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Xiaomi laptop on the cards sooner than we think
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MIUI 7 Available On Select Xiaomi Models; Xiaomi Mi 4 And Xiaomi Mi 4i Included

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Xiaomi users can now access MIUI 7 on the following phones:

Xiaomi Mi 4, Xiaomi Mi 4i, Xiaomi Redmi Note, Xiaomi Redmi 1S, Xiaomi Mi 3, Xiaomi Redmi 2, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G

The software is currently in beta stage and performance is likely to be shaky. So it’s important to have a back up of all your data before you download the new MIUI 7.

Check out these steps to download and have MIUI 7 installed on your Xiaomi smartphone:

Check your make of smartphone and begin by downloading MIUI 7 built for the smartphone. You should download Recovery ROM since using Flash function could erase all user data or all files stored internally.  Once the Recovery ROM has been downloaded, rename the ROM file you downloaded to update.zip on your computer.

Now, connect the Xiaomi smartphone to your computer using a Micro-USB cable and then copy this ROM file to the root directory of internal storage of the device.

Also Read: Moto G 3rd Gen Or Xiaomi Mi 4i- Which Is Your Choice?

Next, enter the Recovery mode of the device. There are a couple of methods to do so:

Open the Launch Updater application on the device and click on the … icon. You find at the top right hand corner. Finally, select Reboot to Recovery option for entering.

You can switch off the device and hold Volume+ button as well as Power at once to enter a Recovery mode. In the Recovery mode, you may use Volume +/- controls to select and then use Power button to confirm.

Once in Recovery mode, select your preferred language before selecting Install update.zip to System One. After this is done, your device will begin to update automatically. Next, choose Reboot to System One and the device should boot to the latest MIUI 7 version.… Read the rest

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Lenovo Launches Zuk Zi
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Lenovo Launches Online-Only Phone Zuk Z1 in China with Powerful Features

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Lenovo’s online-only phone brand Zuk has been launched in China and it is ready with its first ever handset in the country, the Z1. This smarthphone would be available at a price of CNY 1,799 with sales starting August 18.

Lenovo Launches Zuk ZiThis smartphone brand from Lenovo aims to compete with and bring down the sale of Xiaomi in China. Xiaomi also follows an online-only low-cost smartphone business model. Zuk was supposed to launch its first product in April in China. However, due to unavoidable circumstances it could only launch its first device last week.

Zuk Z1 comes with no branding from Lenovo but only a Zuk logo at the back. This phone has metal frames covering the handset. Lenovo is yet to discuss its plans to launch Zuk outside of China. However, it is expected to launch Zuk in other countries as well.

The Zuk Z1 comes with a 5.5-inch full-HD display and has a home button on the front panel. A fingerprint scanner is embedded with the home button itself. This smartphone features 3.0 USB Type-C port.

The flagship phone from Zuk runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor at 2.5 GHz clock speed. Other features include Adreno 330 GPU, 3 GB RAM, 64 GB inbuilt storage space and dual Nano-SIM cards. The OS of Z1 is none other than Android 5.1.1 Lollipop.

This smartphone has a 8-MP front camera and 13 MP rear camera with OIS and Sony sensor. Z1 would be available in grey and white colors with 4100 mAh battering weighing 175 grams.

This smartphone model supports both 4G LTE bands (TDD-LTE Band 40 2300MHz and FDD-LTE Band 3 1800MHz) and other connectivity options include Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac. Bluetooth 4.1 and Glonass. Features like digital compass, ambient light sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensor are also included in this phone.… Read the rest

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Xiaomi laptop on the cards sooner than we think
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Redmi 2 Prime- The First ‘Make in India’ Smartphone Launched by Xiaomi

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Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone maker, has established a manufacturing unit in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. This is the company’s first production division in India and it has already launched its “Make in India” smartphone Rednu 2 Prime, which is priced at Rs. 6,999. Xiaomi has partnered with Foxconn to carry on with this job. It aims to manufacture all of the company’s smartphone going forward in India itself to cater to the domestic demand.

Redmi 2 PrimeHugo Barra, Xiaomi Global Vice President said, “Redmi 2 Prime is the first smartphone from Xiaomi to be assembled in our facility in Sri City. We would like to thank Andhra Pradesh government for helping us to start local manufacturing within just six months. Initial talks started in February and today we have already started to sell the Redmi 2 Prime,” Indian Express reported.

In the words of Chandrababu Naidu, CM of Andhra Pradesh, “We have great faith in young leaders and young companies like Xiaomi. These new generation companies and entrepreneurs will be key to the success of Andhra Pradesh and India.”

“The combination of a young company like Xiaomi, Foxconn, Sri City along with a dynamic Andhra Chief Minister will enable Hugo Barra’s team to capture the Indian market and take head on with the likes of Apple and Samsung,” said Amitabh Kant, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP).

The company is importing components from China right now and assembling in India however it has plans to procure components locally in the future. It will start with packaging locally and move forward to get batteries and chargers for the smartphones. Right now they are not looking for exporting the smartphones assembled here.

