UAE gets Xiaomi products with Saudi Arabia on queue

Xiaomi has been fighting the contraction of its sales for some time now as it struggles to find pathways out of China. We’ve been talking about US expansion for that same bit of time, but there’s little fruition on that front. At least, though, the Chinese OEM is getting somewhere.Take the United Arab Emirates as electronics distributor Task FZCO and carrier Etisalat are partnering to sell ...

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 goes official with 4,000 mAh battery, $140 starting price

Just when you thought the upcoming Redmi Note 2 Pro couldn’t possibly get any more fetching, Xiaomi revealed the metallic mid-ranger is actually called Redmi Note 3, which signaled extra enhancements besides a build quality upgrade and added fingerprint sensor.A second Tenaa visit confirmed a 3GB RAM/32GB ROM variant, obviously set to cost a bit more than the standard 2/16 gig model. But as it turns out, the Xiaomi ...

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro shows off slim gold metal body in official pic

Pre-release mystery is so 2014. Nowadays, honesty seems to be the best policy leading up to a big mobile hardware announcement, which makes sense, given how resourceful leaksters are getting.Though still close to a week away from a formal introduction, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro has had essentially all its secrets uncovered, via

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Xiaomi schedules November 24 Beijing event: Mi 5, Mi Pad 2, Redmi Note 2 Pro incoming?

If you thought the final stages of the calendar year couldn’t possibly bring any new, half-exciting Android hardware to light, and you had to wait until CES or MWC in early 2016 to check out the mobile industry’s “next big things”, you must not know how the Chinese market works.On the Western hemisphere, it’s all about Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Christmas. But the Chinese New Year is celebrated in February, giving Xiaomi plenty of time to showcase some sizzling hot phones and/or tablets, then actually put them up for grabs when the shopping spree begins.Still, ...

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro confirmed to sport metal build, fingerprint sensor

Seemingly taking an uninspired page from the playbooks of its Western-popular rivals, Xiaomi keeps serving up incremental Redmi-series upgrades, each more confusing than the model before it, but all so unbelievably cheap that we’d be willing to forgive them anything.Following in the footsteps of the Redmi Note 2 and Note 2 Prime unveiled back in August, as well as the Redmi 2A Enhanced Edition showcased earlier this week, the Xiaomi Redmi ...

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 2, Redmi Note 2 Prime become official: 5.5-inch Full HD, octa-core Helio X10, 2GB RAM, 16/32GB ROM

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 was rumored in December 2014, to arrive in January. Eight month later, the company made the phone official, as the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 has been unveiled. It measures 152x76x8.25mm and weighs 160gr., and Xiaomi is convinced it feels good in the hand. There are two versions of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2: the classic one, and a Prime version.In terms of specs, both variants feature a 5.5-inch Full HD display, 2GB of RAM, and a 13MP Samsung camera. The Redmi Note 2 has 16GB of internal storage and its octa-core Helio X10 processor is clocked at 2GHz, while the Prime has ...

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Value-focused Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 rumored to launch next month

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has had itself a very good year, and we’ve got our eyes out for what’s coming next from the manufacturer. While the flagship Mi5 has been the focus of the majority of rumors, it’s not the only new hardware we’re hearing about. We remain curious about what Xiaomi will bring to CES, but now the latest rumor is looking to what could be happening a slight bit further ...

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