If you are an avid gamer, the iQOO3 is packed with features that is meant to tempt you, says Ashish Narsale.
Samsung India on Tuesday announced the launch of four new mid-segment smartphones - Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5, Galaxy E5 and Galaxy E7.
The smartphone category as a whole was expected to spend around Rs 1,000 crore on marketing and promotional activities over the next six months, even as India unlocks gradually, said media industry experts. This spending is expected to come down, as firms temper their launches.
Oppo, the Chinese smartphone-maker, joined the smartphone party late, but it did create some buzz with it's innovative N1, which boasted of a swivel camera - something that was new and gained attention.
These are the best phones in the mid-range segment and if you have a budget of up to Rs 20,000, then you have a good variety to explore.
In 2015, as many as 15 major Chinese smartphone brands stepped into India.
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the Nexus 5X is everything a smartphone should be and will soon be climbing the rungs of the popularity ladder.
All borders of the national capital will be sealed for the entry of commercial and heavy vehicles by Thursday midnight apart from heavy police deployment, they said.
The company captured just 2.4% of the mid-range smartphone market in India, a far cry from the 24.2% share Oppo's F3 commanded.
Lei Jun, founder and CEO of Xiaomi, in an internal letter on Wednesday, announced that the company has sold one million smartphones in the first 18 days of this month in India, state-run China Daily reported.
In a dig at Jio's Rs 1,500 4G-enabled feature phone, the Sunil Bharti Mittal-led company said its smartphone would be made available for the price of a feature phone
Samsung also battling low-cost Chinese vendors.
A report titled 'India Monthly Mobile Handsets Market Review', CMR claims that November last year was the third consecutive month when smartphone shipments in India crossed one million units and saw the launch of 23 smartphone models.
They are the best value for money smartphones in India.
Smartphones are full-featured mobile phones with personal computer like functionality with camera and email capabilities with a complete personal organiser. "We are working with our OEMs to bring to market smartphones with full in-built HSDPA (advance version of 3G mobile functions) next year," Qualcomm India and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation President Kanwalinder Singh told PTI.
Apple's decision to launch the eSIM-only iPhone 14 series in the US has American buyers puzzled. Surprisingly, it stumped some Indian folks, too, despite the availability of a physical SIM slot in the India-centric iPhone 14 series. This is because a large number of Apple consumers in India get their iPhones at considerably cheaper rates from the US through visiting relatives, friends, family, et al. Their apprehensions are mostly about compatibility with Indian networks and eSIM availability in India.
Google's new Nexus models are hands down the show-stealers of the season.
According to research firm IDC, a slowdown in smartphone shipments began showing up as early as late February, though companies insist that the March quarter was fine, albeit on a low base.
Get ready for more firepower as smartphone makers plan to dazzle you with high processing power, bigger RAMs and of course, cameras that come with beastly megapixels.
At least two of them - Lava and Micromax - are arming themselves against the Chinese rivals which made them insignificant in the local market over the past few years.
If the Delhi HC order stays effective, Xiaomi would lose the fastest growing smartphone market.
'The Chinese outdid them in the price game and turned the competitive dynamics at the lower end of the handset market from price to value.'
Apple, returning the offensive, could roll out a smaller, cheaper "iPhone Mini" in 2014.
Got to buy the best Android smartphone under Rs 10,000? Then look no further.
At Rs 8,700 price point, the 4-inch HTC Desire 210 will see competition from mobile phones like Nokia Lumia 520, Nokia X, Samsung Galaxy S Duos.
Three of the world's top five smartphone sellers were Chinese manufacturers in the April-June quarter, Strategic Analytics said, as China's low-cost offerings on the Android operating system whittled away Samsung's market share.
Making the Pixel 8 in India will not necessarily bring the price down -- witness iPhones made in India that are more expensive than those in the US and Dubai.
We present some smartphones that are not just cheap but also perform well.
Samsung has priced the S8 competitively at Rs 57,900, while the S8+ is available for Rs 64,900.
Let's take a look at some of the best available mobile phones.
A list of 23 smartphones that are available in the Indian market and have seen a price correction ranging between Rs 500 to Rs 5,500 in the month of July.
After slaying biggies at home, Chinese smartphone makers bullish on India
While the dual SIM feature is still mostly in the entry level domain, there are few good options even in the middle level category. Here are best dual SIM phones that you can buy in India currently.
Indian kiranas are agile enough to face the q-com challenge, but it's going to be a tough fight, notes Ambi Parameswaran.
Technology giant Apple Inc has pushed the pedal on exporting iPhones from India by racking up exports valued at over $2 billion in the first two months of the current financial year (FY25), according to the data provided by vendors to the government. This accounts for 81 per cent of the country's total production of iPhones worth $2.6 billion. In May, Apple repeated its performance of April and once again crossed $1 billion of iPhone exports.