 The Redmi 2 Prime would be available online on Flipkart.com from today. Soon, it  would be sold in retail stores as well.… Read the rest

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Is The Vivo X5 Pro Worth Its Rs. 27980?
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Vivo X5 Pro In-Depth Review: No Eye Scan Feature For Indian Market

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After Xiaomi, China has unleashed Vivo on us—a leading manufacturer who has grown from regional to global– in the past two years. Vivo has unveiled its latest ware—the Vivo X5 Pro priced at Rs. 27980, which comes with eye scanning feature.  However, the variant for Indian retail mart will not have the eye scanning unlock feature.The overall appeal of the X5 Pro harks back to Vivo’s X5 Max design algorithm.  

Is The Vivo X5 Pro Worth Its Rs. 27980?The Display

The round edges and sleek design make it easy to hold in one hand while the 5.2 incher screen is a letdown in the age of gigantic screens. The 1080×1920 px display is decent since it comes in Super AMOLED variety. The HD feature makes for crisp viewing angles and great color resolution for the screen.

The Processor And Camera

In fact, the overall appeal also reminds us of the Apple iPhone 6. The metal-glass body ups its class. The Vivo X5 Pro comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor that accounts for decent speed but really disappoints given that we have to pay Rs. 25K+ for the Vivo ware. The dual SIM slot is an added advantage with this much let down on cards. The full HD camera comes at 13 MP while the selfie snapper coffers average quality at 8 MP. 2 GB RAM offers fast booting but the internal memory again, is just too little at 16 GB onboard. However, this is expandable up to 128 GB.

Performance Sagas

The Vivo X5 Pro has its own skin for the version of Android 5.0, called the Fun Touch OS.  While this is an effort to replicate iOS, this barely comes even close. The icons, fonts and menu styles are similar but the app drawer is missing here. This, therefore, leads to a lot of clutter on the home pages. The handset does not hang up while viewing videos or even while playing games but we did experience some overheating while playing Angry Birds 2. As for the battery life, it is only very average with 2450 mAh onboard. It lasted about 8 and half hours while we viewed videos, browsed the internet as well as the usual social media usage.

Final Word

For all this, we believe that the pricing is a tad high but it does give budget customers a means to have an iOS-fed style phone in tow. Yet, we believe there are good enough phones from Lenovo, Yu and Xiaomi in this segment at lesser prices.

 

 

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Make in Indian initiative gets a major boost as Foxconn plans to build facilities in India
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To Pump Up Make In India Initiative Foxconn Plans To Build Facilities In India

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Foxconn Technology of Taiwan which is also known as one of the largest manufacturer and contractor of electronics has stated that it is planning to develop around 10-12 facilities in India. The company plans to develop manufacturing facilities alongside data centers by the year 2020. A company’s spokesperson started that Foxconn is willing to spend few billion $ in order to develop these world class facilities in India. Hon Hai precision Industry is one of the most reputed units of Foxconn. 

Make in Indian initiative gets a major boost as Foxconn plans to build facilities in India Foxconn’s spokesperson Mr. Gou stated that a large section of its consumers most of which were from china wanted the company to set up its manufacturing facilities in India in order to churn out electronic and communication devices such as mobile phones, tablets and television sets. These statements were made from company’s facility in Guizhou province in China where it is already running a manufacturing unit and data center.

With this announcement, Foxconn becomes the latest tech organization to set up footsteps in India, the second most populous country in the world. Xiaomi was the first company to take this initiate when it announced that it will set up a manufacturing facility in the country.

This move comes at a point when Foxconn seems to be undergoing some tough time in its Chinese manufacturing facilities due to steep increase in expenses and operating costs. The wages of Chinese workers have seen a two fold increase in the past 5 years pushing the company to look beyond China and Taiwan. … Read the rest

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Xiaomi 5 and Redmi Note 2 photos leaked on internet
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Xiaomi Mi4i Flashsale To Begin On April 30

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Xiaomi Mi4i will be up for grabs in the first flash sale on Flipkart at 2:00 p.m. today. Like the previous flash sales on Flipkart, this one too will be open only to registered users. However, registration does not confirm purchase as there is an overwhelming response with more than 3 lakh people.

Xiaomi Mi4i Flashsale To Begin On April 30To get hold of the Xiaomi Mi4i at today’s flash sale, registered users are recommended to hop on the website couple of minutes before the sale starts. Keep reloading the page every couple of seconds when the countdown ends.

If possible keep the page open both on a smartphone and a PC. Also make sure to get a stable internet connection before you add the phone to your cart.

With a huge rush of buyers looking to  grab the handset, the flash sale is expected to get over in a couple of seconds, so keep yourself glued to the Flipkart app or the website before the sale starts. For those, who could not complete registration this time or cannot purchase the phone even after registration, there will be some more waiting till the company declares its second sale.

Also Read: Great XiomiMi Band preview sale at Rs. 1

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Here’s What Wonders MIUI 6 Interface Can Do For Xiaomi’s Mi 4i

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The Chinese giant Xiaomi has caused more than a stir in Indian terrain with the Mi 4i. The MIUI 6 interface overlapping Android 5.0 Lollipop has been a talking point for initial buyers but we figured that the latest ware from China’s Apple has a lot more to offer in this context.

