Flipkart, one of India’s two largest online shopping websites, has started selling Sony Xperia Z5 Premium, India’s most expensive Android phone, at Rs 59,990. The price, though high, is actually slightly lower than what was expected. It was seen at above Rs 60,000. The high price is due to the display on the device. The […]
Google India has cancelled its three-year-old annual shopping event – the Great Online Shopping Festival, taking a step back to let the big giants like Flipkart and Amazon do their own thing. As Google pointed out, back in 2012, when it launched Great Online Shopping Festival to rival USA’s Cyber Monday, the total online shopping Industry […]
After bravely going where no others dared, state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has cut the validity of its Rs 68 3G recharge scheme from 5 days to just 3 days. The 1-GB-for-Rs-68 scheme was launched by BSNL in the beginning of this year and had instantly become a big hit as it was extremely cheap […]
Reliance Jio, the biggest competitive threat to existing telecom companies in India, will come a step closer to launching its 4G services in India with the unveiling of its first 4G phone under its LYF brand next week, according to sources. The phone is being made by CK Telecom, an original equipment manufacturer based in […]
The latest quarterly numbers released by Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular point to an interest fact — both have increased the rate of 3G deployment by 100% or more. Bharti Airtel, for example, added 9,561 new 3G towers in India during the three months ended September, compared to only around 4,060 new towers added in […]
Several months after Worldmode chips from HTC became available, the first CDMA-GSM phone using the platform — HTC Desire 728g, has become available in India. Though there has been no official launch, the phone has started making an appearance in select retail outlets in the capital. The initial price of the device is around the […]
Sony’s flagship Z5 has hit online marketplace eBay at a steep Rs 51,900, but is slated to be available at cheaper prices in the coming week on rival platforms like Amazon and Flipkart. The Z5 was announced in India a few days ago at a price of Rs 52,990. However, like all Sony smartphones launched […]
For all practical purposes, Microsoft’s Lumia brand has been dead in the Indian market for the last six months. At present, the highest-rated phone from the company is the Lumia 930, a 3G-only phone priced at Rs 38,000 and launched more than a year ago. UPDATE: The prices of these two phones have been cut […]
There have been many discounts and offers on smartphones from ecommerce players such as Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon this Diwali. But none would come close to what Amazon and Phicomm are offering — a 4G phone with Snapdragon processor and a 5-inch HD display at a jaw-dropping price of Rs 3,999. Users can also avail […]
Sony Xperia Z5 and Z5 Premium — the latest flagships from the Japanese manufacturer, will be launched in India on Oct 21. While the Z5 will be priced below the Rs 40,000 mark, the Premium model will be among the most expensive phones ever launched in India and is likely to carry a price well […]
Flipkart was in the cross hairs of irate customers after the company’s application failed to cater to many users today – the third day of its Big Billion sale. Twitter users were unforgiving in their comments, reminding the company of a similar ‘meltdown’ a year ago. Last year, Flipkart’s website had crashed after lakhs of […]
Google will announce the India price of its new Smartphone, the Huawei Nexus 6P any time soon. UPDATE: The leaked prices have been confirmed. LG Nexus 5X will set you back by 31,990 for the 16 GB version and Rs 35,990 for the 32 GB version. 6P (32 GB) will be priced at Rs 39,999 […]
Samsung has got it largely right with its metallic and affordable A series phones in India, with the Galaxy A7 and A8 doing brisk business in the country. With Samung Galaxy A9, the Korean giant is moving a step forward in terms of power, while still holding on to the Rs 30,000 price range. Galaxy […]
For those who have too much time on their hands, or are plain curious or have more practical requirements for installing Android on their PC, the x86 project has come up with the ‘release candidate’ of Lolipop version of the mobile operating system. Release candidate is the final version of the software under development, with […]
Meizu, the latest entrant to the Indian market from China, has launched its third and entry-level model, the Meizu M2, at a price of Rs 6,999 in India. The M2 will take on the Yu Yunique (priced Rs 4,999), Yu Yuphoria (Rs 6,499) and Lenovo A6000 Plus (Price Rs 7,499 – but festival discounts expected […]
Volkswagen Passenger Cars in India said it was calling 389 Polo cars from a single batch of production from the month of September 2015 for inspection and preventive repair of the handbrake mechanism. The Quality Assurance department of Volkswagen India has determined that under certain conditions, the handbrake mechanism would lose effectiveness, it said. The […]
Motorola has priced its new flagship, the Moto X Style, at Rs 31,999 for the 32 GB version and Rs 29,999 for the 16 GB version in India. The prices are bang in the middle of what most experts expected, but higher than what fans had been hoping for. Most fans were expecting a price […]
Motorola India has priced the Moto X Style at Rs 29,999 for 16 GB in India — announcing the number just minutes after Gionee priced its competitor to the phone — the higher-speced Gionee Elife E8 at Rs just Rs 34,999. The 32 GB version has been priced at just Rs 2,000 higher — or at Rs […]
It’s arguably one of the most ambitious launches of this year: The Gionee Elife E8 is a monster whichever way you look at it. Priced at Rs 34,999 on Snapdeal and available from Oct 12, the phone offers the most high-end features that anyone can ask for in today’s Indian market. The move marks the […]
Phicomm Energy 653 — already India’s cheapest 5-inch HD phone with 4G — has become even cheaper with a Rs 5,00 price cut, while Passion P660 — India’s cheapest full-HD 4G phone — has seen a massive price cut to Rs 6,999. The cuts are unprecedented in their extent and make the Passion P660 arguably the most […]
