It’s probably got to do with keeping prices down, but Xiaomi’s decision to leave out branded toughened glass protection such as Dragontrail has some fans worried, especially since its biggest competitor — the LeTV Le 1s — offers Corning Gorilla Glass 3. However, the Note 3 is certainly not the first mass-market, mid-range phone to […]
Samsung launched the Galaxy J5 and J7 in India in June last year at Rs 12,000 and 15,000, surprising many with the aggressive pricing. A year later, the company is all set to unveil the 2016 versions of the two smartphones towards the end of this month, but the market has only got worse for the Korean […]
HTC Desire 825 will be launched in India this month to take on Redmi Note 3 and LeTV Le 1s. At an expected price of Rs 13k-15k, the phone will be the most affordable 800-series device ever launched by the company in the Indian market. The Desire 825 was unveiled in the Mobile World Congress recently and comes […]
Today is a big day for fans of Xiaomi, a company that kicked up a lot of dust when it arrived on the scene in India two years ago, but failed to follow up its initial success due to a patent litigation with Ericsson. However, after a prolonged rough patch, the Chinese brand is all […]
Xiaomi is all set to launch its latest Redmi Note 3 Pro smartphone in India in two days and there are several media reports that it will price the 32 GB version below Rs 15,000. According to market sources, the Chinese player will have to sacrifice its margin, or even offer subsidies to deliver the […]
LeTV Le 1s, the runaway hit from LeEco, continues to remain in stock on Flipkart today, even 9 hours after the latest open sale began. This has come barely a week after the phone’s first open sale saw stocks exhausted before most people had a chance to buy because of extremely high demand. On Feb 25, the stocks […]
Reliance has introduced three more LYF 4G smartphones with prices starting from Rs 4,999 in India ahead of Jio’s expected launch in the next 3-4 weeks and also cut prices of existing phones. The new phones launched today are Flame 2, Wind 4 & Water 7, out of which the cheapest one is Flame 2. Wind 4, […]
LeEco said that it ran out of stocks during its first open sale of LeTV Le 1s smartphone two days ago due to unexpectedly strong demand and that it would soon conduct more open sales, ditching the pre-registration model. The phones will be available for anyone to purchase whether they registered in advance or not. […]
After much speculation and confusion, the specifications and prices of Xiaomi’s new flagship – Mi5 – have been revealed in Barcelona. The core specifications are Snapdragon 820 processor, 4 GB of DDR4 RAM and up to 128 GB of storage. The phone has been priced between Rs 21,000 to 28,500 in China depending on configuration. […]
Finally, Xiaomi is launching its first major phone in India since the launch of Mi 4c back in September — after perhaps the longest interval between major launches since the entry of the brand to the country. The Redmi Note 3 India version, also known as the Pro variant, is very similar to the Chinese […]
LeEco will roll out over-the-air software updates for its biggest selling phone in India, the LeTV Le 1s, this week. The update will resolve issues that have been highlighted in user reviews. The OTA upgrade is expected to prolong battery life, and improve sound as well. There have some complaints that the battery life is […]
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 […]
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 second flash sale of the LeTV Le 1s smartphone was surprising for various reasons. First, it was the first time that any company in India had put so many phones on sale at one go — 95,000 is not a small number and the folks at Flipkart are going to be busy for days […]
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 […]
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, […]
