Indian smartphone market declines in 2020 after years of growth
The top five vendors of the year were Xiaomi, Samsung, Vivo, Realme and Oppo. As per the estimates revealed by the research firm, the handset market in the country fell by almost 2% YoY with 150 million units. The report further added that the 4Q20 (October-December) time frame witnessed a record shipment of 45 million devices.
Feb 15, 2021, 22:00 PM IST
Annoyed with smartphone battery usage? Try these four tricks for a longer battery performance
Keeping the battery aspect in mind, several smartphone brands are flooding the market with powerful batteries.
Dec 15, 2020, 14:03 PM IST
Technology is the biggest contributor behind the energy of the farmer movement
Technology is the biggest contributor behind the energy of the farmer movement. Watch this special report to know.
Dec 12, 2020, 12:08 PM IST
Making calls from landlines to mobile phones in India to change from January 1 – Details here
The department has accepted sectoral regulator Trai's recommendation for having the '0' prefix for such calls, a move that will create sufficient numbering space for telecom services.
Nov 25, 2020, 13:39 PM IST
Realme 7 5G smartphone to launching on November 19 --Check expected specs
Realme also posted an image of the Realme 7 5G, which confirms the smartphone will pack a punch hole display and feature a side-mounted fingerprint reader.
Nov 13, 2020, 11:36 AM IST
Deleted phone contacts accidentally? Know how to restore in Google Contacts
The Google support page says that contacts can be restored only if they have been deleted within 30 days from Google Account.
Nov 04, 2020, 13:22 PM IST
Lost your mobile phone or it is being stolen? Here is how to erase data remotely
All you need is to download Android Device Manager app from Google play store and install it on any other Android device.
Oct 29, 2020, 09:58 AM IST
5 non-Chinese smartphones launched under Rs 10,000 in India this year
Those looking to buy non-Chinese smartphone can check out these options.
Sep 24, 2020, 17:54 PM IST
Beware Android users! These 23 Apps may expose you to scam – Check out complete list
A new research found that these apps contain dangerous ‘fleeceware’ and could syphon off thousands from you.
Aug 25, 2020, 16:28 PM IST
Is the government providing free smartphones to students across India? PIB's fact check
A post claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre is planning to distribute free smartphones to students amid coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has gone viral on Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media platforms.
Aug 25, 2020, 12:30 PM IST
IPS officer Arun Bothra advises UPSC aspirant to replace smartphone with Nokia 5310 to achieve success
IPS officer Arun Bothra recently advised an UPSC aspirant to replace his smartphone with Nokia 5310 in order to crack the prestigious civil services exams. Bothra, who is an Odisha cadre officer, gave the advice while replying to a tweet seeking a “one-shot advice” from him to crack the UPSC civil services exams.
Aug 25, 2020, 10:18 AM IST
Amid boycott China, here are some cool, safe alternatives to Chinese apps
From gaming to short-video making, you can try these numerous apps that are not Chinese.
Jun 22, 2020, 11:39 AM IST
Poco likely launching 'make in india' smartphone, drops hints on twitter
The upcoming phone, media reports say could be the 'Poco F2 Pro' which was launched in China earlier this month.
Jun 04, 2020, 12:15 PM IST
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 series to be unveiled at online-only event
This would be the first-ever Samsung Unpacked event that would be completely online.
May 22, 2020, 12:19 PM IST
TECNO SPARK 5 with 13MP quad camera launched at Rs 7,999
The smartphone will be available in two colourful variants -- ice jadeite as well as spark orange -- on Amazon.in, starting May 22.
May 21, 2020, 16:39 PM IST
Infinix S5 Pro with pop-up selfie camera launched; check price and features
The phone runs on Android 10 with XOS 6.0 custom skin on top and has a 4,000mAh battery that draws power through a micro-USB port at up to 10W.
Mar 06, 2020, 16:07 PM IST
Here are the top budget smartphones of 2019
The segment under Rs 10,000 grew even more competitive with a shorter refresh cycle. Coming to brands, Xiaomi did well in the segment with Redmi 7A, 7, 8 and 8A, Samsung upped the ante with M30, M30s, M20, and M10.
Dec 29, 2019, 08:56 AM IST
Smartphone can help detect mental, physical stress
By suitably processing this signal, measurements can be acquired of the heartbeat rate and status of activation of the sympathetic-vagal balance, associated with the stress level, said the study.
Nov 22, 2019, 19:39 PM IST
Realme, Samsung have lowest return rates among brands: Survey
Across smartphone brands, users are excited about the design aesthetics, camera performance and build quality that phones sport across price bands.
Sep 19, 2019, 16:28 PM IST
How long should an incoming call ring on your mobile - TRAI seeks suggestions
The objective of this consultation Paper is to discover values for duration of ringing which should be configured by all the telecommunication service providers to forced release calls in case no answer condition persists beyond the given duration.
Sep 17, 2019, 13:04 PM IST
