According to the latest smartphone figures released by research firm IDC, the smartphone shipments crossed 44 million last year in India, thanks to the growth shown by home-grown vendors. The figure was just 16 million in 2012. The Indian smartphone market grew by 181 percent year-on-year basis in Q4 with a total of 15.06 million shipments. […]
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Live images of the new HTC One leaked online
We have seen several renders of the HTC One successor in the last fortnight and now, the first live images of the phone are here. Leaked on a forum earlier today, these image show the smartphone in some kind of a bumper case, most probably official. This leak confirms that the renders were indeed accurate […]
Posted inIndia, Phones
HTC Desire 700 gets a huge price-cut, still not worth it
HTC has reduced the price of its Desire 700 smartphone in the Indian market recently. The phone is now retailing for INR 22,199 at various e-retailers and brick and mortar stores. It was originally launched at INR 33,050 just over two months ago. This is a huge price-cut but we still think that even at […]
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Micromax begins sales of two new Android tablets in India
Micromax has silently released two new Android tablets in the Indian market. Available now at various e-retailers, the new Funbook Ultra HD P580 and Canvas Tab P650E are entry-level devices and come with basic specifications. Let us talk about Funbook Ultra HD P580 first, the tablet packs 7.8-inch 720p HD display, 1.2GHz quad-core processor, Android […]
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Samsung Galaxy S5 could get a lower price-tag than predecessors
Samsung is planning to price its latest flagship smartphone Galaxy S5 lower than how it priced the predecessor at launch, report ZDnet Korea. This is not the first time we are hearing about these plans, even Bloomberg reported last week that Samsung was in talks with telecom operators to get the Galaxy S5 price-down. Given […]
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Google Now launcher now available in Google Play
Only compatible with KitKat-running Google Play edition and Nexus devices Google has finally released the Google Now Launcher (previously known as Google Experience Launcher) in Google Play. The launcher, which was earlier only available to Nexus 5, can now be installed on all KitKat-running Nexus and Google Play edition devices. To remind you, Google Now […]
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Motorola-made alleged Google smartwatch prototype leaked
We recently heard that Google’s smartwatch project is real and we could be seeing the company’s first smartwatch as early as Google I/O 2014, which is happening in June. There were another report, which suggested that it was LG that was manufacturing the smartwatch. Now, Android Police has published images of a Motorola-made prototype smartwatch, […]
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Vodafone and Idea launch Opera Web Pass in India for simpler data packs
Indian telecom operators Vodafone and Idea Cellular have announced that they have partnered with Opera to provide data plans via its Web Pass offerings. There is no word on the when the service will go live for the consumers. Opera Web Pass is a product for telecom operators, which allows them to offer simple time […]