Author: Jonjo

Qualcomm has refreshed it’s 400 series chipset line with a 5G enabled Snapdragon 480 SoC. That fulfills Qualcomm’s promise to bring 5G enabled phones to many people around the globe by making an entry-level chip with 5G support. Now, we expect Xiaomi and other OEMs to release a Snapdragon 480 phone, which of course, will be affordable. Meanwhile, the Snapdragon 480 SoC, is built on an 8nm process node. When compared to the predecessor, the CPU performance has greatly improved. The SoC also gains 100% improvement in GPU performance, according to Qualcomm. It uses Kryo 460 based cortex-A76 core architecture with…

The Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite first arrived in Europe before heading to China as a reworked Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G. It has now arrived in India, under the Mi 10i moniker with a primary 108MP camera. The device runs MIUI 12 on top of Android 10 outside-of-the-box, and that makes it eligible for MIUI 12.5 and Android 11. Xiaomi is already sending out the former to eligible phones as a beta build but excluded the Mi 10T Lite (Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G) because of a major Android upgrade (Android 11). They tend to start rolling out the update…

In the space of barely 48 hours, Xiaomi has released MIUI 12 update for the Redmi Note 5, Redmi 7A, and now, the Redmi Note 6 Pro MIUI 12 starts seeding. Unfortunately, the Redmi 7, Redmi 6A, and Redmi Y3 wouldn’t be receiving the update due to compatibility issues. However, such wasn’t said about the Note 6 Pro, and you can head over to the updater app and scan for the new update that brings the much anticipated MIUI 12. The Redmi Note 6 Pro MIUI 12 update is hitting eligible units globally. It comes in a 732MB and with…

Xiaomi, in a couple of weeks, has rolled out the Android 11-based MIUI 12 update to a bunch of phones in its stables. The POCO F2 Pro was among the first few to receive the update before it extended to high mid-range phones. That saw the Redmi Note 9 Pro received the Android 11 update but still under testing as more people are yet to receive the update. But unlike others, the POCO F2 Pro has already received more than two Android 11 builds, and this current one should be the fourth build aimed at global users. The new Android…

On December 28, Xiaomi unveiled the MIUI 12.5, which the company said will focus on system optimization and stability. We confirmed that after the launch, going by the features it presents. You can check all of that here. The update is currently rolling out to those with successful beta applications and arrived with Android 11 for some eligible phones. Meanwhile, some phones didn’t get the beta version during the first rollout because of a major Android upgrade. They include Mi 9 Pro 5G and Mi CC9, which are only receiving their first MIUI 12.5 closed beta update. As expected, it…