Docoss X1 Android phone at Rs 888: Why the price is hard to believe

Docoss X1 and Freedom 251 by Ringing Bells are two really cheap smartphones — at least on paper — that have managed to grab attention in India. Docoss X1 costs Rs 888 and offers 4-inch display with 1GB RAM with 4GB storage (32GB…

Where should Apple open its first retail store in India?

Keeping global Apple iPhone sales stats and it’s bad quarter aside, the year started on a good note for India’s Apple fans as reports about the Cupertino company opening its first exclusive retail store in the country started floating online.…

Micromax has gone nuts and sort of admits it

You have to hand it to a company when it says that it has the "guts" to launch 19 products in one go. Or laud it when it realises the problems with its business model and, in one go, aims…

iPhone SE fails to get off the ground in India

The iPhone SE failed to get off the ground during its launch weekend, with less than 2,000 units distributed across New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Steep pricing of the handset, which sees the 16GB model selling for ₹39,000 and the…

Micromax to unveil revamped brand on April 13

Micromax Mobile, which is India's largest indigenous smartphone brand, is all set to unveil a new brand identity on April 13 at an event in Gurgaon. The company has sent out invites for an event with a hashtag #GutsToChange. "Another…

Don't buy Apple iPhone SE now, buy it after a month

Apple has launched the iPhone SE in India at a rather lofty price of Rs 39,000. As many will remember, when Apple originally announced the price of the iPhone SE, the press release sent to journalists said that it will…

Seven things to know before you book Freedom 251

While the world kept asking questions and Indians remained puzzled, a Noida-based startup, promising a Rs. 251 smartphone, on Friday claimed to have received nearly five crore registrations in just two days. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst at Greyhound Research,…

Chinese firm LeEco looking beyond smartphone business

Looking beyond smartphones, Chinese company LeEco is planning to bring its Internet-enabled TVs and cars into India. “Chinese companies are getting more confident of the ecosystem play as they look to move up the value chain,” says Sanchit Vir Gogia,…

Freedom 251 price: Why Rs 251 is not ringing a bell for everyone

Ringing Bells Freedom 251 could be the real democratisation of the smartphone. At this price, there should be no one in India who doesn’t own a smartphone and everyone should be online within a couple of years. That is the…

Freedom 251 pricing explained: Just how cheap can a smartphone get?

India has just had another Tata Nano moment, with the world’s cheapest smartphone being announced here on Wednesday. While there is understandable excitement across the country over the Rs 251 price point of the Ringing Bells Freedom 251 smartphone, there…

Freedom 251: Why the phone at Rs 251 is not ringing a bell for everyone

Ringing Bells Freedom 251 could be the real democratisation of the smartphone. At this price, there should be no one in India who doesn’t own a smartphone and everyone should be online within a couple of years. That is the…

Apple's Error 53: How, why and what it means to iPhone users

In case you've not realised, Apple is disabling iPhones that have not been repaired through official Apple service centres. This problem even applies to phones that were earlier repaired and were working fine. But now suddenly after the latest update…

Father didn’t tell him to, but Kavin Mittal took a Hike

Hike Messenger’s new office at the Aerocity in Delhi was designed by Kavin Mittal, its 27-year-old CEO. That is in keeping with Mittal’s career choices; he chooses to build his own things. He could have joined any of the several…

Dell India's Next Gamble

The next billion PC users will come from emerging markets,” said Michael Dell back in October 2013, when he privatised his eponymous computer company. Eventually, Dell was bought back by its founder in a $25-billion deal. Once a global PC…

Microsoft to focus on reviving falling India mobile market share

Microsoft Corp. created quite a stir earlier this year when its employees showed up in orange trucks in 400 small Indian cities and posed a challenged for people using basic, low-end smartphones: to compare their phones with the company’s recently…

Sundar Pichai may rework Android One strategy for Indian market

Sundar Pichai, the new CEO of Google may want to introduce more products revolving around Android One devices. But, for India, he may have to rework his strategy as his earlier attempt with the product has not seen much success. Also,…

Technology Users are Using Their Mobile Phones to Look up PCs

Dell’s latest research on PC user trends of emerging India in partnership with Greyhound Research has revealed useful insights about the preferences of youth. Youth from tier 2 and 3 cities are heavily focused on creating content on PCs. PCs…

Urban kids want tablets, rural kids prefer PCs

The majority of children in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities in India want tablets for their personal use, while kids in Tier 3 and Tier 4 cities aspire for PCs (desktops/laptops), according to a study conducted by Greyhound Research…

Dell launches new notebooks and tablets in India

Dell today launched its new range of notebooks and tablets in India. The new range includes the Inspiron 5000 Series, XPS 13, Alienware 15 and 17 notebooks and the Venue 8 7000 Series tablet. At a press conference in New Delhi,…

Catch Sanchit Vir Gogia talk about MacBook and Apple Watch on NDTV Prime

Watch Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & Group CEO, Greyhound Research sharing his insights on Apple's recently launched Macbook and the iWatch on NDTV Unboxed: Townhall Special.

Catch Sanchit Vir Gogia talk about MWC 2015 on NDTV Prime

The Mobile World Congress 2015 was not just about the launch of new smart devices. It was a show that brought into light 'Internet of Things'. This segment covers MWC 2015 in general, the Smart devices launched and what it means…

Hacking of SIM Card By Spy Agencies Raises Fears Of Sensitive Documents Being Leaked

The hacking of SIM-card and digital security services provider Gemalto by American and British spy agencies has raised fears that sensitive communications, by the Indian government and hundreds of domestic companies, may have been at the risk of being spied…

Watch Sanchit Vir Gogia talk on Missed Call Economy

There are more than 900 million mobile phone users in India - but most of them are on a tight budget and so they do what they can to keep the costs down. Companies have found a way they can…

Yu Vs Everyone Else

On the afternoon of January 13, YU Televentures began selling its first smartphone - Yureka - on online retailer Amazon's India site. The phone was showcased almost three weeks earlier, and the Micromax unit had been heavily advertising the device.…

Micromax YU Vs Everyone Else

On the afternoon of January 13, YU Televentures began selling its first smartphone - Yureka - on online retailer Amazon's India site. The phone was showcased almost three weeks earlier, and the Micromax unit had been heavily advertising the device.…

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