What is OTA update? OTA is short for Over The Air, and as the name suggest, the process involves updating your phone with enhanced firmware or operating system or both remotely. You will get a notification when your device is eligible for OTA update and you can also manually check for updates by taping into Settings»about Phone» Check Update. How OTA updates for latest Android operating system are finalized? When Google announces new Android operating system, it distributes Platform Development Kit for all Android partners to analyze the framework....

Xiaomi already has several in-ear earphones in India. Recently the company launched the Mi Noise Cancelling USB Type-C Earphones in the country. Now, the new Mi Earphones with features like improved 3rd gen balanced damping system designed to enhance sound and airflow. Xiaomi Mi Earphones Features The Mi earphones come with a metal chamber that is created using a 20-step process that involves diamond cutting, CD engraving, drawing and anodizing a piece of aluminum....

— Redmi India (@RedmiIndia) May 5, 2017 Recommended: Xiaomi India Announces E-waste Takeback And Recycling Program According to the tweet made by the company, there is no information about the device name or the timeline for the phone launch. But, it has shared an image which highlights the night skyline in the background and has the tagline, ”Power in your hands”. Furthermore, Manu Jain, Xiaomi’s India VP also tweeted that the upcoming phone will be the next big launch this month....

Key Specs Display and Processor While Micromax Yureka sports a bigger 5.5 inch display with HD (1280×720 pixels) resolution resulting in a pixel density of 267 PPI. Whereas all new Xiaomi Mi 4i comes with a standard 5 inch display with full HD (1080×1920 pixels) resolution resulting in a sharp pixel density of 441 PPI. Micromax Yureka and Xiaomi Mi 4i features same Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection that will protect the display from scratches and damage to a great extent....

The Xiaomi Mi 6X has a codename as M1804D2SC and according to the live images, the smartphone looks a lot similar to the Redmi Note 5 Pro. It comes with a vertically oriented dual camera setup at the back with flash LED in the middle. The fingerprint sensor is also placed at the back of the smartphone just like in the Mi A1. Xiaomi Mi 6X/ Mi A2 Specifications The Xiaomi Mi 6X/ Mi A2 comes with a 5....

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Mi Crowdfunding is the company’s own crowdfunding website in which the company lists products which they want to bring to India. Xiaomi lists those products on their website with a target and a timeline. If people want to purchase the product, they have to support those products by paying the full price of the product within the timeline. Once the product reaches its goal, the company will ship the product directly to the backers....

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 To Feature Curved AMOLED Display According to the new report, the new Mi Mix 2 will be featuring a curved AMOLED display unlike the IPS display used on it’s predecessor, Mi Mix. Additionally it will be having an amazing 93% screen-to-body ratio as compared to 91.3% screen-to-body ratio on Mi Mix. Another feature which we might see is a ultrasonic fingerprint sensor which will be embedded under the display....

Like everything Xiaomi, the Mi3 has made some “Blink and you miss it” appearances on Flipkart in 6 flash sales. Sales were later suspended as flipkart and Xiaomi wanted to focus on Xiaomi Redmi 1S in India. The Xiaomi Redmi Note has also reportedly been scheduled to appear this festival season and perhaps Xiaomi will have one Mi3 flash sale while transitioning from Redmi 1S to Redmi Note. Like it or hate it, but Xiaomi manages to make headlines every time, thanks to their value for money product with lucrative spec sheets....

Now, it appears like Xiaomi is all set change things as it will again sell the Redmi 1S in the country. The sale is slated to happen on December 8 and interestingly, there will be no registration process this time. Without registration, it is clear that the Redmi 1S will not be a flash sale, but the sale will end if the stocks get emptied. Xiaomi has not revealed the number of Redmi 1S units that will go on sale or the timing for the sale....

Xiaomi Redmi 5 Specifications The Redmi 5 sports a 5.7-inch HD+ (720×1440 pixels) display with an 18:9 aspect ratio and 282ppi pixel density/ The dual-SIM (Nano) phone run MIUI 9 on top of Android Nougat 7.1. Dimension wise the phone measures 151.8×72.8×7.7mm and weighs 157 grams. The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 SoC clocked at 1.8 GHz and paired with Adreno 506 GPU. Further, memory wise, it is coupled with 2GB, 3GB or 4GB of RAM with 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of inbuilt storage respectively, with support for microSD cards up to 128GB....

