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Xiaomi’s Redmi 4A smartphone will soon be arriving for sale in India in a variant packing 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal flash memory, priced at Rs. 6,999 (approximately $109). This follows the previous launch in India when the Redmi 4A sporting 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage debuted in the country with a price […]

LG will release the LG Q6 Plus in India soon, it seems, at least according to one of India’s largest retailers. Mahesh Telecom released a teaser image of the device, while confirming that the phone will become available in India through offline channels in the near future. The LG Q6 lineup was originally introduced back […]

Motorola had introduced two new smartphones earlier this month, the Moto G5S and Moto G5S Plus, and those two phones were just reintroduced for the Indian smartphone market. The Moto G5S and Moto G5S Plus are both made out of metal, and they’re quite similar in terms of the design, though the Moto G5S Plus […]

Indian pre-orders for the Galaxy Note 8 will open on September 11, industry sources said on Friday, adding that Amazon India will have online exclusivity on Samsung’s latest Android-powered flagship and thus giving more credence to recent reports on the matter. The same insiders claim that the device will launch in the South Asian country […]

Chinese smartphone maker, Vivo, is getting ready to introduce a new selfie-focused smartphone called the Vivo V7+. The company already sent out invitations to the launch event, scheduled to take place on September 7 in Mumbai, India. The event invite touts an advanced selfie camera and offers a glimpse of the front panel of the […]

Amazon India has put up the ‘Notify me when available’ banner on its website, along with the livestream link as well. Now, this not only confirms that the Galaxy Note 8 will be available through Amazon India, but it probably suggests that it will be exclusively available from Amazon India as far as its online […]

LG had announced the LG K8 (2017) back in December last year, and the phone is now available in India, even though the phone still did not get officially announced by the company. The LG K8 (2017) became available for purchase back in April this year, four months after it was announced, so it took […]

Nokia had introduced the Nokia 6 in India back in June, and registration for its sale started last month, well, the phone is now available for purchase in the country. Those of you who are interested in getting Nokia’s budget handset, and have registered for its sale, can do so exclusively via Amazon India. If […]

The new Gionee X1 smartphone launched in India yesterday with a budget price of Rs. 8,999, or approximately $140. It’s now on sale at brick-and-mortar retail stores and should soon be available online, with the phone itself coming in Black and Gold color options. Some launch offers to entice buyers are also available; e.g. Airtel […]

Motorola has started sending out invites for the Moto G5S Plus announcement in India, as you can see in the embedded Twitter post down below, which comes with a video teaser. The device will be announced on August 29 in the country, and it will go on sale starting on that very same day, while […]

Micromax on Tuesday announced its latest smartphone in the form of the Canvas Infinity which is set to go on sale in India starting September 1. The device will be exclusively available from Amazon India and pre-registrations for the handset are already being accepted by the online retailer. It will only be available in Black […]

OnePlus has just announced the Slate Gray OnePlus 5 with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of native storage in India. This announcement follows the general OnePlus 5 announcement in India which occurred back in June, when the company introduced the 6GB RAM Slate Gray variant with 64GB of storage, and the Midnight Black 8GB RAM […]

Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad is launching a new handset in India under the name of Coolpad Cool Play 6. The CEO of Coolpad India, Syed Tajuddin, revealed in a recent press release that the launch of the device should help the company in leaving a bigger mark on the retail (offline) market in India as […]

The ASUS ZenFone Zoom S (ZE553KL) has just been announced in India. The ZenFone Zoom S is a compelling mid-range offering from ASUS, this phone comes with a set of three capacitive buttons below its display, and it is made out of metal. The device sports a dual camera setup on its back, and the […]

The International Data Corporation (IDC) has just released some Q2 2017 market info for the Indian market. IDC says that 28 million handsets were shipped to India in the second quarter, which means that the Indian smartphone market grew 3.7 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), while it grew 1.6 percent year-on-year (YoY). This is not exactly a […]

