Phil Tann 13 August 2019 Reviews, Smart Accessories
Fitness bands are big business and there’s a lot of options out there. Particularly with the decline of WearOS over the last 12 months, Smart fitness bands have been gaining market share. We recently took a look at the Fitbit Inspire HR and now we’ve got our hands on the …
Read More » Phil Tann 8 August 2019 Mobiles, News and Editorial, Smart Accessories
Xiaomi has been working on their slow but steady entry into the Australian market. That drive has continued with the announcement that the Mi Mix 5G and MiBand 4 are now officially available through the Mi Store. Mi Mix 3 5G Sporting a Snapdragon 855 processor, Adreno 640 GPU, a …
Read More » Phil Tann 31 July 2019 Mobiles, News and Editorial
The Black Shark 2 Pro, an upgraded Black Shark 2 aimed at gaming has been unveiled. On the surface, it has some pretty impressive specs to its name with the headline features the new Snapdragon 855+, a 4000mAh battery and UFS 3.0 storage. The combination of these three will give …
Read More » Jason Murray 10 June 2019 Smart Home and Wearables
Xiaomi’s Mi Band fitness tracker series has a reputation for quality hardware and features at a great price. Now, the much-anticipated fourth generation is almost here with a launch expected tomorrow. To say there’s merely interest in Mi Band as a product range is understating it. Even before Xiaomi products …
Read More » Scott Hunt 6 June 2019 Mobiles, News and Editorial
Following the news that both OPPO and Xiaomi are working on new camera tech, Xiaomi has finally explained how the new under-screen camera works. A recent tweet from Xiaomi senior vice president Wang Xiang shows a set of pictures that provide details on the inner workings of the camera. Xiaomi’s …
Read More » Scott Plowman 3 June 2019 Mobiles, News and Editorial
OPPO and Xiaomi are two of the few companies really pushing the boundaries of innovation in recent times and they look set to do more of the same in the next year or two with a new under-display selfie camera. We always knew / hoped that the end game of …
Read More » Chris Rowland 6 May 2019 Mobiles, News and Editorial
The Chinese manufacturers are really pushing into other countries, with Huawei, Oppo and Xiaomi clamouring for space in an ever competitive marketplace. Xiaomi’s smartphones have long been associated with being a bit cheap, but the company’s premier smartphones are far from cheap quality. The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 is a …
Read More » Phil Tann 16 April 2019 Mobiles, News and Editorial
Xiaomi have plans to hit the Aussie market through a local distributor Panmi as the next step in their brand expansion across the globe. The news comes from the Australian Financial Review who have confirmation that not only have Xiaomi signed a deal with Panmi but there are ongoing talks …
Read More » Jason Murray 26 March 2019 News and Editorial
As smartphone power requirements have climbed in the last few years, the technology by which we replenish their power sources has evolved. Last year we did backflips over Oppo’s Super Vooc charging on the Find X and R17 Pro; this year it’s Xiaomi’s turn to hold the crown. The Chinese …
Read More » Alex Dennis 19 March 2019 News and Editorial, Smart Accessories, Smartwatches
Xiaomi has confirmed that it intends to launch a new Mi Band 4 fitness tracker ater this year on its quarterly earning call. David Cui told investors and the media: “For Mi Band 4, it’s going to be in this year. It will be in 2019. But I’m not sure, …
Read More » Scott Plowman 25 February 2019 Mobiles, News and Editorial
Xiaomi launched their Mi Mix 3 5G today at a MWC 2019 press event, aiming to build on their 4th-placed ranking on IDC’s global smartphone market share tracker. Xiaomi fans will recognise most of the Mi Mix 3 5G specifications because they’re very similar to the regular 4G Mi Mix …
Read More » Scott Plowman 24 January 2019 Mobiles, News and Editorial
Foldable phones are all the rage this year it seems with every company seemingly working on one. We know that Samsung have been working on a foldable Galaxy X but lately we have seen other companies’ plans for their own foldable phones revealed. Today we see Motorola and Xiaomi details …
Read More » Alex Dennis 4 January 2019 Mobiles, News and Editorial, Smart Home and Wearables, Tablets, Laptops and Chrome
It seems that Samsung isn’t the only manufacture designing and building its own foldable phone, with a leak coming from Even Bass showing a short video of a what is possibly Xiaomi-made foldable phone. The leak, in the form of a video clip, has been shared via twitter and is …
Read More » Neerav Bhatt 14 November 2018 Around the Home, Assistant and Artificial Intelligence, Smart Accessories, Smart Home and Wearables
Most people would expect that Android TV’s and standalone Android boxes like the Xiaomi Mibox and NVDIA Shield which are available as Cast targets would have the same abilities as a Chromecast device. Until now that hasn’t been the case but there’s a sign that feature parity could happen soon. …
Read More » Scott Plowman 24 October 2018 Mobiles, News and Editorial
Earlier this year Xiaomi announced their first gaming phone, the Black Shark. Now, having learnt from that they have announced an upgraded gaming phone, the Black Shark Helo. The Xiaomi Black Shark Helo picks up where its predecessor left off. It packs impressive specs including a Snapdragon 845 with dual …
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