Micromax Yu Yureka Plus launched in India, flash sales on July 24 on Amazon

Micromax sister concern Yu Televentures that manufactures mobiles under the Yu brand has launched its third smartphone, the Yu Yureka Plus in India.  Yureka Plus is the next gen premium version of Yu Yureka that was launched by the company in December last year. The new handset will be sold exclusively on Amazon and is open for registration. It will be sold via flash sale this Friday, July 24th at 12pm Indian time. Yu smartphones have a history of quick sell-out in flash sales in its home country India.

Let’s have a look at the specs of Yu Yureka Plus:

Display

The Yureka Plus sports a 5.5-inch 1920 x 1080 pixels Full HD resolution capacitive touch screen having a pixel density of 401ppi. It has a gorilla glass 3 protection.

Under the hood

Inside, it has a 64-bit octa-core Snapdragon 615 chipset clocked at 1.5GHz and an Adreno 405 GPU for graphics. There is a 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal memory with a microSD card support for additional expansion up to 32GB. The handset will be powered by a 2500mAh battery.

Camera

The new Yu Yureka Plus will be featuring a 13-megapixel primary camera with Sony IMX214 CMOS sensor, autofocus and LED flash. The front-facing camera will be a 5MP one

Operating System

The Yureka Plus will come with custom-built Cyanogen OS 12 (based on Android 5.0 Lollipop) out of the box.

Other features

Dual-SIM support; Cat. 4 4G LTE, 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and Micro-USB connectivity; Sensors including proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, accelerometer and gyroscope.

Color options include MoonDust Grey and Limited Edition Alabaster White. The new Yu Yureka Plus is priced at INR 9,999 ($157).

Micromax Yu Yureka Plus launched in India, flash sales on July 24 on Amazon

Micromax Yu Yuphoria launched in India, flash sales on 28 May on Amazon India

A new budget smartphone from Micromax, Yu Yuphoria, has been officially unveiled in India. This is the 2nd Yu brand smartphone from the company. The first ‘Yu’ smartphone Yureka was released in December last year. Registrations for the handset have already begun on Amazon and flash sale will take place on 28 May at 2PM Indian time.

The new Yu Yuphoria features a 5-inch HD display having a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and a pixel density of 294ppi. It has full lamination and is covered with corning Gorilla Glass 3 for protection from scratches. The handset is powered by a 64-bit quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz and Adreno 306 GPU for graphics.

Other specs include 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage and a microSD slot for expansion up to 32GB. In the camera department, there is an 8MP primary camera at the back with LED flash and a 5MP secondary camera at the front with wide-angle lens for taking selfies and video calls. The device has a 2,230mAh battery and runs Cyanogen 12 OS, which is based on Android 5.0 Lollipop. The battery can charge from 0% to 65% charge in 45 minutes, thanks to its Qualcomm Quick Charge 1.0. Yu Yuphoria is a dual SIM smartphone and supports 4G LTE, 3G HSPA+, Bluetooth 4.0, standard WiFi 802.11 b/g/n and GPS.

The dimensions of the handset are 142.38 x 72.96 x 8.2mm and weighs 143g. It is available in two variants – Buffed Steel with black panel and Champagne Gold with white panel, and is priced at Rs. 6,999 (equivalent to $110). It will be sold exclusively through Amazon India and if you are interested, you can register with Amazon for flash sale to be held on 28 May.

Micromax Yu Yuphoria launched in India, flash sales on 28 May on Amazon India

10,000 YU YUREKA smartphones sold out in 3 seconds on Amazon-India

Micromax’s Yu Yureka smartphone, as anticipated, went on the flash sale on Tuesday via Amazon India and took just a blink of three seconds to be listed as “out of stock”.

The firm management team updated the sales information on their official @Yuplaygod Twitter account. Micromax’s subsidiary company Yu Televentures last month revealed that they will sell their new Cyanogen OS-based smartphone, along the the lines of Xiaomi’s flash sales via Amazon India.

