As Indian operators prepare to launch their LTE services by January-February, one phone after the other is getting launched claiming the title of best LTE phone in India. While last week saw the release of the Lenovo Vibe X2 at Rs 19,999, this week, it’s the Gionee Elife S5.1, priced even lower at Rs 17,500. […]
The HTC Desire 820 and Desire 820q, world’s first 64-bit chip enabled Android smartphones, are now available in Indian online stores such as Amazon and theelectronicstore.in. The phones were available at offline stores last week, but have just been launched on online portals. Amazon is selling the HTC Desire 820 at Rs 25,500, while theelectronicstore.in […]
Gionee M3, the successor to the company’s Marathon M2 smartphone, will be priced around Rs 13,000 when the phone is officially released next week. In comparison, the Gionee M2 was priced at Rs 10,990 at launch. The M3 is already available from sellers at Rs 13,990. However, according to our sources, the official price will […]
Looks like Panasonic, the Japanese electronics giant, is getting serious about cornering a chunk of the Indian market. Just days after launching India’s cheapest Android KitKat smartphone from an international brand, the company has launched Panasonic P55, India’s cheapest 5.5-inch HD Android phone from an international brand. Of course, the ‘from an international brand’ part […]
Just three days after officially launching the new Samsung Galaxy A5 and the Samsung Galaxy A3, the Korean giant has set the ball in motion for the Alpha series phones’ launch in India. The Samsung Galaxy A5 will be priced around Rs 27,000, while the Samsung Galaxy A3 will be priced around Rs 20,000, according […]
The HTC Desire 820 and Desire 820q, India’s first Android phones with support for 64-bit computing, are now available select outlets in the country in the Rs 22,500-25,000 price range. The HTC Desire 820 and 820q was launched in India about a month ago and are also the first handsets to ship with Qualcomm’s octa-core […]
Obi Mobiles, the emerging markets-focused smartphone company started by former Apple Inc CEO John Scully, will launch its second 5.5-inch smartphone – the Hornbill – this week. The phone is likely to be priced in the Rs 8,000-9,000 range, and will be one of the most competitively priced smartphones in India. Obi Mobiles has chosen […]
HTC One Mini, also known as HTC M8 Mini, will be launched in India at a price of around Rs 24,000 over the next two weeks. HTC will also be making available other phones like the Desire 820 over this period. The phone will compete with the Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini, which has been panned […]
LG India has launched India’s cheapest LTE phone, the LG F60, at a maximum retail price of Rs 15,000. At present, LTE phones are priced in the Rs 30,000-40,000 bracket. “Blazing Fast 4G LTE For All,” LG said in its introduction to the 4.5-inch phone, which carries on the oval design seen in the LG […]
India will see the launch of yet another big smartphone this week – the 6-inch Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 – priced at just Rs 21,000. It will be one of the cheapest phones from Samsung in the 5.5-inch-plus category, and will compete against HTC Desire 820q (5.5-inch, Rs 22,500) and the LG G3 Stylus (price […]
HTC has announced the prices of a slew of products launched in India, including the 64-bit HTC Desire 820 and 820q, the Desire Eye, the One M8 Eye and the RE Camera. The most surprising of all would probably be the ‘limited’ number pricing for the RE Camera – at just Rs 9,999 on exclusive […]
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 […]
Samsung Galaxy Mega 2, the second edition of the Korean company’s ultra-big model, will be launched in India over the next 10-15 days for a price of Rs 20,000-22,000, according to industry sources. The original Galaxy Mega, launched in mid 2013, was priced at Rs 31,500, but Samsung is keen to position the Mega 2 […]
The Mobile Store has started shipping the recently launched HTC Desire 816G, the lower priced version of the Desire 816. The HTC Desire 816G dual SIM (DS) was announced along with the 64-bit HTC Desire 820. However, unlike the Desire 820 (price around Rs 23,000) the 816G comes with a cheaper Mediatek quad-core processor. The […]
Taking feedback from customers, Xiaomi and Flipkart have decided to junk the ‘tatkal ticket’ method of selling its flagship Mi3 phone, and opted to add the device to the shopping carts of nearly 25,000 Flipkart customers who have tried to buy it at least five times on the website. Flipkart and Xiaomi had come in […]
Have you always wanted a large, affordable stylus-based device, but didn’t want to spend Rs 25,500 for the Samsung Note 3 Neo? Samsung’s competitor from its home market, LG, has answered your prayers; well, sort of. It’s come up with the LG G3 Stylus as “A Better Way to Note at a Smarter Price”. As […]
At long last, Microsoft has launched its 2014 line-up of phones in the mid to high segment, but the rather steep prices have disappointed a few fans. The Lumia 730 and 830 are mid-range smartphones, while the 930 is at the high end, or what Microsoft today called ‘a true flagship’. The prices, at Rs […]
Taking a break from the routine of getting “customers to fight like dogs”, as a irate fan termed it, Flipkart has announced that it would add an Xiaomi Mi3 to the shopping carts of those who have tried to buy the phone five times or more over the past few weeks. The announcement has come […]
At long last, Microsoft has launched its 2014 line-up of phones in the mid to high segment, but the rather steep prices have disappointed a few fans. The Lumia 730 and 830 are mid-range smartphones, while the 930 is at the high end, or what Microsoft today called ‘a true flagship’. The prices, at Rs […]
The HTC Desire 820, to be launched in India on Tuesday, will be priced at around Rs 20,000-22,000, and will be India’s first 64-bit Android phone. It will also be one of the cheapest LTE phones in the market till date. The phone, which will NOT be available in stores immediately after its launch on […]
