K Smart TV with 12.9mm slim metal frame announced

Xiaomi Mi TV 3 70-inch

Xiaomi today announced a new Mi TV 3 with a 70-inch 4K (3840 x 2160 pixels) display from Sharp. It introduced the 60-inch Mi TV 3 with a 11.6mm metal frame back in October, the new 70-inch version has a slightly thicker 12.9mm aluminum alloy frame and it is 38.6mm at its thickest. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi TV 3 70-inch 4K Smart TV with 12.9mm slim metal frame announced”

Xiaomi Mi 5 surfaces in press renders and a short video

Xiaomi Mi 5 leak

Earlier this week, the Xiaomi Mi 5 had surfaced in images and now the phone is seen in action in a new video. A bunch of press renders of the phone are also spotted in different color variants.
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Battery Life Test

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 FA One Charge Rating

Xiaomi introduced the Redmi Note 3 smartphone last month. We brought you the unboxing and benchmarks of the smartphone recently, here we have the battery life test results.  The Redmi Note 3 packs a 4000mAh built-in battery, which is larger than the than 3060mAh battery on the Redmi Note 2. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio X10 processor and runs on MIUI 7 based on Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop). Check out the test results below.

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Xiaomi Mi 4, Mi 3 and Mi Note Android 6.0 Marshmallow update in final stages of testing

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Earlier this month Xiaomi confirmed that the Mi 4 and Mi Note smartphones will get the Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update soon. Now the company’s MIUI operations manager has announced on weibo (Via) that the Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for these smartphones, including the Mi 3 are in final stages of testing. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4, Mi 3 and Mi Note Android 6.0 Marshmallow update in final stages of testing”

Xiaomi Redmi 3 with 5-inch HD display, metal body gets certified in China

Xiaomi Redmi 3

Xiaomi introduced Redmi Note 3, the company’s latest ‘Redmi Note’ series smartphone with a metal body recently. Now a new Xiaomi smartphone with similar unibody metal build has been certified by TENAA (Via) in China. The design is similar to Redmi Note 3, but this doesn’t have a fingerprint sensor on the back. This could be the Redmi 3 that surfaced on Geekbench recently, revealing the Snapdragon 617 processor and 2GB of RAM. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 3 with 5-inch HD display, metal body gets certified in China”

MediaTek Helio X20 scores high multi-core performance on GeekBench

MediaTek had annouced the Helio X20 processor in May this year that was touted as the world’s first SoC to have 10 cores and a tri-cluster CPU design. Now, the Helio X20 SoC has been spotted on GeekBench.

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Xiaomi Pick Mi‬ door step pick up and drop service can now be booked by giving a missed call

Xiaomi PickMi India

Xiaomi launched Pick Mi doorstep home pick up and drop service for its products across India at just Rs. 189 (including taxes) back in October. Today the company announced that you can now give a ‘missed call’ to 7676404444 to book the Pick Mi service. You can also book it by calling the toll free number 1800 103 6286. The amount can be paid online or via Cash on Delivery (COD). Continue reading “Xiaomi Pick Mi‬ door step pick up and drop service can now be booked by giving a missed call”

Xiaomi Mi Band Pulse / 1S Unboxing

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Xiaomi unveiled the Mi Band Pulse (1S), successor of last year’s Mi Band in China last month. The main highlight of the new Mi Band is the heart rate sensor. We managed to get one from China, here is the unboxing. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Band Pulse / 1S Unboxing”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Benchmarks

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Xiaomi introduced the Redmi Note 3 smartphone last month. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have its benchmarks. The Redmi Note 3 is powered by MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795) SoC with 8 ARM Cortex-A53 64-bit CPUs clocked at 1.95GHz per core and has PowerVR G6200 GPU. It packs 3GB of RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p display and runs on MIUI 7 based on Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmarks scores.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note Prime with 5.5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 8499

Xiaomi Redmi Note Prime

Xiaomi has launched Redmi Note Prime, the company’s latest smartphone in the Redmi Note series in India, when everyone expected the Redmi Note 2 Prime. It packs a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 64-bit processor with Mali 450 GPU and runs on MIUI v7. Xiaomi said that it is the second Mi phone to be manufactured in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, in partnership with Foxconn Technology Group. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note Prime with 5.5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 8499”