The Indian smartphone market is the third largest globally. It is growing at quite a brisk pace and a major part of this growth is coming in from the sub-Rs 10,000 smartphone segment in the country. The segment attracts the highest number of launches and almost every major OEM has at least 3-4 offerings in this segment. So it is no surprise that when consumers start looking out for options in... Read More
Counterpoint Technology Market Research has just released its report for the first quarter of 2015 (January-March 2015) of the Indian mobile market. A lot has happened in the Indian mobile market this year and the report pretty much sums it up. The smartphone shipments in the country grew by 21 percent in terms of year-on-year (YoY) growth but dropped by 8 percent when it came to the quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth.... Read More
YU has been teasing the launch of its second smartphone for quite a while in the country through social media. Thedevice was codenamed Project Caesar and then YU ran a campaign to crowdsource the name. The campaign resulted in the device getting the name YUPHORIA and it seems like that the stage is all set for its launch. YU has released information regarding the launch of the YUPHORIA through Twitter. The... Read More
Software updates constitute an important role in the post purchase user experience . Smartphone OEMs usually update their high end and mid-range smartphones but the entry level devices are usually left out of the update schedule. So if an OEM brings an update for an entry level device, it surely adds to the experience of the customers. Gionee has just announced that it will be commencing the Android 5.0 Lollipop... Read More
Huawei, the Chinese OEM, has been at the receiving some tough competition from its Chinese rivals such as Lenovo and Xiaomi. Huawei has just launched a new mid-range handset, the Honor 4C, in its home country. It has a 5-inch 720p display, a HiSilicon Kirin 620 SoC, 2GB of RAM, 8GB internal storage, and a microSD card slot. You get a 13-megapixel camera at the rear, and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It runs Android... Read More
HTC will reportedly announce a mid range smartphone exclusively for India in the third quarter of 2015. This latest move by HTC is directed towards gaining market share in the segment. In accordance to a report published by The Economic Times, HTC’s forthcoming mid-ranger will be priced around Rs. 15,000 to 20,000, when it hits the market this year. HTC seems really keen to launch a global phone, and all... Read More
LG’s mid-range smartphone, Magna (LG-H502F), is now available in India via retail stores. Mumbai-based mobile phones retailer, Mahesh Telecom, revealed the information. The device has a slight curved design with the display crafted in a 3000mm radius curve. LG also launched the Spirit smartphone with a 4.7-inch display in India recently, it was launched alongside Magna. LG Magna was first announced in February ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015.... Read More
Asian investors are making big plays in the Indian venture ecosystem and are honing in on all things India mobile. In today's news, sources indicate that Chinese digital commerce giant Alibaba, through its separate payment unit Alipay, is set to make its second investment into India, this time into Indian low-cost mobile phone maker Micromax. Earlier this year, the group invested in Paytm, a fast-growing Indian digital payment company. It's not just the Chinese... Read More
The Chinese smartphone OEMs seem to be the busiest lot these days, courtesy of the slew of new launches they make every now and then. Lenovo has just launched the K80 smartphone in China with 4GB of RAM, which will lock horns with the Asus Zenfone 2, which was launched in India yesterday. Till now, the Asus Zenfone 2 was the only smartphone with 4GB RAM, but Lenovo has tied-up with... Read More
Lava, the Indian OEM which has given a slew of budget smartphones has been at the receiving end of the heat generated from the launch of the likes of Lenovo A6000 Plus, YU YUREKA, Redmi 2 and Moto E (2nd Gen). But it is constantly working on expanding its portfolio to have a strong budget lineup. The latest device to be launched by the manufacturer is the Iris Alfa L.... Read More
Asus Zenfone 2 series of smartphones have just been launched in India officially, with a starting price of Rs 12,999. The company launched the Asus Zenfone 2 in a grand keynote event during CES 2015 earlier this year. In India, the device has been launched two models – Zenfone 2 ZE550ML and Zenfone 2 ZE551ML – with three sub-variants of the former model and one of the latter. To make things a bit more confusing, all of... Read More
Flash sales of smartphones is a model which was introduced by Xiaomi but was adopted by many. It helps create a lot of hype around the devices to go on sale and helps OEMs keep to keep a sync between demand and production. Lenovo recently launched the A6000 Plus in India for Rs 7,499 and the smartphone will go on sale on April 28th at 2:00 PM in India for the... Read More
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