Samsung has moved to ramp up its marketing efforts in India by launching an electronics experience and exhibition center in the country, recent reports indicate. The new Executive Briefing Center located in Gurgaon spans 836 square meters and is meant to serve as a hub where Samsung products will be put on exhibit to provide […]

Amazon is set to launch its Alexa-enabled smart speaker Echo and its smaller sibling Echo Dot in India during the Diwali festival on October 18, industry sources said on Wednesday. The Indian price tag for both artificial intelligence-based speakers remains unknown at this time, though the report claims it is possible that Amazon Echo could […]

HTC has just introduced the Solar Red HTC U11 smartphone in India. Now, the HTC U11 has been available in India since June, and the company originally announced it in Brilliant Black and Amazing Silver color variants, while the Sapphire Blue model arrived last month. Having said that, the Solar Red model is now here, […]

The Solar Red variant of the HTC U11 is now up for pre-orders in India, the local division of the Taiwanese original equipment manufacturer (OEM) revealed on Tuesday. Only the high-end version of HTC’s latest flagship with 128GB of internal flash memory and 6GB of RAM is available in this color, priced at Rs. 51,990, […]

The Nokia 5 hits a release in India on August 15 and some sales offers are also available. The budget Android smartphone was initially unveiled in February this year and officially introduced for India in June alongside the Nokia 3 and Nokia 6. The launch price of the smartphone was announced in June as Rs. […]

Samsung Electronics launched a handful of new audio products in India earlier this week, including the Level Active Bluetooth earphones and its Scoop speaker. The local division of the South Korean original equipment manufacturer (OEM) officially introduced its new offerings on Friday, noting how all of them are already available for purchase in the country. […]

LG had announced the LG Q6 in India quite recently, and it seems like the LG Q6 Plus variant will be coming soon as well. According to Phone Radar’s sources, the LG Q6 Plus will come to India in the near future, and it will cost Rs. 17,990 ($280) in the country, while the LG […]

The Coolpad Cool Play 6 originally launched in China back in May, and it seems like it will arrive to India on August 20. The company has hinted, on its Facebook page, that the Cool Play 6 will launch on August 20, while the company is also running some contests, and if you’re interested, follow […]

Xiaomi has managed to sell five million units of its popular Redmi Note 4 smartphone in India, the company’s lead product manager Jai Mani said on Friday, six months after the handset originally launched in the South Asian country. For comparison, the Redmi Note 3 sold over 2.3 million units within a six-month span, 2.7 million […]

The Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus handsets are still at the very top of our list as far as smartphones in India are concerned. A ton of devices are currently available in India, and aside from Samsung’s flagships, there are quite a few of devices worth mentioning. The LG G6 and the OnePlus 5 […]

One of Nokia’s newer devices, the Nokia 6, appears to be gaining popularity in India as over a million people have registered to purchase the device for Amazon’s flash sale on August 23. The flash sale is only available to Amazon India customers as the sale brings the price of the phone down to Rs. […]

Panasonic has just announced the Eluga A3 and Eluga A3 Pro smartphones in India. Both of these devices are made out of metal, and ship with Android 7.0 Nougat. These two phones are almost identical, the only differences can be found in the SoC and storage departments, the Panasonic Eluga A3 is fueled by the […]

The Gionee A1 Lite has just been launched in India, and this comes a few months after the standard A1 and A1 Plus models were introduced in the country. The smartphone will be available for purchase from August 10 and will be priced at Rs. 14,999 ($235). Gionee will also be offering the A1 Lite […]

Both LG and Amazon India confirmed that the LG Q6 will go on sale on August 10 in India, and the phone just got officially announced in the country. Now, the LG Q6 lineup was announced by the company (globally) on July 11, LG had introduced the LG Q6α, LG Q6 and LG Q6 Plus […]

Amazon has started selling the Limited Edition BlackBerry KEYone in India. While keeping most of the defining features of BlackBerry’s handset, the limited edition replaces the silver top and sides of the BlackBerry KEYone with black metal. The smartphone will be distributed by Optiemus Infracom, the largest original design manufacturer on the Indian subcontinent and manufactured […]

