Huawei has priced its latest phone, the Honor 5C, at a competitive Rs 10,999, taking the fight to other models like Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, Meizu M3 Note and LeEco Le 2. The phone, which is priced around Rs 15,000 in Europe, was expected to be priced along similar lines in India as well. However, […]
The next-generation of chips is all set to hit the Indian affordable smartphone market with the launch of Huawei 5C phone in the country today. Unlike older chipsets like MT6753 and Snapdragon 410 — which are built on legacy 28 nm technology — the Huawei 5C flaunts the new Kirin 650 processor from HiSilicon, the chipmaking […]
Le 2, the latest mass market smartphone from LeEco, got off to a decent, though not overwhelming, start to its first flash sale in India. In the first 24 hours, 1.5 lakh people signed up for the sale that will be conducted next Tuesday. The number is decent, but could also indicate flagging demand for such phones […]
Asus, the Taiwanese hardware maker known for bringing affordable smartphones to India, will be the first brand to launch a model with the new Snapdragon 821 chipset in India. The 821 is a slightly optimized and more powerful version of the 820 found in most high-end phones today. The company is all set to unveil its […]
Having unveiled the new Samsung Galaxy C5 and C7 in China recently, the Korean smartphone maker is preparing to launch the devices in India, according to distributor sources. The C series phones were unveiled in China about three weeks ago, with the company starting preorders for the 5.2-inch C5. The 5.7-inch Galaxy C7 was not […]
OnePlus 3, the latest from the start-up phonemaker, is now available with online seller Amazon India via an open sale, just a day after the phone was announced globally. Whatever your complaints have been about OnePlus’ products, the dreaded queue-system will not be one any more. This marks a different distribution approach from the company compared to any of its […]
As expected, Lenovo has announced its entry-level Vibe K5 in India at a price of Rs 6,999, which brings it into direct competition with models such as the Coolpad Note 3 Lite, one of the most successful models of this year, and the Swipe Elite Plus. This is a homecoming of sorts for Lenovo, which practically owned […]
Meizu M3 Note, arguably the most value-for-money handset in the mid-range market along with LeEco’s Le 2, is now available under open sale on Amazon. The phone had gone on flash sale earlier this week and it looks like demand for the handset has slackened, making enough stocks available for the company to conduct an […]
Meizu and Amazon India have announced that the M3 Note — priced Rs 9,999 — will be made available via an open sale next time. The announcement came after the two conducted the second flash sale for the phone — arguably the most value-for-money in its class. The Meizu M3 Note comes with 32 GB […]
Intel’s upcoming Apollo Lake low-end tablet and PC processor could trail ARM-based chips by a big margin if a benchmarking result from a product using similar technology is any indication. Goldmont, the core inside Apollo Lake is to be the first major update to Intel’s Silvermont architecture and was supposed to take on ARM chips. When first […]
With the initial invite-only trail going smoothly, Reliance Jio, India’s largest 4G operator by network, has opened its website to the public. However, the only thing you can do on the new website, www.jio.com, is to request an invite to join the operator’s beta launch. No tariff plans or hardware details are available. As you may […]
Demand for Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 3 32 GB version continues to remain very strong despite the launch of newer models like the Meizu M3 Note and the upcoming launch of LeEco Le 2. The phone was sold out soon after it was put on open sale at 10 AM today, even as the 16 GB […]
With one week to go before the launch of the much anticipated Le 2, LeEco has cut the price of its most successful model in India, the Le 1s, by Rs 1,000 to make space for the new model. The Le 2 is the upgraded-generation version of the Le 1s, and was released about a […]
After botching its last flagship launch Yutopia, Yu Televentures has unveiled its 2016 flagship smartphone, the Yunicorn, at a price of Rs 12,999 in India. Last year, the company unveiled the Yutopia, which failed to click because of software bugs and some gluing issues with its rear camera lens. As a result, the phone, which was […]
After botching up its last flagship launch Yutopia, Yu Televentures has unveiled its 2016 flagship smartphone, the Yunicorn today at an expected price of Rs 12,999 in India. Last year, the company unveiled the Yutopia, which failed to click because of software bugs and some gluing issues with its rear camera lens. As a result, the […]
Three months after it started ‘selling’ in India, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 will finally be available on more ecommerce websites starting from Wednesday. The Chinese company said the model will now be available on Snapdeal, Flipkart, Amazon and Mi.com as part of an open sale at 10 AM on Wednesday. Xiaomi had abandoned the registered […]
LeEco will not be bringing the 10-core Helio X20-powered version of its second generation smartphone, the Le 2, to India. Instead, unveiling on June 8 will be a Qualcomm-powered version of the phone. It is not known if the new model will be called the Le 2 or Le 2s. Given that it has been only days […]
Lenovo K5 Note, launched just weeks ago, has already got its first price cut with Flipkart offering a Rs 500 discount on the model. The 5-inch 4G-enabled smartphone is now available at just Rs 7,999 on the ecommerce portal, very close to the price of its predecessor the A6000 Plus, which was selling for Rs […]
Meizu, the Chinese brand that caters specifically to the tech-savvy young generation, is in the process of unveiling its 2016 smartphone — the M3 Note — in India right now. But the big question on everybody’s mind is — Can the device — priced at Rs 9,999 for the 3+32 GB version — challenge the […]
Are you tired of running after the elusive, almost ephemeral Xiaomi Redmi Note 3? Do you want something that you can get your hands on quickly, but at the same time don’t want to go for the LeEco Le 1s? Fret not, the Lenovo Zuk Z1 is here. BE WARNED, IT’S OLD The phone is […]
