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Realme 7i just went official in the Indonesian market and the phone could be launched as a Narzo 20 series variant in India. The Realme 7 also made its debut in Indonesia today alongside the Realme 7i. For the unaware, the Realme 7 was launched in India very recently, but the Realme 7i is yet to make its way to the Asian sub-continent. In the past, we have seen Realme tinkering with the specifications of the Realme ‘i’ smartphones....

The Chinese smartphone manufacturer is gearing up for the launch of its Realme C35 device in India. The brand had already launched the device in Malaysia last month. The company has announced that the Realme C35 will go live on March 7 in India starting from 12:30 PM. Ahead of its launch, the landing page for the smartphone has gone live on the company’s website which gives us official images of the device along with some key features....

Realme GT Neo 3 is soon arriving in India as it was informed during a recent Realme GT 2 Pro launch event. The smartphone was originally launched by the company in its domestic market. Now in a new development, Realme Vice President Madhav Sheth has shared the official launch date for Realme GT Neo 3 in India. The smartphone is all set to arrive in India on April 29. In addition to this, Madhav Sheth also confirmed that Realme GT Neo 3 150W charging variant will be coming to India which means that most likely the brand is going to launch both 80W and 10W charging variants in the country....

Realme 5s to Offer Quad Camera Setup With 48MP Primary Lens Ever since its first launch, Realme is going after Chinese brand Xiaomi in India because it’s the leading smartphone brand with a market share of over 25%. Realme’ strategy is pretty simple- take on Xiaomi at its own game. Xiaomi released the Redmi Note 8 last month and it’s the best smartphone in the sub-Rs 10,000 price point right now....

Redmi, a spinoff brand from Xiaomi, has gained a lot of popularity because of the price to performance ratio its devices offer. If someone’s looking for a cheap or affordable smartphone with a very decent performance, he/she definitely considers Redmi as a very good and viable brand to purchase from. Now, Redmi might launch a new smartphone, but there won’t be anything cheap about the device. It is not the price but the features of the smartphone that will make it a ‘premium’ device....

Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India, showcased several 5G use cases on the first day of India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022. The telco was also displaying how fast its 5G network is with a 5G speed test. We saw a similar speed test from Vodafone Idea at the media event organised by the company in November 2021. Jio is ready to commercially launch 5G soon in four cities of India - Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai....

Jio Rs 1,299 Prepaid Plan Sees Validity Reduction After the December 2019 tariff revision, Reliance Jio had two long-term or annual plans on offer- Rs 2,199 (being on offer at Rs 2,020 since the start of 2020) and Rs 1,299. Both the plans shipped with benefits for 365 days from the date of recharge. Reliance Jio pulled the Rs 2,020 or Rs 2,199 yearly plan and replaced with Rs 2,121 prepaid recharge last week....

HMD Global has launched a new smartphone in India - the Nokia G10. Notably, this is the latest budget smartphone from the brand to be launched in the country. The device comes in two colour options and a single storage variant. Notably, the smartphone has been launched in collaboration with Jio. Nokia G10 Price In India Along with partnership with Jio, there will be attractive discounts on Nokia G10. The buyers of the device with a Jio SIM card can get 10 per cent instant price support....

Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India, has asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to soon hold the next round of spectrum auctions. According to the Mint, Reliance Jio in a letter to the DoT, highlighted that the delay in spectrum auction will result in a huge loss to the government revenues. Crucially, the operator also said that the holding of the spectrum auctions at the earliest will result in the enhancement of 4G services....

JioCall Fixed Line Calling Feature One of the new features that Reliance Jio seems to be betting on a lot is of video calling from a fixed line number. The JioCall app will allow the subscribers to make video and audio calls from the smartphone for the fixed-line number. To do that, the subscribers will first have to configure their fixed-line number with the Jio Call application. There will be something known as the Fixed Profile on the JioCall app which will allow the users to make or receive calls from your fixed line number conveniently....