Micromax’s Yu Yureka was clearly high in demand due to hard killing price tag of 9000 INR for such a high-end specs. With just 10,000 units were available in the flash sale, it also found some steep reactions from consumers on social platforms.

Yu Televentures announced that the next flash sale will be on January 22, which is a Thursday. They have not revealed the registration updates for the next sale yet.

The popular Indian smartphone brand had listed useful steps for buying a Yu Yureka handset during flash sale. They had already revealed that “it will be available for purchase on a first-come-first-serve basis only till the stocks last with a quantity limit of one smartphone per consumer.”

To purchase the Yureka Smartphone, you will need to follow the steps given below: 

Step 1: Log into your Amazon.in account a few minutes prior to the sale at 2:00 PM today.Please save the payment instruments securely in your account for a quick checkout. 

Step 2: Add Yureka Smartphone to your cart when the Sale starts and checkout the product within 15 minutes. No further steps are required if order is successfully completed. 

Step 3: If all the Yureka Smartphones are already added to cart by other customers, you might be asked to join a Waitlist. We recommend you to join the Waitlist. If the original buyer fails to complete the order within 15 minutes, the smartphone will become available for purchase to the customer in Waitlist. 

Step 4: If you are in Waitlist, an alert will appear on your screen notifying when the smartphone becomes available with the ‘Add to Cart’ button activated. 

Step 5: You will have 3 minutes to add the smartphone to your cart and 15 minutes to checkout in order to complete your purchase. 

Step 6: If the Waitlist is full as well, we recommend you to refresh the page every few minutes till end end of the Sale to see if the Waitlist becomes available. 

Please Note – If you are logged in from mobile, the Waitlist option will not be visible. 

We hope you find this useful. Happy Shopping. Get ready to play God!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,000 YU YUREKA smartphones sold out in 3 seconds on Amazon-India

Micromax launches Yu brand with its first CyanogenMod smartphone to be released in India next month

Micromax, one of the top smartphone companies in India, plans to launch a range of new products under the brandname “Yu”. Micromax plans to sell the Yu products exclusively online, a strategy similar to that adopted by Xiaomi. These devices are expected to hit the market sometime in December this year.

Micromax has formed a new wholly-owned subsidiary Yu Televentures which will offer smartphones and other products under the Yu brand. The first device to be released by the company will be powered by an operating system from Cyanogen, a US-based company.  This would be an affordable phone that would be first launched in India and then later in other developed countries.

The Yu brand smartphones are targeted at the tech-savvy youth who can customize the phones according to their choice. Micromax founder Rahul Sharma said, ”We’re targeting all tech enthusiasts who will be able to bootstrap the device and play with it.” Bootstrapping or rooting a device makes its warranty void but the Micromax chief has said that the company will honor the warranty even if a device is rooted, which is great news for the tech enthusiasts.

Cyanogen’s operating system CyanogenMod is a modified version of Android OS and allows a wide variety of customization in the User Interface. That is why this OS has become very popular and more than 12 million devices all over the world run CyanogenaMod. The website for Yu will start soon and will reveal the all the features for possible customizations on the new smartphone by the users. Later on, the company will introduce other products including wearables such as smartbands and smart shirts.

Micromax is currently the second largest mobile phone vendor in India based on the shipment data for the Q3 of 2014. The company has a 14.5% share second only to Samsung which has a share of 15.1%. The share of Micromax in the smartphone segment is 20.4% against 25.1% share of Samsung. The Indian smartphone market is highly competitive and the company needs to be innovative in order to stay ahead in the race.

Source: The Economic Times

Micromax launches Yu brand with its first CyanogenMod smartphone to be released in India next month

Second batch of Android One to arrive in December

Well, few days back, the search engine giant Google unveiled its Android One project in India with three device launched at a very affordable price. These three handsets are the Micromax Canvas A1, Spice Android One Dream UNO and the Karbonn Sparkle V all having quite similar specs and priced around 6.5K INR only. At the launch time, there were may other handset manufacturers that had shown interest in this Google project and had promised to join this initiative later this year. If reports are to be believed, this December we would get to see the second batch of Andrid One handsets getting unveiled. Karbonn is likely to come with its one more Android One handset along with other Indian manufacturer Intex to join the club.

