From flagship rivals to strong mid-range contenders, here's a look at the latest mobile phones available in India, what they offer, how much they cost, and who should consider buying them.
February 2026 is a promising 28 days for smartphone fans in India.
Aggressive pricing by brands have made the 5g mobile phone affordable; you can get good options around Rs 10,000.
Tech giant Apple has recorded its highest-ever value share of 28 per cent in the Indian smartphone market, driven by a surging "premiumisation" trend where consumers are increasingly opting for high-end devices, according to a report by Counterpoint Research.
Motorola has added a fresh face to its G-series line-up with the arrival of the Moto G57 Power, a wallet-friendly handset, in a single variant with 8 GB of memory and 128 GB of internal space, priced at 13,999.
Motorola's Edge 70 boasts a silicon-carbon power cell of 4,800mAh, elegantly fitted into a body just 5.99mm slim.
Motorola has introduced two new foldable smartphones internationally: the Razr 60 and Razr 60 Ultra.
The Flipkart Republic Day sale offers a temporary price reduction for the Motorola Moto G85 smartphone. Here are the details.
The Motorola Edge 60 will be available in two stylish hues -- Gibraltar Sea, a dusky blue tone, and Shamrock, a lively green, both officially certified by Pantone. It is priced at 25,999.
Few people have left the kind of imprint on India's advertising canvas as Piyush Pandey. An observer who seemed to know what made the country tick, a man who could find humour in life's everyday struggles and spin magic from it, one who understood that to reach the masses you needed to communicate with them in their language and context -- he was all of this and more.
GenAI smartphones are mobile devices that leverage large-scale, pre-trained GenAI models to create original content or perform contextually aware tasks.
'Government officials use Gmail and ordinary phones without basic security consciousness.' 'Interoperability, especially in joint exercises with countries like the US, worries me.' 'It often means we open our systems to them, but they don't reciprocate.' 'They could have kill switches in their systems and might even be able to affect ours.'
'We are increasing our footprint, but other markets also compete - like Indonesia or Vietnam.'
Motorola has introduced the Moto G86 Power 5G, Moto G86 5G, and Moto G56, all featuring large batteries, a 50MP Sony sensor, Moto AI support.
Marking its entry into the Indian laptop segment, Motorola has unveiled its debut notebook -- the Moto Book 60. Buyers will be able to get their hands on this device beginning April 23 via Flipkart and Motorola's official online store.
Motorola on April 2 introduced the first smartphone in its Edge 60 series -- the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion. It caters to buyers in India looking for a device under 30,000.
The Motorola Edge 60 Pro has been launched in India, offering a 50 MP selfie camera and a powerful 6000 mAh battery. Prices starting at 29,999, it also features stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos support.
The Flipkart Republic Day sale offers a temporary price reduction for the Motorola Moto G85 smartphone. Here are the details.
Apple's iPhone supplies in India grew 25 per cent year-on-year in March quarter 2025, capturing 8 per cent market share, a CyberMedia Research report said on Monday.
Electronics manufacturing services firm Dixon Technologies is setting up a Rs 1,000-crore facility near Chennai and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday. The factory, which will come up at Oragadam in neighbouring Kancheepuram district, is expected to generate 5,000 jobs in the region, the state government said.
Chinese smart devices firm Xiaomi's India head Muralikrishnan B has resigned from the company to pursue his interest in academic research, the company said on Monday. He will continue to support Xiaomi India as an independent Strategic Advisor, the company said. "Muralikrishnan B, the current President of Xiaomi India, will be transitioning out of his role at the end of the year.
Motorola Inc on Monday announced the departure of Firdose Vandrevala, chairman, Motorola India and corporate vice president, Motorola Inc, effective July 1, 2007.
Smartphone supplies in India grew by 6 per cent to 4.6 crore in the July-September quarter with Vivo leading the chart and iQoo clocking the highest growth rate among top 10 brands, a report by market research firm IDC said on Wednesday. The market was dominated by Chinese players, with leading brands cornering around 72 per cent market share during the quarter. "The Indian smartphone market grew for the fifth consecutive quarter.
Motorola's mobile unit includes handsets and set-top boxes that will continue to do business under the name Motorola Mobility, while the remaining Motorola changes its name to Motorola Solutions.
India's smartphone market grew by three per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in volume in the third quarter (Q3) of calendar year 2024, while its value surged by 12 per cent Y-o-Y to reach an all-time record for a single quarter, according to a report by research firm Counterpoint. The value growth was driven by an ongoing premiumisation trend, while the increase in volume was driven by an earlier onset of the festival season compared to the previous year.
In India, Razr Maxx will be available in select cities at select retail stores starting June 21 for a recommended retail price of Rs 31,590.
Stocks of electronics manufacturing services companies have been major outperformers, with four of the top eight listed majors by market capitalisation doubling their value over the past 12 months. The biggest gainer in this space has been the market leader, Dixon Technologies (India), which is up nearly threefold.
PC maker Lenovo India will start manufacturing 50,000 GPU-based AI servers in India next year, the company said on Tuesday. Besides this, Lenovo announced setting up its fourth largest research and development centre in Bengaluru. Lenovo India managing director Shailendra Katyal said that the company will make servers locally and also export them from its manufacturing unit in Puducherry.
A joint panel of Indian Broadcasting Foundation and Advertising Agencies Association of India has asked major television broadcasters not to carry commercials from Samsung, Motorola and Reckitt Benckiser after "consistent defaults" and "non-clearance
For Motorola, there is one mega distributor, Flipkart.
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In August, firm had said it will shrink operations in India, lay off 4,000 employees worldwide as part of restructuring plans
Jha, who revived Motorola's Mobile Devices business and led the company through this acquisition, has stepped down as CEO, although he will continue to work with Google to help ensure a smooth transition.
Telecom equipment maker Motorola plans to invest $17 million and hire nearly 500 people at its India R&D centre here every year, officials said on Thursday.\n\n
Having spent 33 long years with the Tata Group in different capacities in steel, power and telecom sector, Firdose Vandrevala has quit the group and joined telecom multinational Motorola as head of Indian operations.
While LG's LG GW620 is priced at Rs 16,490, Motorola's smartphone Milestone would be available at Rs 32,990 based on Android systems.
The news of Dixon Technologies (India)'s tie-up with HP in addition to its existing Lenovo and Acer partnerships has led to a 5 per cent stock uptick since the start of the week. Dixon can target roughly 60 per cent of India's addressable IT hardware market with these contracts. Dixon targets Rs 48,000 crore in revenue from IT hardware under the PLI scheme over the next six years.
Cellphone maker Motorola Inc is in talks with Nokia Siemens Networks to sell its wireless- networking business for $1.2 billion, a media report said.
Assembly in India is the first step in a multi-phased manufacturing strategy deployed by the company, Motorola said.\n\n
Amid a boom in social-network-friendly handsets, Motorola prepares a new entry, but its Android may not debut until 2009's second quarter
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