After initially launching a buying and selling platform in Bengaluru in late 2016, Amazon India has now expanded the Local Finds service to three more cities in the country – Mumbai, Chennai, and Hyderabad, allowing individuals in those areas to carry out customer-to-customer transactions. Users in those cities, in addition to Bengaluru, will now be […]

LG India and Amazon India have just confirmed that the LG Q6 will arrive to India on August 10. This smartphone will be exclusively available through Amazon India, and the two companies still did not release any details regarding the pricing of this handset. The LG Q6 got announced back in July, and it was […]

Indian users of Google-branded smartphones may now use applications without downloading them through the Instant Apps feature. Google started testing the service on a limited scale back in January but now, the search giant seems ready to expand the service to more countries. The Instant app feature works after the user clicks on a link. The […]

Coolpad has launched a new budget-friendly smartphone in India called the Note 5 Lite C, its first handset to launch as an offline exclusive and its first to come with Android 7.1 Nougat on board out of the box. The Coolpad Note 5 Lite C comes with entry-level specifications, but the latest Android version and […]

Google and Twitter agreed to another anti-extremism partnership, with the two companies pledging to ramp up their efforts to supervise their online platforms with the goal of identifying and sanctioning radical content, as well as organizations and individuals promoting such ideas. The latest initiative was announced in Indonesia, where the firms came to an agreement […]

The Dual SIM variant of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 just got listed in India. This phone essentially received BIS certification in India, BIS stands for Bureau Of Indian Standards, which is India’s official certification body. This phone got listed under the SM-N950F/DS model number, as you can see in the provided image down below. […]

Motorola is apparently testing the waters for having a physical retail presence in India, as the manufacturer has launched six small pop-up stores in malls throughout the country, called Moto Hubs. The new stores are all-in-one experience centers and shops, where users can try the latest and greatest products that Motorola has to offer, then decide […]

Digital payments company Paytm is planning to integrate a messaging functionality into its mobile payments service in order to let users send texts and photos, as well as audio and video messages. According to a new report, the upcoming messaging tool has been in development for three months now and could be rolled out to […]

Mobile phone headset manufacturer Jabra is launching the Elite Sport wireless earbuds in India where the product will be available for purchase from August 8. The wireless earphones will be priced at 18,900 Rupees which translate to around $296 at today’s conversion rate, and for that price, customers will get to own what Jabra called […]

Following the service’s launch in India earlier this year, Samsung has now announced that Samsung Pay now allows the use of SBI debit cards in the country. To entice users who may have been left out prior to support for the bank’s cards being added, the company has also revealed a cashback offer for all […]

Infinix has entered the Indian smartphone market with the launch of two devices that will cater to the budget and lower mid-range segment. The mid-range handset happens to be the Infinix Note 4 and is priced at Rs. 8,999 ($140). It will be available in three colors, namely Ice Blue, Champagne Gold, and also Milan […]

BlackBerry has just announced the Limited Edition BlackBerry KEYone in India, following its global announcement which occurred back in February. Optiemus will actually manufacture and sell the device for BlackBerry in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, it seems, and aside from that, this phone is basically identical to the global model. The BlackBerry KEYone […]

The latest figures released by a market research firm, Canalys suggest that the Indian smartphone market has contracted, especially in terms of numbers. This has further resulted in smartphone shipments of the country falling by 4 percent year-on-year, and the Indian smartphone market has never experienced such a bad hit before, claims Canalys. The research […]

Micromax, a smartphone manufacturer based in India, has released a new smartphone that is targeted towards consumers who regularly take selfies. Called the Micromax Selfie 2, the device sports an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with a flash unit and an 84-degree wide-angle lens. The sensor allows for more people or objects to be included in a […]

Lenovo is set to announce the K8 Note in India next month. A new teaser posted up to the company’s India Facebook page reveals an image of the number 8 with the words “new” and the hashtag KillerNote attached to it. The teaser also came with a message from the Lenovo India team asking consumers […]

