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New Delhi: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Thursday said its “Redmi Note 5” series has crossed 5 million sales in India within 4 months. “‘Redmi Note 5’ and ‘Redmi Note 5 Pro’, including all variants for both smartphones, have gained massive popularity and received huge love from Mi fans,” the company said in a statement. […]

New Delhi: After media reports surfaced last week that Chinese smartphone makers Xiaomi and Coolpad have locked horns over patents, the latter on Monday confirmed that it has sued three group firms of Xiaomi for several patent infringements. Coolpad subsidiary Yulong that filed the fresh suit, demanded that Xiaomi should immediately stop production, offerings on […]

Beijing: As it prepares to file an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, Xiaomi has been named in a patent dispute in China by its rival Coolpad for three successful smartphone models — Mi Mix 2, Redmi Note 5 and Redmi 5 Plus. In a regulatory filing, Hong Kong-listed Coolpad’s Yulong unit has initiated […]

New Delhi: Xiaomi has once again topped the Indian smartphone market, with two global market research firms on Tuesday reporting an over 31 per cent market share for the Chinese smartphone maker — a whopping 155 per cent annual shipment growth — in the first quarter of 2018. According to Hong Kong-based Counterpoint Research, Xiaomi […]

New Delhi: Xiaomi continued to lead the Indian smartphone market with 31.1 per cent market share while Reliance Jio topped the feature phone market with a massive 35.8 per cent share in the first quarter of 2018, a new report has said. Xiaomi was the leader with 25 per cent market share in Q4 of […]

Shanghai:  Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Tuesday launched Mi MIX 2S in China. The device features Artificial Intelligence (AI) dual camera and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset. Starting at a price of 3,299 yuan (roughly Rs 34,055), Mi MIX 2S will be available in China from April 3 and will be officially introduced […]

Bengaluru: Chinese handset maker Xiaomi on Wednesday introduced a new payment service, powered by Google Tez, on its e-commerce platform Mi.com and Mi Store app. Users can now make cashless transactions on both Mi.com and the Mi Store app as Google Tez payments service operates atop the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). “As a merchant partner […]

New Delhi: Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi launched the Redmi 5A (2GB RAM variant) for Rs 5,999 in India on Thursday. The company is offering an additional discount of Rs 1,000 for the first five million customers who choose the 2GB RAM/16GB ROM variant, effectively bringing down its price to Rs 4,999. The smartphone also comes […]

New Delhi: Xiaomi India released the Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite selfie-centric smartphones and declared the release of the global version of MIUI 9 that is an upgrade to its customised Android-based operating system (OS) here on Thursday. Redmi Y1 has been launched at a price point of Rs 8,999 for 3GB RAM and […]

Beijing: Technology giant Xiaomi on Monday launched ‘Mi MIX 2’, an upgrade from last year’s Mi MIX, which will be available in China from September 15. ‘Mi MIX 2’ comes with 6GB RAM in three versions — 64GB, 128GB and 256GB — with full-screen display. “Mi MIX gave everyone a glimpse of what the phone of […]

New Delhi: Xiaomi on Tuesday launched ‘Mi A1’ smartphone in India with dual-rear cameras at Rs 14,999. Mi A1 is an ‘Android One’ smartphone and unlike other Xiaomi phones, A1 would come with stock Android operating system. Google had announced ‘Android One’ phones in 2014 which were entry-level smartphones. “Android One runs pure interface, a […]

New Delhi: As reports surfaced of a Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 smartphone catching fire in Andhra Pradesh, injuring its user, the Chinese smartphone maker on Friday said “extreme external force” was applied to the device which may have caused the incident. Bhavana Suryakiran sustained minor burn injuries on his thigh as the Redmi Note 4 he […]

New Delhi: Xiaomi has become the most preferred smartphone upgrade choice for Indian consumers in 2017, beating popular brands like Samsung and Apple, market research firm Strategy Analytics said on Friday. According to the report, 26 per cent of potential Android buyers looking to upgrade their devices in 2017 list Xiaomi as their preferred brand. […]

Apple has overtaken China's Xiaomi to become the largest vendor of smartphones in the Chinese market for the first time, new data showed today

China's largest smartphone maker Xiaomi has sold over two million phones in a 12-hour period, setting a Guinness World Record for mobile phone sales in the process, according to media reports yesterday