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Besides the superb visuals on screen, the grand gesture responses and the amazing fonts styles, what got us hooked was ability to add a fresh home screen to accommodate  phone widgets in a less clustered way. Not that we have not seen this feature in the Note Series from Samsung or the LG L series, coming from a budget maker like Xiaomi, this is a surprise. There is also root access for all apps on the Mi 4i.

Perhaps the best part of the MIUI 6 security app is how it lets you hike up the battery life of the smartphone. There are three battery features such as Sleep, Marathon and Default. What’s more, you can create a personalized/customized profile for battery settings and schedule active and snooze modes too.

The camera on the Xiaomi Mi 4i comes with settings that allows you to click in highlighted tone, panorama as well as HHT. With so much on offer, we sure consider the MIUI a good smartphone.

Also read:  Lenovo Offers A6000 Plus On Flipkart For Flash Sale Today… Read the rest

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XiaomiMi 4i’s open sale on Monday, Tuesday is a treat for smartphone lovers
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Lenovo Offers A6000 Plus On Flipkart For Flash Sale Today

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Lenovo A6000 Plus is set to go on flash sale on Flipkart today at 14:00 hours IST. The Chinese giant Lenovo has made 1 lac units available for A6000.

Lenovo Offers A6000 Plus On Flipkart It comes with 2 GB RAM and 16 GB onboard storage. That is manifold of what its predecessor, A6000 offered. If the A6000 could see sales of 3 lac units, in three months since its January release, the latest model too could be a steal at Rs 7499.

 The other specs of the A6000 Plus are exactly as its previous counterpart and are listed here-

  • 5 incher screen size with HD capacity and 1280x720p resolution
  • IPS Display
  • OS Android 4.4.2 KitKat topped up with custom Lenovo Vibe UI v2.0
  • 64-bit class 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 CPU processor
  • GPU Adreno 306   
  • 8 MP rear shutter with LED flash
  • 2 MP front shutter
  • 2300 mAh battery

Also read: Microsoft Set To Unveil Lumia 940 As Early As June This Year, Promises 25 MP Main Camera And 3 GB RAM

 

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Xiaomi Mi 4i Review

Posted By: Satarupa Bhattacharya 0 Comment , ,

With the release of Xiaomi Mi 4i yesterday at New Delhi in India, it’s time for a neutral roundup of the smartphone. We love the beef in the Xiaomi Mi 4i thanks to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 615. There is no mediocre generation chip this time and with 1.7 GHz octa-core processor multitasking will be a cakewalk.

The Latest Xiaomi Mi 4iThe 5-inch screen size is not pathbreaking but we love the brightness and resolution thanks to 1080p display. The 2 GB RAM is a set standard in the current age but the 16 GB onboard storage offers ample meat for the price. The Android 5.0.2 Lollipop is again not much of a surprise but the 3120 mAh battery indeed wows us.

Snapping selfies and pictures are an awesome experience with the 13MP main camera with HDR specifications inbuilt.  The 5MP front shutter makes you click fabulous selfies. The metal build is decent. The corners are pretty eye-catching but we feel the design is not really exclusive.

All said and done, the Mi 4i fails to actually give us a game changer but it does give us a great bargain. For starters, the pricing is exclusive and this is why Xiaomi could make it big in the Indian market. At INR 12,999, there will be many takers for this beauty.

Also read: Xiaomi Mi Phone India Launch Live: Where to See Mi 4i Unveiling Event Online… Read the rest

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Asus Zenfone 2 Specifications Revealed

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There is a new entrant in the mid-range smartphone market– Asus ZenFone 2. Asus has tied up with Flipkart, to sell its various models in the Indian market.

With killer features and a budget price tag, the smartphone from ASUS is set to give fierce Asus Zenfone 2 Release Datecompetition to devices such as Nokia Lumia 830, Moto E 4G, Micromax Yu Yureka, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G, Moto G 2nd Gen and Microsoft Lumia 730, amongst other mid-range devices from HTC and Xiaomi.

The main specs of ASUS ZenFone 2 ZE500CL variant are-

  • 5 Inch IPS HD Screen with 1280x720p resolution
  • 8 MP main shutter and 2 MP secondary clicker
  • 2 GB RAM
  • Atom Z2560 processor
  • 16 GB onboard storage
  • Android 5.0 Lollipop
  • 2500 mAh battery

We are pitching the Asus ZenFone 2 ZE500CL variant, priced close to INR 9900, against  Micromax Yu Yureka and Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G. 

Coming to the specs for the ASUS Zenfone 2 ZE550ML model, you will get hands on-

  • 5.5 inch HP IPS Screen with 1280x720p resolution
  • 13 MP main camera
  • 5 MP secondary camera
  • Atom Quad Core Z3560 processor
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 16 GB onboard storage
  • 3000 mAh battery

So much for INR 11,900! And this may affect the sales of Moto G 2nd Gen and Microsoft Lumia 730.

Finally, rounding up the Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML variants– one with 2 GB RAM and the other with 4 GB RAM, the prices stand at INR 13,900 and INR 19,850 respectively.

 

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