As per IDC’s Quarterly mobile phone tracker, the Indian smartphone market has shipped 142.3 million units in 2018, registering a healthy 14.5% year-on-year (YoY) growth as compared to 2017. Though the Q3 2018 has been the strongest quarter, the market saw a sequential decline of 15.1% in Q4 2018 owing to high channel inventory. Continue reading “Indian smartphone shipments up 14.5% YoY in 2018; Xiaomi continues to lead with 28.9% share: IDC”
Vivo Apex in 2018 was the start of a true bezel-less display trend and this year too, the company seems to be taking this forward as Vivo is said to be working on a smartphone with ‘Crazy’ Design, according to leakster. The Vivo’s mysterious smartphone is code-named “The Waterdrop.” Continue reading “Vivo Water-drop with unique design surface in renders”
Vivo has announced to launch their second manufacturing facility in India. The company has acquired additional 169-acre of land in the Yamuna Expressway region in Uttar Pradesh with an estimated investment of Rs. 4000 crore. Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath welcomed the initiative and congratulated Vivo for the upcoming facility. Continue reading “Vivo to setup second manufacturing facility in Uttar Pradesh with Rs. 4000 crore investment”
From in-display fingerprint sensors to pop out cameras, Vivo has been on a roll this year. Where most brands have worked on bringing down prices or rolling out iterative updates, Vivo has genuinely pushed the game forward. With the Vivo V11 Pro, we’re seeing a mix of both. A gorgeous design ID paired with some very futuristic features at an attractive price. Sounds too good to be true? Read on to find out. Continue reading “Vivo V11 Pro Review”
After so much hype, Apple has officially announced the iPhones which broke the news this week. The company has introduced three new iPhones; the iPhone XS, XS Max, Xr which is a budget offering. Apart from iPhones, Apple has also introduced the Apple Watch Series 4. Motorola has introduced the Moto G6 Plus which was long overdue. Let’s have a look at the things that happened this week. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Apple iPhone XS, XS Max, XR, Moto G6 Plus, OPPO F9, OnePlus Type-C Bullets and more”
Vivo has announced plans to spearhead industry development of pre-commercial 5G smartphones through the introduction of 5G software and hardware based on Vivo NEX S smartphone. The company has also announced that it has completed the initial development of 5G smartphone software and hardware on Vivo NEX S. Continue reading “Vivo spearheads 5G-enabled NEX S with Qualcomm X50 modem”
Vivo ranks high amongst the brands that have been at the forefront of smartphone innovation. Be it in-screen fingerprint recognition, hi-fi music chips, motorized cameras or sheer camera technology, the company is making massive strides towards bringing the next-generation technology to consumers. The X21 was amongst the first Vivo smartphones with Dual Pixel camera technology (2PD). With the V11 Pro launch right around the corner, we expect the phone to pack the same tech. Let’s take a deeper look into the Dual Pixel technology to see what makes it tick. Continue reading “What is Dual Pixel technology?”
Following the launch in Mumbai, Airtel recently launched VoLTE services across rest of Maharashtra & Goa. With this option, now Airtel users can enjoy HD quality voice calls with faster call set up time compared to normal voice calls on their VoLTE-compatible 4G handsets. There will be no additional data charges for VoLTE and calls will be billed as per existing plan or packs benefits. Continue reading “List of Airtel VoLTE compatible Smartphones”
Vivo has confirmed that it will roll out the Android 9.0 Pie later this year. Vivo told that consumers can expect the update in Q4 2018, though it didn’t provide a more precise time frame. The company didn’t disclose which device would be the first to get the update as well, might the Vivo X21 could be the first. Continue reading “Vivo confirms Android 9.0 (Pie) roll out for Q4 2018, Vivo X21 could be the first to get”
Xiaomi really nailed it last quarter in India pushing Samsung behind to regain the number one position in the smartphone space. However, Samsung gave it back this time reclaiming the top position. According to Counterpoint Research, the smartphone market returned to double-digit growth (18%) YoY after flat first-quarter growth. Continue reading “Samsung surpasses Xiaomi in India to regain number one position with 29% market share in Q2 2018: Counterpoint”
When Vivo announced the Apex concept at Mobile World Congress, nobody expected to see an honest to goodness retail smartphone based on it this soon. Now that we’ve spent some time with the hardware, here’s what we think about it. Continue reading “Vivo NEX Review”
Vivo has launched the NEX smartphone in India finally after so much hype. It comes with a pop-up front camera that automatically rises and hides when you open and close the camera app. Huawei has launched the Nova 3, the company’s latest smartphone in the Nova series. It packs a 6.3-inch FHD+ 19:5:9 aspect ratio curved glass display with a notch and many more. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Vivo NEX, Xiaomi Mi Max 3, Huawei Nova 3, Nokia 6.1 Plus, X5 and more”
According to Canalys, Samsung, and Xiaomi each shipped a total of 9.9 million smartphones in the last quarter in India. Together, both the companies now account for a 60% market share which is up from 43% the same time last year. Continue reading “Samsung and Xiaomi accounted for 9.9 million smartphone shipments in India in Q2 2018: Canalys”
This week Asus launched its flagship Zenfone 5Z in India, Reliance Jio finally introduced the JioPhone 2 months after launching the JioPhone. OnePlus introduced the Amber Red OnePlus 6. Samsung too had a launch; the company introduced the Galaxy On6 and lots more in this roundup. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: ASUS Zenfone 5Z, JioPhone 2, OnePlus 6 Amber Red, Samsung Galaxy On6 and more”
This week Xiaomi has announced the Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A smartphones in China. Vivo has announced the much-hyped full-screen Vivo NEX S smartphone. Garmin has launched the vivoactive 3 Music smartwatch with integrated Music support and lots more in our weekly roundup. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Xiaomi Redmi 6, Redmi 6A, Vivo NEX, Samsung QLED TVs, Garmin vivoactive 3 Music and more”
