Some of the most common questions we get involve phones under Rs. 10,000 and particularly about which one of them to get. While, the perfect smartphone for you will depend on your particular requirements and use cases, we have shortlisted 10 devices that fall in this price range that we feel offer maximum bang for buck. You can use this list and to narrow down and find your ideal smartphone.
Rajan Anandan, Google’s Managing Director for South East Asia and India has said that the company is initiating talks with telecom operators in India to pilot its Project Loon initiative, according to a latest report from the Economic Times.
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It looks like Amazon India is the latest entrant in the effervescent digital wallet market. The e-commerce giant is gearing up to launch its own digital wallet in the country by Q2 2016, according to a latest report from the Times of India. The news comes only days after its rival Flipkart launched the Flipkart Money Wallet.
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Vuclip has launched Viu, an Over-the-Top (OTT) video-on-demand (VOD) service in India. The service is built on Vuclip’s patented Dynamic Adaptive Transcoding technology. Viu is coming to India following its launches in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore.
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Google has announced that it is launching Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) for search in India. Unveiled in October last year, AMP is an open source HTML initiative which improves the performance of the mobile web and is Google’s answer to Facebook’s Instant Articles.
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Ather Energy has introduced S340, a smart electric scooter that is ‘Made in India’. It is powered by a Lithium Ion battery and offers a top speed of 72 kmph and a range upto 60 kms.
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A day before, we reported some concerns about India’s cheapest Android smartphone Freedom 251 and why it seems like more of a ‘Publicity Stunt’. We reached out to Ringing Bells with some of your FAQ’s (frequently asked questions) and company’s President Ashok Chaddha has replied to many of them in an email statement. Continue reading “Over 60 million Freedom 251 registrations in 2 days, Company denies ‘Scam’ again and answers FAQ’s”
Just to clarify in advance, we are not passing any judgement about the phone and whether it’s scam or not. What we are referring to is that it seems more of a ‘Publicity Stunt’ and nothing else. Continue reading “Freedom 251 is definitely a great buy, but we smell something else here!”
Two of the biggest online market places in India – Flipkart and Amazon.in are taking a step further to get more sellers to their platform. Flipkart has announced the nation-wide launch of a new cataloguing and listing service dubbed as Spotlist. The new initiative aims to bring sellers including SMEs, artisans and other businesses with instant access to list their products on Flipkart.
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Apple has withdrawn iPhone 4s and 5c smartphones from India, as per a report from the Economic Times. The move comes from the company as it bows out of the sub Rs. 20,000 smartphone segment in the country to bolster its falling average selling price (ASP).
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Apple is already looking forward to open its retail branded stores in India and is waiting for a DIPP approval. However, it looks like the company does not want to stop at that, as it is planning to set up its first technology development center outside the US in Hyderabad, according to a latest report from the Economic Times.
Ringing Bells, a homegrown handset maker is all set to launch the cheapest smartphone in India which is priced under Rs 500. Dubbed as Freedom 251, the company will release the phone in the country tomorrow, February 17.
Facebook has finally pulled the plug on its Free Basics service in India. The move comes from the social network only days after the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) favoured Net Neutrality and banned differential pricing. Differential pricing means charging customers different prices for access to different websites and services.
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Last week, Apple CEO TIM Cook said that it is working on bringing Apple stores in India. Now, new reports are saying that the iPhone and iPad maker will have to re-submit an application for opening single brand retail stores in the country.
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