It won’t be totally wrong to say that HTC’s missed the bus in India’s smartphone market as far as the second half of 2015 is concerned. After taking everyone by surprise by launching the first non-flagship 4G device (Desire 820) in India over a year ago and following it up with a range of stylish […]
Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy A9 ‘mid range’ phone is more powerful than most flagship phones out there, including the Sony Xperia Z5 Premium – which costs about twice as much as the Korean phone. According to a test on Geekbench — which measures processor and RAM performance — the phone scored an impressive 1,446 points on […]
Micromax Canvas 5, one of the best ever phones launched by the brand since its inception, is finally available online and has debuted with substantial discounts. The 5.2-inch device has been priced at just Rs 10,840 on eBay India, a discount of 10%. The discount is even steeper on Paytm if you include cashbacks. Here, […]
HTC One A9, competitor to Sony Xperia M5 and Samsung A5 and OnePlus Two, will be launched in India today at an expected on-the-ground price of around Rs 33,000. The phone, however, is already selling on eBay at Rs 34,900. UPDATE: The firm did not specify the official price of the phone today. However, it […]
Gionee is all set to launch the latest of its big-battery smartphones in India – the Marathon 5 in tie-up with Flipkart at a price of Rs 17,999. The CDMA-GSM phone represents an option for those looking for a model with decent battery life. The predecessor model — Marathon 4 — has seen decent sales in the […]
Lenovo will launch two new smartphones in India — the ‘affordable flagship’ Vibe X3 and the a ‘Lite’ version that will probably be a rebranded A7010. Globally, there are three models that the company is expected to launch in the coming days — the X3, the Lite and the A7010. Two of these models will be launched […]
Micromax Canvas 5 is arguably one of the most affordable ‘high end’ phone launched in India in recent times. Yet, for those waiting to get their hands on the device days after it was ‘launched’, the wait has been unfruitful. The Indian brand has been unable to supply the phone to the market even a […]
Reliance Jio, the telecom arm of Reliance Industries, faced delays in launching its 4G LYF branded handsets for Diwali, but is on track to introduce several models before the end of this month, according to retail sources. The company will come out with 3 to 4 models — with at least three of them priced […]
Samsung is approaching the launch of the updated versions of its A series smartphones in India — the Galaxy A3, A5 and A7 — later this month, according to a Delhi-based distributor. The phones are unlikely to be web exclusives and would be available in the general market, according to the distributor. The Korean giant […]
Lenovo Vibe S1 — the most advanced selfie camera in the world — is now available with select distributors in India. The phone has not been launched anywhere in the world yet, and it looks like India is the first to get it. UPDATE – The lenovo S1 Selfie has been priced at Rs 15,999 […]
Elephone, a Chinese brand that delivers mobile phones cheaper than nearly every other player, has launched the cheapest QHD phone in India – Vowney, priced at just Rs 20,999 for December delivery. The phone is almost exactly the same as the upcoming Yu Yutopia, but is cheaper. The Yu device is expected to carry a […]
Micromax Canvas 5, the Indian company’s latest flagship, will be launched in India at noon today, with an effective price of Rs 11,999. Actual sticker price is Rs 14,000. The Canvas 5 has a 5.2 inch full-HD display, an octa-core 1.3 GHz processor, 16 GB of storage memory, 3 GB of RAM and a 13 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sony’s affordable flagship, the five-inch Xperia M5, may have met its match with the launch of Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo — another ‘affordable flagship’ from the Korean company. The Galaxy S5 Neo, which is reportedly being prepped to be released in India at a price of Rs 25,000-30,000 towards the end of this month, could give would-be Xperia M5 buyers […]
The Elephone P8000 is now available on Snapdeal.com at a price of Rs 14,990. The phone is being sold by Indian distributor Auxus without the Elephone branding. The P8000 holds several distinctions. It is the cheapest phone with a fingerprint sensor and, at 4.2 Ah, has one of the biggest batteries on any smartphone […]
HTC fans are a disappointed lot these days. After a flurry of launches 6 months ago, the Taiwanese major has more or less gone silent as far as the mid-range market in India is concerned, leaving the market to models like Moto X Play and OnePlus Two. The only exception was the HTC One E9s, a stripped-down […]
HTC One A9, competitor to Sony Xperia M5 and Samsung A5 and OnePlus Two, will be launched in India in 2-3 weeks at a price of around Rs 29,000, according to distributors. The 5-inch Xperia M5 is Sony’s ‘affordable flagship’ and is available at Rs 32,000 on eBay with bill and warranty, while the OnePlus […]
It looks like OnePlus is finally moving away from selling just on Amazon and tying up with rival Snapdeal.com as well. The company is expected to make an official announcement of the start of sales on Snapdeal on Friday Sept 11, going by a poster released by Snapdeal (see on the top). UPDATE: Snapdeal is […]
Reliance Jio is all set to launch its first 4G handset in India — the photography-oriented Lenovo Vibe Shot — at a price of around 19,999. UPDATE: The phone’s price is Rs 23,000 The launch, expected to take place before Sept 10, will mark the entry of the telecom operator into India’s highly competitive smartphone […]
