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Mi Band 2 Will Feature LCD

by Isaac Oburu

Xiaomi is about to launch its second-generation wristband, the Mi Band 2, after it was shown by CEO Lei Jun. The Mi Band is expected to feature both a LCD display and a physical …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 16| Xiaomi

Xiaomi’s TV is Sub-6mm

by Tom Allen

Just before Easter, Xiaomi unveiled a premium new TV for the Chinese market, using a curved LCD panel from Samsung. The whole set is 5.9mm – only twice as thick as LG’s G6 OLED …

Taiwan-based supply chain sources claim that Xiaomi will delay the launch of its first notebook (previously rumoured to be 15″, most recently said to be 12.5″) until Q2’16 – one quarter behind the original …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 23 - Issue 11| Xiaomi

Xiaomi Takes to Global Stage

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi has a reputation as ‘The Apple of the East’, but its prices are far below the Cupertino-based company. Although it had no stand at the show, the firm used MWC to launch its …

Apple Faces First-Ever iPhone Fall

by Tom Allen

Global smartphone sales reached 403 million units in Q4’15, says Gartner: a 9.7% rise YoY. However, this was the slowest Q4 growth rate since 2008. Smartphone sales rose 14.4% YoY, to 1.4 billion units, …

Xiaomi Will Show Off Mi 5 in Barcelona

by Tom Allen

China’s Economic Daily News says that Xiaomi will reveal a new smartphone, the Mi 5, at MWC. The phone will be unveiled on the 24th February, concurrently in both Barcelona and Beijing. The source …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Smartphones| Xiaomi

Biometric Smartphones Are Officially “Mainstream”. More Than 200 Models Have Been Introduced Since 2013

by Isaac Oburu

According to new research from Acuity Market Intelligence, biometric smartphones are officially mainstream. More than 200 fingerprint, iris, and eye-vein biometric smartphones have been introduced since Q1 2013 under 70 brand names. This includes …

Xiaomi to Enter Middle East

by Isaac Oburu

Dubai-based Task FZCO has begun to distribute Xiaomi smartphones in the Middle East and North Africa. Handsets will initially be available in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Tags:Distribution| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 04| Xiaomi

Huawei is 2015’s Smartphone Success Story

by Tom Allen

Worldwide smartphone sales reached new record levels at the end of 2015, thanks to multiple product offerings at all price points, in both mature and emerging markets. Preliminary IDC data shows that 399.5 million …

Phablet Popularity Soars

by Tom Allen

Flurry Analytics has examined data from more than 780,000 apps, worldwide, to determine which devices were popular gifts over the Christmas period. Apple was the big winner in Christmas 2015, accounting for 49.1% of …

Xiaomi Arrives in UK

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi has decided to bring its smartphones to the UK market, signing a deal with New Way International. New Way was chosen based on its ‘hands-on’ approach with Xiaomi’s domestic rival, Huawei.

Xiaomi Takes on Inventec

by Tom Allen

The rumoured notebook from Xiaomi will be produced by Inventec, say Taiwanese supply chain sources. The product will be a 12.5″ model and will be produced at Inventec’s facility in Shanghai. Shipments are expected …