OFFICIAL: List Of Xiaomi Phones Getting Nougat

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 04, 2017       

Xiaomi just released the official list of devices getting the newest Android version. As usual, expect this year products and also some of the 2016 portfolio to get the new Android Nougat 7.0 or 7.1.1 by the fourth quarter. 

The Mi 5, Mi 5s, Mi 5s Plus, Mi 4c, Mi 4S, Mi Note 2, Mi Mix, Redmi Note 4X are among the 14 devices said to get Android 7.0 Nougat update. However, Xiaomi has already started rolling out the Nougat update for the Mi 5.

Additionally, the list also mentions the Xiaomi devices that will be getting Android 7.1 and it includes, Mi 6, Mi Max 2, Mi 5c and Redmi 4X. 

Well, I am literally shocked to see that one of the most popular Xiaomi Smartphone, the Redmi Note 4 will not be getting Android 7.0 Nougat update. Instead, the company is updating Mi Note and other old devices to Nougat.

However, even if your device is not in the list, there are chances that your Xiaomi smartphone may get an update to MIUI 9, which is expected to come with new features.

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Xiaomi X1 with Bezel-less Display, Snapdragon 660 and dual cameras on the way

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 03, 2017       

According to the latest reports out from Chinese social platform Weibo, Xiaomi is all set to launch two smartphones under new X series called Xiaomi X1.

The Xiaomi X1 is said to come in two display variants. The first variant will come with a Bezel-less 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 1080 x 2160 pixels. It is said to be powered by the recently announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset paired with 4GB/6GB of RAM. 

The phone will also feature rear dual-camera setup with either a Sony IMX362 sensor or IMX386 sensor, 3.5mm audio jack and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. The Standard model of this device will be priced as follows: 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage for 1,999 Yuan (~$294) or 2,299 Yuan (~$339), while the high-end model will be available as 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage for 2,499 Yuan (~$368) or 2,799 Yuan (~$412).

The second variant of the Xiaomi X1 will feature a 5.5-inch Full HD display with front facing fingerprint sensor and dual rear camera. It will be powered by the Snapdragon 660 SoC and will come with 6GB of RAM.

Additionally, the leaker also claims that we would get to see the unveiling of the Xiaomi Mi 6 Plus, Xiaomi X1 and MIUI 9 ROM in this month.

Via: Techupdates | Image Dennis Voloskov

Xiaomi to begin MIUI 9 Closed Beta testing: Release Details, Eligible Smartphones and Features

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 02, 2017       

We all know that the MIUI 9 will be the next iteration of MIUI and is rumored to come with tons of new features and improvement over the MIUI 8.

Now, According to the latest reports from Mydrivers, Xiaomi is all set to begin MIUI 9 Closed Beta testing. That means, the MIUI 9 update won't be coming to all Xiaomi devices, instead it will be available first for the selected users of closed beta group.

Xiaomi has formed a Secret group for developers and testers for testing the MIUI 9 update. Since it's a close beta, the MIUI 9 update will be available only for testers. Additionally, the MIUI 9 closed beta is expected to live by the end of this month. We don't have any information regarding the criteria to become a closed beta tester for MIUI 9.

The rumored devices that will be getting MIUI 9 update are Xiaomi Mi 6, Mi Note 2, MI MIX, Mi 5, Mi 5s, Mi 5C, Mi Max 2, Mi Max, Redmi Note 4, Redmi Note 4X, Redmi 4, Redmi 4X, Redmi Note 3, Redmi 3s and Mi Pad 3.

The MIUI 9 will be based on Android 7.0 Nougat, you will be getting a new UI, PIP mode, Split screen, and enhanced features along with Android 7.0 Nougat goodies. That said, the MIUI 9 is expected to be available for public by the end of August. Thoughts?