Revising the list of Android One hardware partners it includes some very prominent companies like Asus, Lenovo, HTC, Lava, Alcatel, Panasonic, Xolo and Acer. We can expect these companies to make announcements with their first Android One devices in the coming months.

Looking to the specs of the existing Android One devices, they include a 4.5inch display having 854×480 pixel resolution with dual-SIM support, 1GB of RAM memory, powered with quad-core MediaTek processor and a internal expandable memory. All these handsets have been launched with amazing offers with Google promising the latest software on launch for 2 years. Chipset manufacturer MediaTek has predicted that nearly 2 million Android One handsets would be sold in a year.

Second batch of Android One to arrive in December

Google launches affordable Android One smartphones in India, here are the details

Google had unveiled Android One at the I/O 2014 saying that it wants to take the Android experience to affordable entry-level smartphones too. Well, Google has now launched its first three Android One smartphones in India with its hardware partners Karbonn, Micromax and Spice as its “initiative to make high-quality smartphones accessible to as many people as possible.”

The three smartphones released by the Mountain View based tech giant in the Android One family are – the Karbon Sparkle V, Micromax Canvas A1 and Spice Dream UNO. The three phones are available at their respective online retail stores. The Karbon Sparkle V is being sold on Snapdeal for INR 6,399 ($105), the Micromax Canvas A1 on Amazon for INR 6,499 ($106) and the Spice Dream UNO through Flipkart for INR 6,299 ($103).

These Android One smartphones will be available at the brick and mortar retail stores from early October. They will have “features that people in India will find particularly useful” such as dual SIM support, built-in FM radio and a replaceable battery. All the three smartphones will carry similar specifications and Google says that the hardware partners can make their own customized changes in design and minor software with the core software being the same.

The new phones will feature a 4.5-inch 480 x 854 pixels resolution IPS display,  MediaTek MT6582 chipset with 1.3GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU and Mali 400 MP2 GPU, 1GB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage expandable up to 32GB via microSD card, 5MP rear camera with LED flash, 2MP front camera and a 1700mAh battery. Other common specs are 3G, GPS, GPRS/ EDGE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The smartphones will have pre-loaded Google apps such as Gmail, Google Search, Google Maps, YouTube and Google Translate. All these phones run the Android 4.4.4 KitKat stock version and will get latest updates directly from Google up to two years. They will also get Android L as soon as it is released later this year.

Google has partnered with India’s leading mobile carrier Airtel, and users with Airtel SIM card will get free software updates for the first 6 months. They will also be able to download about 200MB worth of apps (about 50 apps) from the Google Play store for 6 months which won’t be counted towards their mobile data usage.

Google has also announced that Android One users will be able to download YouTube videos and then watch them offline whenever they want. They will also get free 12 month subscription to magazines and newspapers and they can browse the articles inside the app even when they are offline. In addition, the online retailers are giving attractive offers like discount on accessories, financing options and free memory card.

Although first Android One phones are from Micromax, Karbonn and Spice, Google is adding other hardware partners such as Acer, Asus, Alcatel, HTC, Lava, Intex, OneTouch, Panasonic, Xolo and Lenovo. Google will also partner with Qualcomm. India is the first country to get Android one smartphones, they will be launched in Indonesia, Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal by the year end, with more countries covered next year.

As  Sundar Pichai, Google’s senior vice president had said during the Google I/O event early this year that the company wants to bring a pure Android experience and timely software updates to affordable $100 smartphones.  About 1.75 billion people in the world have a smartphone but with Android One, Google wants to target the nest 5 billion people on the earth who cannot afford the pricey smartphones.

