Last week, Xiaomi India teased to launch new power banks in the country. We predicted it to be the popular Mi Power Bank 3 series sold in China. Fortunately, that happens to be true, the company has launched the basic 10,000mAh and 20,000mAh models of this series as Mi Power Bank 3i in India priced at ₹899 ($12) and ₹1,499 ($20) respectively. They are already up for sale on Xiaomi online store (Mi.com) and Amazon India.

Just like their predecessor Mi Power Bank 2i series, the Mi Power Bank 2 models also feature metal casing for the 10,000mAh variant and plastic casing for the 20,000mAh version.

The smaller model comes with 2 x USB Type-A ports for output and a MicroUSB port as well as a USB Type-C port for input, On the other hand, the larger version sports 3 x USB Type-A for output, a MicroUSB port for input, and a USB Type-C port for both input as well as output (Power Delivery – PD).

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Though both of them provide maximum charging speed of 18W, they differ in size and weight due to their capacity. Another common feature between the two is the low power charging mode for accessories like fitness trackers, TWS, and more.

The company says that they are manufactured (assembled) in India just like the previous models with 12-layer protection that includes temperature protection, input over-voltage protection, and electrostatic protection to name a few.

Last but not least, the Mi Power Bank 3i 20,000mAh is currently only available in Sandstone Black color version. Whereas, the Mi Power Bank 3i 10,000mAh can be purchased in either Midnight Black or Metallic Blue color variants.

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Xiaomi India has scheduled an event called “Smarter Living 2021” for September 29 to unveil a number of smart IoT products. Ahead of it, the company has now announced to launch a new power bank in the country on September 22. The teaser picture for the same does not say much but we think it could be one of the Mi Power Bank 3 series models sold in China.

Currently, Xiaomi sells Mi Power Bank 2i series and Redmi Power Banks in India. The former was initially launched in November of 2017. Since then, the company has only updated it with new colors (Red, Blue & Black), whereas features and design remained the same. 

Hence, we think this upcoming power bank to be a Mi Power Bank 3 series model. The teaser picture shared by the company does not resemble a single power bank it sells in China. However, the teaser page for the product on Mi.com India kind of confirms it to arrive with both MicroUSB and USB Type-C ports just like the Redmi Power Banks.

Since the high-end 45W and 50W Mi Power Bank 3 models don’t feature MicroUSB port, we can rule them out. That means, the Chinese smartphone maker will probably debut the standard version in the series, which is exactly the same as Redmi Power Bank in terms of features but the USB Type-C port can be also used as output.

That said, we are not sure whether the company will launch the 10,000mAh, 20,000mAh or 30,000mAh version. Probably, they will bring the former two models as Mi Power Bank 3i 10,000mAh and Mi Power Bank 3i 20,000mAh for the same price (or slightly more) as its predecessors.

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