Xiaomi's Mysterious 'Bezel-Less' Smartphone Leaks online

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 26, 2017       

What you are seeing right now is the latest leaked Image of Unknown Xiaomi's 'Bezel-Less' Smartphone which looks almost identical to the Samsung Galaxy S8 without the bottom bezel.

Speculations are that this could be the upcoming Mi Note 3, which Xiaomi will launch later this year. That said, we don't have any other information regarding this Smartphone!

Via: Weibo

Xiaomi Mi6 Ceramic Edition Unboxing!

 By Vaibhav Jain on April 21, 2017       

The Xiaomi Mi6 is now official with Snapdragon 835 SoC, Dual Rear Camera, and Lacks 3.5mm Headphone Jack. The device comes in three color variants, but the one worth talking about is the Ceramic variant.

In this YouTube Video, we’ll take you around the packaging of the phone, share some initial thoughts on the in-hand feel.

Let's unbox the Xiaomi Mi6 Ceramic edition!

 

Here are the first official camera samples from the Xiaomi Mi6

 By Vaibhav Jain on April 19, 2017       

Xiaomi Mi6 went official today packing the latest developments the company has to offer - beautiful and unique design, Snapdragon 835 SoC, paired with 6GB of RAM and Adreno 540 GPU, and two 12MP sensors. One sensor will capture regular shots, and the other one is a telephoto sensor, same as the Apple iPhone 7 Plus.

The Xiaomi Mi6 camera comes with an optical zoom dual camera that takes clearer photos of distant subjects, and gives portrait shots an unparalleled background blur effect. The device comes with a 2X Lossless Zoom feature that also possesses 10X Digital Zoom if you are capturing still images.

And while we already know the camera is meant for greatness, so here are some official Camera samples of Xiaomi's Mi6. Like always, we would advise you to wait for some real samples from Mi6’s camera until we can make our final judgment.

Xiaomi Mi 6 Debuts in China With Snapdragon 835 SoC, Dual Rear Camera, and Lacks 3.5mm Headphone Jack

 By Unknown on April 19, 2017       

Xiaomi Mi 6 finally goes official in China, the company's homeland. As rumored, Xiaomi did not launch two variants of the phone, and there's no Mi 6 Plus in real life. Xiaomi might announce it in coming months. 

However, speculations were not wrong regarding the specifications of the phone. The Xiaomi Mi 6 retains the same display size of 5.15-inch as its predecessor Xiaomi Mi 5 and has Full HD resolution. At the heart of the phone is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC, paired with 6GB of RAM and Adreno 540 GPU. The phone comes with two storage options- 64GB and 128GB. 

Xiaomi has added a dual rear camera setup on the phone with two 12MP sensors. One sensor will capture regular shots, and the other one is a telephoto sensor, same as the Apple iPhone 7 Plus. The phone comes 2*2 Wi-Fi band that delivers double speeds and broader range. It also has support for NFC for Mi-Pay. 

The Mi 6 comes with a larger 3340mAh battery with Qualcomm QuickCharge 4.0. There's also a silver colored variant of the phone, which looks incredibly dope. The Mi 6GB+64GB model will come with a price tag of 2499 Yuan ($363), and the 6GB+128GB variant comes with a price tag of 2899 ($421). The premium silver variant ships for 2999 Yuan ($435). 

Xiaomi Mi 6 With Snapdragon 835 SoC to Launch on April 19: Officially Confirmed

 By Unknown on April 11, 2017       

So, here we bring the most anticipated news of the month. The Xiaomi Mi 6 was confirmed to launch this month itself by CEO Lei Jun. Some misleading news suggested that the phone will be announced today, however, Xiaomi will announce the phone on April 19, just two days before the Samsung Galaxy S8 sale. 

Our source also confirmed that Xiaomi will be ditching the 3.5mm headphone jack with the Xiaomi Mi 6 in favor of the USB Type-C audio. It is already a known reason why Xiaomi delayed the Mi 6 launch till now: the availability of Snapdragon 835 SoC. 



