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Why Comio must embrace Online?

Comio is now a pan India brand. As of Q1 2018, it had 1 percent share in smartphones and ranked 16th in the country as per CMR's India Monthly Mobile Handset Market Report. Though it primarily wants to be an offline player and wants to leverage from the presence it has been building since right

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11:57 AM
Jul 26, 2018

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OnePlus is going the Apple way

OnePlus 6 is a wonderful smartphone, there is no doubt about it. It has also pushed competitors to think its way. Many brands, like Asus for instance, with its Zenfone 5Z, sees OnePlus as a benchmark. However, with every upgrade, the incremental wow factor is diminishing. The recent addition to the stable, OnePlus 6, hardly

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03:40 PM
Jul 11, 2018

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With the Zenfone 5Z to take on the OnePlus 6, Asus could finally make a comeback

Earlier today, Asus launched its flagship Zenfone 5Z smartphone in India. And just like the Zenfone Max Pro M1, Asus has yet again gone with an aggressive pricing, undercutting the Honor 10 and the OnePlus 6, two of its closest competitors. With the rise of Xiaomi and other Chinese smartphone manufacturers, brands like Samsung, HTC

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Ritesh Bendre

05:08 PM
Jul 04, 2018

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From Vivo, Oppo to Huawei: How some of the best smartphone innovations are coming from China

Deciding on your smartphone purchase is anything but a straightforward process these days. We are spoilt for choice. And the problem transcends across price segments. This, despite the fact that smartphones look and feel the same. It isn t surprising then that companies lately have been more focused on marketable innovations. All in the hope

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Sambit Satpathy

09:37 AM
Jun 17, 2018

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We all love gadgets, but the wild obsession with leaks and renders needs to be tamed

I ve been writing on technology for some time now, while following the world of gadgets for as long as I can remember. For most fellow tech writers, the product cycle is pretty interesting and detailed. It pretty much begins with the first rumor, that grain of truth, the seed of the idea of what

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Ritesh Bendre

04:32 PM
Jun 15, 2018

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OnePlus 6 shows us that the lack of wireless charging is not a deal breaker

The OnePlus 6 is here, and it goes on sale today via Amazon India, OnePlus experience stores and Croma retail outlets. There s a lot going for the OnePlus 6 - it is powered by the latest and fastest Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC, features up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB onboard storage. But, one

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Ritesh Bendre

12:45 PM
May 22, 2018

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The OnePlus 6 isn’t radically different, but that’s exactly the point of a OnePlus device

When I was returning to the office after picking up our review unit of the OnePlus 6, my colleagues stayed later than usual. While we d have all ordinarily left a bit early on a Friday evening to enjoy the weekend, the OnePlus 6 had kept everyone back. We were all excited to finally see

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Ali Pardiwala

10:57 AM
May 17, 2018

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Realme 1: Oppo has finally taken its leap of faith by going online

Oppo s sub-brand Realme launched its first smartphone in the Indian market, the Realme 1. The launch of this device marks a shift in Oppo s strategy when it comes to India. This is the first time when Oppo has launched its device as online-exclusive in partnership with Amazon India to ensure that it caters

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Rehan Hooda

04:59 PM
May 15, 2018

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Reliance Jio Postpaid: Finally Vodafone, Airtel and other postpaid customers will get much needed love

I m a non-Reliance Jio mobile customer. I've been using a mobile device for a little under 15 years. And for over a decade, I ve been a postpaid customer. Back then, mobile tariffs were steep. Whether due to my limited affordability, or prevalent market rates, they were tough on the pocket. It meant dealing

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Nash David

10:28 AM
May 11, 2018

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The LG G7 ThinQ, after creating widespread interest, turned out to be a damp squib

As has unfortunately been the case for the last few years, LG's smartphone division seems to be losing the plot. Sitting in seventh place in the global market, the company's smartphone shipments are declining faster than the global average. Having shipped just 11.4 million devices worldwide in the first quarter of 2018, LG's global presence

