Earlier this month, a report claimed that Samsung could merge its Galaxy J, Galaxy On and Galaxy C series and introduce a new Galaxy M series that will comprise of smartphones in the mid and entry-level segments in the country. While this is not confirmed to be true, a Galaxy M series smartphone, allegedly called the Galaxy M10, has been spotted on Geekbench. According to the listing, the smartphone bears the model number SM-M105F and is powered by Exynos 7870 processor clocked at 1.59GHz. This Samsung device is said to be an entry-level phone and recorded a modest score of 724 in single core test and 3637 in multi-core test. Furthermore, the SM-M105F runs on Android 8.1 Oreo and is backed with 3GB RAM. Mysmartprice reports that the Galaxy M model will come in 16GB and 32GB variants and it could be a replacement of the Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7. It is reported that this smartphone will also have a dual-SIM functionality and will be offered in Blue and Dark Gray colours. Two other smartphones with model number M-M205F and SM-M305F are said to be under development and could be released under the new series with the name Galaxy M20 and M30 respectively. Additionally, the SM-M205F could be launched in 32GB and 64GB storage variants, while the SM-M305F may be offered in 64GB and 128GB internal storage variants. This seems to be the company’s first step towards merging three lineups into one and offer mainly three series. The M-series smartphones will cater to the affordable segment, the A-series will cater to the Rs 30,000-Rs 40,000 market, and the S-series and Note devices will be their flagship smartphones. The company is aiming to equip its A series of smartphones with an LCD display so that they cost under 300,000 Won (Approx Rs 19,276). These phones are said to be tailored specifically for India and other South Asian countries, and the first of these devices to hit the market are said to be the Galaxy A50 and Galaxy A60. Samsung could also launch the Galaxy A30, Galaxy A40, Galaxy A70 and the Galaxy A80 smartphone, but they will reportedly come with AMOLED displays.
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Just two days after the company announced that it has partnered with the Britain-based automaker McLaren to possibly launch the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition smartphone, a report has claimed that the device in question will have 10GB RAM and 256GB onboard storage. According to mysmartprice, the device is expected to first launch in Woking, London on December 11, followed by a launch in Mumbai, India on December 12. With this expected launch, OnePlus will also join the fray of smartphone that have automobile brands special edition of devices. Recently, Huawei announced a Huawei Mate 20 Porsche Edition smartphone and Oppo released the Lamborghini Edition of its Find X smartphone. The collaboration has a new term “In a salute to speed” that falls in line with company’s new tagline, “Unlock the Speed”. The partnership incorporates both McLaren Automotive and McLaren Racing -- one of the most successful teams in Formula 1. OnePlus has been creatively collaborating with franchise since it launched the OnePlus 3T two years ago. The company teamed up with Parisian retailer Colette to produce the OnePlus 3T Colette 20th Anniversary Edition. Later, OnePlus worked with Jean-Charles de Castelbajac to launch the OnePlus 5 JCC+Limited Edition “Callection”. For the OnePlus 5T, the Chinese tech company launched the OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition. The most recent collaboration was in April this year, when it announced a partnership with Marvel Studios to launch the OnePlus 6 Marvel Avengers Limited Edition smartphone.
The RealMe has finally launched its first phone in the U series, which is also the world’s first smartphone to feature a MediaTek Helio P70 chipset “RealMe U1”. The smartphone is priced at Rs 11,999 in India for its 3GB/32Gb variant. On the other side, we have the Honor 8C, which comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 processor and also priced at Rs 11,999. So let’s do a quick specs comparison to see which one would be the right pick for you? The RealMe U1 comes with a 6.3-inch display that offers a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels, while the Honor 8C sports a slightly smaller 6.2-inch display that offers a resolution of 720 x 1520 pixels. In terms of display, the RealMe U1 has a bigger and better display than the Honor 8C as it looks like on paper. When it comes to the processor, the RealMe U1 is powered by a MediaTek Helio P70 processor, while the Honor 8C is backed by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 processor. As far as the cameras are concerned, the RealMe U1 has a 25MP front camera with a dual 13MP + 2MP rear camera. The Honor 8C is equipped with an 8MP unit on the front with a dual 13MP + 2MP camera setup at the back. Both RealMe U1 and Honor 8C are available in India at Rs 11,999. The Honor 8C will be available on Amazon from December 10, while you will be able to buy the RealMe U1 on December 5 from Amazon.
