Tag: Xiaomi
Xiaomi announces £99 Redmi 7A smartphone in the UK
Xiaomi has unveiled its latest budget smartphone for the UK. Dubbed the Redmi 7A, the £99 device can last two days on a single charge, claims the manufacturer. A complete upgrade over its predecessor (the Redmi 6A), it also comes with the more powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 and larger 4000mAh battery. Other improvements, claims the…
Xiaomi brings compact Mi 9 SE to the UK. Prices from £349
Chinese phone manufacturer Xiaomi has announced it is bringing its compact flagship, the Mi 9 SE, to the UK. A compact version of Mi 9, it features Qualcomm’s brand new Snapdragon 712 processor, an upgrade to the Snapdragon 710 chipset. The phone, which Xiaomi claims is comparable to a classic phone with a 5.1 inch…
Oppo and Xiaomi reveal ‘under-display’ selfie cameras for more screen space
Smartphones could soon hide the front-facing selfie camera underneath, rather than in the display, as tech giants race to find new ways to avoid notch and pin-hole designs in order to provide more screen space. Chinese handset makers Oppo and Xiaomi have launched into an early battle over the technology, revealing a taste of the…
Xiaomi announces Mi MIX 3 5G smartphone with Vodafone
Chinese firm Xiaomi has announced the UK arrival of its first 5G smartphone, Mi MIX 3 5G. Launching via Vodafone UK, the 6+128 GB variant is available in Onyx Black, becoming one of the first 5G smartphones in the UK. The price will be announced by Vodafone very soon. Since the launch of Mi MIX…
Vodafone confirms 5G rollout on July 3, excludes Huawei handsets
Vodafone will introduce 5G in seven UK cities in July as the telecoms firm revealed its plans to launch its version of the next generation mobile network. The firm said it will also be the first network to launch 5G roaming overseas. Vodafone’s 5G network will launch in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool and…
uSwitch research suggests four in five of us not planning to upgrade smartphone
The latest mobile phones are not convincing people to upgrade, with the majority believing new handsets are too expensive and too similar to existing models, a new survey from uSwitch claims. A report by comparison service uSwitch.com found that 80% of UK adult smartphone users think the devices are too highly priced and only 20%…
Huawei’s Honor confirms £499 price for ‘pin hole’ View20, announces new smart watches
Huawei sub-brand Honor has announced that its newest View20 smartphone with a so-called “hole-punch”, or pin hole, style display will be released to the UK from Wednesday. The Chinese manufacturer revealed details about the international launch of its View20 handset, one of the first to evolve from the Apple-famed notch trend set by the iPhone…
Honor to launch View20, one of the UK’s first ‘hole punch’ smartphones
Chinese smartphone brand Honor is set to launch one of the UK’s first “hole punch” style smartphones, as device-makers look to evolve from the Apple-famed notch design. From an event in Paris on Tuesday - which TechDigest will be attending - the Huawei sub-brand will announce details about the release of its View20 smartphone internationally,…
Apple sees significant slump in iPhone sales over festive season
Apple has acknowledged demand for iPhones is waning, fulfilling the worst fears of investors concerned the company’s most profitable product has lost some of its lustre. The reckoning came in the form of a warning that Apple CEO Tim Cook delivered to the company’s shareholders in a letter released after the stock market closed on…
Who are Xiaomi and can they really threaten Apple and Samsung in 2019?
Chinese technology manufacturer Xiaomi is not a name many smartphone users in the UK will yet know, but that is likely to change in 2019. The company launched its first devices to British consumers in November – including its Mi 8 Pro flagship phone – and opened a physical store in London’s Westfield Shepherd’s Bush…
