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Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 India Launch Set for October 10 Soon after Xiaomi launched its near bezel-less Mi MIX 2smartphone in China, Manu Kumar Jain, MD of Xiaomi India, confirmed that the smartphone will be launched soon in India as well. While Jain didn't share the exact release date for the handset at the time, he has now announced that Mi MIX 2 will be launched in India on October 10. The Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 launch will take place in New Delhi on October 10, as per the launch teaser shared by the company. In his announcement tweet on Wednesday, Manu Kumar Jain said, "The wait is over.. #MiMIX2 is coming to India! Come Oct 10 and hail the Mi MIX 2." It is good to see that Xiaomi has finally decided to bring its premium bezel-less smartphone to India after the original Mi MIX was never launched in the country. The Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 was launched by the company with a variant called Mi MIX 2 Special Edition. Notably, there are three variants of the Mi MIX 2 smar...

Xiaomi takes aim at Apple with the Mi Notebook Pro     Xiaomi  locked horns with Apple last summer with its Mi Notebook Air , a direct competitor to the trendy MacBook Air. This year, The Chinese electronics maker is targeting Apple’s MacBook Pro with the new  Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro  . Xiaomi’s Mi Notebook Pro features a 15.6-inch display (1,920 x 1,080 pixels, 142 PPI) coated in Corning’s Gorilla Glass. Systems can be equipped with up to an eighth-gen Intel Core i7-8550U processor, 16GB of DDR4 RAM and a 256GB PCIe solid-state drive. Nvidia GeForce MX 150 graphics come standard, as do the two USB Type-C ports, two full-size USB 3.0 ports, full-size HDMI port, a 3-in-1 SD card reader and 3.5mm audio jack. There’s also a full-size, backlit keyboard with 1.5mm key travel, a sizable glass touchpad with built-in fingerprint sensor, dual Harman Infinity speakers, dual-band 802.11 ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1. The system’s 60Wh battery is report...

Xiaomi flagship smartphone Mi Mix 2 to launch in India soon  The first Mi Mix didn't work with many US LTE networks, but the new model should. Xiaomi announced new phones this morning, but there is one that is going to steal all of the headlines. The smartphone which basically is an iterative model to the Mi Note 2 contains a dual lens setup at the back and a 5.5-inch full HD display. It is not exactly a bezel-free display as most people would have imagined; however, Xiaomi insists that the screen size is quite large enough and the bezels are indeed much narrower on this phone.  The Mi Mix comes with MIUI 9, which is based on Android 7.1.1 Nougat. The 12-megapixel camera comes with an optically stabilized f/2.0 lens and has large pixels. It has 5.15 IPS LCD display with 1080p resolution and HDR video support. It has a dual LED flash as well.  The smartphone, however, retains the weird placement of the selfie camera at the bottom edge. On the front, it ha...

Xiaomi Mi Band HRX Edition launched at Rs 1,299, delivers 23 days battery life on single charge Xiaomi on Friday partnered with Hrithik Roshan to announce the HRX Edition of Mi Band. This new Mi Band edition is said to deliver up to 23 day battery backup and comes with an improved tracking algorithm and splash resistant capability. The newly announced HRX Edition of the Mi Band comes with a price tag of Rs 1,299.             Mi Band - HRX Edition is basically an adaptation of Xiaomi's Mi Band 2. Xiaomi claims that -- Mi Band 2 is the world's leading fitness wearable with 3.5 million units being sold globally in Q2, as per IDC. Xiaomi is the #1 wearable vendor worldwide with 13.4 percent as per IDC Q2 report. One of the key highlight of this Hrithik Roshan edition Mi Band is its battery life. The Mi Band - as claimed by the company, delivers around 23-day long battery life on a single charge. Mi Band comes with low-energy Bluetooth 4.0 chipset, an...

Xiaomi has released MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM for the third batch of supported devices Chinese smartphone and electronics maker Xiaomi has released the Beta version of the  MIUI 9  Global ROMs for the third batch of devices. The company posted the details of the roll out in  a blog post  on MIUI forums. The third batch of devices that are receiving the Beta update includes Mi Note, Mi 4, Mi 3, Mi 2/2S, Mi Pad 3, Mi Pad 2, Mi Pad 1, Redmi Pro, Redmi Note 4X MTK, Redmi Note 4, Redmi 4A, Redmi 4 Prime, Redmi 4, Redmi 3S/3X, Redmi Note 3, Redmi Note 2, Redmi Note 4G, Redmi Note, Redmi 3, Redmi 2A, Redmi 2, Redmi 1S, Redmi 1. The company is testing its MIUI operating system with the included tweaks to ensure that everything is optimised of the vast line-up of devices. Now that the Global Beta ROM has rolled out to the third and final batch of supported devices, software engineers at Xiaomi will iron out any issues that crop up with devices before rolling out the f...