Up 58 percent on last year as Apple slips

Chinese vendor Xiaomi Technology saw its smartphone shipments soar 58 percent  on year to 23.2 million units fn the second quarter of 2017.

Big sales drive

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has popped to the bank and scored a billion dollar loan to accelerate its drive into brick-and-mortar stores and help a push overseas.

Snapdragon 835 SoC and 6GB of RAM

Xiaomi's successor of the game-changing Mi Mix smartphone has been rumored for quite a while but the latest benchmark results revealed a bit more details, including the Snapdragon 835 chipset and 6GB of RAM.

Not all devices will get Android 7.1

Xiaomi's Android Nougat update list has leaked online, showing a list of devices that will be updated to Android Nougat OS and while the company has been promising updates for some of its devices for a while, there is still no official date.

Patents and network gear

Telecoms network equipment maker Nokia and Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Technology have signed a patent licensing agreement.

Big demand, ceramic and SoC to blame

Xiaomi's latest flagship, the Mi 6, is already sold-out in all flash and pre-order sales but it appears that it never came in high volume due to ceramic and SoC shortages.

Snapdragon 835 SoC, 5.15-inch screen and no headphone jack

As expected and announced earlier, Xiaomi has unveiled its newest flagship smartphone, the Mi 6, at an event in China.

Hours ahead of launch

Xiaomi is scheduled to unveil its latest flagship Mi 6 smartphone at an event on April 19th and just hours ahead of that launch, an official press picture has found its way online.

Beats Samsung Galaxy S8

Xiaomi Mi6 is launching in the coming week and the most of the details about the new  Snapdragon 835 based phone have  been revealed. 

The second Snapdragon 835

Xiaomi Mi5 was one of the best priced Snapdragon 820 phones on the market and the company is planning to launch the Xiaomi Mi6 successor on April 19th.