Have a look at the video below introducing Andoid One:

Google launches affordable Android One smartphones in India, here are the details

Flipkart accidentally posts the first Android One a day before launch

Few days back, Google announced that the Mountain View giant is hosting a special event on September 15 i.e. today which is quite related to the Android One. Yesterday, Flipkart made an official posting by listing the first Spice Android One Dream UNO Mi-498. Looking to the image it is very clear that the phone will be priced at 6,999 nearly equivalent to USD 115. The smartphone is equipped with a 4.5inch screen, powered with a quad-core MediaTek processor clocked at 1.3GHz, 1GB of RAM memory, 4GB of internal storage along with a microSD card slot for expandable memory. The device would have a 5MP primary camera at the back and a 2MP secondary camera to its front. The handset is tipped to run the latest available Android 4.4.4 KitKat on-board with a Dual SIM card support.

Spice has already started publicizing the handset on social websites and said that it would be made exclusive by Flipkart. However, after keeping accidentally for some time, Flipkart has now removed it from its website.

Later today, Android One would be announced officially where we expect similar king of models from Micromax and Karbonn as well! If you are hearing about Android One for the first time, here are the complete details about the project from Google.

Flipkart accidentally posts the first Android One a day before launch

A Multitude of unreleased Windows Phone 8.1 devices including Nokia Lumia and Lenovo show up on AdDuplex

In its latest blog, AdDuplex has released data which shows that there is a multitude of Windows phone 8.1 devices currently in circuit. Many of the handsets have already been announced, but some are as yet unreleased.

Top among them is the Microsoft Nokia Lumia series RM-983, RN-984 and RM-985. All of them are mid-range smartphones with a 5-inch, 720p screen. Another 5-inch Nokia device, the Nokia Lumia 930 sporting a higher 1080p resolution display has already been announced earlier. There is a possibility that these three unannounced Nokia handsets are the previously leaked upcoming Nokia devices codenamed Vela, Athena and Libra. Only time will tell.

The AdDuplex blog also mentions an unreleased Lenovo QRD8x26 running Windows Phone 8.1. The first Lenovo Windows Phone 8.1 handset has been confirmed for release in 2014. Is it this one? Can’t say as yet.

Other unreleased devices sporting Windows Phone 8.1 OS spotted at AdDuplex are:

• JSR JSRI7BV1


• JSR I7B_1000


• Micromax BLUE MTP


• Honeywell BLUE PARIS


• LONGCHEER Fly-IQ400W


• LONGCHEER ALLVIEW-Impera S – 720p


• ALLview BLUE MTP


• InFocus


• K-Touch Tianyu5703A3 – WVGA, 3.9”


• K-Touch Tianyu5705A2


• BLU TBW5705A1 – 720p


• PRESTIGIO PRESTIGIO-PSP8500DUO – 720p

-          And a few others.

Of course, we’ll keep a watch on any further news coming out regarding this. Meanwhile, stay tuned…

A Multitude of unreleased Windows Phone 8.1 devices including Nokia Lumia and Lenovo show up on AdDuplex

Android One Smartphone Program by Google

Google I/O function has started the program with the news of Android One that is a new company. Now a day, Smartphone program has been struggling a lot to provide good set of features to the android phone.

Android One Smartphone program has introduced the first Smartphone from Micromax that is the company of India. This Android One Smartphone has all the common and important features for the users including microSD card, Dual SIM, low price and FM Radio.

The new Android One Smartphone of Micromax will have 4.5 inch display that costs under $100 according to the report of Pichai. However, no other features specially display resolution was reported during the introduction. But, the price will be lower than the new Motorola Moto E Smartphone.

Android One Smartphone group has one big plus for all the users that the Smartphones will have the latest Android release OS and other updates.

However, Karbonn and Spice will be the next member of the Android One Smartphone program according to the Sundar Pichai during Google I/O event.

Android One Smartphone Program by Google

And here we introduce you to Micromax Canvas Gold A300

The Canvas Entice A105 won’t be the only Micromax innovation which we’ll come to surprise us this month. The Indian brand has set plans for a press conference for June 16, and they have formally launched the Canvas Gold A300.This upcoming smart-phone will allegedly bring in some impressive specifications. The ‘Gold’  would showcase the colour-options for it ,which will be White Gold and Black Gold.

