A perk of having a Xiaomi device is that even its oldest phones still receive updates till this day. At least, until now. The Chinese manufacturer made an announcement on their forums stating 7 Redmi devices will cease to receive any form of software support.

Hey Xiaomi fans, MIUI 10 is coming upon us and the company just released a scheduled date for all Mi devices to receive an Over-The-Air (OTA) update soon. Since 29 June 2018, the Mi series such as the Mi 8, Mi 8 SE, Mi Mix 2S, Mi Mix 2, Mi Mix, Mi 6X, Mi 5 and Mi Note have gotten the update. The following update will be for the Redmi series in July this month.

This week Huawei dominated the news with their latest and greatest Huawei Mate 9 and Porsche Design Huawei Mate 9 smartphones to go with a Huawei FIT smartwatch as well. Xiaomi managed to slip in their Redmi 4, Redmi 4A and Redmi 4 Prime smartphones while Olympus announced their OMD E-M1 Mark II DSLR will be going on sale in December 2016. The Meizu Pro 6S and Meizu M5 were officially announced while the Samsung w2017 flip phone officially arrived in China.

Xiaomi have officially launched their Xiaomi Redmi 4 in three variants; the more affordable Redmi 4A, the standard Redmi 4 and the higher-end Redmi 4 Prime. Priced at 499 yuan (about RM311) the Redmi 4A features a metal body but lacks a fingerprint sensor and has lower-end tech specs like a quad-core processor for 499 yuan (RM311).

This week, Xiaomi will have an event on 25 August 2016 this coming Thursday. There are a few rumours on what product what they could be showcasing, words have it that it could the Xiaomi Redmi 4, perhaps even their first ever smartwatch, or the Mi Note 2. Whichever the case is, we got some new information on the Mi Note 2, thanks to a leak on Weibo.

The next Xiaomi phone, the Xiaomi Redmi 4 is highly anticipated as consumers all over would like to see what the masters of affordable smartphones can offer on their next generation of devices. Now TENAA has shared details of the upcoming Xiaomi Redmi 4, as well as the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4.

Rumours of Xiaomi Redmi 4 is back again, this time with "alleged" body shots and even showing the power on with specifications. It's quite questionable whether the model is real, seeing that it's quite similar to the Redmi Note 3. But nonetheless, this is what we can find so far.

This week Malaysia's telcos announced their Samsung Galaxy Note7 pre-order deals and even newly announced Yes 4G LTE came out with pre-order bundles for the smartphone. Unfortunately, Samsung Malaysia had some bad news in that the Galaxy Note 7 will be delayed due to supply issues.

The next Xiaomi Redmi 4 has been seen previously here, and we kind of know how it should look like. Now a new benchmark for the said model has popped up online, showing what can we expect from the phone performance wise.

While Xiaomi is branching out with non-core products for selected markets, they are steadfast in their focus on mobile. We have seen a couple of their latest products launched – the Xiaomi Mi 5, Redmi 3S and recently the Mi Max. Now a new leak has popped up online, as we feast our eyes on the possible Redmi 4.