Xiaomi‘s got its eyes on expanding in the Latin American market. The Chinese smartphone maker on Tuesday said it would start selling two of its phones, the Redmi Note 4 and the Redmi 4X, in Mexico. The Redmi Note 4 will start at 5,499 Mexican pesos (approximately $296, £221 or AU$390), while the Redmi 4X …
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The past year has seen Xiaomi fall from grace in its homeland of China, dropping from the top spot at the end of 2015 to just making the top 5 in 2016. But the company is now back to making a splash — only this time, it’s in India. Xiaomi scored a valuable silver medal over the weekend, with Counterpoint …
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Xiaomi, the Chinese startup that’s made waves in Asia and South America, may finally come to the US. The Chinese manufacturer’s phone will launch in the US in “two years, if not sooner,” Wang Xiang, the new global chief, told CNET after the Mi 6 launch last week in Beijing. The new timeline, pushed back two years from a previous …
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Love the curved display on the Galaxy S8? That could just be the beginning. Samsung is reportedly working on curving its now-signature display on all four sides of its phones, according to Android Authority, citing Korean publication ETNews (Korean) — not just the left and right sides, but also the bottom and top. If 83 percent of the S8 is …
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Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi‘s India strategy appears to paying off, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. Xiaomi, Samsung and Apple were the preferred choice for their next phones, said the firm’s report which surveyed 2,000 participants. As the world’s second largest smartphone market, India has become a hot battleground for phone manufacturers as they try to tap into the fast …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S8 announcement put a spotlight on the phone’s huge edge-to-edge display with minimal bezels. It’s certainly the first thing you notice when looking at the S8. But Samsung isn’t alone. The LG G6 also has minimal bezels, and both phones followed Xiaomi’s Mi Mix. New leaks are starting to show what a follow-up to the Mi Mix might …
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Here’s how serious Xiaomi is about its status as a phone maker: It’s now building its own phone chips. That puts it in a small but noteworthy group, along with phone titans Samsung and Apple and up-and-comer Huawei. The new Surge S1 chip, designed in-house by Xiaomi, makes its debut in the midrange Xiaomi Mi 5C, a moderately priced phone …
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Xiaomi was China’s hottest phone brand in 2014 and ’15, but it couldn’t maintain the momentum in 2016. Shipping 41.5 million smartphones, the company once known as ” the Apple of China” was the No. 5 brand in China last year, according to market researcher IDC. It was edged out by the actual Apple, which at No. 4 shipped 44.9 …
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The gleaming white phone with its razor-thin bezel and unique call technology is just the kind of thing you’d want to put in your pocket and try right away. But even though Xiaomi announced this version of the Mi Mix phone at the giant CES 2017 tech show in Las Vegas, it’s just one more example of a promising Xioami …
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Xiaomi‘s phones sales may have dropped some, but the Chinese device maker isn’t worried. “Basically we’re giving [handsets] to you without making any money,” said Hugo Barra, Xiaomi’s global vice president, in an interview with Reuters. “We could sell 10 billion smartphones and we wouldn’t make a single dime in profits.” Xiaomi’s Mi Mix is one amazing almost bezel-less phone …
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