Maruti Suzuki said it has increased its car prices slightly to pass on a new ‘infrastructure cess’ imposed by the central government as part of its Budget 2016-2017 exercise. Interestingly, the price increase is around half of what was expected, going by the percentage cess imposed. For example, on small cars, the infrastructure cess is […]
Today is a big day for fans of Xiaomi, a company that kicked up a lot of dust when it arrived on the scene in India two years ago, but failed to follow up its initial success due to a patent litigation with Ericsson. However, after a prolonged rough patch, the Chinese brand is all […]
Samsung is all set to launch its latest and greatest — the Galaxy S7 and its Edge version — in India next week, with availability by around the 20th, and will price the flagship devices at same levels as that of S6. The S6 was priced at Rs 49,900 last year while the S6 Edge […]
Xiaomi is all set to launch its latest Redmi Note 3 Pro smartphone in India in two days and there are several media reports that it will price the 32 GB version below Rs 15,000. According to market sources, the Chinese player will have to sacrifice its margin, or even offer subsidies to deliver the […]
LeTV Le 1s, the runaway hit from LeEco, continues to remain in stock on Flipkart today, even 9 hours after the latest open sale began. This has come barely a week after the phone’s first open sale saw stocks exhausted before most people had a chance to buy because of extremely high demand. On Feb 25, the stocks […]
Reliance has introduced three more LYF 4G smartphones with prices starting from Rs 4,999 in India ahead of Jio’s expected launch in the next 3-4 weeks and also cut prices of existing phones. The new phones launched today are Flame 2, Wind 4 & Water 7, out of which the cheapest one is Flame 2. Wind 4, […]
Reliance Jio, which is expected to launch its 4G services in a month, has released version 2 of its App suite called Jio Apps. The program is in beta testing on Play store and not visible to general public. However, those with RJio SIMs get a message with a link to enable them to be part […]
With the countdown on for the launch of Reliance Jio’s 4G services, sister company Reliance Retail has announced that its LYF branded phones are now available in 1.2 lakh outlets in India. In all, it has appointed 1,200 distributors for the handsets. The first two models to be widely distributed are the LYF Flame 1 […]
LeEco said that it ran out of stocks during its first open sale of LeTV Le 1s smartphone two days ago due to unexpectedly strong demand and that it would soon conduct more open sales, ditching the pre-registration model. The phones will be available for anyone to purchase whether they registered in advance or not. […]
A new survey conducted by one of Canada’s biggest colleges has found that many kids and teens are making serious money by posting promotional photos and videos on their well-connected social media accounts. The research, conducted by Centennial College of Toronto, found that some minors earn as much as $10,000 to $20,000 (Rs 6.5 lakh […]
After hyping the first ‘open sale’ of LeTV Le 1s for days, it looks like the Chinese firm either didn’t have enough stocks or didn’t anticipate the kind of demand that the phone will see. Either way, stocks of LeEco’s first ‘open sale’ ran out within minutes, with many so-called ‘super fans’ turning into ‘super […]
After much speculation and confusion, the specifications and prices of Xiaomi’s new flagship – Mi5 – have been revealed in Barcelona. The core specifications are Snapdragon 820 processor, 4 GB of DDR4 RAM and up to 128 GB of storage. The phone has been priced between Rs 21,000 to 28,500 in China depending on configuration. […]
After much speculation and confusion, the specifications and prices of Xiaomi’s new flagship – Mi5 – have been revealed in Barcelona. The core specifications are Snapdragon 820 processor, 4 GB of DDR4 RAM and up to 128 GB of storage. The phone has been priced between Rs 21,000 to 28,500 in China depending on configuration. […]
Xiaomi is giving all its fans in India and the world over a chance to see the launch of its next flagship model, the Mi5, live from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain tomorrow. PLEASE SEE UPDATED STORY HERE. The highlight of the phone will be Snapdragon 820 processor, which is twice as powerful […]
LeEco is at it again. After seizing market share from the likes of Xiaomi, Lenovo and Huawei with its cut-throat pricing, the smartphone and content company sold its latest Le Max Pro model for just Rs 21,000 in China. What makes the model, and the price, so special is that it is the first phone […]
Finally, Xiaomi is launching its first major phone in India since the launch of Mi 4c back in September — after perhaps the longest interval between major launches since the entry of the brand to the country. The Redmi Note 3 India version, also known as the Pro variant, is very similar to the Chinese […]
Sometimes, even the best can get it wrong, and it looks like that’s what happened in the case of ‘Mukesh Ambani says Reliance Jio to launch in second half’ story. Across publications, everyone is reporting that Ambani postponed the launch date of what is touted to be India’s biggest 4G service to the second half […]
LeEco will roll out over-the-air software updates for its biggest selling phone in India, the LeTV Le 1s, this week. The update will resolve issues that have been highlighted in user reviews. The OTA upgrade is expected to prolong battery life, and improve sound as well. There have some complaints that the battery life is […]
Doodarshan Free Dish has added a whopping 50 new channels on the new MPEG 4 technology within 20 days of moving to its new home, GSAT-15. Most of the new additions are movie channels, but some are still in testing mode. The new channels include Movie House, Manoranjan Movies, Khushboo TV, Houseful Action, MM Multiplex, RT Movies, […]
LYF, the phone brand owned by Reliance Industries, will soon launch a number of smart TVs that will work with Reliance Jio’s upcoming 4G network in India. The TVs are being manufactured by one of the world’s biggest television makers, which incidentally also makes OLED, curved and 4K models as well. MORE DETAILS REVEALED – […]
