Xiaomi's livestream to show off Mi Max's battery life has been running for 2 weeks

Xiaomi has been running a livestream online to demonstrate the battery life of its behemoth 6.44-inch Mi Max phablet — and the show's been on for nearly two weeks now.

The Chinese phone giant launched the stream on May 10 at 4pm in the afternoon local time, right after it launched the device. It's got a Mi Max in the frame turned on with a SIM card in it, but on standby and not running any apps.

Each hour, the phone's screen is briefly turned on to show it's still running. Thanks to the phone's massive body, Xiaomi's been able to put a 4,850 mAh battery in it, which has been powering the device for a mind-boggling two weeks. Read more...