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Snapdeal has rejected an initial takeover offer of $800-$900 million from rival Flipkart, according to a latest report from the Economic Times. The development comes just a few days after Flipkart completed its commercial and legal due diligence of Snapdeal.
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Moto India has finally sent out invites for the launch its latest Moto E4 Plus smartphone on July 12th. The company started teasing the launching of the smartphone last week. The main highlight of the phone is its 5000mAh battery that is slightly bigger than the 4000mAh battery on the Moto C Plus that was launched in the country recently. It also comes with fast charging support using 10W rapid charger. Continue reading “Moto E4 Plus with 5000mAh battery, fingerprint sensor, Android 7.1 launching in India on July 12”
Shyam Telecom has launched two Motorola earbuds – Motorola Earbuds Metal and Motorola Earbuds Sports in India. Both these have a 10mm neodymium driver that promises clear audio with deep bass and have IP54 ratings for water resistance. Continue reading “Motorola Earbuds Metal and Earbuds Sports in-ear water-resistant earphones launched for Rs. 999”
Samsung launched its flagship Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones back in April in Midnight Black and Maple Gold colors, and the S8+ also comes in Coral Blue color in India. It even launched 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version of the S8+ in the same Midnight Black color. Today the company has launched the Orchid Gray color variant for the phone in India.
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Nubia just launched the Nubia N2 smartphone in India, as it had promised. The successor of last year’s N1 packs the same 5000mAh battery that promises up to 3.2 days of battery life with daily use, has 4GB of RAM and comes with a 7.9mm slim aerospace-grade aluminum body, but it still runs on Android Marshmallow OS. Continue reading “Nubia N2 with 5.5-inch AMOLED display, 5000mAh battery, 4GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 15999”
After teasing the launch of the Zenfone AR smartphone that is compatible with both Tango AR platform and Google’s Daydream VR platform, Asus today confirmed that it will launch phone in India on July 13th. Even though this was announced as the world’s first smartphone with 8GB of RAM, the OnePlus 5 that was launched in India recently was the first smartphone to go on sale in the country with 8GB RAM. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone AR with 5.7-inch Quad HD display, Tango and Daydream support launching in India on July 13”
Spice brand, a joint venture between Transsion Holdings, popular for its leading mobile brands including TECNO, itel and Infinix, and Spice Mobility has introduced a new portfolio of 8 mobile devices including 5 feature phones and 3 smartphones. It has been almost 2 years since it launched a new phone. Continue reading “Spice comes back, launches new phones priced between Rs. 850 and Rs. 9500”
Flipkart is celebrating completion of 2 years since the launch of the first Lenovo ‘K Series’ phones on the e-commerce site. On the occasion, it is hosting a special one day sale on the Vibe K5 Note by offering flat Rs.3000 off on the Lenovo K5 Note (4GB RAM with 32 store), so you can get it for Rs. 9,499 on Flipkart till today midnight. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe K5 Note gets Rs. 3000 price cut for a day, available for Rs. 9499”
Vodafone India today announced that it has partnered with WhatsApp to promote and educate users to use the app in local India language. Vodafone said that it is one of the first operators to start such an initiative and aims to empower its consumers to connect with each other in a language of their preference. WhatsApp is available in more than 50 languages, including 10 Indian languages and has over 200 million monthly active users in India. Continue reading “Vodafone India partners with WhatsApp to promote the use of app in Indian languages”
ASUS has announced price cuts for their Zenfone 3 and Zenfone 3 Max series of Zenfone smartphones in India. Even though the company did not mention the reason for the price cut, this could be due to GST. The Zenfone 3 5.5-inch has received a huge Rs. 3000 price cut and few other smartphones have received Rs. 2000 price cut. Some of these Zenfone 3 smartphones got VoLTE support earlier this year. Continue reading “ASUS Zenfone 3 series get up to Rs. 3000 price cut in India”
Nubia today announced that it will launch a new smartphone in India on July 5th, which will likely be the Nubia N2 that was introduced back in March. The successor of last year’s N1 packs a 5000mAh battery that promises up to 3.2 days of battery life with daily use, has 4GB of RAM and comes with a unibody metal design. It has a fingerprint sensor on the front and has a 16-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Nubia N2 with 5000mAh battery, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor launching in India on July 5”
Moto India has silently launched the Moto E4 smartphone in the latest Moto E series in India and is also gearing to launch the Moto E4 Plus smartphone in the country soon. According to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom, the phone is available from stores at an MRP of Rs. 8999. Both the phones were announced a few weeks back, but India gets the MediaTek version instead of Snapdragon SoC in some countries. Continue reading “Moto E4 goes on sale in India for Rs. 8999, E4 Plus with 5000mAh battery, fingerprint sensor launching soon”
As the Goods and Services Tax or GST started rolling out in India. Apple today officially slashed the price of all its products iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac and iMac, including its latest iPad Pro and Macs that were introduced last month. Even with 10% of basic customs duty (BCD) imposed on mobile phones that are imported, after GST price of iPhone is still cheaper than before. iPhone has received up Rs. 6,600 price cut, iPad has received price cut by up to Rs. 3,900 and Macbook has received up to Rs. 11,800 price. Continue reading “Apple iPhone, iPad, Watch, Macs get a price cut in India as GST roll out begins”
In the wake of recent ransomware attacks, India is asking Microsoft to offer a one-time discount to the more than 50 million Windows users in the country, according to a latest report from Reuters. India wants the discount so users can upgrade to the latest Windows 10 operating system following recent ransomware attacks.
Xiaomi has achieved a new milestone by opening its 500th authorized service center in India in Bengaluru. With this, Xiaomi will provide an enhanced after sales service experience. Earlier this year it partnered with B2X, leading provider of customer care for smartphones for after sales service in India. At that time it had only 200 service centers across the country. Xiaomi’s service centers are now in 350 cities in 3 years since the company entered India.
