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If you were planning to buy a smartphone under Rs. 10,000 a couple of years ago, then there were only a handful of options that were available. Moreover, those few handsets too were not really worthy of the tag ‘smartphone’. However, things have changed dramatically now. There are not only Indian brands that are trying to get affordable, feature-packed smartphones to the Indian masses but even companies such as Samsung,Sony and Nokia are trying to make sure that they address the needs of price sensitive consumers. Given that it’s now getting difficult for one to pick up the right smartphone, this gifting season we bring you the list of Top Five smartphone under the Rs. 10,000 price bracket that are currently available in the market.   Samsung Galaxy Music Duos Samsung had started selling smartphones at the fag-end of December for Rs. 9,199 through its official store. However one can find it on some of the leading online retail websites for Rs. 8,990. Samsung G...

If you were planning to buy a smartphone under Rs. 10,000 a couple of years ago, then there were only a handful of options that were available. Moreover, those few handsets too were not really worthy of the tag ‘smartphone’. However, things have changed dramatically now. There are not only Indian brands that are trying to get affordable, feature-packed smartphones to the Indian masses but even companies such as Samsung,Sony and Nokia are trying to make sure that they address the needs of price sensitive consumers. Given that it’s now getting difficult for one to pick up the right smartphone, this gifting season we bring you the list of Top Five smartphone under the Rs. 10,000 price bracket that are currently available in the market.   Samsung Galaxy Music Duos Samsung had started selling smartphones at the fag-end of December for Rs. 9,199 through its official store. However one can find it on some of the leading online retail websites for Rs. 8,990. Samsung G...

A cer could launch its rumored budget Android tablet, the Iconia B1, in India as early as the end of January for Rs 7,999. The rumor comes from NDTV, whose sources could not confirm the specifications of the tablet but mentioned it would run on Android Jelly Bean. The Iconia B1 is rumored to be a budget tablet, much on the lines of Asus’s Nexus 7 but aimed at emerging markets including India. The Nexus 7had a disappointing launch in India with a price tag of approximately Rs 20,000 while it retailed in the US for $199. The Iconia B1 is speculated to feature a 7-inch 1024×600 pixel display and a dual-core 1.2GHz processor. We can probably hold on to our proverbial salt pellets for a week considering the tablet is expected to be announced at next week’s CES. Asus is also expected to announce a low-cost Windows 8 tablet at the show.

A pple has reportedly contracted Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to manufacture chipsets powering its popular iPad and iPhone devices in a bid to bring down its reliance on Samsung. TSMC is the world’s largest independent chipset manufacturer and it will start manufacturing the A6X processor, which powers the fourth-generation iPad as a part of a trial production run, according to Taiwan’s Commercial Times. This is the latest move signifying the deteriorating relations between Apple and Samsung amid intense rivalry between the two companies in the smartphone and tablet space. Apple is Samsung’s biggest client when it comes to internal components, especially displays, memory and chipsets. However, Apple maintains that Samsung “slavishly copied” its iPhone and iPad, which enabled Samsung to become the world’s largest smartphone maker and the biggest competition for Apple. The two companies fought in courts across the world last year and Apple won the lawsui...