China’s LOVE brands — Lenovo, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi — will have to introduce cheaper models in 2017 to continue their strong growth in India, CyberMedia Research said in a report. The reason? India’s replacement and upgrade market — Rs 10,000-13,000 — will no longer be the center of action in 2017 and to continue their growth, […]
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 […]
LAVA International Limited, an Indian multi-national company in the mobile handset industry, launched its new product LAVA X28 with 5.5” HD screen, priced at Rs 7,349. LAVA X28 specifications includes 4G VoLTE connectivity and latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system. VoLTE is required for voice calling on Reliance Jio’s new LTE network. The phone is […]
OPPO, a China-based smartphone brand, has changed its India CEO, and said it has sold around 400,000 phones in India since its entry last year. It also said it is targeting to sell 1.5 million units in 2015. The company has been among the most aggressive in terms of expenditure on promotions, hoardings and so […]
SWIPE, the Indian smartphone brand, has brought out its own version of Android called Freedom OS, adding features like 100 GB of cloud storage. The operating system will make an appearance on SWIPE ELITE – the company’s upcoming Android phone that is going to be sold exclusively on Flipkart.com from 19th August 2015. Features of […]
New benchmark scores for MediaTek’s implementation of ARM Holdings’ latest core design indicate that MediaTek and ARM are likely to have potential chips suitable for notebooks, servers and even desktop PCs by the end of this year or early next year. These chips would be potentially more powerful than those found in the new Apple […]
T-Series, which kickstarted the audio cassette revolution in India, has entered the mobile handset space with the launch of its first phone SS909. The T-Series SS909, priced at Rs 5,999 on Snapdeal, is powered by a quad-core processor and has half a GB of RAM. The company did not specify the display resolution, but said […]
Soon after the successful launch of its ZTE V5 smartphone, the Chinese brand is planning to follow up with two cheaper models – the Blade L2 and the ZTE V969. The first model model, which unfortunately comes with Android 4.2, will be priced in line with its current entry-level 5-inch model, Grand X Quad V987. […]
The Sony Xperia E3, the first mid-range Android KitKat phone from the Japanese brand, will be launched in India next week at a price of Rs 16,000, according to distributors. UPDATE: The phone has been launched at an MRP of Rs 13,000 as Sony has tried to recapture the market in India. It will be […]
Karbonn Mobiles is likely to launch yet another 5-inch Android model, Titanium S10, next week at a price of Rs 7,200-7,500, according to an industry source. Not much is known about the phone, except that it will sport a five inch display, and will almost certainly have Android Kitkat 4.4. What is not known is […]
The Alcatel POP D5, the cheapest Indian 4.5-inch phone with Android Kitkat, is expected to hit stores in India in the coming week for Rs 5,500. The phone will compete with the Spice Stellar 497, which is priced at Rs 5,545 on Flipkart, and the Micromax Unite 2, priced at Rs 6,250. The specifications of […]
The Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini will be officially launched in India this coming week, according to industry sources, and will be priced at around Rs 26,000. The phone, which carries a 4.5-inch Amoled HD display, is currently available in India in the grey market through channels like eBay, but these purchases do not carry the […]
The second of Samsung’s 64-bit phone, Samsung Galaxy Alpha, could be priced well above what other 64-bit models would be priced at, according to industry sources. The Alpha is likely to be priced in the range of Rs 30,000 in India, or about $400 outside. In comparison, the similarly speced Huawei G621, is likely to […]
The rumors of an impending Galaxy S5 refresh version have never really died down. Now, according to an industry source, Samsung may launch a more expensive model of the flagship phone with LTE-A that will cost about Rs 55,000, or about 45% more than the Samsung Galaxy S5 that is currently available in the Indian […]
Sony Xperia C3, the successor to the mid-range C model, has been listed by online retailer Infibeam, the selling price has not been specified by the etailer yet. The phone, with a sticker price of Rs 23,990, is expected to sell for Rs 22,000 when it makes its debut online. The price is then expected […]
The much awaited smartphone platform for the masses, Firefox OS, is finally here. Spice, one of the two Indian companies chosen by Mozilla as its hardware platform for the low-cost smartphone revolution, has announced the fruits of its labor. The move is intended to make smartphones accessible to everyone by lowering the entry barrier. The […]
Sony’s 5.5-inch, Android KitKat-based Xperia C3 will be available in the Rs 19,000-21,000 range when the phone is launched in coming weeks in India, according to industry sources. The phone will compete in the space between the mid-range and the top-end and the model would be available in the next five to six days in […]
Samsung seems all set to launch a new dual-core, 5-inch Android Kitkat phone in India over the next 5-8 weeks with a price tag of Rs 10,500-11,500. The phone, whose model number is SM-G530H, will be the Korean brand’s cheapest 5-inch model in India when launched. At present, that title is held by the Galaxy […]
The battle for entry level smartphones is all set to intensify with Lenovo planning to launch a new model, the A536, in India in the next two weeks, according to market sources. The phone, which comes with a 5 inch, 854 × 480 pixel LCD display and a quadcore mediatek MT6582m processor, will be priced […]
With 65,000 units sold in less than a month, the mania for Xiaomi Mi3 seems to be still going strong judging by user feedback on the phone. Out of the 2,269 ratings that the phone has received on Flipkart, 68.5% of the people have given the phone 5 out of 5 — or excellent, in […]
