BlackBerry Z10 Launched In India At Rs. 43,499

by Ritij Khurana • February 26, 2013

BlackBerry has a lot riding on the back of its latest OS, BB10 and the BB10 powered devices. India has been that market for BlackBerry where the company’s market share has increased when it has declined elsewhere. They surely could not leave behind the Indians when it came to launching the Z10 and they have just launched their next flagship in India at a price of sky rocketing Rs.43,499. The pre bookings of the device had already started and the ones who have booked it already will be able to lay their hands on the device starting tomorrow.

It will reach the retail stores within a week and then we can safely expect the device’s price to come down over a period of time. BlackBerry Z10 will have a 4.2-inch LCD touchscreen display unit which will have a resolution of 1280×768 pixels. The display will have an amazing pixel density of 356 ppi and the device will support 4 points of touch at the same point of time. The device is quite thin and the thickness stands at 9mm. It may not be the slimmest of devices but by BlackBerry standards, is quite the Size-zero device.

Zopo Quad Core Budget Smartphone For India- Details

by Ritij Khurana • February 25, 2013

Zopo Mobiles, the Chinese electronics maker has been making waves in the Indian market from the past some months and the company has been launching quite a few VFM products. The company just announced the launch of their quad-core smartphones in the country which would compete with the likes of the Micromax A116. The company’s quad-core lineup has smartphones in the price range of Rs.13,000-Rs.16,000 but they are all set to raise the bar to a new height altogether.

Zopo mobiles intends on launching a quad-core smartphone in the country at a price tag of around Rs.7,000 with a display of 4.5-inches and that price point with that big a screen, the only thing you can currently buy is a single core smartphone from an Indian manufacturer. Zopo Mobile’s face for the media, the spokesperson has told our friends back at The Mobile Indian that “Zopo Mobile will launch a quad core phone for Rs 7,000 in the Indian market in March. The phone will be based on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean which will be upgradable to Android 4.2.”

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Inch Official Pictures and Details

by Ritij Khurana • February 25, 2013

We brought to you the images of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 which were leaked a while ago and Samsung could not really keep the device under the wraps for a long while as the device was getting leaked every now and then. So Samsung has officially launched the Note 8.0 at the MWC 2013 and it will soon hit the retail stores. Seeing the fact that India gets Galaxy devices before many other countries, we can expect the Note 8.0 to be available for us sooner than the Americans or Europeans get them.

The Galaxy Note 8.0 comes with the specifications which we disclosed to you. It gets an Exynos 1.6GHz quad-core processor which is the same one as on the Note II. The 8 inch screen comes with a resolution of 1280×800 pixels and the pixel density will stand at 189ppi. The primary camera will be a 5.0 MP unit and the secondary camera will be a 1.3 MP one. It will get 2 gigs of RAM to ensure you never run out of memory when running your applications and like the other Android tablets, smartphones and its main rival, the iPad Mini will come in 32 GB and 16 GB variants.

Nokia Lumia 520 and 720 Leaked Before Launch

by Ritij Khurana • February 25, 2013

Nokia has give it all they have in them to the Lumia series of smartphones and with the company discontinuing their propreitary OS, Symbian, the Windows Phone OS is going to be the only OS that will power their devices in near future. But the only problem the Lumia series has is that the number of smartphones in the range is quite less and the devices are not present in every segment for different consumers. And Nokia is all set to expand their range of smartphones under the Lumia series.

HTC One India Launch By March 2013

by Ritij Khurana • February 25, 2013

HTC created a lot of waves when they launched the HTC One and the ripples of those waves are going to create a lot of profits for the company in near future. The HTC One has already started going up for pre-order in Europe and how could the world’s number 2 market be left behind amidst all this. HTC will bring it to India later in March 2013 before the current fiscal ends to up the ante in the high end smartphone game.

There is no knowledge about the price at which the device would come but company has confirmed the launch time. We wonder as to what pricing strategy will they follow for it. We expect it to replace the HTC One X in the Indian market and sit below the HTC Butterfly as the Butterfly costs a whopping Rs.45,000 and people prefer buying the iPhone 5 for that amount of money. So they need to get the pricing bang on if this great device has to become successful in the Indian smartphone market.

Nokia 105 And 301 Budget Feature And Smart Phones Launched

by Ritij Khurana • February 25, 2013

Nokia has been doing just fine in the smartphone segment but it is the feature phone market that brings them the maximum number of volumes and keeps them right at the top when it comes to the number of devices shipped. MWC is the time when company’s display their prowess and Nokia after showcasing their smartphone strength have displayed as to why are they the kings of the feature phone segment. Nokia has announced at the MWC two new feature phones, the 105 and the 301.

There’s not much that in the 105 to talk about. It comes with a brightly coloured screen and features a flashlight, FM radio, multiple alarm clocks, speaking clock; a dust and splash-proof, pillowed key pad and a flashlight. But the only reason why it would sell like hot cakes is that Nokia claims it to have a battery life of 35 days and in real life, it will translate into a standby time of atleast 25 days. It makes sense for the rural folks in India who do not get electricity very often. It will come at a price of around Rs.1,000 which would make it kind of a steal.

LG Optimus G Now Available In India- Price and Details

by Ritij Khurana • February 25, 2013

Either LG does not see the Indian market as one of their important markets or the team which takes care of the strategies at LG India is doing a pretty poor job of devising launch strategies for India in the smartphone game. LG has some real good products with them as top of the line smartphones but India seems to get them when their next version comes in. LG has quietly introduced the LG Optimus G in India at a price of Rs. 30,990 when the LG Optimus G Pro has already been announced.

The only thing LG seems to have done in the correct manner this time is that they have priced it right. The SIII just got itself a price cut and is retailing for around Rs.29,000 and the HTC One X can also be bought for a similar price. The only thing that might make people shy away from this real good smartphone is the fact that LG has had a poor track record of updating their smartphones with the latest software. If someone is spending such a large chunk of money for their smartphone, they expect to be treated well but LG does not really do that.