Users of Jiophone, India’s highest selling mobile device, can install WhatsApp messenger starting from today, Reliance Retail said. The software can be installed by going to the phone’s appstore and downloading it. “WhatsApp will be available on the JioPhone AppStore starting 10th September, 2018 and will be rolled out on all JioPhones by 20th September, […]
Reliance Jio’s newly unveiled qwerty handset Jiophone 2, priced at Rs 2,999, has caused much excitement due to two reasons. First, it’s probably the only phone in India to come with both 4G support as well as a QWERTY keypad in the sub-20,000-rupee price bracket. Before Jiophone 2, one would have had to go for […]
Financial services firm Credit Suisse said sales of Jiophone, which had begun to lose steam after an initial surge, are now back on track due to the affordable Rs 49 plan launched by Reliance Jio. Jiophone, priced at Rs 1,500, is estimated to be selling at the rate of about 6 mln pieces per month, […]
LYF, the mobile phone brand that was launched along with Reliance Jio, emerged as India’s No.1 mobile phone brand by shipments in January, market researcher CMR said. In January, LYF had a share of 27% in the overall mobile phone market in India, while Samsung was a distant second with just 12.1%. This was primarily […]
Bharti Airtel said it will launch affordable 4G smartphones powered by Google’s Android Go platform next month, under a tie-up with handset makers Micromax and Lava. “Entry level 4G smartphones under Airtel’s ‘Mera Pehla Smartphone’ program will be shipped with Android Oreo (Go edition) as standard OS starting March 2018,” the telecom operator said. “Lava […]
Vodafone India announced a cash back deal on itel’s A20 4G smartphone. Under the scheme, anyone who buys the mobile phone for Rs 3,690 will get a cashback of Rs 900 after 1.5 years and Rs 1,200 after another 1.5 years. However, the person has to use the specified Vodafone number on the device and […]
Continuing with its tie-ups with hardware brands, Bharti Airtel announced three more ‘cash back’ models from Intex, including one with 2GB of RAM. The cheapest will be the Intex Aqua LIONS N1, priced at Rs 3,149 and eligible for for a cash back of Rs 1,500 over a period of three years. The effective price […]
After Karbonn, Bharti Airtel has now tied up with Celkon to offer a full touchscreen 4G smartphone at an effective price of Rs 1,349 and an upfront cost of Rs 2,849. The partnership is part of Airtel’s ‘Mera Pehla Smartphone’ initiative. It had announced a similar offer in association with Karbonn two weeks ago. The […]
Bharti Airtel has announced a scheme to offer a 4-inch smartphone at an effective price of Rs 1,399 — after cash backs — to take on the challenge posed by Reliance Jio’s Jiophone. The customer needs to make a down payment of Rs 2899 for the 4G smartphone. He will get a cash refund of […]
Intex Technologies today set a record in India by launching the country’s cheapest virtual reality phone with a VR headset. The Aqua 5.5 VR+, which comes with a 5.5-inch HD display and 2 GB of RAM, has been priced at just Rs 5,799. The box contains lenses and adaptors that can be used to convert […]
The Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator is likely to start prebooking for its JioPhone device at 5:30 PM today, according to sources. Booking can done in four ways — using the company’s website Jio.com, using the MyJio app and by going to a either a Jio Store or any multi-brand store that sells the device. Customers […]
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi indicated that it is going to launch the Redmi Note 4X, the slightly modified version of the ‘non-X’ model, in India on Friday. It released a teaser video indicating the launch (see below). The model was launched in China in February, and was priced largely at the same level as the […]
The fastest growing mobile handset brand in India, Xiaomi, said it sold 2.5 lakh units of its entry-level phone Redmi 4 in its inaugural flash sale today. The numbers indicate that the company may have yet another big hit on its hands after the enormously successful Note 4 — which is also the fastest selling […]
Xiaomi has emerged as the second biggest smartphone brand in India after Samsung as its smash hit Redmi Note 4 broke sales records, according to market share numbers for the first three months of the year. The numbers also revealed that for the first time in eight years, there could be no Indian brand in […]
HMD Global, a company formed by ex-Nokia employees, announced the launch of the new Nokia 3310 handset in India. “The Nokia 3310 will be available across top mobile stores in India starting May 18, 2017,” it said. The phone will retail at a recommended best buy price of Rs 3,310, the company added. The Nokia […]
[polldaddy poll=9748071] Xiaomi today launched the Redmi 4 — its ‘entry level’ model with a 5-inch display, but a deeper look at the phone’s pricing reveals that the company may be moving away from its initial positioning as a value for money brand. At first glance, the device appears to be a true-blue entry-level Redmi phone — 2GB […]
Even as some brokerages are predicting that Reliance Jio will manage to carry over 80% or more of its subscribers when it starts charging for its services at the end of this month, CyberMedia Research said it sees 55-60% of existing connections getting abandoned. Jio is estimated to have 105-110 mln connections at present, though […]
Three months after Reliance Jio started giving out free connections, Lenovo — the biggest online smartphone brand in India — has started pushing out VoLTE update to those who bought its last generation phones – the K5, and its Note and Plus variants. Out of these, at least some Note users have already got the […]
Flipkart and Lenovo are launching their latest mid-range smartphone, the K6 Power, in India today at 3 PM. The live stream of the even is available on Youtube (see below). It remains to be seen what specifications of the K6 Power are introduced in India. Globally, it is available in 3G and 4GB versions. Given […]
Lenovo, the Chinese smartphone giant that heralded the smartphone revolution in India with its ultra-affordable models like A6000, is all set to release the latest of its K series models — the K6 Power sometime early next week. Does the phone promise anything interesting? Should you hold off on your planned purchase till you get […]
