Xiaomi’s Redmi brand has started revealing more details about the upcoming Redmi Note 8 Pro smartphone. The company today shared an image of a gamepad and said that the phone will have support for game accessories. It also said that it has all the qualities of a gaming phone including smooth gaming in high frame rates, liquid cooling, network optimization, smooth touchscreen experience and long battery life.
Update: August 23, 2019 – Redmi GM Lu Weibing today posted a comparison chart that shows AnTuTu Benchmark 8 comparison between the Helio G90T, Kirin 810 and Snapdragon 710. This shows Helio G90T powered Redmi Note 8 has scored 283,333 points and is placed well above the Kirin 710, but it couldn’t beat the Kirin 810, which is slightly better. Snapdragon 730G should offer almost similar AnTuTu 8 scores as the Kirin 810.
Xiaomi’s Redmi brand launched the Redmi K20 smartphone along with the Redmi K20 Pro in India last month making it the first Redmi series to cross Rs. 20,000 price tag. Even though it has the same 6.39-inch Full HD+ AMOLED screen with in-display fingerprint scanner, premium glass back, as the K20 Pro, it is powered by Snapdragon 730 SoC compared to Snapdragon 855 SoC, doesn’t have graphite 3D sheet, comes only in 6GB RAM version, lacks 4K 60 fps video recording, loses Hi-Fi DAC and doesn’t support 27W Sonic Charge fast charging. I’ve been using the phone for about a month now, let’s check out if you should get this one or go for the K20 Pro by spending more.
Xiaomi just launched the Mi A3, the company’s latest Android One smartphone in India. Here we have the unboxing and first impressions of the smartphone.
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Xiaomi just launched the Mi A3, the company’s latest Android One smartphone in India, as it had promised. It has a 6.088-inch HD+ Super AMOLED display, is powered by Snapdragon 665 11nm SoC with up to 6GB of RAM, runs Android 9.0 (Pie), and the company has promised that it will be one of the first devices to get Android Q update. It has seventh gen in-display fingerprint scanner with a 15% increased fingerprint detection area.
After teasers Xiaomi’s Redmi brand just confirmed that it will introduce the Redmi Note 8 and Redmi Note 8 Pro smartphones at an event in China along with the Redmi TV on August 29th. The image confirms 64-megapixel camera with quad camera setup for the Redmi Note 8 Pro. There is a fingerprint sensor below the camera module. The phones will have glass back.
Xiaomi has announced its earning for the second quarter (Q2 2019) that ended June 30, 2019. It has reported revenue of 51.951 billion yuan (US$ 7.35 billion) for Q1 2019, an increase of 14.8% YoY, among which international revenue grew 33.1% year-on-year to 21.9 billion yuan. Net profit for the quarter was approximately 1.96 billion yuan. Adjusted net profit (Non-IFRS Measure) was 3.64 billion yuan, up 71.7% YoY. Continue reading “Xiaomi posts 14.8% YoY increase in revenue in Q2 2019, 32.1 million smartphones shipped”
Xiaomi’s Redmi brand introduced the first Redmi Note 7 smartphone in China back in January, and the Redmi Note 7 Pro made its global debut in India in February. Today the company has announced that the combined sales of Redmi Note 7 and Note 7 Pro have hit 20 million units globally in about seven months of launch. It hit 10 million mark back in May, and hit 15 million sales mark last month, so it has added 5 million just a month. Continue reading “Redmi Note 7 Series sales cross 20 million units globally”
Update: August 20, 2019 — The company has posted first image of the Redmi TV that shows narrow bezels around the screen and Redmi branding on the bottom bezel.
After the Redmi 8 with the model number M1908C3IC got certified by TENAA last week, a new Redmi smartphone with the model numbers M1908C3JH and M1908C3JG has passed through the FCC revealing some specifications of the phone. This could be the Redmi 8 Pro, an improved version of the Redmi 8.
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Xiaomi announced the Mi A3 Android One smartphone last month and the company is launching the smartphone this week in India. Xiaomi has also been teasing the smartphone on Amazon.in where it will be sold and the company might sell it on other platforms too. Today, ahead of its official launch, Amazon India has accidentally listed Mi A3 revealing the possible price too.
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In a surprising move, Vivo, Xiaomi and OPPO today announced that they have jointly formed Inter transmission alliance to provide users with a better file transfer experience.
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Xiaomi already confirmed that it will launch a smartphone with a 64MP Samsung ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor in India later this year. Now the live images of the smartphone ‘Redmi Note 8’ smartphone has surfaced in China, which could be launched in India sometime in October. This shows the left side of the phone with a SIM slot and the back of the phone with cameras arranged vertically, and there is a considerable camera bump due to the large sensor. Continue reading “Redmi Note 8 64MP Quad Camera phone surfaces in live images”
Update: More specifications of the phone has surfaced revealing 6.2-inch HD+ display, Octa-Core SoC, up to 4GB RAM and more. Continue reading “Redmi 8 (M1908C3IC) with 6.2-inch 19:9 display, dual rear cameras, 5000mAh battery gets certified”
Update: August 13, 2019 — Xiaomi has confirmed that the phone will launch in India on Amazon.in on August 21st.
