Chinese tech giant Lenovo unveiled its new 'layered' smartphone - Vibe X2 - priced at Rs 19,999 in India.
Mohit Kumar Goel has created a flutter in India launching the world's cheapest smartphone.
Morphees are self-actuated flexible mobile devices that can change shape on-demand.
Here is a minutely debated list of five smartphones that are the best of the best in their own ways and for most needs.
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The company wants to put Android handset in every hand.
The five-year-old Chinese brand's assent to the summit comes after a year of astounding rise -- often growing by over 200 percent a quarter, reports Arnab Dutta.
Micromax accounted for 22 per cent of smartphone sales in India
Apple chief executive Tim Cook on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the iPhone manufacturer is looking to invest more in the world's second-largest smartphone market. Cook, on his first trip to India in seven years, opened Apple's first retail store in the country in Mumbai on Tuesday and will launch another in Delhi on Thursday. Looking to replicate what China did to Apple's business in the last 15 years, the tech giant is eyeing India's massive market with an expanding middle class to power sales growth, and potentially make it a home base for the production of millions of Apple devices.
Traders' body CAIT has filed a complaint with the Ministry of Consumer Affairs against a Flipkart advertisement featuring Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan on the upcoming Big Billion Days sale, terming the advertisement as "misleading". The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) in its complaint to the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) termed the advertisement "misleading" and against the country's small retailers. It has also sought withdrawal of the advertisement, according to a statement. CAIT demanded that a penalty be imposed on Flipkart as per relevant provisions of the Consumer Protection Act for "false or misleading advertisement" and imposition of a Rs 10 lakh fine on Bachchan.
The Gionee S5.5 isn't the slimmest phone in its segment, but it is a great value for money product to be considered.
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Light, attractive and incredibly powerful, the Moto G could easily be the best buy under 15K.
If the employee is at a customer's location in some other country, his location and the amount of tine he spends with the client would be reflected
Here is a quick list of top five smartphones that promise almost best of all round performance for a price over Rs 30,000.
Affordable and packed with features, these devices score high on the value-for-money proposition.
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There have been several complaints about the bookings.
Most low cost smartphones suffer from too little RAM making them incompetent for multi-tasking and gaming.
Curved displays are an early stage in screen evolution, which is shifting to bendable or foldable designs.
Festive season is just around the corner and to capitalise on it companies are gearing up to launch exciting smartphones.
Generative artificial intelligence (AI), climate tech and fintech sectors will be the hot areas for venture capitalists and founders in the next year, according to the prediction by Prashanth Prakash, founding partner of the global venture capital firm Accel Partners in India and the chairperson of Karnataka Startup Vision Group. Prakash said that about $25 billion has been invested into building Gen AI globally. But a lot of that capital has not yet come to India, opening up huge opportunities for startups in the country.
According to the company, 200,000 handsets have already been shipped in the country for the first phase of delivery.
Fans tuning in to the 2016 World Chess Championship from home may well have the best seats in the house, with the tournament set to be broadcast live in 360-degree Virtual Reality (VR) -- a first in any sport, organisers say.
Taking the fight to rivals manufacturing high-end mobile devices, the world's largest handset-maker, Nokia, on Tuesday unveiled three new smartphones in an attempt to increase its market share.
Two full-fledged semiconductor fabrication plants are going to come up in India very soon entailing multi-billion dollar investment besides several chip assembly and packaging units, Minister of Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. In an interview with PTI, the minister confirmed that the two projects include a $8 billion proposal submitted by Israel-based Tower Semiconductors and the other from Tata Group. "I am happy to share this with you and you are probably the first one I'm sharing this with.
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone allows easy typing and dialing. The smartphone's external display offers previewing calendar reminders, email, text messages and phone calls. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip is a powerful, compact smartphone equipped to deliver a wide range of applications, said Sanjay Gupta, chief marketing officer, Mobile Services, Airtel.
Everyday motions can generate enough energy to be converted to electricity.
The scents can be sent via email, tweet, or text, researchers said.
These handsets priced between Rs 10,000 and Rs 50,000 are best for low light photography.
Users prefer Android operating system.
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Samsung Z1 is power-packed with amazing features.
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NavIC consists of a constellation of seven satellites and a network of ground stations and is touted to be more accurate than GPS.
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Mozilla showcased a smartphone prototype costing as little as $25 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, targeting developing countries including India and China.
Experts say Tier-II and Tier-III cities and smaller towns have a role to play in growth in smartphone sales. Mritunjay Kapur, managing director, Protiviti Consulting, said, "There is definitely a market in Tier-II, Tier-III and Tier-IV towns. Smartphones are fast becoming important as a business communication tool. This is especially true for sales people, and 'fleet-on-the-street'," he said.
The fall is unlikely to be offset by burgeoning demand for smart devices in emerging countries like India and China, IDC said.
India is the world's third-largest smartphone market.
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