Responding to question on whether Chinese companies like Huawei can purchase 5G spectrum in the upcoming auction, India’s communications ministry said any company of any country can participate in any spectrum auction in India. “..they [foreign companies] are allowed to participate in the auctions directly and apply for a Unified License subsequently through an Indian […]
Reliance Jio Infocomm, India’s largest telecom operator, said it tied up with Korea-based Samsung Electronics to demonstrate 5G technology at India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2019, even as rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have sought DoT nod to demo with China-based Huawei. The choice of vendors could turn out to be more crucial in coming […]
Micromax has unveiled an online-only, affordably priced mid-range phone in the form of Evok Note, and comparisons are already been drawn between the 5.5-inch phone and the highest-selling phone of 2017 – Xiaomi Redmi Note 4. While the two phones do indeed have similar specifications — such as a 4 Ah battery, a quad-core processor, […]
China-based Huawei said it will start to manufacture smartphones in India in collaboration with leading Sketch-to-Scale solutions provider, Flex, in October. Starting from first week of October 2016, the Flex manufacturing plant in Chennai will manufacture one of the Honor smartphones models, the company said. The plant will have the capacity to make three million […]
Huawei, which has not had much luck in India in the last two years, is set to launch the P9 — a sophisticated camera phone in the same price range as the Xiaomi Mi5 and Le Max 2 — early next month. The P9 is the first dual-camera phone to come to the Indian market […]
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 […]
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 […]
In an attempt to move up the value chain, Huawei will introduce its latest phones in India – the high-end P series comprising the P8 and the P8lite. HUAWEI P8 Price Rs 26k The most interesting of all the phones is the Huawei P8 and the P8 Lite. The P8 actually has two versions – a […]
As if the existing competition is not enough, Huawei is all set to launch its own entry-level 4G LTE phone in the price range of Rs 7,499-7,999. UPDATE: Huawei has launched the G620S on Wednesday. The device, however, has an MRP of Rs 9,499 for normal channels. It is likely to be available at Rs […]
The 4G version of Samsung’s Galaxy Core Prime entry-level smartphone is priced around Rs 11,000 in India, according to a distributor. The phone is unofficially available in India at around the same price band, according to him. The Core Prime LTE is a six month old phone that has been available in the overseas markets […]
When Mukesh Ambani said earlier today that 4G LTE phone prices will decline to Rs 4,000 from Rs 7,000 over the next six months, many probably thought he was being optimistic. But not ZTE, the Chinese telecom major that has largely been content to play second fiddle to others like Huawei, Xiaomi and Lenovo in […]
Just a couple of years ago, buying a 4G LTE dongle to use with Airtel’s 4G service meant shelling out Rs 7,500 or so. Today, LTE dongle prices have crashed and the latest entrant to the market is the Huawei E3276, which supports 4G, 3G and 2G. The E3276 is available in the market for […]
HTC Desire 326g, the Taiwanese company’s cheapest smartphone to be launched in India in over a year, will be available around the end of this month at a price of around Rs 7,999, taking on the Huawei Honor Bee and other entry level models such as Honor 4C. At present, the cheapest recent offering from […]
Huawei, the Chinese giant that has so far been absent in the entry-level 4G LTE market in India so far, plans to make a strong debut in this segment early next month – taking on the Xiaomi Redmi 2, Moto E 4G and Lenovo A6000 Plus. Like the Lenovo model, Huawei’s “cheap LTE phone” will […]
So you thought Lenovo, Xiaomi and Huawei are going to run-away with the low-priced LTE market in India and Samsung would just stand aside and watch? It seems that may be a wrong assessment as the Samsung Galaxy J7, arguably the most value-for-money offering from the Korean giant in recent years, will set the record […]
Huawei is all set to unveil a new, entry-level LTE model on Flipkart next week, according to sources, giving an alternative to the elusive Lenovo A6000. The model will help quench demand for cheap LTE phones in India. The Lenovo model, sold by Flipkart, has been difficult to obtain in the light of very high […]
When it rains, it pours. A week after Lenovo introduced India’s cheapest 4G phone, the A6000, priced at just Rs 6,999, Chinese competitor Huawei is all set to unveil a very similar LTE model – the Huawei Honor 4X, priced in the Rs 8,000 range, according to distributors, which has been announced at a price […]
There is strong buzz in the market that Lenovo will launch the cheapest LTE phone in India next week at a price of Rs 6,000-6,500, eclipsing the Xiaomi RedMi 1S, Nokia Lumia 638 and Huawei Holly Honor in value for money. UPDATE: The Company has officially launched the A6000, priced at Rs 6,999, and to […]
Indians first got a taste of what low-cost marketing and production can achieve with the recent launches of Xiaomi Mi 3 and RedMi 1S. But now, one of the original price warriors of India’s handset market and a fellow Chinese brand – Huawei, has taken on the challenge posed by Xiaomi. The company has unveiled […]
