Devices
Huawei has launched the Mate 20 Pro smartphone with a 3D face unlock feature. It features a 6.39 inch AMOLED display with capacitive touchscreen and a resolution of 1440×3120 pixels. The handset has a 40+20+8 megapixel rear camera and a 24 megapixel front camera. It is equipped with a 4,200 mAh battery and is powered by a Kirin 980 octa-core (2×2.6 GHz + 2×1.92 GHz + 4×1.8 GHz) processor. The device comes in two variants in terms of RAM and storage – 6 GB RAM with 128 GB of internal storage and 8 GB RAM with 256 GB internal storage. Both variants are expandable up to 256 GB via a microSD card. It runs on the Android 9.0 Pie operating system (OS). The phone is available at Rs 69,990.
Oppo’s sub-brand Realme has launched the Realme U1 smartphone. It features a 6.3 inch display with a 
screen resolution of 1080×2340 pixels. The handset comes with a 13+2 megapixel rear camera and a 25 megapixel front camera with artificial intelligence (AI) facial detection. It is equipped with a 3,500 mAh battery and powered by Mediatek’s Helio P70 2.1 Ghz octa-core processor. The device provides 4 GB RAM and 64 GB of internal storage, which is expandable up to 256 GB via a microSD card. It runs on the Android 8.1 Oreo OS. The phone is priced at Rs 14,499.
Infinix has launched the NOTE 5 Stylus with XPen. It features a 5.93 inch display with a resolution of 1080×2160 pixels. The handset has a 16 megapixel rear camera and a 16 megapixel front camera. It is equipped with a 4,000 mAh battery and powered by a 2 GHz Mediatek Helio P23 octa-core processor. The device comes with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB of internal storage (expandable up to 128 GB via a microSD card). It runs on Android 8.1 Oreo. The phone is priced at Rs 15,999.
Vivo has launched the Vivo Y95 smartphone. It features a 6.22 inch Halo FullView display with a resolution 
of 720×1520 pixels. The handset comes with a 13+2 megapixel rear camera and a 20 megapixel front camera. It is equipped with a 4,030 mAh battery and is powered by a 1.9 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 octa-core processor. The device offers 4 GB RAM and an internal storage of 64 GB (expandable up to 256 GB via a microSD card). It runs on the Funtouch 4.5 OS (based on Android 8.1 Oreo). The handset is priced at Rs 16,990.
Xiaomi has launched the Redmi Note 6 Pro smartphone. It features a 6.26 inch display with a screen resolution of 1080×2280 pixels and an aspect ratio of 19:9. The handset comes with a 12+5 megapixel rear camera and a 20+2 megapixel front camera. It is equipped with a 4,000 mAh battery and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 octa-core processor. The device is available in two variants – 4 GB RAM with an internal storage of 64 GB and 6 GB RAM with 64 GB internal storage. Both variants are expandable up to 256 GB via a microSD card. It runs on Android 8.1 Oreo. While the 4 GB RAM variant is priced at Rs 13,999, the 6 GB RAM variant is available at Rs 15,999.
Lenovo has launched the Lenovo K9. It features a 5.7 inch display with a resolution of 720×1440 pixels and 
an aspect ratio of 18:9. The handset comes with a 13+5 megapixel rear camera and a 13+5 megapixel front camera. It is equipped with a 3,000 mAh battery and is powered by a 2 GHz Mediatek Helio P22 octa-core processor. The device offers 3 GB RAM and 32 GB of internal memory (expandable up to 256 GB via a microSD card). It runs on Android 8.1 Oreo and is available at Rs 8,999.
Asus has launched the Asus Zenfone Lite L1 (ZA551KL) smartphone. It features a 5.45 inch display with a resolution of 720x 1440 pixels and an aspect ratio of 18:9. The handset comes with a 13 megapixel rear camera and a 5 megapixel front camera. It is equipped with a 3,000 mAh battery and is powered by a 1.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 octa-core processor. The device comes with 2 GB RAM and 16 GB of internal storage (expandable up to 512 GB via a microSD card). It runs on Android 8.0 Oreo. The handset is priced at Rs 5,999.
