In the studio today I received the Redmibook 13. This is the new 2020 model. It was launched right at the end of December with the Redmi K30 land only starting shipping last week. The model I imported here is the Intel 10th Gen “Comet Lake” Core i7 10510U top-spec model, my reasoning behind this is if the thermals are fine with the higher clocks (4.9Ghz max) then the Core i5 will also ...[Read More]
Update: If the $499 coupon isn’t working try GBMINOTE10FB here You might have seen the Xiaomi CC9 Pro has just launched today in China. This phone packs some impressive specs for the around 350 euros price. 6.46″ AMOLED curved FHD+ screen, SD730G chipset 6GB-8GB RAM, 128 to 256GB storage and big 5260Mah battery with 30W fast charging. Most believe it will be the Mi Note 10, due to be ...[Read More]
We finally get a high refresh rate screen! Something all serious gaming laptops need is to break away from 60hz panels and Xiaomi’s 2019 refresh Mi Gaming Laptop now ships with a 144hz 1080p screen. The other upgrade is the base models have the Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti and the RTX 2060 for the top-spec GPU. Which is a step up over last year’s 1050 Ti and GTX 1060. Intel 9th Gen CPUs which ar...[Read More]
It’s review round 2 for Redmi Note 7, but this time the global version. The version reviewed here has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 spec storage. And being a global version it now has LTE Band 20 support, all your languages (Not just Chinese & English) and a level 1 DRM cert for online video streaming above 480p for Amazon Prime video and Netflix. Now if you don’t know why I thin...[Read More]
The Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air, refresh number 3 is now out in China. This is essentially the same model as last years, just with the newer Core M3-8100Y 3.4Ghz dual-core SoC and faster type-C charging. It looks like nothing else has really changed from the previous models I’ve reviewed. It’s not available anywhere right now apart from Aliexpress for a whopping $785. Clearly, this seller i...[Read More]
Xiaomi’s moved the Redmi budget line of mobiles to their own sub-brand, Redmi. And the first phone under this sub-brand is the Redmi Note 7 the successor to the Redmi Note 6 Pro. This phone ticks many boxes, a low price point of only $150 USD (in China) for a Snapdragon 660 mobile with 4000mAh battery, type-c, water drop notch, 3GB RAM & 32GB storage, and premium glass build. And the meg...[Read More]
Update: Online retailer site Geekbuying has confirmed they will ship with the same CPU as the Mi Notebook Pro, the Core i5 8250U and i7 8550U 9th Genquadc-core CPUs. This is disappointing news, the only reason to go now for this notebook over the Mi Notebook Pro models is for the upgradable RAM and cheaper price. The i5 model will be selling on Geekbuying for $729. After the refresh to the Mi Gami...[Read More]
A couple days back, Xiaomi officially unveiled the new upgraded lineup of Mi laptops – the Xiaomi Mi Gaming Laptop and Mi Notebook Pro GTX version – we had previously reported about here. More specifically, the Xiaomi Mi Gaming Laptop got upgraded to a more powerful and efficient Intel 8th gen CPU, meanwhile the classic Mi Notebook Pro got a new variant powered by an Nvidia GTX 1050 Ma...[Read More]
Almost two months back, on June 25th, Xiaomi launched the Mi Pad 4, a solid tablet with a powerful Snapdragon 660 SoC, great loudspeakers and a bright fully laminated display. Well, today the Chinese tech giant released its bigger brother – the Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 Plus, a device that brings upgrades in terms of screen and battery size. The Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 Plus does indeed boast a larger 10.1-inc...[Read More]
Hello and welcome to our first Xiaomi weekly digest! As the name suggests, we’ll be going through the most interesting news bits coming from the Chinese tech giant that have occurred in the past 7 days. If you happen to like this type of content, we might then extend it to other brands, product categories and whatnot! New Products As we all well know, Xiaomi are renown for having an insane a...[Read More]
The newer bios on Xiaomi’s Mi Notebook Pro blocked us out of the Intel XTU voltage setting. Meaning you couldn’t undervolt the CPU in – 0.080 or 0.090 volts to lower temps and increase performance. Well, some Russians have come up with the solution to patch the bios to allow access. This is for bios 0502 and 0603. Mi Notebook Pro only, I would not risk it on the 13″ 8th Gen...[Read More]
Xiaomi has just posted on their Weibo and forums that the Mi Gaming laptop and Mi Notebook Pro 15.6″ laptops are in for an upgrade. Two of which are an upgrade to the GPU for the Mi Notebook Pro I predicted (But it was obvious) And the CPU for the Mi Gaming laptop, again obvious. The Mi Notebook Pro now gets an upgrade in three key areas the GPU is now a GTX 1050 Max-Q with 4GB of DDR5 RAM. ...[Read More]