Xiaomi’s first flip phone has something Galaxy Z Flip 5 doesn’t

While Samsung has released five generations of Galaxy Z Flip series phones, the only big change it brought to the lineup was with the Galaxy Z Flip 5. It has a much bigger screen than previous-generation Galaxy Z Flip phones. While the company introduced a slightly larger primary camera with the Galaxy Z Flip 4, […]

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Xiaomi’s foldable phone may leave Galaxy Z Fold 6 in the dust with impressive cameras

Despite being at least a couple of years earlier in the foldable smartphone market, Samsung seems to have lost the plot. Its foldable phones no longer wow people. Instead, Chinese smartphone brands have taken the reign from Samsung to bring groundbreaking hardware innovations to foldable smartphones, and an upcoming foldable phone from Xiaomi could leave […]

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Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 13 series is now available in the UK

Last week marked the international debut of the Redmi Note 13 series and are now on pre-order in the UK. Shipping is set to start on February 1, which is just a few days away (Thursday). The Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro+ flexes a 200MP main camera (1/1.4” sensor) with OIS and a basic 8MP […]

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Deal: Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 13 series arrives in Germany

Last week marked the international debut of the Redmi Note 13 series and are now available in Germany. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro+ flexes a 200MP main camera (1/1.4” sensor) with OIS and a basic 8MP ultra wide. It has a 6.67” 1220p display, a 120Hz AMOLED panel with 12-bit colors and Dolby Vision. […]

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Xiaomi’s new Poco X6, X6 Pro and M6 Pro are already available on Amazon Germany

Xiaomi unveiled new Poco mid-rangers earlier this week and they are already available and with some discounts too. Starting with the Poco X6, this one is powered by the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chipset (paired with 12GB of RAM) and has a surprisingly awesome display for a sub-€300 phone – a 6.67” OLED panel with […]

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Xiaomi’s HyperOS begins global rollout – here are the first devices to get it

Xiaomi announced its new take on Android dubbed HyperOS back in October and released the revamped software alongside the Xiaomi 14 series in China. Now, the company has detailed the global rollout of HyperOS. It will begin seeding to nine devices in Q1 of 2024. These are the Xiaomi 13 Ultra, 13 Pro, 13, 13T […]

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Week 42 in review: Xiaomi’s HyperOS official, OnePlus Open and Oppo Find N3 are here

Xiaomi unveiled HyperOS this week – its overhaul of Mi OS and it got a lot of attention. The new OS will premiere on the Xiaomi 14 series, which is coming soon. We also saw leaked screenshots from HyperOS and they reveal a slight design refresh but not an overhaul. The Galaxy S24 series display […]

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Xiaomi’s trying to catch up to Samsung’s firmware update policy

Samsung’s been winning at the firmware update game for some years now. Not even Google can match the company’s firmware policy, but some rival OEMs have been trying to catch up. Xiaomi, or at least one of its subsidiaries, is among them. This month, Xiaomi and its subsidiary, Redmi, announced a couple of new devices, […]

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In the West, Xiaomi’s MIX Fold 3 smells strongly of vaporware

Xiaomi unveiled its latest foldable phone at the beginning of the week. It’s called the MIX Fold 3, and judging by the company’s social media feed (at least on X), you might get the impression that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold series is finally getting some real competition. The reality is different. Earlier this week, […]

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Xiaomi’s Galaxy Z Fold 5 rival is coming with Samsung OLED screen

Samsung recently unveiled its fifth-generation Galaxy Z Fold series foldable phone, and Xiaomi has now announced its third-generation foldable. Despite being two years late, Xiaomi is moving at a much faster rate than Samsung in terms of the hardware capabilities of its foldable phones. Xiaomi MIX Fold 3 uses a Samsung OLED panel Xiaomi has […]

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Xiaomi’s desperately trying to release phones with solid-state battery before Samsung

Xiaomi appears to be getting closer to releasing smartphones powered by solid-state batteries ahead of Samsung. Or if Xiaomi isn’t any closer to beating the Korean tech giant, at least it’s trying to make people aware of its advancements in mobile battery technology. Xiaomi recently announced that it developed a so-called Xiaomi 13 prototype smartphone […]

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Xiaomi’s Q3 financial report reveals 10% drop in revenue

Xiaomi posted its quarterly financial analysis, and the numbers show significant decline. Revenue for the July-September 2022 period was CNY70.5 billion, just south of $10 billion. Of them, 50.5% came from overseas markets. The revenue is 10% lower compared to last year. Net profit dropped even more – 59% year-on-year to RMB 2.1 billion. However […]

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Xiaomi’s Gallery Sync shutting down, photos can be transferred to Google Photos

It seems that Xiaomi is planning to discontinue the Gallery Sync feature of Xiaomi Cloud. Developer Kacper Skrzypek discovered a draft announcement for this, but the company is yet to make it official. For those unfamiliar, Gallery Sync gave Xiaomi users 5GB of free cloud storage that could hold photos and videos. But if this […]

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Samsung has a solid reason for not using Xiaomi’s Mix Fold 2 waterdrop hinge

Xiaomi unveiled its Mix Fold 2 foldable smartphone only a couple of days after Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold 4. It’s a direct competitor to Samsung’s top-of-the-line foldable smartphone. While the Galaxy Z Fold 4 vs Mix Fold 2 comparison leaves a lot to be desired, there’s one area where the Xiaomi handset is […]

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Xiaomi’s Mijia ecosystem gets AR Glasses with Snapdragon 8 chipset and $370 price

Xiaomi presented a Smart Glasses concept last year, and the prototype is already a reality, less than a year after the announcement. The Mijia Glasses Camera are now up for pre-order at the company’s in-house crowdfunding platform. The introductory price is CNY2,499 (about $370) and customers will receive a wearable that’s 100 grams and has […]

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Leaked Redmi K50S Pro specs detail Xiaomi’s first 200MP phone

A clear picture of the Xiaomi Redmi K50S Pro is slowly starting to take shape. This phone is rumored to be Xiaomi’s first with a 200MP camera, possibly the first, depending on how the launch timing works out against Motorola (the 200MP Moto phone was supposed to come out in July, but it seems it […]

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Flashback: Xiaomi’s promising but ill-fated Android One phones

After the Google Play Edition program failed, Google worked with makers to create a new line of “pure Android” devices – Android One. Removing bloatware was only one of the goals, One phones differed from Play Edition models in several other ways. As you can tell by the headline, we want to focus on one […]

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