Xiaomi is creeping up on the Americas, entering the Mexican market with the Redmi Note 4

There have been plenty of rumors, regarding Xiaomi's North American launch for the past few years. Everyone knows it will happen at some point, but we can only speculate when exactly. The company's new head of global strategy, Wang Xiang, who replaced Hugo Barra in January, said that he believes Xiaomi phones will be officially sold in the US by 2019, but this sounds more like an educated guess than an actual official information to us.

However, this doesn't mean that Xiaomi isn't trying to extend its reach as soon as possible. In fact, the company has revealed ...