Teasers confirm 5.5 inch Xiaomi Red Rice Note phone to be unveiled Sunday

On Thursday, we told you that an apparent sequel to the Xiaomi Redmi (aka Red Rice) had been spotted receiving TENNA certification in China. TENNA is China's equivalent to the FCC in the states. Now, a trio of teasers produced by Xiaomi reveal that the Chinese manufacturer will be unveiling the new device on Sunday.

The TENNA certification indicates that the new Xiaomi Redmi model will be called the Redmi Note and feature a 5.5 inch screen with 720 x 1280 resolution. The certification leads us to expect two models. One will have an octa-core 1.4GHz processor, and the other features an octa-core 1.7GHz CPU. Both variants could end up sporting the MT6592 true octa-core chip from MediaTek.

Xiaomi shook up the Chinese market last year by offering the Hongmi (aka Red Rice) for a price of $130 USD. For that price, buyers received a device offering a 4.7 inch glass with a MediaTek quad-core CPU driving the phone, and 1GB of RAM inside. As you might expect, at that price, the phone became quite popular. Last month, an international version called the Xiaomi Redmi was introduced in Singapore, where it got off to a great start.

If the teasers released by Xiaomi are on track, by this time tomorrow we should have more information about the Xiaomi Redmi Note

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Nvidia at CES 2014: Join us at 8 p.m. PT Sunday (live blog)

Join CNET for live coverage from Nvidia's press conference at 8 p.m. PT on Sunday. We'll kick off the action half an hour before the event to bring you news updates, photos, and running commentary.

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Want To Win A Crunchie? Nominations Close Sunday

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Every year the Crunchies, our annual awards show, defines what it means to be a startup. We bring the scrappiest, hard-workingest, and most amazing startups onstage and celebrate them at one of the most amazing events of the year. But we can’t celebrate you if you’re not nominated. Time is running out to nominate your favorite startup, founder, CEO and technology of the year. We’re closing nominations on December 15, so please hurry.

Co-hosted by TechCrunch, VentureBeat and GigaOm, the annual “Oscars of Tech” celebrates the best of the past year. But it’s you, the tech community, that nominates who among us will be most deserving to take the stage at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on February 10th.

Included in the 20 categories are the Best Startup, Best Design, and Angel of the Year with GitHub, FiftyThree, and Chris Dixon taking those top prizes home last year, respectively. New for 2013 is the Best Health Startup in which we will recognize the company that best epitomizes the future of medicine.

Nominations will close on December 15th, 2013 at 11:59PM PST. General admission tickets are now available and start at $80.

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