As you might be aware of the fact that Samsung used the entire first batch production of Snapdragon 835 on their Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+, that apparently left Xiaomi with only option- delay the phone until you get the chip. 

As far as rumored specifications go, the Xiaomi Mi 6 will come in two variants- Mi 6 and Mi 6 Plus. Both the variants will be powered by Snapdragon 835 SoC, and the Mi 6 Plus might come with a dual lens camera at the rear. All said, these are just rumored specs. We will have to wait until April 19 to know the final details of the device. 

Xiaomi Announces the Redmi 4A at ₹5999 in India

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 20, 2017       

Today Xiaomi announced the availability and pricing details of the Redmi 4A in India. With 16GB of internal storage, the Redmi 4A costs ₹5999 and will be available through Amazon India and MI's website.

With Redmi 4A, you get a 5" Display with Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 CPU, 2GB RAM and 16GB internal memory which can be expanded upto 128GB via a MicroSD card. The Device is packed with 3,120mAh battery and runs MIUI 8 on top of Android 6.0 Marshmallow.



It comes in Dark Grey, Gold and an exclusive Rose Gold color, the Dark Grey and Gold variant will go on sale on March 23 at 12 noon, while the Rose Gold variant will be available on April 6.

Hugo Barra's Next Stint will be With Facebook as VP of Virtual Reality

 By Unknown on January 26, 2017       

The news is finally here. When Hugo Barra announced his exit from Xiaomi, a couple of days ago shook the entire world with his decision. However, everyone was curious about his next assignment. Today, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook on his official Facebook account posted that Hugo will be joining the Silicon Valley-based company after his tenure with Xiaomi next month.

So, Hugo Barra will be joining as the VP of Virtual Reality as Facebook owns OCULUS, one of the pioneers in VR technology. This will be a huge boost for both Facebook and the team at OCULUS. Not only OCULUS, but Hugo Barra will also be leading the entire VR team at the Facebook. But, the major part of VR at Facebook is all about OCULUS.



Hugo Barra joined Xiaomi back in 2013 as the Global VP to expand the company's presence globally. Under his leadership, Xiaomi has grown globally as one of the major players in the international market. Xiaomi' Senior Vice President, Xiang Wang will now take charge as the Global VP.

Xiaomi is Announcing the Redmi Note 4 Today in India, Watch the Event Live Here!

 By Vaibhav Jain on January 19, 2017       

The Redmi Note 4 will be officially announced today during a live streamed event from New Delhi, India at 11:30AM(IST). 

Xiaomi is expected to announce the SD625 variant. The Smartphone will be exclusively available on Flipkart.


During this Livestream, we are sort of expecting to see the price of the Smartphone and Launch day offers. You can watch out the live event here-

Xiaomi Announces Redmi 4 and Redmi 4A

 By Vaibhav Jain on November 04, 2016       

Xiaomi Announces Redmi 4 and Redmi 4A  | Price | India Release and Specifications

As expected, Xiaomi has unveiled two new budget smartphones namely Redmi 4 and Redmi 4A in China. Both the smartphones comes with interesting specifications and all metal unibody design.

The Redmi 4 comes out with two variants, one with Snapdragon 430 (Standard Edition) & other with Snapdragon 625 (Pro Edition). 

Redmi 4 with Snapdragon 430 features a 5" HD Display, It has an Octa Core processor clocked at 1.4GHz paired with 2GB RAM and 16GB Storage. The Device sports a 13MP rear and 5MP selfie shooter. Skinned with MIUI 8, the device runs Marshmallow and has a giant 4100mAh battery.

Talking about Redmi 4 with Snapdragon 625, The Device sports a 5" FHD Display, It has an Octa Core processor clocked at 2.0GHz paired with 3GB RAM and 32GB Storage. The Device sports a 13MP rear and 5MP selfie shooter. Skinned with MIUI 8, the device runs Marshmallow and has a giant 4100mAh battery

In addition, Xiaomi also launched the Redmi 4A

The Xiaomi Redmi 4A sports a 5" Display with Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 CPU, 2GB RAM and 32GB internal memory. The Device is packed with 3,120mAh battery and a fingerprint sensor placed at back.

