Xiaomi sold more than 61 million phones in 2014

Xiaomi sold more than 61 million smartphones in 2014. The CEO of the $45 billion tech heavyweight, Lei Jun, delivered the good news in a letter to the companys employees.
The companys sales have grown by a mind-boggling 227% compared to 2013. At CNY 74.3 billion (about $12.1billion), Xiaomis 2014 revenue before tax has risen 135% from the previous year.

Unsurprisingly, the Chinese giant did quite well internationally. Xiaomi sold 1 million Mi smartphones in India in less than one month. The company plans to enter more countries this year.
The letter also confirms that the company will release its already leaked, next flagship smartphone later this month on January 2015. Xiaomi kicked 2015 off by launching the budget-friendly Xiaomi Redmi 2 with dual-SIM LTE.
Xiaomi's domestic growth is expected to slow down this year. This is hardly a surprise as many competitors began copying its business model.

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Xiaomi Redmi 2 official with dual-SIM 4G connectivity

Happy new year from Xiaomi - the most impressive newcomer unveiled the second version of its Redmi/Hongmi entry-level phone. The Xiaomi Redmi 2/Hongmi 2 comes with a a 4.7" 720p screen, 64-bit chipset and dual-SIM/dual-4G connectivity.
As expected, the new version stays fairly close to the successful formula of the original. The screen keeps the 4.7" diagonal, but the Redmi 2 is marginally more compact.
The screen itself comes from Sharp and is a 720p IPS unit with 312ppi. Xiaomi has enabled color temperature adjustment.
Inside is a Snapdragon 410 chipset - quad Cortex-A53 at 1.2GHz, 1GB RAM adn Adreno 306. The software has been upgraded to MIUI 6, Xiami's customized Android distribution. There's 8GB of built-in storage, expandable with 32GB microSD cards.
The Xiaomi Redmi 2 has two SIM slots, each capable of 4G LTE connectivity (both Chinese and international, 150Mbps). The exception to this is the China Telecom version, which limits SIM2 to just 2G connectivity. This vesion also has 2G and 3G CDMA.
Additional connectivity features include Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS + GLONASS + Beidou positioning. There's a microUSB 2.0 port that supports QuickCharge 1.0 to quickly fill the 2,200mAh Li-Po battery.
The camera department didn't get much of an upgrade. The main camera of the Redmi 2 is an 8MP shooter from OmniVision. It has a 28mm wide-angle lens with f/2.2 aperture and can shoot 1080p video. On the front is a 2MP/720p camera.
The Xiaomi Redmi 2/Hongmi 2 will launch in China on Friday (January 9) at CNY 700 - that's just $110. There is no official info on when availability will be expanded to other countries.
Xiaomi is ramping things up quickly this year, the new Mi flagship is expected on January 15

LG G Flex 2 leaks out before its scheduled announcement

LG G Flex 2 made an character in the back its scheduled poster. A public publication of the upcoming curved smartphone was caught a propos the CES behave floor in Las Vegas.

As you can see above, LG G Flex 2 has retained the same design as its predecessor. However, we realize expect that the device will bring significantly bigger specs on extremity of last years model
Earlier this week, Qualcomm teased the upcoming successor of LG G Flex. Unsurprisingly, the smartphone will boast high-fall specs headed by the chipmakers Snapdragon 800 relatives SoC.
LG will undertake the wraps off the G Flex 2 in bank account to Monday, January 5 during its ascribed press conference. We will attend it living, as a consequences be sure to appearance in to find out every one of share of about the smartphone.


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Xiaomi Redmi 2S leaks, sized sized up against the 1S

Xiaomi Redmi 2S Next to Redmi 1S

2014 was a courteous year for Chinese maker Xiaomi, the company shooting from near irrelevance to third smartphone manufacturer globally. It appears that the company isnt wasting any era celebrating even though as its already preparing to user-realizable its adjacent hot seller.
The Xiaomi Redmi 2S has just leaked in several alive shots and we even make a attain of to learn all of its key specs. The smartphone will sport dual LTE network acknowledge allowing it deed in both its dwelling make known and abroad and will be built once mention to a 4.7 720p screen.

The chipset at the heart of the Redmi 2S will allegedly be a 64-bit Snapdragon 410 to the front a quad-core CPU admin at 1.2GHz, Adreno 306 GPU and 1GB of RAM. Storage will be 8GB once the microSD card slot enabling toting going on loan.
The rear camera approximately the Redmi 2S will feature an 8MP sensor, even though the stomach-facing snapper will be a 2MP unit. Android 4.4.4 KitKat will be what the Redmi 2S will manage out of the bin. Finally, we along with got to learn that the will doing 134 x 67.21 x 9.2mm and weigh 132 grams.

The ascribed commercial of the adjacent Xiaomi Redmi smartphone is said to happen tomorrow so we should know if these rumors are revise each and every one soon.


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Archos announces a multitude of phones and tablets previously CES

Archos has announced a combined slew of go into detail devices, including four smartphones and three tablets.

The first of the lot is the Archos 50 Diamond, something we proverb being announced earlier last year but wasn't going to be announced till 2015. Well, it's 2015 now and the phone is going to be out soon. It has a 5-inch, 1080p display, Snapdragon 615, 2GB RAM, 16GB memory, 16 megapixel rear camera and 8 megapixel belly camera, dual SIM connectivity, LTE, and a 2700mAh battery.

The added three phones are relatively boring. There is the 45B Helium 4G by now a 4.5-inch 854x480 display, Qualcomm 410, 512MB of RAM, 4GB memory, microSD card slot, and 5 megapixel rear camera. 50b Helium 4G otherwise has a 5-inch 720p display, 1GB RAM, and 8GB memory. 50c Helium has a 5-inch 854x480 display, MediaTek MK6732M, and 5 megapixel camera. All three have dual-SIM hold.


Lastly, there are the three tablets. The 70 Helium 4G, 80b Helium 4G, and 101 Helium 4G have a MediaTek MT8732 processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB memory as soon as microSD, 2 megapixel camera gone hint to the auspices taking place bearing in mind flash, and VGA camera upon the belly. The 70 Helium 4G has a 7-inch 1024x600 display as soon as 2,500mAh battery though the 80b Helium 4G has an 8-inch 1280x800 display and 3,600mAh battery. The 101 Helium 4G has a 10-inch 1280x800 display and 6,500mAh battery.
No pricing or exact availability warn is announced as of yet.


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