Xiaomi’s Redmi brand launched the Redmi 8 smartphone in India earlier this week. It has a large 6.22-inch HD+ screen, features dual rear cameras, fingerprint sensor and packs a 5000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging at a price of Rs. 7999. Here we have the first impressions of the phone. Continue reading “Redmi 8 Unboxing and First Impressions”
Xiaomi introduced MIUI 11, the next major MIUI update in China last month, and stable MIUI 11 for the first set of devices is already rolling out in China. Today MIUI India has officially confirmed that the global launch for MIUI 11 will happen on October 16th, along with the Redmi Note 8 Pro launch.
Continue reading “MIUI 11 Global launch set for October 16 alongside Redmi Note 8 Pro in India”
At the Redmi 8 launch Xiaomi also confirmed that it will launch the most expected Redmi Note 8 Pro smartphone in India on October 16th on Amazon.in. It will also launch the Redmi Note 8 in the country. Continue reading “Redmi Note 8 Pro with 6.53-inch FHD+ display, 64MP quad rear cameras and Redmi Note 8 launching in India on October 16”
Soon after the launch of Redmi 8A, Xiaomi’s Redmi brand has launched Redmi 8, successor of the Redmi 7, as it had promised. It has a 6.22-inch HD+ Dot Notch display with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, is powered by Snapdragon 439 12nm Mobile Platform, compared to Snapdragon 632 in the Redmi 7, comes with up to 4GB RAM, features a 12-megapixel main camera with Sony IMX363 sensor, same as the Redmi 8A, comes with AI scene detection for 33 scenes, has a 2-megapixel depth sensor for portrait shots and an 8-megapixel camera on the front with AI selfies and portrait mode as well as AI face unlock. Continue reading “Redmi 8 with 6.2-inch display, up to 4GB RAM, dual rear cameras, 5000mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 7999”
Google announced the Digital Wellbeing feature last year aimed at being responsible with smartphone usage. Digital Wellbeing helps users understand their smartphone usage better, app usage timers help users limit the usage, visuals detailing how many times the phone was unlocked each day and how many notifications were received. The Wind Down feature limits notifications and also gradually turns the display greyscale, to make it easier on the eyes and to encourage you to unplug. Earlier, we shared a workaround to enable Digital Wellbeing, and now we are sharing a workaround to enable monochrome mode on Xiaomi smartphones Continue reading “How to enable Monochrome mode on Xiaomi smartphones”
Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro was amongst best-selling devices last year, Xiaomi launched it running on Android Nougat, and was updated to Android 8.1 (Oreo) in June 2018. The company rolled out Android 9.0 (Pie) update to the smartphone back in May this year, the device is almost 18 months old and has already received two Android updates. It is almost certain that Xiaomi will not update the Android version on the Redmi Note 5 Pro, but in case you own a Redmi Note 5 Pro and wish to keep your device updated with the latest Android version, you may try a custom ROM. This post will help you in deciding if you should flash Android 10 based Arrow OS on your Redmi Note 5 Pro. Continue reading “Get Android 10 on Redmi Note 5 Pro with Arrow OS”
Xiaomi under the Redmi brand launched the Redmi 8A, that company’s latest budget smartphone in India last week. The Redmi 8A is an attempt to fix the shortcomings of Redmi 7A, in terms of display, design, battery, camera, while retaining the same Snapdragon 439 SoC, but this is less than 3 months of the launch of the Redmi 7A. Let us dive into the review to find out. Continue reading “Redmi 8A Review: Budget Blockbuster”
Diwali festive sale kicked off recently across major e-commerce platforms like Flipkart, Amazon.in with offers from various smartphone brands including Xiaomi, Realme, Samsung, OPPO, Vivo, and more. Today, Xiaomi has revealed that it has achieved a record-breaking sale of over 2,50,000 or 2.5 lakh Mi TVs in the first few days across Diwali With Mi on mi.com, The Big Billion Days on Flipkart, and Great Indian Shopping Festival on Amazon.
Update: October 3, 2019 — Xiaomi has confirmed that Redmi 8 will launch in India on October 9th on Flipkart. India VP Manu jain has also teased 4GB + 64GB version for the phone.
Xiaomi introduced Mi CC9 and Mi CC9e smartphones in China back in July. The Mi CC9e was later introduced as Mi A3 in the Android One lineup. Now new rumors from China have surfaced saying that Mi CC9e Pro in the CC series could be introduced at the end of October.
Xiaomi announced the latest iteration of its own proprietary Android skin MIUI, dubbed MIUI 11 along with Mi 9 Pro 5G, Mi MIX Alpha 5G, and Mi AirDots Pro 2 at an event in China earlier this week. MIUI 11 aims to bring brand new optimized modern UI design focused on content viewing. Xiaomi has been awarded two new Red Dot design awards for the new visual design and sound effects on MIUI 11, the company says that it is the first company to receive a first-ever design award in the smartphone software industry. Continue reading “MIUI 11 New Features and First look on Redmi Note 7 Pro”
Xiaomi introduced Mi AirDots Pro, premium true wireless earphones for global markets back in June. Priced at €79.99 (US$ 80 / Rs. 6,280 approx.), the Mi AirDots Pro offers up to 10 hours of music playback, packs a 7mm dynamic driver unit and support active noise cancellation, but are these worth your consideration? Read on our review to find out. Continue reading “Mi AirDots Pro Review: Premium true wireless earphones at affordable price”
Xiaomi is popular for its Mi Band fitness bands and has also released Amazfit smartwatches in partnership with Huami. Now, the latest Wear OS companion app tear down has revealed that Xiaomi might be working on a smartwatch powered by Google’s Wear OS platform, according to a new report.
Xiaomi’s Redmi brand launched the Redmi 8A smartphone in India earlier this week. It has a large 6.22-inch HD+ screen and packs a 5000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging at a price of Rs. 6499. Here we have the first impressions of the phone. Also, check out the unboxing from our FoneArena Tamil channel.
Xiaomi’s Redmi brand just launched the Redmi 8A, the company’s latest budget smartphone in India, as it had promised. It has a 6.22-inch HD+ 19:9 aspect ratio display with Dot Notch and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 439 SoC with up to 3GB RAM and runs Android Pie with MIUI 10 on top. It has a 12-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel front camera. The phone doesn’t have a fingerprint sensor, but comes with face unlock.
