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Xiaomi Redmi Note will be available on Dec 1st for first 5000 Flipkart First subscribers who register
Xiaomi usually offers limited number of units for the Flipkart First subscribers a day early, before the smartphone goes on sale for the first time on Flipkart. Today, Xiaomi and Flipkart have announced that the first 5000 Flipkart First subscribers who register to buy, will get the Redmi Note added to their cart automatically and they can purchase the Redmi Note on December first 6PM, one day prior to India launch. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note will be available on Dec 1st for first 5000 Flipkart First subscribers who register”
Xiaomi introduces 9.9mm sleek 5000mAh Mi Power bank
Few weeks after launching 16000mAh Mi Bank, Xiaomi has introduced a 5000mAh portable power bank with just 9.9mm thickness. It is compact, weighs 156 grams and fits easily even in your shirt pocket, says Xiaomi. It has the same brushed aluminium finish on the outside, similar to the other Mi Power banks and is designed by Texas Instruments. It has 9 circuit protection and offers enhanced charge-discharge efficiency. Xiaomi promises 93% charging conversion rate for the power bank.
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Xiaomi Redmi Note Hands On and Photo Gallery
Xiaomi’s play in the large screen phablet segment has been highly anticipated. With the launch of the Redmi Note, the company now has a formidable product that at least on paper can challenge much higher priced devices. Let’s take a closer at the Xiaomi Redmi Note and it’s 4G equipped variant.
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G with Snapdragon 400 SoC announced in India for Rs. 9999, available late December
At the Xiaomi Redmi Note launch event, the company has announced that the Redmi Note 4G would be launching in India soon. This has support for TD-LTE 2300MHz (Band 40) and FDD-LTE 1800MHz (Band 3) for India and is powered by a 1.6GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 SoC, instead of Octa-Core MediaTek chip in the 3G variant. This has single SIM support, unlike the dual SIM 3G variant. It comes pre-loaded with Fleksy and SwiftKey keyboards. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G with Snapdragon 400 SoC announced in India for Rs. 9999, available late December”
Xiaomi Redmi Note to go on sale on Flipkart on December 2nd for Rs. 8999
Mi India announced the Redmi Note smartphone in India at the Mi 3 launch event back in July. Today at an event in Delhi, the company has announced that the smartphone would go on sale at Rs. 8999 on Flipkart starting December 2nd. It would be a flash sale similar to the Mi 3 and the Redmi 1S, and the registrations for the sale would begin tomorrow, November 25th at 6PM. This is Rs. 1,000 lesser than the price Xiaomi announced last month, just like it did for the Mi3 and the Redmi 1S smartphones. There is a separate chartered plane to bring Redmi Note units later this week. This is the fourth time the company is bringing units from China to India using a chartered plane. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note to go on sale on Flipkart on December 2nd for Rs. 8999”
Xiaomi Redmi Note India launch event scheduled for November 24
Mi India has finally sent out invites for the launch event of Xiaomi Redmi Note smartphone. The launch event is scheduled for November 24th in Delhi, but it is likely to go on sale only in the first week of December, since the company would be selling the Redmi 1S smartphone on Tuesday, November 25th. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note India launch event scheduled for November 24”
Xiaomi pulls $163M in sales on Single’s Day in China
Xiaomi continued to sell its smartphones like hot cakes but this time in China. The company clocked $163 million (¥1 billion) in 12 hours by selling 720,000 phones.
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Xiaomi to reportedly raise $1.5 billion in latest round of funding
Last week, it was reported that Xiaomi is seeking funding that will value the company at $40 billion. Now, a fresh report from China Daily is claiming that Xiaomi is talking to investors and banks to raise about $1.5 billion in its fifth round of financing.
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Xiaomi introduces 16000mAh Mi Power Bank, goes on sale in China on Nov 11
After the 5200mAh and the 10400mAh power banks, Xiaomi recently introduced 16000mAh Mi power bank in China.This has the same brushed aluminium finish on the outside, similar to the other Mi Power banks and is designed by Texas Instruments. Since it has more batteries, it is larger and weighs 350 grams. Continue reading “Xiaomi introduces 16000mAh Mi Power Bank, goes on sale in China on Nov 11”
Xiaomi in talks to raise funding that will value the company at $40 billion
Xiaomi is looking to raise a large amount of funding that will increase the company valuation to a whopping $40 billion, according to a latest report from Bloomberg.
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100,000 Redmi 1S units to go on sale on Nov 4, will be pre-added to carts for some who repeatedly tried and failed
Xiaomi is bringing another 1,00,000 units of the Redmi 1S smartphones for India on November 4th. As a surprise, the company has announced that, lucky fans those who tried to buy Redmi 1s and failed, will find the device added to their cart on Flipkart on November 4th. It did the same thing for Mi 3 during Diwali, but it only offered 25,000 units for lucky ones. This time it did not announce how many lucky fans would get their Redmi 1S smartphone in their cart automatically.
Xiaomi tablet with 9.2-inch display, Snapdragon 410 SoC shows up in benchmarks
Xiaomi introduced their first tablet, the Mi Pad back in May, now a 9.2-inch tablet with 1280 x 720 pixels display and a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU has surfaced on GFXBench database. The tablet that runs on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), according to the listing, doesn’t have a name yet. This was first spotted by Gizmobic. Continue reading “Xiaomi tablet with 9.2-inch display, Snapdragon 410 SoC shows up in benchmarks”
Xiaomi clarifies it does not collect user data without permission
Xiaomi has clarified that its smartphones are not a security threat. The Chinese smartphone maker has made the clarification after the Indian Air Force (IAF) had issued a circular to its 175,000 personnel to shun the use of Xiaomi smartphones either by them, or their family members on suspicions that the company is using their phones to spy on its users on behalf of the Chinese government.
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Xiaomi migrating user data from China to international servers
In a bid to boost global expansion, Xiaomi is migrating international user data outside of China. Data belonging to the privately owned company’s non-Chinese users will be moved in several phases to Amazon Inc servers in the United States and data centres in Singapore.
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