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Featuring Xiaomi updates, product reviews, and their role in global consumer electronics markets.
- Best Lists
The biggest phone batteries in the world right now, ranked: 11,000mAh down to 7,200mAh
Honor's X80 Pro Max leads at 11,000mAh. We rank 23 phones by battery, and flag which models shrink outside China.
- News
Xiaomi has built a box that replaces your cloud storage subscription
The Smart Storage holds up to 60TB, backs up your phone on its own and plays 4K video straight to…
- News
Redmi Note 17 Pro Max launches with a 10,000mAh battery.
Xiaomi launched four Redmi Note 17 phones globally. The Pro Max carries a 10,000mAh battery and 100W charging.
- News
POCO F9 Pro and Ultra launching 1 September with 185Hz Screens, a Subwoofer and Snapdragon chips
POCO launches the F9 Ultra and F9 Pro on 1 September with a 185Hz screen and two different Snapdragon chips.
- News
Xiaomi launches the Xring O3, a 3nm chip built by TSMC for its September foldable
Xiaomi has unveiled the Xring O3, its second in-house 3nm chip. It debuts in the Xiaomi 18 Fold in September.
- Interesting Reads
Samsung is the world’s biggest phone brand again
Samsung took 24% of global phone shipments in Q2 2026, beating Apple's record 20%. Memory costs crushed budget brands.
- News
Xiaomi 17 series stable Android 17-based HyperOS 3 update starts rolling out
Xiaomi has started rolling out the stable Android 17-based HyperOS 3 update to the Xiaomi 17 Ultra in Europe, marking…
- News
Xiaomi is hiring a Key Accounts Manager to drive Safaricom channel growth in Kenya
Xiaomi Kenya is expanding its team once again, this time with a role that could reveal where the company sees…
- Business
Why one report says Africa’s phone market is growing and another says it is shrinking
The gap between Counterpoint's "MEA" and Omdia's "Africa" is the whole story. One figure includes a Middle East hit by…
- News
TRANSSION still dominates Africa’s smartphone market, but HONOR can’t be ignored
Africa’s smartphone market still belongs to TRANSSION. That much remains undisputed. According to Omdia’s latest Smartphone Market Pulse for Q1…
- Interesting Reads
The iPhone 17 is now selling one in every 17 phones globally. And that is breaking the smartphone market.
A 25% concentration, a 19% Xiaomi collapse, and a 50% RAM price jump: inside the Q1 2026 smartphone market
- News
Samsung claims 5 spots in global top 10 best-selling smartphones for Q1 2026
Looking at Counterpoint Research’s latest Global Handset Model Sales Tracker for Q1 2026, I can’t help but notice a glaring…
- News
Xiaomi is hiring sales supervisors in Nairobi, Rift, Western, Mombasa, & Mountain regions
Xiaomi is looking to solidify its presence in the Kenyan market by expanding its “boots on the ground.” The global…
- News
Xiaomi 17, other Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 devices cracked wide open in massive bootloader exploit
A newly discovered exploit is making waves in the Android modding community, potentially allowing users to unlock the bootloaders of…
- News
Redmi Note 14 Pro allegedly catches fire while charging in Kenya
A reported incident involving a Redmi Note 14 Pro user in Ngong, Kenya, has drawn attention after claims that the…
