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Xiaomi’s Product Roadmap for 2015 leaked, reveals four new devices including Xiaomi Mi5

May 7, 2015

Xiaomi has been busy this year, with new product lineups and partnerships. Just yesterday, the company officially released the top-end Xiaomi Mi Note Pro flagship. However, the company had already revealed the device back in January, which meant that the Mi Note Pro launch was not exactly a new release.

But it looks like the company has four new handsets for release in the second half of 2015. A leaked product roadmap reveals some of the specs as well as release schedule of the four handsets.



The Xiaomi Mi5 and Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 launches were expected later this year. But what comes as a surprise is the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro and the Xiaomi Mi4S launches. Yes, it looks like the company will first release the Mi4S in June and then, later launch the Mi5 in November.



The leak also shows off some of the specs of the device. So, the Xiaomi Mi4S which will launch in June is expected to come with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 processor with a 5-inch full HD 1080p display, 13MP OIS camera and a 4MP Ultrapixel front facing camera.

A month later, i.e. in July, the company will reportedly launch the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 and the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro versions. The Redmi Note 2 Pro will feature a full HD 5.5-inch display with MSM8939 processor (snapdragon 615). On the other hand, the regular Redmi Note 2 version will feature a 5.5-inch HD display just like the current generation Redmi Note and MSM8919 (Snapdragon 410 chipset). Both will feature 13MP and 5MP camera units on the rear and the front respectively.

As for the Xiaomi Mi5, the phone is expected to debut in November this year with the new Snapdragon 820 chipset. It is said the the Mi5 will feature a 5.2-inch display with WQHD display and a 20.2MP rear camera.

While this news will definitely excite a lot of Xiaomi fans around the world, remember that the leak comes via Weibo and we are not sure whether its 100% true. So, like always, we advise you to take this news with a pinch of salt.

It is also worth noting that above the Xiaomi leak, you can also see the product roadmap for Huawei’s smartphones including Ascend D8, Mate 8 and the Honor 7 which was leaked a few days before.
 
Xiaomi unveils e-finance via own phones
Shanghai Daily, May 12, 2015

Xiaomi Corp, which boasts more than 100 million users, launched online financial services yesterday following similar moves by dot-com giants Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent.

Users are able to access the new MI Finance services through their Xiaomi handsets.

"We now offer users reliable and easy finance management methods through MI Finance," said Hong Feng, Xiaomi's co-founder who is in charge of the new services.

Xiaomi also aims to unveil new products related to the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index "within several months," the company said.

By cooperating with e-funds, Xiaomi expects to offer financial products that can yield annual investment return of 4.9 percent for users.

In 2014, China's asset management market revenue hit 167 trillion yuan (US$26.9 trillion), according to Shanghai-based research firm Wind.

Xiaomi now has more than 100 million users worldwide, who use its handsets, TVs, smart wristbands and mobile operating system.

Mi Note Pro sold out in half a day
By Zhu Shenshen | May 12, 2015, Tuesday

XIAOMI Corp’s high-end model Mi Note Pro, which started selling today, sold out at 11:00 am in its Shanghai store thanks to high quality screen, camera features and warm market response.

More than 600 people was in a queue to buy the model, which costs 2,999 yuan (US$484), in Xiaomi’s local outlet in Xujiahui. Some of them arrived the Xiaomi outlet in the evening of yesterday, Shanghai Daily learned this morning.

It’s the first time for Xiaomi to debut new products offline. It also aims to open more brand stores in major cities including Shanghai and Beijing.

The new 5.7-inch Mi Note Pro, a rival to the 5.5-inch Apple iPhone 6 Plus, features Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 chip, a 13-megapixel camera offered by Sony, a curved glass display, 64-gigabyte storage and 4GB memory. Xiaomi starts selling the model offline and online today.

The model is also sold out by the noon in the online store, Xiaomi said.

The company wants to lower prices of Chinese mainstream high-end smartphones to about 3,000 yuan from 5,000 yuan, said Lei Jun, founder and chief executive of privately owned Xiaomi that is said to be valued at US$45 billion.
 

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