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Updated 6 October 2026 with OPPO’s official prices. The leaked box images were right: the F35 Pro’s printed ceiling is ₹79,999 and it launched at ₹49,999. Leaked images of the OPPO F35 Pro’s retail box put the box MRP at ₹79,999. Nobody is going to pay ₹79,999 for it. OPPO has now confirmed the real…
Here is a number worth sitting with: 89% of Indian smartphone buyers say AI phone features influence what they buy. Only about 30% actually own a phone that can run them. Both figures come from the same study — a Flipkart and Counterpoint Research report on Indian smartphone buying, published earlier this year. Nearly nine…
The Vivo V80 launches in India on 6 October 2026, and Vivo has already confirmed the headline features: a huge 7,200mAh battery, triple 50MP ZEISS cameras, and a very bright 1.5K AMOLED screen. It arrives right in the middle of the festive season, aimed squarely at the crowded ₹40,000 camera-phone segment where Vivo sells more…
The OPPO Find X10 series is coming to India, and it is coming fast. OPPO launched it in China on 22 September 2026, and the India debut is tipped for the end of October — most likely around 28 October, right in the middle of the festive season. The headline is a phone that costs…
Big Billion Days 2026 starts on 9 October, and Amazon’s Great Indian Festival starts a day earlier, on 8 October. Both dates are now confirmed. Here is what almost nobody has noticed: the GST Council meets on 7 October — the day before Amazon’s sale opens — and the phone industry has asked it to…
Samsung launched the Galaxy S26 FE in India at ₹79,999, with sales starting 18 September. That is ₹14,000 more than the equivalent Galaxy S25 FE cost last year — a 21% increase in twelve months on a phone line whose entire purpose was to be the affordable flagship. Here is what you get, what the…
Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 17 Pro and Note 17 Pro Max in India on 15 September 2026, and the prices are higher than anyone predicted. The Note 17 Pro starts at ₹36,999. The Pro Max goes up to ₹55,999. Every pre-launch leak had the Pro Max between ₹43,000 and ₹48,000 — all of them…
Twenty thousand rupees is the most competitive price bracket in India, and that is exactly what makes it hard to shop in. Every brand has three phones here, every spec sheet for every phone under 20000 looks identical, and every list you read gives you twelve options and no opinion. So here is the opinion…
Apple held its September event on the 9th, and it was a big one — the first keynote with John Ternus as CEO, and the first foldable iPhone in the company’s history. The iPhone 18 Pro starts at ₹1,64,900 in India. The foldable, called the iPhone Duo, starts at ₹2,99,900. Yes, three lakh. Here is…
Pixel 11 vs Galaxy S26 vs iPhone 17 — with Google’s brand-new Pixel 11 just launched, this is the flagship showdown everyone’s asking about in 2026. These three represent the very best of Android and iOS: Google’s AI-first Pixel 11 Pro, Samsung’s do-everything Galaxy S26 Ultra, and Apple’s polished iPhone 17 Pro. All three are…