(Telecompaper) Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has started production of handsets in Brazil, its first market in the Americas. Xiaomi also announced that it will start selling its Redmi 2 smartphone in Brazil for BRL 499 on 7 July. It will also offer the MiBand and MiPowerBank for sale in Brazil. The Xiaomi phones are assembled in Brazil with Foxconn, which manufactures Apple iPhones in the country since 2011.