Xiaomi Announced Quite A Few New Products During The Company’s Fifth Anniversary Event

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Xiaomi Announced Quite A Few New Products During The Company’s Fifth Anniversary Event

Xiaomi was founded back on March 31st 2010, which makes this China-based company five years old today. It is really staggering how fast this company managed to develop. Xiaomi is currently the number 1 smartphone manufacturer in China, and third globally. Keep in mind that this Chinese company is currently selling their devices in Asia only, they’re available outside of it only via resellers. It will be really interesting to see if they can adapt to other markets. Either way, this will be an exciting year for Xiaomi considering they’re expanding to other markets and are aiming to sell 100 million devices by the end of the year.

That being said, Xiaomi has announced a bunch of new products as part of their event today, after releasing a ton of teasers over the last couple of days. The first device that Xiaomi showcased, is the Pink version of the Xiaomi Mi Note. There’s nothing that new here, only the color is different this time around. The company is definitely trying to appeal to women by releasing this device, which is obvious from their recent teaser and the presentation itself.

The second device Xiaomi decided to announce today, is the affordable Leadcore-powered smartphone that has been talked about quite often lately. This device is called the Redmi 2A, and it’s basically the lite version of the Redmi 2 they announced back in January. The Redmi 2A is powered by Leadcore’s LC1860C quad-core processor (Cortex A7) which is clocked at 1.5GHz along with Mali T628MP2 GPU for graphics. Other specs are more or less the same that you can find in the Redmi 2. This handset is equipped with 1GB of DDR3 RAM and 8GB of storage, while it also offers 4G LTE connectivity. 4.7-inch 72op IPS display is located on the front, and the device will ship with a 2,200mAh battery. This handset is priced at 599 Yuan, which is a 100 Yuan cheaper than the original Snapdragon 410-powered Redmi 2 (1GB version of that phone that is, 2GB one is more expensive). So, as you can see, the price of this device is somewhat higher than the rumors have been saying.

That’s it as far as smartphones go. Next in line is Xiaomi’s Smart Scale, a device that has been teased recently as well. This smart scale is equipped with LED lights which will indicate the weight, and you can connect it to your smartphone. This smart scale can track up to 16 people, which means you can program it to track your progress and what not. How much does it cost? Well, this smart scale is priced at 99 Yuan ($16), which is really not that expensive, quite on the contrary. We’re used to seeing such aggressive pricing by Xiaomi though.

…still developing…