Xiaomi’s been selling budget smartphones under its Redmi sub-brand for a few years. Now the company is expanding the Redmi brand to include budget notebooks. The RedmiBook 14 is a 3.3 pound laptop with a full HD display, slim top and side bezels, and an Intel Whiskey Lake processor plus NVIDIA GeForce MX250 graphics. It’ll […]
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Lilbits 365: You’re holding it wrong
The recently released Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e sells for $400 and up and features a 10.5 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel AMOLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 processor, and at least 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, a fingerprint sensor, and quad speakers… all of which make it a pretty attractive option for folks […]
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Xiaomi launches Redmi AirDots: $15 truly wireless earbuds
The first “truly wireless” earbuds started to hit the streets a few years ago. And they were expensive. Samsung’s Gear IconX earbuds sold for $200 at launch. Apple’s AirPods sold for $159 at launch… and they still do. Over the past year or so, we’ve seen a number of cheaper options… but Chinese company Xiaomi […]
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Xiaomi launches Redmi 5 budget phones with 18:9 displays
Chinese phone maker Xiaomi is bringing 18:9 (or 2:1) aspect ratio displays to its budget Redmi line of smartphones. The Redmi 5 is a $120 with a 5.7 inch, 1440 x 720 pixel display and slim bezels, while the Redmi 5 Plus is a 6 inch model with a 2160 x 1080 pixel display, more […]
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Xiaomi’s in no hurry to launch smartphones in the US
Chinese company Xiaomi currently sells a popular line of entry-level, mid-range, and premium smartphones in about 30 markets around the world. But while the company sells a handful of products like headphones, speakers, batteries, and TV boxes in the US, the only way to buy a Xiaomi phone in the United States is to pick up […]
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Xiaomi launches $135 Redmi Note 4 smartphone with big battery, deca-core CPU
Xiaomi’s latest smartphone features a 10-core processor, a 4,100 mAh battery, and a 5.5 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel display. But it’s still part of the company’s Redmi line of budget devices. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 will be available in China this week for ¥899 ($135) and up. The entry-level price is for a model […]
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Xiaomi: 110 million Redmi phones sold (in 3 years)
Xiaomi may not be one of the top 5 smartphone makers in the world anymore, but the Chinese company still sells a lot of phones. Vice president Hugo Barra noted today that Xiaomi has sold 110 Redmi smartphones since launching the low-cost brand in August, 2013. Xiaomi has a reputation for offering high-quality phone at low […]
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Xiaomi Redmi 3 is a $106 phone with a big battery and octa-core CPU
Chinese device maker Xiaomi’s latest budget smartphone features a 5 inch, 1280 x 720 pixel display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 octa-core processor, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of storage. The Xiaomi Redmi 3 also has a 4,100 mAh battery, a microSD card slot, a 13MP rear camera, and a 5MP front camera. But the most […]
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Xiaomi launches MIUI 7 software for Android phones
Chinese device maker Xiaomi has built a reputation for offering high-quality smartphones at low prices. But that’s not the only thing that’s unusual about the company’s phones. While they run Google Android software, they also have a heavily skinned user interface called MIUI that looks something like a cross between Android and iOS. Now the team has […]
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 is a $125 smartphone with full HD display, octa-core CPU
Xiaomi’s latest budget smartphone has a spec sheet that reads like it came from a high-end phone. But this 5.5 inch smartphone with a full HD display and a 64-bit, 8-core processor has a starting price of just $125. Like most Xiaomi phones, the Redmi Note 2 will be sold initially in China before expanding to […]