Smartphone shipments stood at 23.3 million units in the same period a year ago. The shipments increased over six per cent from 26.5 million units in the April-June 2015 quarter.

The smartphone runs android 5.1 lollipop and features 3GB of RAM and an eight-megapixel rear and two-megapixel front camera.

Intex has already tied up with Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm to supply 4G handsets enabled with VoLTE feature.

The phone sports a five-inch HD display, 1.3 Ghz quad-core processor, a 1 GB RAM and storage capacity of 8GB ROM that can be extended to 32 GB.

The new 4G device, with a five-inch HD display, will run on latest Android Lollipop 5.1 and has 1 GHz quad-core processor with 1GB RAM.

The new device will come with a 5-inch IPS HD display and will support multiple languages.

The smartphone comes with a gesture which allows the user to mute their ringtones by simply flipping down the handset.

The dual-SIM Android KitKat powered device features 1.4 GHz octacore processor, 1GB RAM and 8GB memory.

The three new devices -Star, Star HD and Star Power -will be available from September 29 onwards priced at Rs 6,990, Rs 7,490 and Rs 8,690 respectively.

Mozilla showcased a smartphone prototype costing as little as $25 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, targeting developing countries including India and China.

Priced at Rs 4,990, the Aqua QWERTY combines a touch-sensitive screen and a user-friendly typing QWERT interface.

It has also launched one of the lowest-priced 3G phone at Rs 4,490.

The dual SIM handset features a six-inch HD display and is powered by Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean operating system.

The 3G-enabled handset features a five-inch display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual core processor.

Indian handset makers may have to reconcile themselves to paying for patented technologies.