Xiaomi unveiled Mi3, the company’s high-end smartphone back in September last year. We brought you the hands-on impressions of the device from the CES 2014 earlier this year. Here we have the device for unboxing. The design of the smartphones reminds us of the N9’s fabula design. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi3 Unboxing”
Xiaomi announced Hongmi, a budget smartphone back in July last year. It was introduced in international markets as Redmi. Due to its aggressive pricing the smartphone was hugely successful in China and other markets where it was introduced. The Redmi packs some solid specifications such as 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display at 312 PPI, 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589 Turbo processor and Android 4.2-based MIUI V5 ROM. Check out the unboxing. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Unboxing”
Xiaomi started its operations in Singapore recently and announced that it would expand to 10 more countries this year, including India. Today, at an event Xiaomi’s CEO Lin Bin and Hugo Barra launched the Mi 3 in Malaysia. This is the first phone to launch in the country after its entry and it plans to launch Redmi 1S in Malaysia next month. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 3 launched in Malaysia, Redmi 1S coming in June”
Xiaomi has finally announced MiPad, the company’s first tablet as expected. It has a 7.9-inch (2048 × 1536 pixels) display at 326 ppi, manufactured by Sharp / AUO and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, powered by a 2.2 GHz NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor with 192-core Kepler GPU and runs on Android-based MiUI ROM optimized for tablets. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with 5-element lens, Sony BSI sensor, f/2.0 aperture and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with OmniVision sensor and f/2.0 aperture. Continue reading “Xiaomi MiPad with 7.9-inch (2048 × 1536) display, Nvidia Tegra K1 SoC announced”
Xiaomi has announced an event in Beijing, China at Beijing National Convention Center on May 15th to unveil new devices on. The company has posted on Twitter that it would unveil new products at the event. The most expected Mi3S is likely to be unveiled at the event along with the MiPad that was leaked recently. Continue reading “Xiaomi schedules an event on May 15th, Mi3S and MiPad expected”
Xiaomi, the Chinese manufacturer known for its unique business model of selling its devices directly, announced its global expansion plans, starting with the hire of Hugo Barra, an Android executive from Google. Months after he joined, Xiaomi started its operations in Singapore, and ever since, we have been expecting more countries to be added to the list. Very recently, Xiaomi’s CEO Lin Bin and Hugo Barra visited Google’s MD in India, signaling a trigger of its operations here. And the company just announced it on Twitter, along with 10 other countries, where it will launch next.
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Xiaomi is one of the few recognized Chinese manufacturers and because of their growing popularity, they are planning to expand globally and they are expected to come to India too. Xiaomi’s currently flagship is Mi3 and it comes with the near top of the line specifications and comes in solid build. Xiaomi Mi-3 was announced in September and was launched in December 2013.
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Ever since Xiaomi, the popular smartphone manufacturer from China, laid out plans for expansion to Singapore, we knew that India was coming. As a confirmation to this, we have a Cnet interview of Hugo Barra talking about the company’s impending entry into the burgeoning Indian smartphone market and a tweet from the head of Google India, who had a meeting with Xiaomi’s Lin Bin and Hugo Barra as a part of the ongoing initiative. Xiaomi recently launched in Singapore, its first market outside China, and looks to expand rapidly to become a true global player.
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Xiaomi has announced Redmi Note, the successor of the Redmi / Red Rice smartphone in China. It was confirmed earlier this week and comes with a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display based on OGS technology and 178-degree wide viewing angle, powered by a 1.4 GHz / 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450 GPU and runs on MIUI v5 based on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with 28mm lens with f/2.2 aperture, LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note with 5.5-inch HD display, octa-core processor announced”
