India

Apple, Foxconn to begin mass production of iPhones in India this year

Foxconn, the chief manufacturer of the iPhone among other devices, is planning mass production of Apple’s latest smartphones in India. According to a report…

Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 7 Pro debuts in India with more nut-cracking specs

Xiaomi on Thursday unveiled its upper mid-range challenger in the form of the Redmi Note 7 Pro. The phone, which looks awfully similar to…

Samsung Galaxy M series to launch in India on 28 January

You’re probably familiar with Samsung’s flagship S series, it’s larger Note series, and even possibly its A series (above) of mid-range devices. But now,…

The Gearburn Podcast #3: are big companies neglecting the budget smartphone space?

Hey you, using that swanky flagship over there, have you ever stopped to think if companies are doing enough for budget smartphone users? It’s…

Freedom 251: India’s about to get a R60 Android smartphone

The Freedom 251 will very likely become the cheapest mass-produced smartphone ever once it begins shipping to the Indian public on 3o June. While…

Motorola’s Moto G sells out in India, will return in ’10 to 20 days’

Customers in India eager to buy Motorola’s cheap but cheerful Moto G will have to put their Android ambitions on the back-burner for a…

Indian inventor launches $34 Braille Android smartphone in February

This is the ultimate expression of Google’s “Do harm policy”. In a bold move, inventor Sumit Dugar will soon launch an Android phone with…

The return of the king: iPhone 4 8GB makes its way back to India

Apple plans to rise the 8GB iPhone 4 from the dead in order to compete against Samsung’s stronghold in India and it’s going to…

India’s 5 cheapest smartphones revealed

The mobile phone market in India is quite different from those in the US and Europe. There’s almost a sense of neglect when it…

India loves these 5 budget smartphones

After the advent of the Android operating system many years ago, many new and diverse smartphone brands popped up because it became a lot…

ZTE aims for India with five new smartphones

ZTE, one of China’s biggest telecom and mobile phone makers, plans to sell five new smartphones directly to India. This is the first time…

Indian-made Aakash 2 budget tablet launches today, costs $21

On India’s National Education day, which is today, the mega-cheap and cheerful budget tablet the Aaskash 2 launches for the price of US$21. It’s…

Samsung denies India the Galaxy Nexus

The Galaxy Nexus won’t be sold in India, with Twitter being the platform Samsung decides to break the bad news on. India seems like…

Nokia’s PureView 808 41Mpx phone launches first in Russia, India

The PureView 808, Nokia’s 41-megapixel snapper plans to launch this month in India and Russia. Nokia mentions “select markets” but outside of Russia and…

HCL launches two great new budget tablets, starts at US$160

Budget tablets are a dime a dozen these days, but it’s interesting to watch companies push them into new market segments. With the rise…

Aakash-II set for 2012 release

Remember the Aakash, the “world’s cheapest tablet”? It’s inching ever closer to a worldwide release date thanks to new developers C-DAC and ITI jumping…

India to monitor BlackBerry communications

In an effort to better its Blackberry services RIM has set up a new monitoring facility in Mumbai. The Canadian manufacturer, along with the…

India unveils $45 Akash tablet

A US$45 tablet is now a reality, thanks to Indian ingenuity. The tablet launches this week and its hope is to bring the digital…

Can India produce the world’s cheapest tablet?

The Indian government won headlines around the world when it unveiled a prototype $US35 tablet computer in July, but questions are now growing over…

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