The Micromax Canvas Gold A300 will sport a 6.9 mm thin metal outfit with 5.5-inch 1080p display.

A 2 GHz octa-core CPU will be embedded on it, along with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of built-in storage capacity. The chipset for the same is supposedly to be MediaTek MT6592.

The rear camera is going to be a giant 16 MP one with the 8 MP front-camera will end all the competitions with equals and big front-runners in the market.

Company’s first gadget to run Windows Phone 8.1 will be having platform of Android 4.4 KitKat.

Update: From the latest leaked images, Micromax Canvas Gold A300

a grey color version will also be available for the consumers

 

And here we introduce you to Micromax Canvas Gold A300

Micromax Ventures Into Windows Phone, unveils Canvas W121 and W092

Micromax unveiled their first devices powered by the latest Windows 8.1 operating system as the domestic handset manufacturer charts the next phase of growth to become the country’s largest smartphone player. Ranked number two in India, Micromax has so far sold smartphones supported by Google’s Android OS. Windows Phone operating system has become a striking preference for mobile makers since Microsoft made Windows OS free for devices under 9″.

Micromax is much popular with its affordable Android smartphones across India and now it is reaching out to the Windows Phone fans as well. The country-based firm introduced Canvas Win W121 and Canvas Win W092 priced at Rs. 9,500($158) and Rs. 6,500($108) , respectively. Both dual-sim handsets will be available from next month.

 

Micromax Canvas Win W121:

While both devices run Windows Phone 8.1, the Micromax Canvas Win W121 features a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory with a microSD card slot and a dual-sIM support. It sports  a  5-inch 720p IPS display with an 8 megapixel rear camera (and LED flash) and 2 megapixel front facing camera. All that, and it comes with a faux-leather finished back panel.

 

Micromax Canvas Win W092:

The Micromax Canvas Win W092 is the more affordable option, with the same 1.2 Ghz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor, 1 GB RAM and 8GB internal memory with a microSD card slot,Dual-SIM support, and a 1500 mAh battery. However,its screen is only a 4-inch WVGA one,while the cameras aren’t on par with what the Win W121 is offering: 5MP rear(with LED display), and VGA on the front.It’s major competitors are the Lumia 520 and Lumia 525 which are available in a similar price range.

Micromax Ventures Into Windows Phone, unveils Canvas W121 and W092

Micromax Canvas Elanza 2 With 5-inch Display Available Online at Rs. 9,340

The Micromax Canvas Elanza 2 A121, which was listed on the company’s website last week, is now available to buy at Rs. 9,340 via an online retailer Infibeam. The smartphone is the successor of this year announced Canvas Elanza and comes in only black colour with upgraded specs and design.

Canvas Elanza 2 has a 5-inch TFT HD IPS touchscreen display with 1280×720 HD resolution. It is powered by a quad-core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 mobile chipset,1 GB RAM and runs on the slightly old – Android Jelly Bean 4.3 OS.. The smartphone offers 4 GB on-board storage and has a memory card slot to accommodate up to 32 GB memory.Other features include Gravity Sensor and Proximity Sensor.

At its rear, Micromax has placed 8 megapixel autofocus camera and an LED flash. In the front is a 2 megapixel camera also with an autofocus feature.The smartphone is backed with a 2000mAh battery that promises up to 7.5 hours talk-time and up to 240 hours of standby time.Connectivity series include 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS.The phone supports all audio formats including – MP3, Midi, AAC, amr and wav along with FM Radio.

Currently, the pricing and availability details of the Micromax Canvas Elanza 2 are not yet out. The phone comes preloaded with apps such as – Bounce Ball Classic, Bubble x slice, Fukrey, Kingsoft, Getit, Opera Mini, M! Live, Reverie Phonebook and Smartpad among others.

The handset will clash against the upcoming Moto E from Motorola which will be sold exclusively via Online retail Flipkart soon.Share your thoughts on the newly introduced Elanza 2 with us.

Micromax Canvas Elanza 2 With 5-inch Display Available Online at Rs. 9,340