We Lead India’s Premium Segment, Claims Samsung After Galaxy A9 Launch With over 50 percent market share, Samsung has emerged as the top player in India’spremium smartphone marketin the third quarter of 2018, a top executive said after the companylaunched the Galaxy A9 (2018) in Indiatoday. “The past quarter has been phenomenal for us. For the whole quarter, in the premium category, we are at around 55 per cent market share by value....

Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro Gets MIUI 10 Global Stable Update Xiaomi has been slowly rolling out theMIUI 10 Global Stable updateto its ever-expanding portfolio of smartphones in India and the budget Redmi 6 Pro is thelatest deviceto secure a fresh new coat of paint and a myriad of nifty features. While reports for the update rolloutstarted hittingthe Mi Forums early this morning, the Chinese giant has nowtaken to Twitterto confirm the MIUI 10 stable update rollout....

Xiaomi Sets Guinness World Record With 500 Flagship Mi Stores For Rural India Xiaomi today announced it has opened a record 500 retail stores in rural parts of India, afterteasing the announcement yesterday. Called Mi Stores,Xiaomiopened all of these simultaneously on October 29, thus setting a new record. The Mi Stores are said to be similar to the bigger Mi Home stores currently operational in metro cities, and Xiaomi India MD Manu Kumar Jain said they would provide a flagship experience to rural customers....

Aadhaar KYC For New Mobile Numbers to End in a Day or Two: COAI COAI Director General Rajan Mathews said the use ofAadhaar-based processis likely to end in a day or two. Telecom operators have completed the adoption of a new e-KYC (Know Your Customer) process in around 85 per cent of the country and the rest is likely to be covered soon, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said today....

Alexa Skill Blueprints Now in India; Brings Personalized Alexa Skills, Responses Amazon has releasedAlexa Skill Blueprintsallowing users to create personalized skills and responses for its voice-based assistant Alexa in India. Users need to select their blueprint template from “Alexa Skill Blueprints” website, where they can also browse through 30 “Skill Blueprints” across four categories including “Fun and Games”, “Learning and Knowledge”, “At Home” and “Storyteller”, the company said in a statement....

Alleged Renders Show ZenFone Max Pro M2 With Notch, Snapdragon 660 SoC With the launch of the much-awaited Redmi Note 6 Proscheduledfor later this week, its fiercest rival, the ZenFone Max Pro M2, has made its first appearance online and it’s once again looking to tackle Xiaomi’s mid-range best-seller. TheZenFone Max Pro M1came as a pleasant surprise from Asus and it managed to lock horns with theRedmi Note 5 Proearlier this year, extending an almost similar hardware package with a great build, stock Android, and decent set of cameras at a slightly lower price....

Amazon Exclusive Realme U1 with Helio P70 to Launch on November 28 Soon after MediaTek announced theHelio P70, Realme revealed that the company will launch the world’s first smartphone powered by the new SoC before the year ends. Realme has today announced that a new smartphone called theRealme U1powered by the Helio P70 will be launched onNovember 28. The Realme U1 will be an Amazon-exclusive device and is being marketed asIndia’s SelfiePro, which suggests that it will pack a capable imaging hardware on the front....