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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 …

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 …

Electronics manufacturer Xiaomi may be a relatively small Chinese company, but it’s setting its sights worldwide. Recently, Xiaomi announced that it’ll unveil an all-new product at CES 2017 on January 5. Based in Beijing, Xiaomi made its name selling electronics of all kinds — including phones, fitness bands, electric bikes, robot vacuums and even a rice cooker — at lower …

Xiaomi‘s latest phone, the Mi Mix, has definitely kicked up an online storm. It certainly caught me by surprise. Not only did Xiaomi manage to keep the device a complete secret — tech journalists were gathered at a Beijing event expecting only the Mi Note 2 — the company initially introduced the phone in vague terms, calling it a concept …

The PC market hasn’t been doing too well globally, seeing a decline in shipments in Q3 compared with last year. But Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Asus still sees potential in Asia. With the launch of its Asus Zenbook 3 in Singapore, the company is signaling its intention to double down in a highly competitive market, one that has seen notebook manufacturers …

Amazon’s Fire TV 2 bundles cost a tad less, thanks to an across-the-board price cut of $10. Enlarge Image The Amazon Fire TV 2 now costs $90 — 10 bucks less than before. Sarah Tew/CNET The price cut doesn’t apply to the new Fire TV Stick, but it brings the cost of the core Fire TV 2 bundle down to …

Time could be running out for Samsung’s smartwatches. The highlight of IFA 2016 for Samsung was the unveiling of its latest, the Gear S3. For the third successive year, Berlin has played host to such a launch, and with no new phones or tablets being revealed alongside it at the annual event, all eyes were on the shiny tech timepiece. …

Fresh from rolling out a new robot vacuum, Xiaomi today announced a new contactless payment system for its home market in China. The catch? It really only works on one of its phones, the Xia​omi Mi 5. That’s because the Mi 5 is really the only phone in Xiaomi’s lineup that supports NFC. It’s likely Xiaomi took NFC out of …

This much is certain: Chinese phone maker Xiaomi is coming to the US. But there’s a lot that has to happen before you’ll be able to buy a Xiaomi phone meant for the States, and the pieces won’t come together in 2016. Click to read more of Jessica’s tech stories from Asia. Mark Hobbs/CNET “The US is a very different …

Xiaomi, the Chinese phone maker that has taken Asia and Brazil by storm, has its sights set on the US. The world’s second-most-valuable startup plans to sell its phones in the States by the end of 2017, Hugo Barra, former Googler and Xiaomi’s global vice president, said in an interview Wednesday. “I think we have to be in the western …