The new Redmi 7 comes with gradient finish on the back and also features P2i nano-coating that makes it splash proof. Let’s check out full specifications, price and availability details of Redmi 7. Xiaomi Redmi 7 Specifications The new Xioami Redmi 7 comes with a 6.26-inch HD+ (1520×720 pixels) 2.5D curved glass display with Gorilla Glass 5 protection. It is powered by Snapdragon 632 processor with up to 4GB RAM and up to 64GB storage that is also expandable up to 512GB with a dedicated microSD card slot....

Earlier, we have seen multiple reports suggesting that Xiaomi is working on a new budget smartphone, dubbed as Redmi Note 5 featuring the bezel-less 18:9 display. The reports also suggested that along with the Redmi Note 5, it might launch two more phones, Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus. The Redmi Note 5 was also spotted on the TENAA’s website last month revealing some details, however, we now have more details in a leak that surfaced on Chinese social media site Weibo....

Sporting a big 5.99-inch display with 18:9 aspect ratio, the Redmi Note 5 Pro is backed by a Snapdragon 636 SoC and packs a big battery to last a day of heavy usage easily. We got our hands on the device and here are our reasons to buy and not buy the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro. Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Specifications Reasons to buy Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Modern display 6GB/64GB – Rs....

The Redmi S2 has been leaked heavily recently and also been certified on Chinese sites like 3C and TENNA. This hints that Xiaomi will be launching the phone very soon. Now, the latest report comes in the form of a teaser that pretty much confirms the arrival of the smartphone. Previously, it was rumored that the Redmi S2 will be launched in India and China as a budget smartphone....

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 was the best selling smartphone at the time and the company has also opened two new stores in October and November 2017, called Mi Homes. The offline sales is strengthening Xiaomi’s presence in the smartphone market, in January 2018, Xiaomi opened another Mi Home store in Thane. Talking about the top smartphone brands other than Samsung and Xiaomi according to the sales are – Vivo, Oppo, and Lenovo (including Motorola)....

Similar concerns surfaced couple of months back when Hugo Barra, The face of Xiaomi outside China, explained how Mi-Cloud works, how every bit of data is encrypted and deleted after it’s no longer required. Xiaomi also introduced option to disable Mi Cloud via OTA update. The new IAF circular however states that, “F-secure, a leading security solution company, recently carried out a test of Xiaomi Redmi 1s, the company’s budget smartphone, and found that the phone was forwarding carrier name, phone number, IMEI (the device identifier) plus numbers from address book and text messages back to Beijing,” The same F-Secure earlier acknowledged that Xiaomi has fixed the issue after the update, but this hasn’t been mentioned in IAF circular....

Oculus announced that the new Oculus Go will be built by Xiaomi, which could mean that the prices will be affordable. Also, it is to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor. There is also a possibility of a China-exclusive variant of the headset. Xiaomi Mi VR Standalone, an Oculus Go version for China Facebook-led Oculus is well known for their high-end virtual reality headsets. Now, at the CES 2018, the company has announced a standalone VR headset which is to be built by Xiaomi....

Every time an app wakes up your smartphone, you lose 2 minutes of standby time even when the screen is off. While Project Volta will try to address this issue in Android L using a new job scheduler (test reveal bump in battery life by about 90 minutes), another silent culprit which might be draining your battery is your cellular service provider network. Does Cellular Network affect Battery life? Yes, if you don’t receive good network coverage in an area, your phone has to ping network tower again and again and constantly look for stronger signal which can significantly reduce your battery backup by about 2 to 3 hours....

Yu Televentures is reportedly all set to launch two smartphones today lying on the two extreme ends (one a flagship, other an entry level phone), and the low end model, YU Yunique has already been listed on Snapdeal for 4,999 INR. From the initial images, we can see that the handset shares design similarity with Yuphoria (minus the rounded metal edges), with a flash ring around the scaled camera module....