
Now that we are into the dog days of summer, you would expect product announcements to slow down. Instead, August appears to be a busy month with the Samsung Unpacked event to be held on August 13th expected to unveil two of the most eagerly awaited phones for the second half of 2015. That would be the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+, of course. Three days after that, on August 16th, we could see the unwrapping of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2.
A Weibo account belonging to Xiaomi's marketing manager, Mr. Tony, included a statement that reads "
Do not wait so long to see the side, right? 816 See Beijing." That was followed by another post from IHS Technology Director Wang Yang. Referring to the previous comment, Yang wrote, "
Qiazhiyisuan, debut of the Redmi Note 2.″ While this is not quite as official as a statement from Xiaomi itself, it certainly sounds like the fifth largest smartphone manufacturer on the planet (based on Strategy Analytics' Q2 numbers) will be holding an event in Beijing on the 16th of this month. August 16th is traditionally a day when Xiaomi meets the press and offers special deals on its phones and accessories. Besides the introduction of the Redmi Note 2, we expect the company to unveil its latest Android UI, MIUI 7.