The Redmi 4 with Snapdragon 430 has been priced at CNY 699, the Redmi 4 version with Snapdragon 625 will cost buyers CNY 899. Both the phones will be China-exclusive for now.
With Fingerprint the Redmi 4A is priced at CNY 499

Mysterious Xiaomi Smartphones spotted on TENAA

 By Vaibhav Jain on October 31, 2016       

Earlier This month, Xiaomi revealed the Mi Note 2 and teased the upcoming Xiaomi Mi MIX, the bezel-less beast. It seems that Xiaomi is working on new 2016 Low-budget Smartphones.



According to new reports, Xiaomi Redmi 4 (Probably) and a new Mysterious Device (Probably Mi 5c?) got spotted at TENAA.

Xiaomi Redmi 4

The Device which is probably the upcoming Xiaomi Redmi 4 is rumored to come with giant 4000mAH battery, Other Specs includes 5-inch LCD display with 720p resolution, unknown octa-core CPU paired with 3GB RAM.

Unknown Xiaomi Smartphone

Talking about the another unknown Xiaomi device, As per the TENAA listing, The Smartphone features a 5-inch 720p LCD panel. There's an unknown quad-core chipset paired with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable on-board storage.



Are these upcoming Xiaomi's Low-Budget Smartphones? We will get to know about them soon!

Via:- GSMArena | Source:- TENNA, 2

This is Xiaomi's new Mi VR

 By Vaibhav Jain on October 26, 2016       

Following the announcement of the Xiaomi Mi Note 2 and the Xiaomi's upcoming Mi MIX, Xiaomi revealed its second low-cost virtual reality headset i.e. Xiaomi Mi VR.



This new VR headset works with latest Xiaomi's Smartphones including Mi 5 and Mi Note 2, the device only costs you $29.

The Xiaomi Mi VR comes with a new built-in motion sensor and also features a 9-axis motion controller and supports touch controls. Other than Mi VR, the OEM also launched Mi VR Store which comes with 30 VR apps and over 500 panoramic videos.




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Xiaomi Mi Note 2 goes official With 5.7″ FHD Display

 By Vaibhav Jain on October 26, 2016       

Xiaomi finally revealed the Mi Note 2 this week and teased the upcoming Xiaomi Mi MIX, the bezel-less beast. 



The Mi Note 2 can be your alternative to the late Note 7 and even shares some specs with the Note 7. The Xiaomi Mi Note 2 comes out with stylish dual-curved 5.7-inch OLED Display.

The Device is powered with latest Snapdragon 821 SoC with a clock speed of 2.35GHz combined with 6GB of LPDDR4 RAM with 128GB of UFS 2.0 storage while another variant comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.



As far as the Camera's are concerned, the device features a Rear 22.56MP Sony IMX318 Exmor sensor with a f/2.0 lens, to the front we have a 8MP shooter with a Sony IMX268 sensor.

The Mi Note 2 comes with 4070 mAh battery pack, equipped with Quick Charge 3.0. The costing of this device are as follows-

China -
6GB | 128GB  - CNY 3299 ($485)
4GB | 64GB  - CNY 2799 ($415)

Global -
6GB | 128GB  - CNY 3499 ($520)

