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A Recent Entrant To The Happening Mobile Market, Oneplus Has Nonetheless Impressed Experts And Common Consumers Alike With Its Distinctive Design And Top Notch Specifications. It Entered The India Market In December 2014 With A Bang After Some Initial Hiccups And Continues To Be Among The Wishlists Of Discerning Consumers. Deeksha Koli Caught Up With Vikas Agarwal, General Manager - India At Oneplus Who Is Driving Oneplus’ Successful Journey In The Country. Prior To Joining Oneplus, Mr Agarwal Served As Director Of Corporate Excellence At IBIBO (Part Of Mih-Naspers Group) Where He Led The Business Operations Of Their Marketplace Vertical. He Has Also Been A Part Of The Founding Team And The Investment Team At Ivanhoe Cambridge India (Real Estate Vertical Of La Caisse, One Of The Biggest Pension Funds In North America). Mr Agarwal Is An Alumnus Of Lit Delhi And IIM Ahmedabad. Excerpts From The Interview……

Iris Scanners: The Next Big Thing You Want In Your Smartphone

The Advent Of Smartphones Within The Country Has Brought About A Paradigm Change In The Lifestyles Of Indian Consumers. But With The Rise In Online Transactions, Mobile-Based Banking, And The Amount Of Personal Data Stored On Mobile Devices, There Have Also Emerged Serious Questions About The Security Aspect. It Is To Address These Qualms And To Make Mobile Usage More Secure For Its End-Users That Very Few Brands Have Integrated Iris Scanners In Their Smartphones. The Iris Scanner Allows You To Unlock The Smartphone By Just Looking At It. The Module Scans The Iris Of Your Eyes, Which Obviously Is Unique, And Uses It As A Password To Secure The Phone Like A Fingerprint Sensor Can. Here Are Some Smartphones With Iris Scanner.

Oppo F3 Plus

First dual front lens from Oppo

Acche Din For Smartwatches

Hybrid Smartwatches Are About to Witness a Breakout Year as Their Sales Are Projected to Grow to Usd 1 Billion in 2017

Iris Scanners: The Next Big Thing You Want In Your Smartphone

The Advent of Smartphones Within the Country Has Brought About a Paradigm Change in the Lifestyles of Indian Consumers. But With the Rise in Online Transactions, Mobile-based Banking, and the Amount of Personal Data Stored on Mobile Devices, There Have Also Emerged Serious Questions About the Security Aspect. It Is to Address These Qualms and to Make Mobile Usage More Secure for Its End-users That Very Few Brands Have Integrated Iris Scanners in Their Smartphones. The Iris Scanner Allows You to Unlock the Smartphone by Just Looking at It. The Module Scans the Iris of Your Eyes, Which Obviously Is Unique, and Uses It as a Password to Secure the Phone Like a Fingerprint Sensor Can. Here Are Some Smartphones With Iris Scanner.

Talk In Tech Corners

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio is said to be in talks with Chinese companies like Techchain, FortuneShip and Uniscope for manufacturing of 4G VoLTE feature phones.

Oppo F3 Cashing In On ‘Group Selfie' Trend

Strengthening the ‘group selfie’ trend, Chinese smartphone brand Oppo has come up with the Oppo F3 in India.

Cyber Attack: Choose Action Over Panic

Recently, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the FBI and the US Department of Homeland Security issued a joint alert warning of a global campaign by Russian state-sponsored cyber actors.

LG X-Boom Handy Splash Speaker

A total entertainment solution while on the go

Digital Security Concerns Amplify

Three in four Indians indicate an increase in online security concerns vis-à-vis five years ago!

“GoldSeat bridges the gap between the needs of consumers and available services by providing latest HD content offline”

GoldSeat is a licensed on-the-go offline entertainment application for premium travel services across Air, Bus and Railway Network in India. Headquartered in Delhi, the company bridges the gap and provides latest HD content which runs seamlessly without any data cost and even without connectivity. GoldSeat is looking to tap the hugely untapped market of over 500 million passengers in travel sector in India, which is predominantly dominated by road travel followed by Railway and Air. GoldSeat has already begun the services in 170 buses catering to about 5,000 passengers daily. Nijhum Rudra spoke to Gaurav Kapahi, Co-Founder, GoldSeat about the current scenario of the on-the-go entertainment sector in India and how GodlSeat plans to tap this market!

Mivi Collar Earphones

A Fine Choice for Upgrade

Feature Phones Are Here To Stay

Defying all doomsday predictions, feature phones remain well entrenched in many geographies including India and Africa.

Fingerprint Sensors

The new essential.

The Meteoric Rise Of Chinese Mobile Brands

Astounding growth of Chinese mobile Oems globally looks unstoppable as they continue to wrest more grounds from competition around the world.

The Telecom War

Airtel appears to have had the last laugh in the bitter year long acrimonious battles unleashed by entrant reliance Jio to capture the vast indian telecom space and dislodge competition.

