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Vivo on Monday announced the launch of its latest Vivo X21 smartphone in China. A special 128GB model of the X21 is the phone maker’s second handset to sport an under display fingerprint sensor, last seen on the Vivo X20 Plus UD launched earlier this year. Rest of the phone’s variants get a regular fingerprint sensor placed on the back. Notably, Vivo also showcased the Apex concept phone with an ... Read More »

Redmi 5, Xiaomi’s latest affordable smartphone, will go on sale in India via Amazon and Mi.com for the first time at 12PM Tuesday. Last week, Xiaomi had launched three variants of the Redmi 5 – 2GB/ 3GB/ 4GB RAM – with the prices starting at Rs. 7,999 and going up all the way to Rs. 10,999 for the top-end variant. Xiaomi India has announced that more than 4 lakh ... Read More »

Lenovo is set to unveil the Lenovo S5 at an event in China on Tuesday, March 20, at 2pm CST (11:30am IST). More details should emerge shortly. Alongside several rumours, the company has also been teasing the launch of the upcoming smartphone for a long time now. The Lenovo S5 is expected to take on the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5, and the mobile maker ... Read More »

Chinese mobile manufacturer Itel Mobile on Tuesday launched three new smartphones in India – the Itel S42, A44, and A44 Pro. The S42 is the most premium of the lot, but all three sport 18:9 displays, front flash modules, and 4G VoLTE connectivity. All three phones will be available offline only. Itel also says the A44 Pro will be made available in the country a ... Read More »

Huawei Nova 3e has been launched in China in Black, Blue, and Rose Gold colour options. The new smartphone, which is essentially a variant of the Huawei P20 Lite that was launched in Poland and Czech Republic last week, comes at a price of CNY 1,999 (approximately Rs. 20,600) for the 64GB storage variant and CNY 2,199 (roughly Rs. 22,600) for the 128GB storage variant. ... Read More »

With Oppo R15 launch done and dusted, all eyes are on the OnePlus 6. Oppo’s flagship smartphones provide a blueprint for what to expect from the next OnePlushandset. And with the Oppo R15 and Oppo R15 Dream Mirror Edition officially announced in China on Monday, we have an idea of what the OnePlus 6 might look like. OnePlus has often sourced designs from Oppo in the past, for instance, the OnePlus ... Read More »

This will be the first Redmi 5 flash sale in India HIGHLIGHTS Redmi 5 will go on sale via Amazon India Mi TV 4a, Mi TV 4 will go on sale via Flipkart All devices to also be availabe on Mi.com Multiple Xiaomi devices will be available across e-commerce platforms on Tuesday, March 20. The Xiaomi Redmi 5, the company’s latest affordable smartphone ... Read More »

Airtel has announced that it will sell the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ via its online store, and pre-registrations are now open. The latest flagship smartphones were recently unveiled by Samsung at the Galaxy Unpacked 2018 event ahead of MWC 2018. Meanwhile, Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ pre-bookings had already commenced in India via Samsung’s online and offline channels. As mentioned, the pre-registrations for the Samsung Galaxy S9 ... Read More »

With 21 percent market share, Samsung retained the top spot in the 4G LTE device shipments in 2017 while Chinese handset maker Xiaomi stood second with 18 percent share, market research firm CyberMedia Research (CMR) said on Wednesday. The 4G LTE shipments in India grew 80 percent in 2017 Year-on-Year (YoY), with total shipments reaching 148.3 million units, according to CMR’s annual “4G LTE ... Read More »

When launching the first Mi Home store in India, Xiaomi’s own store last year, the company’s Global Vice President, and Managing Director India, Manu Kumar Jain said the goal was to have a store where you could see not just the products launched in India, but everything that Xiaomi had to offer. On Wednesday, Xiaomi launched its first Mi Home Experience store in India, ... Read More »