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Xiaomi Mi MIX Specs

 By Vaibhav Jain on October 25, 2016       

Xiaomi Mi MIX Specification
OS And Hardware
OS	Android OS || MIUI 8
Processor	2.35GHz
Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
GPU	-
Body
Dimensions	-
Weight	-
Colors	Ceramic Black and White
Display
Type	-
Screen Size	6.4” edge-less display (~91.3% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution	720 x 1280 pixels (~312 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch	Yes
Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Sensors	Fingerprint, NFC, Infrared, Accelerometer, Proximity, Ultrasonic Proximity, Compass
Memory
Card slot	-
Internal	128GB / 256GB
RAM	4GB / 6GB
Camera
Primary	16 MP, PDAF, LED flash
Features	-
Video	-
Secondary	Auto Rotate Upside-Down Camera
Multimedia
Loudspeaker	Yes
3.5mm jack	No
Battery and Power
Type	4400mAh battery, Quick Charge 3.0
Stand-by	-
Talk time	-
Releasing Date
Announced	2016, October
Status	Releasing on 4 November, 2016
Price
US Dollor	$516 (4GB + 128GB)| $590 (6GB + 256GB)

Xiaomi Mi 5s Leaked Images shows iPhone 7 Design Copy

 By Vaibhav Jain on September 26, 2016       

Xiaomi is all set to reveal its upcoming flagship smartphone i.e Xiaomi Mi 5s. The smartphone has now been leaked in new Renders, Retail Box And Promo Posters.

Summing up all the leaked information about Xiaomi's upcoming smartphone. There's going to be two variant's i.e Mi 5s and Mi 5s Plus. Xiaomi Might be launching them to compete with Apple iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, Though still they can't.



The Leaked image of Xiaomi Mi 5s/Plus shows the new the ultrasonic fingerprint scanner (Might be the copy of Apple's new Fingerprint sensor), The back has dual camera setup (Turn camera position 90 degrees and it will look exactly like iPhone 7 Plus).

There's no info regarding the Screen size. Both The Smartphone will be powered with Snapdragon 821. The Mi 5s will ship with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, while the Mi 5s Plus is said to come with 6GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.



We don't know whether Xiaomi will include a 3.5mm headphone jack or not (iPhone 7 doesn't have, so probably "no").

Xiaomi to give away smartphones for ₹1

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 17, 2016       

The Chinese Smartphone maker Xiaomi is launching a three-day carnival in order to celebrate company's second anniversary .



Starting from July 20 , Xiaomi is going to celebrate its second anniversary by conducting some contest , price drops and giving away Smartphones at Re 1 .

The Three day Smartphones Giveaway carnival will be as follows -

Day 1 : July 20 - 

10 Xiaomi Mi 5 and 100 Mi Power Bank (20000mAh)

Day 2 : July 21 -

10 Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 and 100 Mi Band (white LED) 

Day 3 : July 22 -

10 Xiaomi Mi Max and 100 Mi Bluetooth speakers

The Flash sale will go on from 2pm Everyday ( July 20 - 22 ) , for more info visit MI Website . 

Upcoming Xiaomi Redmi 3A hits TENAA

 By Felipe Berhau on May 29, 2016       

New Xiaomi Redmi 3A has been spotted at TENAA, and some of its specs have emerged. As you can see in the pictures, it comes with the familiar Xiaomi design language and has a back fingerprint scanner. 

This will be a rather compact device, with a 5" HD screen, a 13MP camera and Android 6.0.1 running on a octa-core 1.4GHz CPU. One interesting aspect, though, is that it comes with a 4000mAH battery, which is huge, and its price in China will be under 100 dollars.

We have to wait and see until it's unveiled, but it will be a very competitive phone for sure.

Source (PhoneArena)

Xiaomi to reveal MIUI 8 on May 10

 By Vaibhav Jain on April 27, 2016       

Xiaomi is finally going to reveal the new Operating system MIUI 8 ( based on Android OS ) for latest Xiaomi Smartphones . Along with MIUI 8 , Xiaomi will unveil Mi Max and Mi Band 2 .



MIUI 8 will feature a brand new UI and many new animations and changes .

MIUI 8 Notification Shade

Here are some new features of MIUI 8 -

• New Notes with amazing new design and animation

• New Notification Shade