Ever since the Mi 4i has been released, some users have been complaining about excessive heating on their units. To alleviate this issue, the company released the previous v6.5.4.0 update but that didn't seemed to have solved the issue.

Now, Xiaomi is rolling out the new v6.5.50 update for the Mi 4i. According to Hugo Barra, "The new thermal controls adjust frequency, voltage and the number of cores in use depending on the chipset temperature. In all of our internal testing and pre-OTA release in the MIUI Forum and beta testers, we've observed that these changes reduce the device overall temperature without impacting performance."

Other than that, the update also brings additional bug fixes and optimizations.

The update is now rolling out and 40MB in size. You can download the OTA update through the Updater app on your Mi…

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Samsung was the top smartphone manufacturer in the first quarter of the ongoing year, according to latest stats released by former Nokia executive and current market analyst Tomi Ahonen, who is also considered to be one of the world's most influential experts in the global mobile sector.

The South Korean company, which shipped a total of 82.8 million units in the quarter to grab a 24.3% market share, was followed by Apple with around 18% share of the market. Lenovo, Huawei, and LG rounded up the top 5 with 5.5, 5.1 and 4.5% share, respectively.

What's interesting is that Microsoft and Sony, two of the most renowned brands in the global smartphone market, were not even in the top 10. Another point worth noting is that 9 out of the top 10 companies were Asian, and mostly Chinese.
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China's Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center (TENAA) is at it again, leaking yet another upcoming smartphone through its certification listings.

This time around, we're treated to the HTC One E9sw, which for all intents and purposes seems to be a watered-down version of the already announced One E9+. HTC has been launching a lot of One-branded devices lately, and things might get confusing for prospective customers having to choose between all of them.

Nevertheless, the E9sw is going to be sold in China at some point in the near future. It comes with a 5.5-inch 720p AMOLED touchscreen, a 1.5 GHz octa-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a 13 MP rear camera with LED flash, a 4 MP UltraPixel selfie snapper, and a 2,600 mAh battery.

It's just 7.64mm thick, and it weighs 165g. It's apparently going to arrive in China in no less than seven color versions: white, black, red, orange, blue, gray, and gold.

It's unclear if we'll ever see the One E9sw outside of China, or how much it will cost. It should obviously be cheaper than the aforementioned One E9+, since its specs are clearly inferior.

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Earlier this month we told you that Asus is working on a new ZenPad-branded line of tablets, which are due to become official at Computex Taiwan at the beginning of June. Back then we got word about at least two models marking the debut of the series, and today one of them has received the full leaked render treatment.

As you can see from the images below (click the thumbnails for full size pictures), this ZenPad seems to sport dual front-facing speakers, which will hopefully be stereo.

Asus ZenPad

The screen's aspect ratio is 4:3, which is all the rage in the Android world these days. Even Samsung is using it now, after Google debuted the Nexus 9 with this aspect ratio last year. And of course, Apple's iPads have always employed this particular ratio.

Most of the rear side of the tablet appears to be made from soft-touch plastic, but there's a faux-leather strip at the edge where the Asus ZenPad and Intel Inside logos are to be found. The power button sits below the volume rocker on the right of the ZenPad, while the 3.5mm headset jack is at the top.

No new specs have leaked this time around alongside the renders, but from what was previously said about the new ZenPad line, this particular tablet seems to be the 8-inch model.

This is supposed to sport 2,048×1,536 resolution, an Intel SoC (Z3560 or Z3530), 2GB of RAM, and a choice between 8, 16, 32, or 64GB of built-in storage. Joining this device should be a much lower-end 7-inch ZenPad, also powered by an Intel chipset.

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Gionee has been diversifying its range in several directions for the past few months and after the super-slim Elife S7 launched a couple of months ago, the feature-packed Elife E8 is next in line. Meanwhile the company is apparently also working on a successor to the Marathon M3, dubbed simply M5.

Both the Marathon M3 and the M2 before it were battery monsters, packing 5,000mAh and 4,200mAh cells respectively, but the M5 is going to take the battery to a whole different level. A new official teaser now hints at a dual battery to be found inside the upcoming M5.

The smartphone will reportedly be able to work with only one of the batteries, while the other is being charged, suggesting a modular body design. Very conveniently, the M5 is pictured head on, instead of from the side, so it's impossible to get a sense of the device's thickness, or the actual implementation of the dual-battery feature

With both batteries on, Gionee promises a four-day battery life out of the M5, which is marketing talk that roughly translates into comfortable two-day heavy use. That should hopefully put an end to the anxiety whether your phone will make it through the day.

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