In what may come as a jolt to the automobile industry worldwide, Indian Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari, citing unemployment concerns, made it clear that he will not be allowing driverless cars to cruise on Indian roads. His remarks come at a time when countries around the world are still debating the merits […]

Indian electronics manufacturer YU has launched its latest smartphone in the country and it comes in the form of the Yunique 2 with the model number YU5011. It happens to be the successor to the original Yunique which was unveiled in 2015. The Yunique 2 comes at a very low price point of 5,999 rupees ($93) […]

Lenovo Mobile India is teasing the release of an upcoming smartphone bearing the Note moniker. The smartphone’s exact name has not been specified, however, the company’s recent Facebook teaser refers to the device as the new “KillerNote” set to make “ordinary performance” a thing of the past. The teaser also mentions that the device will […]

Uber has a new infotainment system coming to its ride-sharing platform in India that appears to be a direct competitor to a similar system called ‘Ola Play’ launched by the most popular rideshare service provider in the country, Ola. According to sources close to the company, Uber will launch its still unannounced and still unnamed […]

Indian consumer electronics company Bingo Technologies took the veil off a couple of new fitness bands over the past weekend, namely the Bingo F1 and F2. The two products are available in several color choices and will soon be purchasable in India for under $30 through a variety of retailers including Amazon India, Flipkart, and […]

The HTC U11 Sapphire Blue is now available for pre-orders in India and will start shipping to customers after July 30, the Taiwanese original equipment manufacturer (OEM) announced. The smartphone happens to be a more premium version of the U11 lineup as it packs 6GB of RAM and 128GB of UFS 2.1 internal storage instead […]

Another mid-range smartphone aimed at offering high value for money has been released by Samsung India on Monday; marketed as the Samsung Galaxy J7 Nxt, the phone adds to the growing list of iterations of the increasingly popular Galaxy J7 (2017). The device already has two India-focused variants, dubbed as the Galaxy J7 Pro and Galaxy […]

Xiaomi will likely narrow the gap with the Indian market leader Samsung once the smartphone retail figures for the second quarter of 2017 are released. In the first quarter, Samsung held the top place for the number of smartphones sold in India with a 22 percent market share. However, recent trends show that Xiaomi, which […]

Sony has officially launched its Xperia XA1 Ultra smartphone with a 6-inch display in India. The device was unveiled in late February this year, alongside the regular Sony Xperia XA1, and has already released in some other markets. The price for India is confirmed to be Rs. 29,990 (approximately $465) and the device itself is […]

To celebrate its third anniversary in India, Xiaomi will be throwing a sale on its website called “Back With A Bang” which will be held on July 20 and July 21, i.e. this Thursday and Friday. Xiaomi will be selling most of its popular products at a discount, and flash sales will also be held. […]

Xiaomi is hoping to record more than $2 billion in revenue from its Indian business in 2017, resting its hope for local growth on its smartphones and marketing efforts, according to Xiaomi India chief Manu Jain. That figure is twice as large as the company’s 2016 revenue in the country. During the first half of […]

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Nubia has allocated $100 million in investment for the company’s manufacturing business in India as a part of a broader effort to expand its operations in the country and gain more customers. Eric Hu, India Country Manager for Nubia, was quoted by Indo-Asian News Service as saying a larger portion of that […]

Two new smartphones have joined our top 10 list of smartphones for India this month, the OnePlus 5 and the Moto Z2 Play, both of which have become available in the last month or so. Because of these new arrivals, our list did change a bit, but the first three spots remain unchanged, the Galaxy […]

The Xiaomi Mi Max 2 just arrived to India. Xiaomi has just introduced this handset in the country, following its initial launch which took place in China back in May. The Xiaomi Mi Max 2 is a huge handset, this phablet sports a 6.44-inch display, just like its predecessor, and its bezels are not exactly […]

The Panasonic P55 Max is a new smartphone equipped with a very decently sized 5,000mAh battery which has now launched in India. The new handset belongs to the same product family as the Panasonic P55 and P55 Nova, but while both of those carried 2,500mAh batteries, the latest addition to the smartphone lineup doubles that […]