Xiaomi to sell 100,000 smartphones a week in India during Diwali

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Xiaomi has announced that it would sell 100,000 phones a week in October during Diwali. This was revealed by  Hugo Barra, Vice President of Xiaomi Global to . Yesterday at the GMIC Bangalore, Manu Jain, Head at Xiaomi India said that the Mi 3 would be available again in India during Diwali, weeks after it stopped selling the smartphone in the country. Continue reading “Xiaomi to sell 100,000 smartphones a week in India during Diwali”

Xiaomi Mi 3 will be back on sale in India during Diwali

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Xiaomi Mi 3 went on sale in India back in July, but the company temporarily discontinued the smartphone in August to concentrate on the Redmi 1S smartphone. Today at the GMIC Bangalore, Manu Jain, Head at Xiaomi India said that the smartphone would be available again in India during Diwali. It will be a flash sale again, but he did not reveal the number of units that would go on sale or the exact date of sale. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 3 will be back on sale in India during Diwali”

Xiaomi Mi Band Unboxing and First Impressions

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Xiaomi unveiled the Mi Band, the company’s first wearable devices. It is a fitness tracker that tracks step and your sleep. Priced at just 79 Chinese Yuan (US$ 12.73 / Rs. 770 approx.), the Mi Band is one of the cheapest fitness tracking device in the world. We got to unbox the Mi Band, check out the unboxing, setup and our first impressions of it.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note Benchmarks

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Xiaomi introduced the Redmi Note in India back in July priced at Rs. 9,999, but it is yet to go on sale in the country. We brought you the unboxing of the smartphone recently, here we have the benchmarks. It  is powered by a 1.66 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor which has 8 ARM Cortex-A7 CPUs and is based on 28nm HPM and has Mali 450-MP4 GPU and has 2GB RAM. It comes with a 5.5-inch HD display and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) based MIUI v5 ROM. Let us check out the synthetic benchmark scores.  Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note Benchmarks”

Xiaomi, iHealth team up to produce blood pressure monitor that works with Android

xiaomi bp2Very much a master at what it does, Xiaomi is looking to expand its horizon. Until now, it had only been fancy phones and tablets that everyone wanted and some actually got, but the 4 year old Chinese company is now looking to make headway into the health sector. Continue reading “Xiaomi, iHealth team up to produce blood pressure monitor that works with Android”

Updated Xiaomi Redmi Note, cheaper Mi 4 in the works

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Xiaomi’s products are often affordable enough for the general public. However, if you thought there was scope for improvement, Xiaomi has you covered. According to outlets based in China, Xiaomi is working on an updated version of the Redmi Note, and a more affordable, knocked down variant of the flagship Mi 4. Continue reading “Updated Xiaomi Redmi Note, cheaper Mi 4 in the works”

60,000 Redmi 1S units sell out in 5.2 seconds in fourth sale in India

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Xiaomi sold 60,000 units of Remi 1S smartphones in 5.2 seconds in the fourth flash sale in India today. The company put up 20,000 units more than first three Redmi sales, and over 3.5 lakh people had registered for today’s sale. It took 3.4 seconds for the company to sell 40,000 units in its third sale last week. Continue reading “60,000 Redmi 1S units sell out in 5.2 seconds in fourth sale in India”

Xiaomi announces Bluetooth game controller

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Chinese hardware vendor Xiaomi has launched a new Bluetooth game controller. Xiaomi has clearly put more thought into the functionality of the device than the name; it’s simply called Xiaomi Bluetooth game controller. As Xiaomi often does, there’s a special price for the first lot of buyers — 300 in number in this case — of just 1 Yuan, or US$0.16.

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60,000 Redmi 1S units to go on sale in India on September 23rd

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Xiaomi has announced that 60,000 units of Remi 1S smartphones would be available in fourth flash sale in India. This is 20,000 more than first three sales. It took 3.4 seconds for the company to sell 40,000 units in its third sale earlier this week. This is less than both the first and second sales. Continue reading “60,000 Redmi 1S units to go on sale in India on September 23rd”

Xiaomi Mi 3, Mi 4 get AOSP Android builds courtesy 3rd party dev

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Xiaomi’s Mi 4 might be the newest Android phone from the 4 year old Chinese company, but it’s still the Mi 3 that is grabbing a lot of eyeballs. One, because it’s fairly affordable after a year of its launch, and two, because there hasn’t been a lot of change under the hood from the Mi 3 to the Mi 4. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 3, Mi 4 get AOSP Android builds courtesy 3rd party dev”

Xiaomi Redmi 1S Photo Gallery

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Xiaomi has been creating a lot of buzz in the smartphone market thanks to its devices that bear a very competitive price tag. The latest one from the Chinese smartphone maker is the Redmi 1S. Unveiled in July, the Redmi 1 S has been on a huge demand in India and was announced for Rs 6,999 but soon slashed the price to Rs 5,999 . We recently unboxed the device and brought you benchmarks, now we are bringing you the photo gallery. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 1S Photo Gallery”

Another 40,000 Redmi 1S units will go on sale in India on September 16

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Xiaomi has announced that 40,000 units of Remi 1S smartphones would be available in their third flash sale in India, similar to the first two Redmi 1S sale. It took 4.2 seconds for the company to sell all the units and in the second sale that happened earlier this week on September 9th, it took 4.5 seconds. Continue reading “Another 40,000 Redmi 1S units will go on sale in India on September 16”

Xiaomi Redmi 1S Benchmarks

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Xiaomi Redmi 1S went on sale in India earlier this month for Rs. 5,996. We brought you the unboxing recently, here are the benchmarks. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 (MSM8228) processor clocked at 1.59 GHz per core and has Adreno 305 GPU. It has a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, 1GB RAM and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with MIUI v5 on top. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 1S Benchmarks”