Smartphones are getting cheaper and better by the day. If you are ready to invest up to Rs 15,000, then you have a pretty good range of smartphones to choose from.
These five are budget-friendly yet feature rich.
Samsung has reason to be worried.
Be aware of the marketing gimmicks and ensure you do not become financially un-smart here.
If you have a budget of just under Rs 50,000, usher in the New Year with these beauties.
'One out of three phones sold in India is a Xiaomi phone.'
Manu Kumar Jain, vice-president, Xiaomi, and managing director, Xiaomi India, shares his thoughts with Arnab Dutta on how the firm has put India on the forefront.
There were certainly qualities adhering to the Tata Group, which emanated from the persona of Ratan Tata. Most notable of these would be the low profile he maintained, which sharply contrasted the in-your-face celebrity status, celebration of wealth and pursuit of importance many of liberalised India's rich, love, notes Shyam G Menon.
Apple's newest phone iPhone 14 will be made in India as the global tech titan bets big on the manufacturing prowess of the world's second-biggest smartphone market after China.
Indian smartphone mobile segment is finally catching up with global peers.
It is a make-or-break year for South Korean handset maker LG Electronics in India. As per market research firm IDC, the share of smartphones in the overall handphone market in India is expected to touch 9.3 per cent by 2016, up from 2.9 per cent during 2012, making it the fastest growing smartphone market among the emerging nations.
The strategy of selling the phone will remain the same.
Not wanting to be burdened with unwanted bulk, software applications that are never used, Indian users are clearly steering towards the new generation smartphones.
The best in their class, all these five offer premium quality, exciting features that suit different budgets
Named the XCD28 and XCD35 they are priced at Rs 10,990 and Rs 16,990 respectively.
The company currently controls over 30 per cent of the online smartphone market in the country, but says that isn't enough.
The company is already in the market with its flagship smartphone Nokia N8.
Over 50 million phones were shipped to India in the first quarter of 2012, of which around 47 million were feature phones and nearly 3 million were smartphones.
Apple Inc is commencing assembly of its iPhone 12 model in the country, a move that is expected to help the US tech giant further consolidate its position in the burgeoning smartphone market in India. Apple has partnered with third-party manufacturers like Foxconn and Wistron to make some of its phones in India. These include iPhone SE, iPhone 10R and iPhone 11.
Last year's top of the line smartphones now fall under slightly-affordable category.
These will be available at Apple authorised retailers from September 29
Sony Mobiles and BlackBerry lead the pack and have reduced the price of five smartphones each.
Carrier Devices owned i-mate on Thursday announced the launch of Windows Mobile smartphone and pocket PC phone in India targeted at the high-end market.
Noida-based Ringing Bells is launching India's most affordable smartphone, priced at Rs 251.
it has a 5-inch display, improved camera technology, and a faster processor.
Despite good looks and features, the phone seems to be slightly overpriced.
The US-based company, in collaboration with partners like Wistron and Foxconn, had recently started assembling iPhone 11 in India.
The company wants to lure customers from semi-urban and rural part of the country.
Apple Inc and Samsung faced off once again in their long-running courtroom battle, with the iPhone maker asking jurors to award more than $2 billion for patent violations.
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday launched the world's first smartphone with a curved display, a variant of the Galaxy Note which moves the Asian giant a step closer to achieving wearable devices with flexible - even unbreakable - screens.
Chinese tech giant Lenovo unveiled its new 'layered' smartphone - Vibe X2 - priced at Rs 19,999 in India.
'Last year we sold 18 million phones in India, this year we should do 23-24 million, and next year our target is to hit 40 million.'
New Asha 310 to come with a full-touch 3-inch display, 2 MP camera and Wi-Fi.
A smartphone is more than a necessity these days. This is true for everyone, irrespective of your status professional, employed, student, homemaker. Isn't it? So, as the race to own a smartphone gets charged up, so does the market.
Once associated with feature phones, the dual SIM feature has now made its way into the smartphone category and has revolutionised the Indian handset market. Take a look at these top 5.
Motorola on Thursday unveiled a new smartphone that consumers can personalise with a choice of colours and materials, hoping to stand out in a crowded market and justify the $12.5 billion that Google Inc paid for the ailing handset maker.
Will focus on aggressively expanding its storage offering.
The Ericsson Consumer Lab study was conducted among 4,000 smartphone users across 18 urban cities in India.
At 190g, this phone is noticeably heavier than nearly everything else of its size on the market.
According to analysts, most of the growth in the smartphone space will come from existing users, who will be lured to upgrade their handsets as new features and technologies turn existing features redundant, says Arnab Dutta.
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