After the success of the Xiaomi Mi 3, Xiaomi Philippines extends its product offerings in the Philippines with the much-awaited Mi Power Bank.
The Mi Power Banks will come in two capacities, a 10,400 mAh and 5,200 mAh. Pricing comes at Php 645 and Php 445, respectively.
Orders for the Mi Power Banks is through Lazada again. Availability is yet to be confirmed.
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After the success of the Xiaomi Mi 3, Xiaomi Philippines extends its product offerings in the Philippines with the much-awaited Mi Power Bank.
The Mi Power Banks will come in two capacities, a 10,400 mAh and 5,200 mAh. Pricing comes at Php 645 and Php 445, respectively.
Orders for the Mi Power Banks is through Lazada again. Availability is yet to be confirmed.
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Early this month Xiaomi Taiwan was fined by the FTC for falsely declaring that their Mi3 smartphone sold out in minutes. This was revealed to me by folks from Huawei over lunch earlier this week and asked if there is an FTC equivalent here in the Philippines.
The topic was opened since we broke the news last month that Xiaomi sold about 1,300 of the 2,000 units they had on the second sale.
Lazada, the sold channel for Xiaomi in the Philippines, reached out to us denying the numbers but would not correct our figures even if they declared that the sale of the handsets closed out during that day.
A week later, Lazada went out and declared an Open Sale which supports our earlier story that not all the units were sold out.
Since then (about 37 days) the Xiaomi Mi 3 are still being sold by Lazada with very heavy advertising in Facebook and Google.
This makes us wonder why such a very good product with a very affordable price tag would not sell as much as we’d expect them. It’s probably the familiarity, of lack thereof, of the brand among Filipino consumers.
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After the announcement of the Redmi Note 4G LTE, Xiaomi has also announced the affordable KitKat-powered Redmi 1S 4G LTE, the LTE variant of the company’s entry-level Redmi 1S.
Xiaomi Redmi 1S 4G LTE specs:
4.7-inch HD IPS display, 312ppo
1.3GHz MediaTek MTK6582 quad-core CPU
Mali-400 GPU
1GB RAM
8GB internal storage
up to 32GB via microSD
8 megapixel rear camera w/ LED flash
1.6 megapixel front camera
Single SIM
4G(LDD-LTE), 3G(TD-SCDMA), 2G(GSM)
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
BT4.0LE + BT3.0HS
GPS, A-GPS
MIUI V5 (Android 4.4 KitKat)
2,200mAh battery
137 x 69 x 9.9mm
158g
The Xiaomi Redmi 1S 4G LTE has a price tag of 699 Yuan ($114), or almost Php5,000, and will be available in Red, White, and Black.
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Hugo Barra, Vice President of Xiaomi Global, has published a Q&A on his Facebook page in response to online reports that the Xiaomi Redmi Note has been sending data to Chinese servers without the user’s permission.
According to Barra, the articles have “severely misinterpreted a discussion thread asking about the Redmi Note’s communication with a server in China.” He also stated that “MIUI does not secretly upload photos and text messages.”
“MIUI requests public data from Xiaomi servers from time to time. These include data such as preset greeting messages (thousands of jokes, holiday greetings and poems) in the Messaging app and MIUI OTA update notifications, i.e. all non-personal data that does not infringe on user privacy.”
As to the question if Xiaomi uploads personal data without the user’s knowledge, his answer is no. Barra explains that Xiaomi offers a service called the Mi Cloud that enables the users to back up their data in the cloud. It’s turned off by default and can only be turned on manually. Strict encryption algorithms are also implemented to protect user privacy.
“Xiaomi is serious about user privacy and takes all possible steps to ensure our Internet services adhere to our privacy policy. We do not upload any personal information and data without the permission of users. In a globalized economy, Chinese manufacturers’ handsets are selling well internationally, and many international brands are similarly successful in China – any unlawful activity would be greatly detrimental to a company’s global expansion efforts.”
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