Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi's Chief Executive Officer Lei Jun has revealed that the company currently has no plans to launch new phones in the Mi Max and Mi Note lineups this year.

In a Weibo post, Lei stated the company will rather be focusing its energies on the Redmi, Mi MIX series, Mi 9 and the new CC series of smartphones, the GSM Arena reported on late Friday. 

The new Redmi K20 series phones are with powerful big displays, available at an affordable price and can be regarded as successors to the Note series in a way. 

With the Mi Max series smartphones, the company was focused on giving users a large screen experience with larger than 6-inch screen. 

In addition, the company has posted many teasers about the upcoming CC series in association with Meitu mobiles. As per the company, the CC series phone will be trendy mobile phones aimed for youth around the world.

As per reports, the company is expected two smartphones launch under its upcoming CC series, dubbed as Mi CC9 and Mi CC9e. 

At the same time, the company will also focus on its Redmi brand, which will continue to launch smartphones that are high in quality and ‘extremely cost-effective’, with a focus on the e-commerce market. The company has planned six product lines for the Redmi series this year. This includes Redmi 7A, Redmi 7, Redmi Note 7, Redmi 7 Pro, Redmi K20/K20 Pro.

The last device from the Mi Note range was the Mi Note 3, which came with a Snapdragon 660 processor. In the Mi Mac range, it was the Mi Max 3 smartphone, which came with a 5,500mAh battery.