The Oncoming Data Traffic Explosion

The Report Highlighted That 5G Will Account for 1.5% of Total Mobile Data Traffic by 2021, and Will Generate 4.7 Times More Traffic Than the Average 4G Connection With the Proliferation of IoT, Live Mobile Video, Augmented and Virtual Reality Applications.

Mobile To Lead India's Gaming Industry's March

The Gaming Industry in India Has Grown Rapidly Over the Last Decade, Predominantly on the Back of Increasing Smartphone and Internet Penetration Coupled With Rising Income Levels of Consumers in the Country. Valued at $543.08 Million in 2016, the Indian Gaming Industry Is Expected to Reach $801 Million by 2022.

Technology Turns Human

A paradigm shift is underway as consumers expect digital technology to increasingly operate on human terms; body language, facial expression and intonation will augment voice and touch to control consumer interaction with tech devices, easing adaption in an ever-increasing pace of technological change.  A paradigm shift is underway as consumers expect digital technology to increasingly operate on human terms; body language, facial expression and intonation will augment voice and touch to control consumer interaction with tech devices, easing adaption in an ever-increasing pace of technological change.

Mahindra Electric Virtual Reality Drive Experience

Set to revolutionize the test drive experience

We Want To Build A Booming 'Interactive Smart Video' Ecosystem Platform In India

VideoTap is an ‘Interactive Smart Video’ ecosystem which is built to deliver the smart video experience seamlessly across connected devices and at scale. Nijhum Rudra spoke to Dilip Venkatraman, Founder and CEO, VideoTap, as to how personalized video concept will change the way consumers are influenced these days.

Over 10 Million Unique Tests Are Taken With Ookla's Speedtest Every Day And Over 17 Billion Have Taken To Date

The U.S-based company Ookla, or we commonly know it through Speedtest which is used to check performance and analysis of mobile and fixed broadband, has been at the forefront in providing information to individual as well as multi-national companies such as Microsoft, Vodafone and CISCO to name a few, in order to get a proper troubleshooting. Doug Suttles, Co-founder and General Manager at Ookla, shared the latest findings of the company with Haider Ali Khan on how India fared on their parameters and what needs to be done. Excerpts:

We Have a Complete Roadmap of Mods

It has been a busy time of late for motorola. The brand, whose phone business is now under lenovo, recently launched its modular phones, the moto z and the moto z play in india. And is planning a few more launches too. Anuj Bhatia and Nimish Dubey met James Thiede, head of global product marketing, mobile business group, lenovo, to find out more.

10 Things That Rocked 2016

There were products, events and launches galore in 2016, but if we had to pick the ones that really made a difference to the industry and to the lives of the consumers, well, we would pick these ten. Anuj Bhatia takes a closer look at the ten products and trends that rocked 2016.

Can Samsung Hold Its Fort?

The long undisputed numero uno of Indian mobile market is under increasing pressure from new challengers and old warriors alike; can the upgraded manufacturing facality help it retain its grip?

Tambo Mobiles Entered Indian Handset Market With Aim Of Bridging The Mobility Gap

Tambo Mobiles, one of the latest entrants into Indian mobile ecosystem, backed by China-based Agaston Mobiles aims to deliver delight, durability and design in its smartphones as well as feature phones. Sudhir Kumar, CEO of Tambo Mobiles had a conversation with Haider Ali Khan on his company’s aspirations to be in the top 3 entry-level brands by end of 2019. Edited Excerpts:

Coolpad Note 3S

Curved glass, large display.

“Our Commitment To India Is Huge And Multi-Dimensional”

Dr Leo Li, chairman, spreadtrum communications, was on a whirlwind visit to india recently meeting policy makers, senior government officials, business associates and his india team. Despite the tight schedule, he took out time to interact with my mobile magazine and dwelt upon many subjects. 

Airtel Launches ‘Internet TV' For Digital Homes

In yet another industry first from India’s largest telco, Airtel Digital TV, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel, recently launched ‘Internet TV’ – India’s first hybrid STB, powered by Android TV, which brings the best of online content to the TV screen along with a bouquet of over 500 plus satellite TV channels. Airtel ‘Internet TV’ transforms any TV into a Smart TV and enables users to switch seamlessly between online and linear TV content with a single device. With consumption of online content within Indian homes increasing rapidly, Airtel ‘Internet TV’ will offer customers a superior experience by enabling them to enjoy their favourite content on the biggest screen in their homes. Customers can now stream and cast their favourite content directly on to their TV as well as download their favourite apps and play games.

Truecaller's Big Ring – Goes In For Whopping Brand And Service Expansion

Truecaller, the global leader in caller identification and safer communication, recently announced its largest ever brand and product expansion. It has entered into digital payment space with the launch of ‘Truecaller Pay’ in partnership with ICICI Bank which will enable Android users to digitally receive and send money, has joined hands with Airtel to bring Truecaller caller ID to Airtel users, and will start video calling service in association with Google.