Review: Just like a Note 7, but not as deadly

The new Mi Note 2 is a flagship, but it’s not the priciest phone in Xiaomi’s range – that distinction goes to the bezel-less Mi Mix. It’s not the cheapest Xiaomi device based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 821 platform, either. That would be the Mi5s series. So where does the Mi Note 2 fit in? Well, had it not been for the Mi Mix concept phone, the Note 2 would have been Xiaomi’s ultimate flagship for 2016, but it’s not. And that’s sort of a good thing, but we’ll get to that later.

Follower of the pack

A report said that the Samsung Galaxy S8 will feature a screen without home buttons on it.

Review: Snapdragon 652, 6.44-inch panel, 4850mAh battery

In case you’ve spent the last year or two in a coma, here’s what you missed: Fudzilla fell in love with inexpensive Chinese phones, a lot of celebrities and pop culture icons died, and the loud bloke from Celebrity Apprentice is now US President-elect.

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Xiaomi does not appear worried that its smartphone sales are falling.

Mainstreamish performance

Xiaomi might launch one more significant mainstream phone called the Xiaomi Mi 5C. The phone is rumored to come with a 1,000 Juan ($150/€140) price tag and a potentially handsome design. 

Officially from Xiaomi

There were plenty of leaks showing a smaller version of the earlier unveiled Xiaomi Mi MIX smartphone but now it appears that such a product does not exist, according to Xiaomi at least.

Plenty of good things but some bad as well

Xiaomi certainly made a lot of noise with its impressive concept Mi Mix smartphone with an almost edge-less design and now it has been officially reviewed by Arstechnica and compared to some of the high end smartphones on the market, like the iPhone 7, Galaxy S7 and Google Pixel.

$509.99 for 1.07 KG Skylake notebook

You've got to love "singles day" and even if you are not single, you will be able to enjoy many sale prices form shops such as Gearbest. 

Build it and hunt for Sarah Connor

Xiaomi is producing a plastic toy robot that you can assemble into different forms, and control with an app.

Shipping before Christmas

We stumbled upon a listing for Xiaomi's latest Mi MIX which puts the new smartphone on pre-order for US $659.99 for the standard 4GB/128GB and US $759.99 for the 6GB/256GB Mi MIX 18K version.