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Xiaomi has added three more partners, of which, two will set up manufacturing plants for smartphones and one for smart TVs

Realme has launched the new Narzo 30 series phones in India and this time is it is just the two of them.

With no income, the driver decided to sell his vehicle to fund his daughters' education only for Xiaomi to intervene and help him out.

Qualcomm's India's Rajen Vagadia confirmed that all the smartphones of the upcoming series will be powered by the same chipsets.

Samsung faced tough competition from regional smartphone vendors - Xiaomi, Vivo and OPPO - in global markets. In 2020, Apple and Xiaomi were the only two smartphone vendors of the top five smartphone vendors to experience growth

On the market share front for the year 2020, Xiaomi once again emerged as the leader with 27 per cent market share followed by Samsung at 20 per cent driven by Galaxy M and newly launched F series

The smartwatch is the third in the Colourfit series after Colourfit Pro and Colourfit Pro 2.

The photo-sharing app said that it will remove videos with TikTok watermark from Reels.

The ticketing website has now launched online bus ticket booking services.

Xiaomi is reportedly working on a 200W fast charging to achieve the same. The technology might be introduced on the upcoming flagship smartphones by the company but a timeline on that is not clear.

Smartphones, mobile chargers, power banks, and other devices may see a slight jump in prices from April 2021.

Xiaomi is trying to experiment with its smartphone designs these days and is patenting several new design modules. It has now filed for a new patent which features a detachable camera module.

Gopal Vittal said the telco will eventually refarm its mid-band spectrum to deliver 5G since it has adequate amount of spectrum available in that range.

n the third quarter of 2020, Xiaomi had lost its leadership position in the market with a 3 percentage point fall in market share at 23 per cent which saw Samsung nudge ahead at 24 per cent

There is a strong chance that Clubhouse turns out to be the next big smartphone app. The audio-based social networking platform has seen immense growth in last few months and is becoming increasingly popular among users.

The e-commerce platform is offering scores of deals on smartphones, headphones, laptops, and other electronic items.

LG has had a tough time keeping up with rivals in the smartphone industry and it may finally have decided to give up.

Nokia 5.3 was launched last year with good cameras and promise of stock Android and timely updates. But the phone is now down to the lowest price.