Meri not so joyful

There have been hints that Xiaomi was about to create its own chip, but now there appears to be evidence in the form of another leak about the Xiaomi Mi Note phablet

Xiaomi Note 2 Pro with Snapdragon 821

Xiaomi will launch two new phones on 27 September and both will have the snappiest Snapdragon 821 SoC.

Snapdragon 821 SoC and 6GB of RAM

Xiaomi Mi 5 is by all standards are rather affordable flagship Android smartphones with one of the best specs for the cash, and the word on the street is that the outfit is working on an “s” version.

MediaTek Helio X20 inside

Xiaomi has just released a new version of its Redmi Note series  called Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Pro. This is a 5.5-inch phone with anHelio X20 that sells for $178.96 for the 16GB version with 2GB RAM. 

Fudzilla readers get it for $19.99

Xiaomi is a company that tends to positively surprise us with technology and the Xiaomi VR Play Virtual Reality wearable slot-in head-mounted display is one of these cool devices. Xiaomi VR Play was announced three weeks ago and is now available for preorders for $28.99, but Gearbest gave Fudzilla readers the chance to buy it for $19.99.

Dragging its feet

While there is some interest in Xiaomi’s smartphones in the US, the company  continues to drag its feet in a Western expansion.

More than 44 per cent of the world's total

Beancounters working for Digitimes Research have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and worked out that chinese vendors shipped 145.9 million smartphones globally in total during the second quarter of 2016.

Review: Snapdragon 820 on a budget

Xiaomi’s new flagship is late to the party. The Mi4 launched in 2014, and the Chinese brand did not bother launching a successor in 2015. Why? Because it didn’t have a proper processor to build it around. The Mi4 was based on the Snapdragon 801, so with the Mi5, Xiaomi skipped a year, and a CPU generation.

No pricing but comes with Leopard

Xiaomi VR Play is the official name for the VR from the Apple of China. The company aims to support 4.7 to 5.7 inch phones and comes with unique two way zip designed VR glasses.

Apple fans call foul

Xiaomi has managed to anger a few people with its Mi Notebook Air – not only does it look like Apple’s love child, it even borrowed the name “air” although perhaps "snow" would have been more appropriate.