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... 

InFocus, a US-based company, has entered the Indian market with its first smartphone, the M2. The InFocus M2 smartphone is now exclusively available via Snapdeal at Rs. 4,999. The company in a press statement has announced that the InFocus mobiles are manufactured by Foxconn, one of the largest manufacturers in the world. The InFocus M2 features InLife UI on top of Android 4.4 KitKat. The handset comes... 

A new Lava budget smartphone, the Iris 325 Style is now available to buy via an e-commerce website. The Lava Iris 325 Style has been priced at Rs. 2,599. At the time of writing, the company hadn’t yet listed the new Iris-series smartphone on its website; though we can expect an announcement about the smartphone in the coming days. The Lava Iris 325 Style is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) device which runs... 

Lenovo-owned firm Motorola has launched its latest budget smartphone in India, the Motorola Moto E (Gen 2), priced at Rs. 6,999. The smartphone will be available available from midnight Wednesday via Flipkart – the firm’s exclusive online retail partner. Unfortunately, the company will not be launching the Motorola Moto E (Gen 2) LTE in India alongside the 3G-only variant, and said it will... 

Asus at CES 2015 revealed the ZenFone 2 promising a March release date for the handset. The Taiwanese company, as promised, on Monday announced the Asus ZenFone 2 in Taiwan and also unveiled new variants of the handset. According to a Korean publication, apart from Taiwan, the ZenFone 2 will be available in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and France starting in March while other countries such as Italy... 

iBall’s yet-to-be-launched Android 4.4 KitKat-based smartphone dubbed the iBall Andi 5M Xotic is now available via an online retailer at Rs. 8,950. The smartphone was first teased by the company earlier this month, and has still to be officially launched with pricing and availability details. On Monday, Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom had also tipped the launch of the iBall Andi 5M Xotic...