Meizu went silent in India last year and after a sabbatical it is reportedly preparing to bounce back with the launch of three smartphones in different segments in the country. If the report making rounds on the internet is to be believed, the company will unveil these smartphone as early as next month and pit them against OnePlus and Xiaomi. Not only these devices, the report says that Meizu is also planning to launch two devices at an event sometime in January next year. Citing industry sources, BGR India reports that one of these three smartphones with the codename ‘M16-TH’ will launch taking on the current ‘flagship killer’ and Indian premium segment market leader (Counterpoint Research) the OnePlus 6T. The other two smartphones are said to be affordable devices that are expected to rival Xiaomi’s Redmi series of smartphones. The launch will further congest the smartphone market which is already crowded with multiple Chinese smartphone makers. Like other Chinese players including Gionee and LeEco, Meizu also succumbed to the increasing competition and possible lack of fund injection. In February, 2015, Alibaba invested $590 million in Meizu, acquiring an undisclosed minority stake, and that same year, the company crossed borders to launch their first phone, Meizu M1 Note in India. Since the, we haven't heard from Meizu and with the three new smartphones, the company could now be looking to cover lost ground in the country. With a whopping 65 percent market share, Xiaomi is currently the most preferred brand for users in the Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000 price segment, owing to value-for-money and brand awareness. Samsung is the second most loved brand in this category with 43 percent market share, followed by Vivo and Oppo with 29 percent market share. When it comes to the Rs 25,000 - Rs 40,000 segment, OnePlus leads with 55 percent, followed by Xiaomi at 47 percent, Apple with 45 percent and Samsung at 39 percent.
“Apple iPhone XR has been the most popular and best-selling iPhone” and is outselling the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max since it hit the markets last month, Greg Joswiak, Apple Vice President of Product Marketing has claimed during an interview with CNET. The executive, however, did not give any numbers and declined to comment on the recent Wall Street Journal article that reported lukewarm reception of the Apple iPhone XR demand in most markets. Apple has been on a sticky wicket since it launched the three new iPhones in mid-September - at least for analysts. Apple priced the iPhone XS for $999, iPhone XS Max $1,099 and the iPhone XR for $749. In India, the price of the iPhone XS has touched the Rs 1-lakh mark and goes all the way up to Rs 1.45 lakhs for the iPhone XS Max. We wrote in our iPhone XR review that although the handset inherits some of the good things from previous generations of devices, minor things like the lack of an HD display, no dual camera and a terribly limited portrait mode makes the smartphone feel like an unnecessarily overpriced handset. It starts from a whopping Rs 76,900 for the 64GB model and goes upto Rs 91,000 for the 256GB one. At the time of writing this story, the iPhone X (64GB) is selling for Rs 83,990 on Flipkart. The lack of these “minor things” and high cost could have been the reason why the device fell short of expected demand. Earlier this year, a report by Nikkei Asian Review claimed that sighting a lower-than-expected demand for the iPhone XR, Apple told its primary phone assemblers, Foxconn and Pegatron to halt any plans to add more production lines for the “cost-effective smartphone”. Citing supply chain sources, the news platform also noted that Apple had also asked its secondary iPhone assembler Wistron to stand by for rush orders, and the company will receive “no orders for the iPhone XR this holiday season.” These claims in the story were cemented by The Wall Street Journal when it said that Apple may slash the price of the iPhone XR in Japan, and even revive the production of the older iPhone X. Apple also forecasts lesser sales in the Christmas quarter in its quarterly earnings report. The company’s CFO Luca Maestri had said the company would have “uncertainty around supply and demand balance.” and that it is facing “some macroeconomic uncertainty, particularly in emerging markets.” CNET says that Apple's fiscal fourth-quarter results at the beginning of November “showed it may be grappling with a case of iPhone fatigue.” Citing Apple, CNET claimed that the company didn't sell as many iPhones as analysts expected in the quarter that ended September 29. Further, Apple’s decision to not release the iPhone sale numbers (and only release consolidated revenue) also raised some eyebrows. Apple's stock has tumbled about 20 percent since the company announced its quarterly earnings, CNET says. The decline means that Apple is no longer a trillion dollar company, a feat it achieved in August. “It's also given Microsoft and its soaring stock the opportunity to become the world's biggest publicly traded company,” the report added. Earlier this week, Apple's shares took a hit after US President Donald Trump announced that he may place tariffs on iPhones and laptop computers imported from China.