Jio Rs 2,020 Annual Prepaid Plan: What it Offers to the Users? For nearly three years now, Reliance Jio dominated the prepaid segment with its affordable and best plans, however, the domination is going down slowly as the telco starts charging for off-net voice calls. Reliance Jio has discounted its Rs 2,198 yearly prepaid plan on the occasion of New Year 2020 and the users can now avail it for Rs 2,020 for a limited period....

Reliance Jio has just announced the launch of 5G in six key cities of Tamil Nadu. The telco said that its 5G Welcome Offer would be available for customers in the following cities of Tamil Nadu: Madurai, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Hosur, Salem, and Vellore. Jio said that this 5G launch has taken the total number of cities where its 5G is available are 101. Now Jio customers in these six cities of Tamil Nadu will be able to experience 5G if they are invited by the telco....

Analysts Expect Jio to Record Higher User Additions in Upcoming Quarters Dolat Capital, a financial firm engaged in the trading markets on Saturday said in a note that Jio recorded “healthy” performance in a “Covid impacted quarter.” The firm highlighted that Jio added 14.4 million users in its first-quarter while its average revenue per user (ARPU), a key financial metric, remained “stable” at Rs 138.4. “Jio’s smartphone offer in Mar’21 shall have boosted additions,” Dolat Capital said in its note on Saturday....

Reliance Jio has a habit of partnering up with companies and smartphone brands to offer recharge benefits to the users. Jio has done it multiple times with both low-cost and premium smartphones. This time, Reliance Jio will be offering Rs 6,000 worth of recharge benefits to the users when they purchase the OnePlus Nord CE 5G, which launched in India on June 10, 2021. The telco will be crediting the eligible user’s MyJio account with multiple recharge vouchers over an extended period of time....

Jio became the fastest company in the world to achieve 100 million telecom subscribers in 170 days of starting commercial operation. In its earnings report for the quarter ended December 2018, Bharti Airtel had disclosed that it had 284 million customers. However, as per regulatory filings, Bharti Airtel reported having 340.2 million customers on its network in December and 340.3 million customers at the end of January. Bharti Airtel crossed the 300 million customers mark in 19th year of its operations....

Reliance Jio is the number one telecom operator in India. Just a few days back, the telco announced its new plans which come with the Disney+ Hotstar VIP annual subscription. The purpose to launch this plan is to avail the benefit to the customers who have already subscribed for an annual plan. Customers who already were using an annual plan would have felt disappointed that they didn’t get the benefit of Disney+ Hotstar VIP when they subscribed for their plans....

Reliance Jio Triple Play Plan Details As noted, Reliance Jio is already providing Jio GigaFiber services to its employees and normal customers in various parts of the country. Jio seems to be testing a new Triple Play plan on FTTH connections which are on its employees’ name, as the plan has been spotted on the company’s website inside the login of Jio GigaFiber account. Although there is no news about the pricing of this plan at the current moment, we know about the benefits which the GigaFiber Triple Plan will offer to its subscribers....

Reliance Jio Joins the UPI Bandwagon There have been many talks before about Jio planning to introduce a UPI based payment service, but now finally Entrackr has confirmed that Jio has started rolling out the UPI based service to its subscribers in a limited manner. This means that only a few subscribers will get it at first and then slowly, it will be rolled out to other users. The introduction of UPI on its payment platform makes Reliance Jio, the first telecom operator in the industry to come up with UPI and the second payments bank to bring UPI to the users....

Jio VoWi-Fi Service Will Be Limited to its Own Network In the early stages, Reliance Jio’s VoWi-Fi services will be limited to Jio-to-Jio. However, soon the carrier will expand to other networks too, according to the report which surfaced back in July 2018. Not only for smartphones, but Jio was said to integrate the VoWi-Fi service in its JioPhone also. Notably, the JioPhone is a feature phone device by the company which offers 4G VoLTE services....

Sony Ericsson W8 is the world’s 1st walkman phone on Andriod 2.1. The offer has been sweetened with a 100% money back guarantee throughout India. The features and the offers in the offering has been summarized below About Sony Ericsson W8: MOP of W8 is Rs.10,190. It is designed for Entertainment and is equipped with Smartphone features as well. It provides the Walkman experience, has a 3" touchscreen and is perfect for watching Movies, Browsing the net and Gaming....