Xiaomi MI 8 SE is the first Snapdragon 710
High end and lite version strategy
Qualcomm revealed the existence of the Snapdragon 710 series at the Mobile World Congress 2018 in late February and it shared the details about two big and six little core chipsets just a week ago. It turns out that Xiaomi MI 8 SE, a cheaper version of the flagship Mi 8, will come powered by the Snapdragon 710.
Mi Band 3 confirmed for Xiaomi May 31st event
Could cost around $26
Xiaomi has confirmed that the new Mi Band 3 will be a part of its event scheduled to take place on May 31st.
Xiaomi Mi8 supports QC 4.0 +
Quick charge 4.0 +
Xiaomi Mi8 is an eight-year anniversary phone and includes in display fingerprint reader, a possible translucent back option, 3D face unlocking as well as Snapdragon 845, 6.2-inch IPS 2280x1080 screen and 6GB/64GB and possibly 8GB/128 GB options.
Xiaomi Mi8 to launch May 31
2,799 Yuan, €370 or $440
It looks like the Xiaomi MI7 might end up being called Mi8 - after all. China based companies sometimes don’t care about consistency as Huawei went from P9 to P20 as it appeared appropriate.
Xiaomi launches Redmi S2 in China
Affordable 5.99-incher with AI selfie camera
As rumored earlier, Xiaomi has unveiled its affordable Redmi S2 smartphone in China, which comes with a 5.99-inch HD+ resolution screen, Snapdragon 625 SoC, and AI-assisted selfie camera.
Xiaomi to open retail store in Vienna
Coming to Italy and France in May
Xiaomi is definitely entering a few more European markets. Xiaomi confirmed that it will start officially offering its devices in Italy and France and it is about to open up a retail store in Vienna too.
Qualcomm is ready for Android P
Snapdragon 845, 660 and 636
Qualcomm announced that it plans to fully support Android P on select Snapdragon mobile platform. Having early access, that enabled Qualcomm to optimize its software on Snapdragon 845, 660 and 636 mobile platforms to ensure readiness for OEMs to upgrade to Android P at the time of launch.
Xiaomi strikes European deal with Hutchison 3
Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Sweden and UK
Xiaomi has big plans for 2018. It started with the IPO that might value the company anywhere between $80 to $100 billion and it plans a massive European expansion.
Xiaomi heads for $10 billion raise on IPO 80B - 100B
Does not seem worried about US trade war and bans of rivals
Chinese smartphone and connected device maker Xiaomi is pressing ahead with its $10 billion IPO.
Xiaomi Mi Band 3 poster is out
The launch is getting near
Unlike Apple, Xiaomi is not really obsessed with secrecy and lot of its products actually see the light of day before the official introduction.