Gionee on Saturday launched the Elife S7 in India at an event in Hyderabad, its latest slim smartphone offering with a thickness of 5.5mm. The Elife S7 has been priced at Rs. 24,999, and will hit shelves in a week in Black, White, and Blue colours. The Gionee Elife S7 was unveiled at MWC 2015, where the company president William Lu had explained why the smartphone was not slimmer than its predecessor,... 

Celkon on Thursday launched a new budget smartphone in India, the Millennia Q450, priced at Rs. 4,799. The company confirmed that the Celkon Millennia Q450 will be available in India across retail stores; though there is no word on whether the smartphone will also be available online. The Millennia Q450 is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) smartphone which runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat out-of-the-box. It comes with... 

Lenovo India has started sending invites for an event in India scheduled for April 7, where the company is likely to launch the A7000 smartphone. The invite as usual doesn’t indicate much about the event or the upcoming device; though it teases Dolby Atmos technology, which comes built-in on the new Lenovo A7000 smartphone. Initially unveiled at MWC, the Lenovo A7000 was priced at $169 (approximately... 

Apple is expected to launch three new iPhone models this year – the iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, and iPhone 6C – claims a report citing industry sources. While the report suggests that the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus will be the incremental updates from last year’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, it adds the iPhone 6C will be cheaper variant of the handset that the Cupertino-based giant... 

A new 64GB variant of the Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML has been confirmed by the Taiwanese handset brand. Asus at its Taiwan event last week revealed pricing of the new ZenFone 2 series alongside unveiling new variants of the handset. The company however missed to reveal the ZenFone 2 ZE551ML with 64GB inbuilt storage and 4GB of RAM. Now, the Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML with 4GB of RAM and 64GB inbuilt storage... 

Xiaomi unveiled the Redmi 2 and MiPad for the Indian market on Thursday. The two devices offer the typical Mi package – great specifications at affordable prices. While the Xiaomi Redmi 2 is priced at Rs. 6,999, the Xiaomi MiPad tablet will be available in India at Rs. 12,999. We got some hands on time with the Redmi 2 and Mi Pad at the launch event in New Delhi, and while we’ll reserve... 

As announced, Xiaomi on Tuesday unveiled a special edition of the Mi Note with a bamboo material back panel, dubbed the Xiaomi Mi Note Natural Bamboo Edition. Priced at CNY 2,299 (roughly Rs. 23,000), the Xiaomi Mi Note Natural Bamboo Edition will be available in China from March 24. The registrations have begun from Tuesday. The highlight of the special edition Mi Note is its bamboo back cover, which... 

Microsoft is continuing to push affordable Lumia handsets into the market and the latest to join the league is the Lumia 430 Dual SIM. The Redmond giant touts that the Microsoft Lumia 430 Dual SIM is the “most affordable Lumia to-date” and comes at a price of $70 (approximately Rs. 4,400) before taxes and subsidies. The Lumia 430 Dual SIM will begin rolling out in select markets in the... 

Micromax Canvas Juice 2, the successor to the popular Canvas Juice smartphone, has been launched at Rs. 8,999. The smartphone will be available in Silver via online and offline stores from Thursday. The new Canvas Juice 2 retains the 3000mAh battery from its predecessor, which is also the highlight of the device. The battery is rated to deliver up to 9 hours of talk time and up to 435 hours or 18 days... 

Sony on Thursday unveiled its first ‘SIM-free’ smartphone dubbed the Sony Xperia J1 Compact (D5788) in Japan. The firm will launch the device with NTT DoCoMo on April 20. It will be up on pre-orders starting March 27 with a price of JPY 59,184 (approximately Rs. 30,000). The Sony Xperia J1 Compact (D5788) is company’s first LTE communication “PLAY SIM” device with MVNO... 

Samsung has started sending invites for an event in New Delhi where the company is set to launch the new flagship Galaxy S6 alongside the Galaxy S6 Edge. We already know that the South Korean giant will start sales of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge globally starting April 10, and is expected to do so in India as well while opening pre-orders before that date. Samsung earlier this... 

Microsoft India on Saturday announced a ‘Smart Exchange offer’ for its existing Asha consumers to upgrade to the newly launched Lumia 435 Dual SIM smartphone. The exchange offer is valid from March 7 till April 15 or till stocks last, and can be availed from authorised retail stores across the country. Users of Nokia Asha 500, Asha 501, Asha 502 and Asha 503 will get an assured discount...