Author: Jonjo

Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 will succeed the Snapdragon 865. It will be manufactured by TSMC and will be the first Snapdragon chips to be made on the 5nm process. With that, the processor will be faster and power-efficient, and coupled with some of the specs that have surfaced online, the improvement over the SD 865 could reach 40%. Meanwhile, there’s a feature of the Snapdragon 875 that was recently revealed. The SoC will support up to 100W charging according to a recent report coming out of China. According to Digital Chat Station, ”The main selling point of the Q1 gaming mobile…

Xiaomi has now turned to the Redmi 8 series, after upgrading all the Redmi 7 series to stable Android 10. The company is starting with the Redmi 8, and we expect other models to start receiving the update in the coming days.  The Xiaomi Redmi 8 Android 10 update is arriving with a build number, MIUI 11.0.1.0 QCNCNXM. The update is an Android cross-version upgrade, and as such, it comes in a big 2.0GB package. Aside from the much anticipated Android 10, the update also bumps the Android security level to June to increase the system security. Xiaomi Redmi 8…

When it comes to performing entry-level smartphones, Xiaomi does it better than any company. Recent reports show that the Redmi 8 has sold over 19m units globally and with the unveiling of Redmi 9, which offers compelling features at an aggressive price tag, the numbers will definitely spike. That will also see the company dominate that market segment, at least, for another year. Meanwhile, the company is set to announce two new entry-level smartphones tomorrow, which should be more affordable. The devices are Redmi 9A and Redmi 9C. Upcoming Xiaomi Entry-level smartphones The Redmi 9A with a model number -…

Xiaomi started the MIUI 12 rollout in China a couple of days ago and has rolled the update to a good number of phones, including Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro. Before now, the updates were beta ROM, and as such, fastboot ROM was not available. Yesterday, the company released an official statement, saying it’d start the stable MIUI 12 rollout in China today, and just as we expected, the update is now arriving starting with the Mi 10. The update is arriving with a build number, MIUI 12.0.1.0 QJBCNXM. It will progressively arrive via OTA on your phone via…

The closed beta testing of the MIUI 12 custom skin was concluded just before the Dragon Boat Festival. Both the global and Chinese variants are now getting the stable version of the update, and thus far, Redmi K20, Redmi K20 Pro, Mi 9T, Mi 9T Pro, and Mi 9 have received the update globally. However, more Chinese device has received the update. They include the Redmi K30 5G, Redmi K30 4G, Mi 10 Youth Edition, Redmi K30 Pro, Xiaomi Mi 10, and Mi 10 Pro. Haven upgraded almost all the devices on the first wave to stable MIUI 12, we…