LeEco said the total number of orders received for its LeTV Le 1s smartphone has reached 2.2 lakh at the end of the third flash sale today. A total of 65,000 units of the phone were ordered in a matter of 9 seconds today on Flipkart. However, this does not mean that the company has […]
Lenovo Lemon 3, the successor to the ultra successful Lenovo A6000 Plus, will be launched in India early March and may carry the model number A6020, according to informed sources. At an expected price of Rs 7,999, the phone will be the cheapest device in India with a full-HD display, and will help the company put up […]
Samsung has opened prebooking for the new Galaxy A7 and A5 2016 in India at a price of Rs 33,400 and Rs 29,400 respectively. Shipping and more general availability is expected by Monday. The phones are the upgraded versions of the highly successful A5 and A7 launched last year at a price of Rs 25,500 and […]
It was bound to happen. Lenovo has finally announced that it will not be holding a flash sale of its K4 Note on Monday, but instead there will be a ‘normal sale’ where everyone can drop in and buy the handset for Rs 11,999. The move was expected after its fellow Chinese competitor LeTV announced […]
The TRAI’s new net neutrality rules are likely to see the launch of a number of zero-rated networks by players whose dreams of zero-rated websites have been dashed by the regulator. Under the new regulations, telecom companies have been banned from offering any website for free, but have been allowed to offer entire networks for […]
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, […]
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 […]
Dish TV India reported third quarter fiscal 2016 consolidated operating revenues of Rs.7,715 million, up 11.8% on year and subscription revenues of Rs.7,111 million, up 12.6%. During the third quarter, the company increased the total number of HD channels to 50 — the highest in India by some distance. New HD channels include Sony Max […]
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 […]
One of the most keenly fought battles during the Telecom Regulatory Authority’s consultation over upcoming spectrum auction has been won by Reliance Jio. On the losing side are India’s top two operators — Bharti Airtel and Vodafone. The battle was on the question of whether or not Reliance Jio should be allowed to top up […]
Following Star TV and Sony, Zee TV has also come out strongly against any move to allow telecom operators to charge websites for content viewed by their consumers over the Internet. At present, any person is free to start a website, app or any other content service on the Internet, and telecom providers like Bharti […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has rejected the request by three of India’s biggest 4G operators — Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Idea Cellular — to not sell any more 4G spectrum, especially in the strategic 700 MHz band. The move is likely to lead to a fast rollout of 4G services in rural […]
