News from India the most happening mobile market
Xiaomi today unveiled the Mi MIX 2 smartphone at an event in China. Manu Jain, Group Vice President and Managing Director of Xiaomi India just tweeted that the company will be launching it in India soon, even though the company did not bring its first Mi Mix to India. He did not share if the Mi Note 3 will come to India. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 with bezel-less display to launch in India soon”
Airtel has launched Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services in India starting from Mumbai, as expected, making it the second operator in the country to offer VoLTE after Reliance Jio. This lets Airtel customers enjoy HD quality voice calls along with faster call set up time compared to normal voice calls on their VoLTE-compatible 4G handsets. Airtel already offers 4G Advanced Carrier Aggregation technology in Mumbai that offers data speeds of up to 135 Mbps by combining spectrum capacities in 2300MHz (TD LTE) and 1800 MHz (FD LTE). Continue reading “Airtel VoLTE services launched in India starting from Mumbai”
Google rolled out the new personalized feed in India for its search app for Android and iOS. The feed will enable you to see cards containing the latest sports highlights, top news, engaging videos, new music, stories about your hobbies and more. Most importantly, the new feed will be available in English and Hindi.
Continue reading “Google rolls out a new personalized feed for Indian users with Hindi support”
Airtel back in July confirmed that the company is trialing 4G VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) services across five circles in the country and will officially launch VoLTE across it circles later this year. Today a new ET report says that it will launch VoLTE services in the country as early as next week. Continue reading “Airtel VoLTE services expected to roll out in India starting next week”
After Gionee, Xiaomi, ASUS and most recently OPPO, Intex has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Reliance Jio to offer up to 25GB additional data at 5GB data per month with a recharge of Rs. 309 or above for up to 5 recharges for its 4G smartphones when services are activated for the first time, on or after September 4th, 2017 and is valid till March 31st, 2018. Continue reading “Intex teams up with Reliance Jio to offer up to 25GB additional data for its 4G phones”
Asus has sent out invites for the launch of new Zenfone series in India, which will likely be the Zenfone 4 series that includes Zenfone 4, Zenfone 4 Pro, Zenfone 4 Selfie Pro, Zenfone 4 Selfie, ZenFone 4 Max and Zenfone 4 Max Pro. It is not clear if all the phones will be launched in the country, but the company is teasing new selfie-focused smartphone with Ditch The Selfie Stick hashtag so it could launch the Zenfone 4 Selfie series in the country. Continue reading “ASUS Zenfone 4 series launching in India on September 14”
Uber has introduced PREMIER ride service option in India. Available in Pune and Mumbai, select riders will be offered PREMIER as an in-app product option that serves as an upgrade to their current uberX experience.
Continue reading “Uber rolls out PREMIER ride service option in Mumbai and Pune”
Xiaomi yesterday launched Mi A1, the company’s first Android One smartphone in partnership with Google priced at Rs. 14,999. It is the global variant of the Mi 5X that was introduced in China back in July, but this runs stocks Android. Check out the unboxing of the phone.
Samsung just sent out invites for the launch of its flagship Galaxy Note8 smartphone in India on September 12th, the same day as the Apple iPhone 8 event. The phone comes with a 6.3-inch Quad HD+ Infinity Display and comes with 12-megapixel primary camera with f/1.7 aperture and wide-angle lens and a 12-megapixel secondary camera with f/2.4 aperture and telephoto lens offering 2x optical zoom and OIS for both. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note8 launching in India on September 12”
Flipkart has announced that the fourth edition of Big Billion Days sale will be held between September 20th and 24th, 2017, which few weeks early unlike earlier Big Billion Days sales. This year’s sale is powered by Jio. Continue reading “Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale 2017 scheduled from September 20 to 24”
Airtel Business has launched Airtel GST Advantage, a solution for small businesses and start-ups to file their GST returns, in partnership with ClearTax. It is available for free to all existing Airtel Business customers till March 31st, 2018 and they can register at airtel.in/gst-advantage. Continue reading “Airtel GST Advantage for corporate customers launched, offers 18GB additional data”
Vivo just launched V7+, the company’s latest mid-range selfie-focused smartphone in India. It has a 5.99-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) FullView display with 18:9 aspect ratio, narrow bezels and 84.4% screen-to-body ratio and a 24-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash, Face Beauty 7.0 and Portrait mode. It also has a 16-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and LED flash. Continue reading “Vivo V7+ with 5.99-inch FullView display, 24MP front camera, Snapdragon 450 launched in India for Rs. 21990”
Xiaomi today launched Mi Car Charger and Mi 2-in-1 USB Cable, two new accessories in India. The Car Charger has full metal body and has two USB ports to charge two devices simultaneously and the 2-in-1 USB Cable lets you charge and sync your Micro USB devices as well as Type-C devices using just one cable. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 2-in-1 Type-C + Micro USB Cable, Mi Car Charger launched in India for Rs. 299 and Rs. 799”
10.or (pronounced Tenor), a new smartphone brand has announced its debut in India today with the 10.or E manufactured by Huaqin Technology exclusively on Amazon India. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass screen, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 SoC, runs on Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) and that company promises to offer Android 8.0 (Oreo) update. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with phase detection auto focus (PDAF) , LED flash, PDAF and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera that also has an LED flash. Continue reading “10.or E with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4000mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 7999”
