Rashi Peripherals, one of India’s largest mobile phone distributors, has announced that the iPhone 7 will be available in the country starting from October 7. “The smart phones will be available at over 1000 retail locations across India,” it said. The device was launched in the US yesterday, at a starting price of $650, or […]
Huawei, which has not had much luck in India in the last two years, is set to launch the P9 — a sophisticated camera phone in the same price range as the Xiaomi Mi5 and Le Max 2 — early next month. The P9 is the first dual-camera phone to come to the Indian market […]
Asus, the Taiwanese hardware maker known for bringing affordable smartphones to India, will be the first brand to launch a model with the new Snapdragon 821 chipset in India. The 821 is a slightly optimized and more powerful version of the 820 found in most high-end phones today. The company is all set to unveil its […]
Having unveiled the new Samsung Galaxy C5 and C7 in China recently, the Korean smartphone maker is preparing to launch the devices in India, according to distributor sources. The C series phones were unveiled in China about three weeks ago, with the company starting preorders for the 5.2-inch C5. The 5.7-inch Galaxy C7 was not […]
OnePlus 3, the latest from the start-up phonemaker, is now available with online seller Amazon India via an open sale, just a day after the phone was announced globally. Whatever your complaints have been about OnePlus’ products, the dreaded queue-system will not be one any more. This marks a different distribution approach from the company compared to any of its […]
After botching up its last flagship launch Yutopia, Yu Televentures has unveiled its 2016 flagship smartphone, the Yunicorn today at an expected price of Rs 12,999 in India. Last year, the company unveiled the Yutopia, which failed to click because of software bugs and some gluing issues with its rear camera lens. As a result, the […]
The share of 4G-enabled phones in the overall smartphone sales in India has zoomed to 62% in January from 11% a year ago, Reliance Jio said while briefing analysts about its fourth-quarter results. In the Rs 8,000-plus category, 95% of the smartphones come with 4G LTE, the operator said. Jio had been criticized for going […]
True to tradition, LeEco announced jaw-dropping prices for its second batch of smartphones, starting with Le 2 at Yuan 1099, which translates to Rs 11,250, and is the same as what the Le 1s was selling for. The company follows a naming convention similar to that of the iPhone — its inspiration and benchmark — […]
LeEco, formerly known as LeTV is all set to reveal its new line-up of phones in China today. Expected in the line-up are the Le 2s, Le 2 and 2 Pro. The event is scheduled to start at 2 PM China time, or 11:30 AM India Time. WATCH THE LIVE TRANSMISSION BELOW https://www.facebook.com/LeEcoHK/videos/1755015104780999/ and https://www.facebook.com/LeEcoHK/videos/1755042004778309/ […]
LeEco, formerly known as LeTV, is all set to reveal its second generation of devices in China tomorrow, and also expected are the details of their launch in India, which should happen in a matter of days. UPDATE: There is no LeEco 2S. The 2S model is now called LeEco Le 2, and has been […]
As expected, the first sale of Redmi Note 3 and Mi5 both got sold out soon after the gates were opened. With this, there are three more to go — two at 2 pm, and the last one at 5 PM. No information about how many units were sold or put up today. There is […]
Sometimes, competition can come from unexpected quarters, and that is what’s up with Xiaomi’s Mi5 smartphone. The device, considered unbeatable in terms of value, caused some consternation among fans when it was priced at Rs 24,999 — the highest ever price for any Xiaomi device ever launched in India. While normally brands like Oppo and […]
Less than 24 hours remain for the start of the mega sale planned by Xiaomi for its Indian fans — the Mi Fan Festival. The Chinese company has been at the receiving end of fans’ ire after failing miserably to fulfill fans’ expectations in recent times. While 2015 was all about missed launches, 2016 has […]
Xiaomi India caused much disappointment among its fans with its price of Rs 24,999 for the 3 GB RAM version of its Mi5 smartphone. It is not releasing the 4 GB version in India, at least for now. The first flash sale is on Apr 6. The pricing indicates that it is no longer willing […]
Hit by a barrage of criticism and negativity from fans, Xiaomi has said it is planning “something special” for its next sale of Redmi Note 3, and that this sale will include the 32 GB version of the phone. It also added that there will be no need for pre-registration to participate in this sale. […]
It looks like LeEco likes the thunderous welcome it received for its first model in India, the LeTV Le 1s, and is gearing up to launch its successor, the 2s in the country in April. The price of the Le 2s would be largely in the same ballpark as the 1s, but it could be […]
It looks like the rivalry between Xiaomi and its home-bred competitor LeTV is all set to get even hotter with the launch of Xiaomi Mi5 in India next month. Xiaomi has sent out invites that it will bring its flagship, the Mi5, on March 31, which means that the device will hit India before LeTV’s upcoming […]
It looks like ‘affordable’ flagship phone maker OnePlus is taking a leaf from Xiaomi’s playbook and not going the way of higher and higher resolution displays. According to the latest Antutu benchmarking details of OnePlus 3 leaked by a Weibo user, the phone will have a full-HD display just like its predecessor OnePlus 2. Many […]
Google could release one of world’s first truly modular mobile device — one with user-replaceable parts — as early as next month and it won’t be a tablet, but a smartphone, according to person close to the company’s Project Ara unit. “People are saying it’s a tablet because a benchmarking site said the screen size was […]
It looks like the rivalry between Xiaomi and its home-bred competitor LeTV is all set to get even hotter with the launch of Xiaomi Mi5 in India next month. At roughly the same time, LeTV will bring its latest flagship, the Snapdragon 820-powered Le 2 Pro, into India. Unlike the modest 5.15-inch full-HD display on Mi5, the […]
