November 18th, 2015 6:41 PM 7 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Mi 4i gets a price cut in India, now retailing at Rs. 11,999

Xiaomi unveiled the Mi 4i in India in April this year, for Rs. 12,999. Today, after six months from its launch date, the device has received its first price cut. The smartphone was launched in two storage variants, the 16GB variant was priced at Rs. 12,999, which will now be retailing at Rs. 11,999 post price cut. While the 32GB variant’s launch price was Rs. 14,999, but the company has... Read More

November 13th, 2015 8:12 PM 3 COMMENTS

Xiaomi launches ‘Mi Protect’ insurance plans for smartphones

Xiaomi has launched new insurance plans in India for its smartphones and tablets under the 'Mi Protect' brand. The Mi Protect service is applicable only for products purchased from the company's official website for India. Once purchased, users can get their devices repaired if it is damaged by liquid. Users can also get services like doorstep pickup-drop service, SIM card blocking, and Docusafe. If a Mi device gets stolen, users can call Xiaomi's call centre from... Read More

November 8th, 2015 1:23 PM 10 COMMENTS

Finger Print Scanner on a Budget Android Phone? Look No Further than the Coolpad Note 3: A Review

Phones with fingerprint scanners are becoming a rage now. But in fact, fingerprint scanners are not new to smartphones at all (Motorola’s Atrix being the first smartphone in 2011 to have it). But since an effortless iteration of the fingerprint scanner dubbed ‘Touch ID’ was implemented in the iPhone, other smartphone makers quickly moved on to putting similarly functioning scanners in their phones too. Is a fingerprint scanner really required?... Read More

November 8th, 2015 10:40 AM 0 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Mi Band Pulse announced with heart-rate sensor, priced similar to the Mi Band

Xiaomi was one of the first to launch a low-priced activity tracker in India, and there's a huge potential in that market. The Xiaomi Mi Band was launched earlier this year for just Rs. 999. Now, the company has announced the successor to the Mi Band in its homeland China in the form of Mi Band Pulse. Xiaomi Mi Band Pulse Specifications Heart-rate sensor and Accelerometer for activity, sleep and heart-rate... Read More

October 25th, 2015 7:09 PM 14 COMMENTS

Xiaomi to rollout MIUI 7 to nine devices in India from October 27

Xiaomi has announced that it will start rolling out stable version of MIUI 7 in India to its existing devices on October 27. If you have a look at the MIUI 7 compatibility list, you can see that the Chinese smartphone manufacturer is currently supporting all its smartphones and tablets that were launched in India till now. MIUI 7 Update Compatible Devices Xiaomi Redmi 1S Xiaomi Redmi 2 Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime... Read More

October 6th, 2015 12:36 PM 3 COMMENTS

Xiaomi plans to become biggest smartphone vendor in India over the next three years

Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone brand that entered India not more than two years ago, has established itself as one of the trusted brands in the country. However, the company has been trying to grow even bigger and expand its base in India. The company's CEO Lei Jun said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that the brand wants to leverage on the growing trend of online shopping in India,... Read More

September 22nd, 2015 7:18 PM 4 COMMENTS

Xiaomi announces Mi 4c with 5-inch display, USB Type-C connector, 13MP primary camera

Xiaomi has taken the wraps off the Mi 4c, today at an event in China. The device will be available in two variants, 2GB RAM/16GB internal storage, and 3GB RAM/32GB internal storage. The Xiaomi Mi 4c features a 5-inch Full HD IPS display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, and is powered by a Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 64-bit processor. It runs Android 5.0 Lollipop with Xiaomi’s latest... Read More

August 25th, 2015 11:26 PM 17 COMMENTS

Samsung is the largest 4G LTE smartphone brand in India. Surprised?

With the craze around 4G LTE smartphones increasing day by day in the country, brands have been launching 4G compatible devices from the past 3-6 months. Xolo and Apple were one of the first brands to launch devices that are compatible with 4G LTE cellular bands in India, but they are no longer the ones who sell most 4G devices in the country. According to a report by analytics firm... Read More

August 25th, 2015 2:46 AM 4 COMMENTS

You can now install Android 5.1.1 Lollipop-based CyanogenMod 12.1 on Xiaomi Mi 3 and Mi 4

If you like Xiaomi devices for the value-for-money factor that they offer, but don't like MIUI? Well, you must have tried to install stock Android ROMs on your Xiaomi devices, and CyanogenMod is one of the most preferred ROMs for Android devices due to the performance improvement and customisation abilities it provides. Now you can install the latest publicly available version of Android, 5.1.1 Lollipop on Xiaomi Mi 3 and Xiaomi... Read More

August 20th, 2015 11:52 PM 2 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Mi 4i in pink, yellow and blue limited editions with MIUI 7 to go on sale on August 25

Xiaomi recently took off the covers from Android 5.0 Lollipop based-MIUI 7 in India, and the new software comes with a bunch of new features. The Chinese smartphone brand has now announced new limited-edition variants of its popular smartphone, the Mi 4i, for India. The smartphone will be available in pink, yellow and blue colours on August 25 alongside the regular white and grey colour options. Another good thing about the limited edition Mi 4i... Read More

August 17th, 2015 5:43 PM 8 COMMENTS

Here’s why Xiaomi might not launch the Redmi Note 2 in India

Xiaomi unveiled the Redmi Note 2 and Redmi Note 2 Prime in China last week. The device proved to be a great success as 800,000 units of the phone got sold out in merely 12 hours, which is a record in itself. However, it seems that Xiaomi wants to keep the device limited to China at the moment and is not planning to bring the Redmi Note 2 to India.... Read More

August 13th, 2015 5:29 PM 5 COMMENTS

Everything that you need to know about Xiaomi’s Android Lollipop-based MIUI 7

Xiaomi has finally come up with the latest version of its user interface, named as MIUI 7 in China today. The new UI is based on the Android 5.1 Lollipop OS, the new update brings along variety of enhancements, themes, features, and one-of-a-kind roaming app. There are many improvements in the new firmware, some of these enhancements are - facial recognition within the gallery, which allows the photo app to... Read More

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