Micromax to develop its own OS across platforms

Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2015, 09:21

The company’s software team in Bengaluru is believed to be developing the forked Android OS and about 75 people in design teams have been acquired from Nokia’s R&D in Beijing.

Registrations open for Micromax YU Yuphoria flash sale on August 27

Last Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2015, 18:46

Micromax YU has opened registrations for a flash sale of its Yuphoria smartphone. Registrations are currently open and the sale will be held on August 27 at 12 pm on Amazon India.

Karbonn launches new budget smartphone

Last Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2015, 17:15

The smartphone comes with a 5-inch big IPS-LCD screen, 4,000 mAh battery along with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal memory expandable to 32GB.

Xiaomi launches MI user interface 7

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2015, 16:13

As a part of the UI, Xiaomi has integrated games and animations particularly from the domain of cricket and Bollywood.

India-made smartphones share jumps to 24.8% in Q2

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2015, 14:42

According to the research firm CyberMedia Research, a total of 56.6 million handsets were shipped during the June quarter, of which smartphones comprised 43 per cent (24.8 million units) of the volume.

Xiaomi Mi 5 specifications leaked online

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2015, 13:03

This suggests the Mi 5 might have a different processor than previously rumoured.

Lenovo K3 Note flash sale on Flipkart today

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2015, 12:56

Lenovo K3 is one of the best budget smartphones currently available. It typically sells out 20,000 to 25,000 units in each flash sale in under 3 seconds.

Google expands low-cost phone programme in 6 African countries

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2015, 08:30

The "Hot 2" phone announced on Tuesday is made by Infinix and has a recommended price of USD88. It will be sold in stores in Nigeria and offered by online retailer Jumia in five other countries: Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, and Morocco.

Smartphone shipments rise 25% in Q2, Samsung tops list: CMR

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 21:10

Smartphone shipments grew 24.8 percent to 24.41 million units during the April-June period, with Korean handset maker Samsung continuing to hold the numero uno position in the Indian market, research firm CyberMedia Research (CMR) said in a statement.

Ex Google, Apple employees to launch the first Nextbit smartphone

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 20:07

The smartphone will run on the Android operating system and will expand its storage through the cloud services.

Good news! Smartphone prices in India may fall by 11%

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 14:11

Smartphone prices in India may fall by 11% year-on-year in 2015 with demand for 4G devices capturing 6% of the smartphone unit demand, research firm GfK said.

Xiaomi sells record-breaking 8 lakh units of Redmi Note 2 in mere 12 hours

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 09:38

Xiaomi has also made its presence in the Guinness book of World records previously for selling a total of 2.11 million smartphones within 24 hours in China.