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Smartphone sales within the leading 50 cities of India fell by a whopping 30.5 percent month on month in Nov 2016 over Oct 2016, according to International Data Corporation’s (IDC) monthly city level smartphone tracker. Continue reading “Smartphone market drops by 30.5% in top 50 cities of India: IDC”
Lenovo launched K6 Power smartphone in India last month for Rs. 9999, exclusively on Flipkart. Today Lenovo has announced that the 4GB RAM version will be available from Flipkart starting from January 31st, which is next Tuesday. Continue reading “Lenovo K6 Power 4GB RAM variant launching on January 31 on Flipkart for Rs. 10999”
iBall has launched Slide Nimble 4GF, the company’s latest tablet with 4G VoLTE support. It has a 8-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex A53 processor, has 3GB of RAM and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 5-megapixel auto-focus rear camera with a single LED flash and 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “iBall Slide Nimble 4GF with 8-inch display, 3GB RAM, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 9999”
Xiaomi launched its most expected Redmi Note 4 smartphone in India last week. It went on open sale at 12PM yesterday. Yesterday it did not announce the number of units it sold. Today it has revealed that it sold over 2,50,000 units of Redmi Note 4 units in just 10 minutes on both Flipkart and Mi.com. Xiaomi said that the first sale of Redmi Note 4 witnessed more than 3x and 5x quantity of the first sale of Redmi 3S and Redmi Note 3 respectively.
Huawei’s Honor brand introduced the Honor 6X smartphone for global markets earlier this month at the CES 2017. Today it has launched the smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was introduced in China last year, has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Kirin 655 16nm processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with EMUI 4.1. It will get EMUI 5.0 based on Android 7.0 (Nougat) in Q2 2017. Continue reading “Honor 6X with 5.5-inch 1080p display, dual rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 12999”
Intex has launched Cloud Style 4G, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone with support for VoLTE. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core Spreadtrum processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Intex Cloud Style 4G with 5-inch HD display, VoLTE launched for Rs. 5799”
Apple has picked Wistron as the primary iPhone manufacturer for India, according to a latest report from Digitimes. Wistron will be the lead supplier for 2017 iPhones which are expected to be dubbed as iPhone 8. Continue reading “Apple reportedly picks Wistron as the main iPhone manufacturer in India”
Uber launched its standalone online food delivery mobile app – UberEATS in the U.S. last year after piloting it in Los Angeles back in 2014. Currently it is live in 58 cities. Today it has announced that UberEATS is coming to India soon. It will be partnering with local restaurants to get you the food you want, delivered faster.
Continue reading “UberEATS online food delivery app launching in India soon”
Vodafone today launched ‘Unlimited Vodafone RED’ plans for its post-paid customers starting at Rs 499, a month after launching similar packs for pre-paid customers. The Rs. 499 Vodafone RED plan now offers unlimited local and STD calls with free national roaming on incoming calls, 100 free local and national SMS, 3GB free data quota on 4G devices. Continue reading “Vodafone launches RED post-paid plans with unlimited local and STD calls, bundled data”
Vivo just launched V5 Plus, the company’s selfie-focused smartphone in India as it had promised. The smartphone went official last week and has a 20-megapixel front-facing camera with Sony IMX376 1/2.78″ sensor, f/2.0 aperture and an 8-megapixel secondary font-facing camera for capturing depth information. Continue reading “Vivo V5 Plus with 20MP + 8MP dual front cameras, 4GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 27980”
After launching the Evo Gamepad Pro 2 Bluetooth game controller for Android last year, Amkette today launched Evo Gamepad Wired, which is the wired version of the popular Evo Gamepad Pro controller. “The wired version of the game controller is designed to enhance the smartphone gaming experience for the users and is compatible with all the OTG supported Android devices,” said the company. Continue reading “Amkette Evo Gamepad Wired for Android launched for Rs. 2599, exclusively bundled with Lenovo K6 Note”
Amazon today started its first 3-day Great Indian Sale for the year. With only few hours left for the Day 1 sales, Amazon has announced 100% YoY growth on Day 1 of sale and said that this is its biggest ever January Sale till date. Continue reading “Amazon announces 100% YoY growth on Day 1 of the Amazon Great Indian Sale”
Reliance Jio is gearing up to make LYF phones in India. The company has asked Chinese and Taiwanese device makers along with Foxconn to manufacture LYF VoLTE smartphones, smart set-top boxes, home automation and automobile telematics devices in the country, according to latest report from the Economic Times. Continue reading “Reliance Jio asks Foxconn to make LYF smartphones, other products in India”
Last week, ICICI bank had blocked transactions on Flipkart’s payment app PhonePe citing security concerns. Now, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has asked ICICI bank to unblock transactions made on Flipkart’s PhonePe app immediately. Continue reading “NPCI asks ICICI Bank to unblock UPI transactions made on Flipkart’s PhonePe”
Vivo is all set to launch V5 Plus in India on January 23rd. The smartphone went official earlier this week. Now the selfie-focused phone is available for pre-order through retail stores in India, according to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom. The main highlight of the phone is its 20-megapixel front-facing camera with Sony IMX376 1/2.78″ sensor, f/2.0 aperture and an 8-megapixel secondary font-facing camera for capturing depth information. Continue reading “Vivo V5 Plus with 20MP + 8MP dual front cameras now available for pre-order in India for Rs. 27980”
