LeTV Le 1s, the most in-demand phone in India currently, sold 95,000 pieces in just 20 seconds as part of its second flash sales in India. The total number of phones sold has reached 1.5 lakh in a matter of eight days — arguably the highest every tally of phones being sold in such a […]
LeTV Le 1s, the most in-demand phone in India currently, went out of stock within seconds on Flipkart after the second flash sale started. UPDATE — Total number of units sold is 95,000 in the second sale, and the next sale will be held on Tuesday. Details here. Hours before the sale, LeEco had said […]
The Internet and Mobile Association of India welcomed the Indian telecom regulator’s move to ban differential pricing of data based on the type and source of content. “This ruling vindicates the associations stand on the issue. The internet Start-up eco-system and the internet user community are delighted,” it said. Taking a long-term view, the Telecom […]
One of the longstanding gripes of ‘serious’ users of gadgets the world over has been how the high definition display revolution bypassed laptops and arrived straight on smartphones, not the screen that people spend most of their working hours staring at. So, while most phones priced Rs 25,000 and above now come with QHD displays, […]
Wipro, one of India’s top IT outsourcing companies, said it has won an IT infrastructure “transformation contract” from the ASSA ABLOY Group, one of the world’s biggest door-opening solutions provider. As part of the five-year agreement, Wipro will consolidate ASSA ABLOY’s existing data centers in the EMEA region and implement a cloud-based service model, which […]
Lenovo, the Chinese giant that virtually ruled the Indian low- and mid-range smartphone market, plans to introduce three new smartphone models to the country in the next 30 days or so, according to sources. These models are the Lenovo A2020, which will be priced around Rs 5,000, A6020 — priced around Rs 7,000 — and […]
The verdict is in: LeTV Le 1s — the hottest phone of 2016 — has delivered on most of the expectations users placed on it, with the camera being the only slight disappointment. The overall feedback on the Rs 11,000 phone has been as expected: It offers superb value for money and can give competition […]
Latest benchmark results from Antutu and Geekbench indicate that the upcoming Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 is a monster in terms of performance when compared to any of its competitors including the LeTV 1s and the Samsung Galaxy A9. According to tests, the Redmi Note 3 — India version — scores a blazing 78,000 on Antutu, […]
When Yu announced Yutopia, the most expensive phone ever to be launched by an Indian brand, many wondered whether an Indian company would be able to deliver a product with the amount of polish, refinement and quality required to compete in the high-end market. Going by user reviews, it looks like the Micromax sister company […]
Vodafone has priced its 4G tariff higher than other operators, charging Rs 2,499 for 20 GB of data. In comparison, Airtel charges Rs 2,149 for the same amount in Delhi-NCR. The cheapest of 4G operator at present — Idea Cellular — gives a whopping 32 GB for Rs 1,999. Unfortunately, the operator is not present […]
With official launch of 4G services only days away, Reliance Jio has launched the cheapest VoLTE enabled phone in India — the Flame 1 — under its LYF brand. The phone is priced at Rs 6,490, about Rs 1,000 less than the Lenovo A6000 Plus, which was the cheapest VoLTE phone before the launch of […]
As expected, the Le 1s — without doubt the most value for money handset in India — sold out in almost the blink of an eye during its first flash sale on Flipkart. LeEco had put up 70,000 units of the phone on sale. “70,000 Le 1s sold out in 2 secs!! Thank U #SuperFans […]
Vice Admiral Girish Luthra took over charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command from Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba today. The Flag Officer, a native of Palwal in Haryana, who was the Vice Chief of Naval Staff prior to taking over as the FOC-in-C (South), had arrived in Kochi on 29 Jan […]
Bharti Airtel said it is refarming its GSM spectrum to launch 3G services on 900 MHz in six circles including Mumbai, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Assam. Mumbai was the first off the block, where it launched ‘premium 3G’ services a year ago. It is currently in the process of carving out 3G blocks from […]
A vigilance special court in Kerala hearing the solar scam has ordered that a first information report (FIR) be lodged against Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and another minister Aryadan Muhammad. The direction came after an explosive revelation by Saritha Nair, accused in the scam, that she paid Rs 1.9 cr to persons to be passed […]
Confirming our earlier report that Reliance Jio is all set to launch its LYF handsets and bundled SIM cards early in February, Reliance Digital — the retail arm of the group — has listed the first four handsets on its website. As of now, the listing doesn’t really tell you much: It just asks you to fill […]
As expected, Lenovo has priced the Vibe X3 at Rs 19,999, higher than what the market was hoping for. The Chinese company, the king of Indian smartphone market, is under tremendous pressure from its biggest fellow-Chinese competitor, LeEco whose latest launch, the Le 1s, is threatening to finish off its newly launched K4 Note. The […]
Reliance Communications Ltd, the telecom arm of the Anil Ambani group, has again started expanding the availability of its 3G network after a gap of five years. It was back in late 2010 — days after the company won 3G spectrum in the 2010 auctions, that it reached a milestone of 330 towns, making it […]
Reliance Jio will launch its LYF-branded phones by the first week of February in at least 13 cities and these handsets will come with the company’s own fully-functional SIM cards and 50 GB of free 4G data, according to retailing sources. According to these sources, the thirteen cities include the five metros — Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore, […]
Last year, when Bharti Airtel tried to block voice calling apps, everyone thought it was aimed at WhatsApp. But as it turns out, the move could also have been aimed at a new feature from Reliance Jio that ensures that you can make calls using RJio’s phone number using rivals’ networks. The Mukesh Ambani-owned telecom […]
