Feature phone

At Mobile World Congress 2017, HMD Global introduced the iconic Nokia 3310, and Nokia 3, 5 and 6 smartphones. It is very rare for a company to announce the grand launch of a feature phone these days, considering the growth of…

The feature phones are not going away anytime soon. Earlier there were reports about Reliance Jio working on a low-cost 4G VoLTE feature phone, but now, Spreadtrum Communications, a Shanghai-based semiconductor company popular for its…

This time, it is Jio, who has launched a preemptive strike against Airtel’s advertisements and offers. In a strongly worded letter addressed to TRAI, Jio has described Airtel’s offers as ‘misleading’. Meanwhile, in a related news,…

As the voice over Long-Term Evolution (VoLTE) is becoming the new frontier in voice calling, telco companies are putting forward attractive phones and plans to keep the VoLTE feature as the primary asset for pushing their revenue. The…

Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has announced that IRCTC will soon launch a product, using which non-smartphone users can easily book an online ticket. Right now, only those who can access Internet via smartphone or desktop/laptop…

At the time when the world is moving towards smartphone adoption and when the tech pundits are busy debating the benefits of Android OS over iOS and vice-versa, India’s largest 4G VoLTE operator- Reliance Jio is planning to launch…

When Microsoft acquired Nokia’s device business, map services, patents and services business, many people were skeptical whether Microsoft will retain the Nokia brand or completely do away with it. As fate happened, all the smartphones…

Soon, all mobile phones (Smartphones as well as feature phones) will need to support display of content in 22 official Indian languages and provide input capability for three languages— Hindi, English and one local language. Earlier…

Indian smartphone market which is a low to medium range phone market is expected to grow at 37% this year, as compared to 32% average growth for the last three years. 2016 would also be the first year for the Indian mobile market…

India is a country with over 22 official languages, with Hindi being the most spoken language. English is spoken quite well throughout, but it could hamper the growth of the country, which can be strengthened from the rural part of the…