Xiaomi Hongmi gets an official English name, now known as the Redmi


Xiaomiā€™s popular Hongmi phone has been given an official English name. The 799 Yuan phone will know be known as the Xiaomi Redmi.

Xiaomiā€™s budget smartphone hasnā€™t had an official English name, so fans have had to resort to calling it buy itā€™s Chinese name which written in Pinyin is Hongmi (meaning Redrice). This isnā€™t the name which Xiaomi hope English speaking fans will use though so today have officially renamed the phone as the Xiaomi Redmi.

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Redmi, a mixture of English and Pinyin, is hardly the most inspiring name in the world, however the fact that Xiaomi have renamed the phone for English speaking customers means a launch in Singapore and elsewhere could be coming sooner rather than later.

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6 Comments

  1. erererr
    February 11, 2014

    then xiaomi should be littlemi or smallmi

    • Xiaomi
      February 11, 2014

      Nope, they don’t rhyme. Redmi sound better and can be read easily by English speakers.

    • Yorgos
      February 12, 2014

      @ erererr: Dr. Evil, is that you!!!

  2. erererr
    February 11, 2014

    then xiaomi should be littlemi or smallmi

    • Guest
      February 12, 2014

      Nope, they don’t rhyme. Redmi sound better and can be read easily by English speakers.

    • Yorgos
      February 12, 2014

      @ erererr: Dr. Evil, is that you!!!