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Lenovo & Motorola Start Smartphone Manufacturing In India

by Deepali Sharma • August 18, 2015

Lenovo, at a press briefing in India today has announced that it will start smartphone manufacturing in India as its commitment to Make In India campaign. Lenovo owned Motorola has already started manufacturing in India. The Motorola Moto E and Lenovo K3 Note will now be manufactured at the Sriperumbudur, Chennai plant in India. While Moto E has already started being manufactured at the plant, the K3 Note will follow soon.

Furthermore, for the current financial year, Motorola and Lenovo will generate a capacity of 6 million units. Lenovo and Motorola both will have separate manufacturing lines at the same facility in Chennai.

Microsoft Announces Lumia 535 Smart BuyBack Offer: Details Inside

by Deepali Sharma • August 18, 2015

Microsoft has announced Lumia 535 Smart BuyBack Offer for its Lumia fans in India. This offer lets you exchange your old phone and buy a new Lumia 535 for Rs. 5,999. The offer is available at all authorized re-sellers of Lumia devices across India and is valid from August 7, 2015 for a limited period till stock lasts.

With the Lumia 535 Smart BuyBack offer, consumers can also get a cashback of up to Rs. 3,600 in their Mobikwik wallet. The devices on which the offer is valid include Lumia 535, 540, 640, 640 XL, 730 and 430. The cashback offer can be redeemed over a period of one year for Rs.300/- per month. Customers can use code <LUMIA300> to avail this offer.

Huawei Honor Smartphones To Come With SOS Feature

by Deepali Sharma • August 14, 2015

Honor, a brand under Huawei has announced that it will embed SOS feature in its Honor smartphones in India.

The SOS feature will act as an emergency alarm. It will send SMS to three numbers which users will have to pre-set. Users can choose the action to activate the feature. In case of emergency, users will be able to send their location to the pre-set numbers. The SOS feature will be embedded in upcoming batches of Honor smartphones. The Honor smartphones which have been already sold will also get the feature by updating software. The feature will be embedded in existing smartphones including- Honor 6 Plus, Honor 4X, Honor 4C and Honor 6.

Samsung India Announces Exciting Offers For ‘Make for India’ Products This Independence Day

by Deepali Sharma • August 10, 2015

Samsung India has announced several exciting offers for its ‘Make for India’ range of products for its customers to celebrate 69th Independence day (2015). Consumers under this campaign, can avail great offers on Samsung’s wide range of smartphones, tablets and consumer electronics which are covered under ‘make for India’ campaign. Samsung is offering discounts and easy EMI’s on select range of its products.

This campaign started on August 8, 2015 and will stretch over for 15 days. These offers can thus, be availed till August 22, 2015 across all leading retail outlets in India.

LG G4 And G4 Stylus Get Price Cut In India

by Deepali Sharma • August 7, 2015

LG has announced reduction in the prices of LG G4 and G4 Stylus smartphones for the festive season in India. The flagship LG G4 smartphone will be available to buy for Rs. 45,000 for Leather Back variant and Rs. 40,000 for Ceramic White variant instead of its original price of Rs. 51,000. The LG G4 Stylus which was launched in July 2015 for Rs. 24,990 can now be grabbed for Rs. 21,000.

To recall, the LG G4 is powered by a 64-bit 1.8 GHz hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor paired with 3GB of RAM. Running Android 5.1 OS with LG UX 4.0, it features a 5.5-inch Quad HD IPS Quantum (2560×1440 pixels) display. It comes with a 16 mega pixel rear camera with OIS, 8 mega pixel front camera, 32GB of internal memory and 3000mAh battery.

Motorola Launches Moto Xpress Door Step Service In Delhi, Gurgaon & Noida

by Deepali Sharma • August 4, 2015

Motorola has announced the launch of its door step service, Moto Xpress for the customers in Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida. Moto Xpress is a home pick and drop service which aims to deliver after sales service to Motorola customers at their doorsteps.

The company claims to resolve issues related to software and accessory of the smartphones within an hour while the issues related to hardware will be resolved within five working days. To avail this service, customers will have to pay Rs. 199 per service plus repairing charges or any other component charges.

Google Play Reduces Minimum Purchase Price For Apps To Rs. 10 In India

by Deepali Sharma • August 3, 2015

Google has announced reduction in minimum purchase price for apps and in-app products on Google Play store from Rs. 50 to Rs. 10. While the minimum price for purchasing apps was Rs. 50 previously, Android users can now download apps from Google Play store for a price as low as Rs. 10. With this move, the company aims to provide more flexibility to users and developers community in India.

It will attract wider audience in the country and Android users will certainly spend more money on purchasing apps and in-built purchases. Besides making apps more affordable to the users, this move will help the company generate more revenue.