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Ali Pardiwala

01:19 PM
May 03, 2018

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Facebook F8: After Cambridge Analytica, privacy, and WhatsApp, this is Zuckerberg's most important event yet

A lot's happened with Facebook this year. And we're not even half way yet. The poster boy of start-up success, Mark Zuckerberg has been through a roller coaster this year. At the center of all the controversy was one essential human aspiration security, and privacy. The Cambridge Analytica scandal as it was popularly termed had

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Nash David

10:36 PM
May 01, 2018

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Apple's race against time in India has involved losing the top spot to Samsung and OnePlus

Apple iPhone is iconic in many ways. It introduced the concept of apps, cloud, App Store, and much more. With over 10 years of existence in India, it is estimated to surpass 10 million active iPhone users by the end of 2018 according to CMR s Mobilytiks. Despite being undoubtedly the most iconic smartphone as

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01:19 PM
May 01, 2018

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Facebook is the second-most trusted internet brand in India, and that's a surprise

The Brand Trust Report is an annual study of brands, according to the perceived trust in that brand as far as usage of its products or services is concerned. The report includes various categories, and has been topped by Samsung for the second year in a row. Google, ranked 18 overall, is the highest ranked

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Ali Pardiwala

01:12 PM
Apr 27, 2018

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The need for reengineering digital content and how it can help mould society

Let us look at the recent distasteful happenings purely from a social angle. In less than a decade, we have seen some of the most horrific atrocities against women that have made us collectively feel ashamed. There have been so many technology-based interventions proposed to bring down the incidences or completely stop them. However, they

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03:16 PM
Apr 26, 2018

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Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1’s best features are not its specs sheet

Today, Asus launched its Zenfone Max Pro M1 smartphone in India in collaboration with Flipkart. Prices for the smartphone start at Rs 10,999, and the phone will be available to purchase from May 3. While Asus new smartphone boasts a competitive sheet of specifications and features, the Zenfone Max Pro M1 is much more than

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Sambit Satpathy

03:47 PM
Apr 23, 2018

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Let's face it, but that #DeleteFacebook call to boycott Facebook is a lost cause already

It was exactly a month ago the 'mega breach of trust' by Facebook and data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica came to light. After initial digging, it was discovered that the roots of the breach dated back to 2014 when the firm allegedly starting using Facebook users' data to build political tool. Some more investigations revealed

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Deepali Moray

01:55 PM
Apr 17, 2018

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After iPhone X, the Asus Zenfone 5, Huawei P20 and OnePlus 6 prove the notch is here to stay

Earlier this week, Chinese smartphone maker Huawei was the latest to join the notch family with its newest flagships, the P20 and P20 Pro. In fact, ever since MWC 2018 last month, we've seen a lineup of devices from Asus, LG and Huawei with the notch. For a moment, it's easy to think that the

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Karthekayan Iyer

02:44 PM
Mar 29, 2018

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Apple’s new 9.7-inch iPad wants to take on Chromebooks, but the Indian student prefers laptops

Last night, Apple hosted an education-specific event in the US where it unveiled a bunch of software made specifically for teachers and students. It also launched a relatively-affordable 9.7-inch iPad with the hope of replacing Chromebooks that have flooded classrooms in the US. The new 9.7-inch Apple iPad is set to come to India sometime

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Sambit Satpathy

03:59 PM
Mar 28, 2018

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One lesson for Facebook, thanks to Cambridge Analytica: With great power comes great responsibility

How many of you took every word you came across on Facebook seriously? There are times I did. And there are countless moments I ve tried to convince those around me about the perils of depending on social media for all the information we feed ourselves. At the risk of ending friendships, I've stood up

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Nash David

10:26 AM
Mar 21, 2018

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The Oppo R15 could be the blueprint for the OnePlus 6

A lot of people may not know that Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus has its roots with another smartphone manufacturer from the same country called Oppo. Indeed the early days of Oppo had smartphones such as the Oppo N1 which closely followed the philosophy that eventually built OnePlus into the successful operation that it is today.

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Ali Pardiwala

01:07 PM
Mar 19, 2018

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