One in four smartphones made in India comes from homegrown manufacturers as exports power growthIndian companies are now making over a quarter of smartphones sold in the country. Dixon Technologies leads this surge, becoming India's la...
25 Apr, 2026, 10.51 AM IST
Realme 16 5G, Vivo V70 FE, OnePlus Nord 6, OPPO Find X9 Ultra & more smartphones launching in April; Check launch date, price and features hereApril 2026 is set to be a busy month for smartphone launches in India with devices from Realme, Vivo, Redmi, OnePlus and OPPO. Key models i...
31 Mar, 2026, 04.47 PM IST
Audit alarm rings for Oppo, Realme as Indian units struggle with missing records, negative net worthAuditors have raised concerns about the financial health and practices of Oppo and Realme's India units, citing bookkeeping issues, incompl...
27 May, 2025, 08.03 PM IST
Phone shipments slip 20% in January-March on poor demand; stock pile-up a worry for cosWhile Canalys pegged the shipment fall at 20% year-on-year, Counterpoint Research's preliminary estimates, shared exclusively with ET, show...
20 Apr, 2023, 09.19 AM IST
Indian smartphone market grows just 2% year-on-year on supply chain woesSupply chains remained the biggest challenge for leading vendors such as Xiaomi and Vivo as they struggled to secure components for their v...
21 Apr, 2022, 06.52 PM IST
MWC 2022 Day 2: Realme Buds Air 3, Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 series, HCL 5G applications, and moreThe MWC 2022 saw a host of tech launches on the second day.
01 Mar, 2022, 07.45 PM IST
Realme partners Khy Electronics to make wearables in IndiaIt has also expanded the smartphone manufacturing footprint in India beyond its sister brand Oppo's Greater Noida facility for the first ti...
13 Mar, 2021, 09.46 AM IST
China's BBK Group overtakes Samsung to become India's largest mobile phone makerBBK Group’s sales through its two entities in India – Oppo Mobiles India and Vivo Mobile India – increased 65% year-on-year to Rs 63,635 cr...
15 Feb, 2021, 09.00 PM IST
Oppo keeps factory running, but prolonged anti-China protests may hurtAccording to a person close to the company, Oppo, which also makes handsets for sister brand Realme and OnePlus in-house, is still running ...
21 Jun, 2020, 09.14 PM IST
Handset companies hike prices of mobile phones on high GST“The rupee has depreciated significantly against the US dollar. Since we maintain less than 5% profit margin for all our hardware products,...
02 Apr, 2020, 08.52 AM IST
Realme sells 15 mn handset in 1st yr of operation, targets to double it in 2020Realme, which began as an Oppo sub-brand in May 2018, was promptly spun off into a standalone entity and is now taking on bigger rival Xiao...
15 Dec, 2019, 12.32 PM IST
Oppo, Vivo sales jump 67% in FY19On a standalone basis, Oppo’s sales went up by 80% at Rs 21,524.6 crore, while Vivo grew by 54% at Rs 17,201.79 crore in 2018-19. BBK Elect...
07 Nov, 2019, 09.07 AM IST
Xiaomi India's Deepak Nakra joins Realme as sales headAt present, Vivo and Xiaomi are the two leading smartphone makers who have taken ownership of their retail operations in the country under ...
12 Jul, 2019, 07.56 PM IST
Realme to partner with offline retail chains; expand reachAs of now, offline sales accounts for 20% of Realme’s revenue with presence in 8,000 cellphone stores in 50 cities.
27 Jun, 2019, 08.41 PM IST
RealMe 2 review: The premium-looking phone comes with too many compromisesThe intention this time, apparently, was to keep the price low while introducing a notch type display.
19 Sep, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
RealMe 1 review: Cheapest 128GB smartphone at Rs 13,990The device has a premium-looking design and better specs than any of its competitors.
14 Jun, 2018, 12.49 PM IST
Oppo RealMe 1 goes on sale on Amazon: Price, offers, specsThe RealMe 1 runs on ColorOS 5.0, based on Android 8.1 Oreo operating system.
25 May, 2018, 04.05 PM IST