Samsung has launched the Samsung Galaxy A9 smartphone. It features a 6.3 inch display with a resolution 
of 1080×2220 pixels. It comes with a 24+5+10+8 megapixel rear camera and a 24 megapixel front camera. It is equipped with a 3,800 mAh battery and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 octa-core (4×2.2 GHz+4×1.8 GHz) processor. The device offers an internal storage of 128 GB (expandable up to 512 GB via a microSD card) and is available in two variants of RAM – 6 GB and 8 GB. It runs on Android 8.0 Oreo. While the 6 GB RAM variant is priced at Rs 36,990, the 8 GB variant is priced at Rs 39,990.
Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has launched the Honor 8C. It features a 6.26 inch Notch FullView display with a resolution of 1080×2340 pixels. The handset comes with a 13+2 megapixel rear camera and an 8 megapixel front camera. It is equipped with a 4,000 mAh battery and is powered by a 1.8GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 octa-core processor. The device comes in two variants – 4 GB RAM with 32 GB internal storage and 4 GB RAM with 64 GB internal storage. The internal storage of both the variants is expandable up to 256 GB via a microSD card. The phone runs on Android 8.1 Oreo. While the 32 GB variant is available for Rs 11,999, the 64 GB variant is priced at Rs 12,999.
Google has launched the WizPhone WP006 feature phone. It features a 2.4 inch display. The device comes with a 2 megapixel rear camera. It is equipped with a 2,000 mAh battery and is powered by Qualcomm’s MSM8905 processor. The device offers 512 MB RAM and internal storage of 4 GB. It runs on the Kai OS based on HTML5 and supports 4G connectivity. The handset is priced at Rs 500.
Infinix has launched the Infinix Note 5 Stylus smartphone. It features a 5.93 inch display with a screen resolution of 1080×2160 pixels. The handset comes with a 16 megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 16 megapixel front camera. It is equipped with a 4,000 mAh battery and is powered by a 2 GHz MediaTek P23 octa-core processor. The device offers 4 GB RAM and 64 GB of internal storage. It runs on the Android 8.1 Oreo OS. The phone is available for Rs 15,999.
HMD Global has launched the Nokia 8.1 smartphone. It features a 6.18 inch display with a screen 
resolution of 1080×2244 pixels. The handset comes with a 12+13 megapixel rear camera and a 20 megapixel front camera. It is equipped with a 3,500 mAh battery and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 s ystem-on-chip 2.2 GHz octa-core processor. The device offers 4 GB RAM and internal storage of 64 GB. It runs on Android 9.0 Pie. The phone is priced at Rs 32,000.
Services
Vodafone India is offering 100 per cent cashback on select prepaid recharge plans. Subscribers using unlimited prepaid recharge plans of Rs 399, Rs 458 and Rs 509 will be eligible for this offer and can avail of it via the My Vodafone app. The cashback will be provided in the form of Rs 50 vouchers. These vouchers could be used during the next recharge.
Idea Cellular has launched a prepaid plan worth Rs 189. Under this plan, customers will get 100 SMSs per day, unlimited voice calls (capped at 250 minutes per day and 1,000 minutes per week) and a total data benefit of 2 GB. Once the fair usage policy limit has been exhausted, the users will be charged from their talk time balance. The plan has a validity of 56 days.
Bharti Airtel has launched a new prepaid plan worth Rs 23, which would increase the account validity of the user by 28 days. Under this extended validity, users will be charged up to 2.5 paise per second for voice calls, Re 1 per message for local messages and Rs 1.50 per message for all messages sent to national networks. However, this plan does not offer any data benefit.
Bharti Airtel has launched five new smart recharge prepaid plans at Rs 34, Rs 64, Rs 94, Rs 144 and Rs 244. The Rs 34 plan offers 100 MB data and talk time worth Rs 25.66 with outgoing calls at 2.5 paise per second; the Rs 64 plan offers 200 MB data and talk time worth Rs 54 with outgoing calls at 1 paisa per second; the Rs 94 plan offers 500 MB data and outgoing calls are charged at 30 paise per minute; and the Rs 144 plan offers 1 GB 3G/4G data and talk time of Rs 144 with outgoing calls at 30 paise per minute. Finally, the Rs 244 plan offers 2 GB of 3G/4G data with outgoing calls charged at 30 paise per minute. The Rs 34, Rs 64 and Rs 94 plans come with a validity of 28 days, and the Rs 144 plan has a validity of 42 days and the Rs 244 plan of 84 days.
Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) has partnered with Lava to launch an offer for the Lava AI feature phone owners. Under this offer, all Lava A1 users will get unlimited talk time for three months and 100 SMSs per day from both Vodafone India and Idea Cellular. To avail of this offer, Lava A1 users will have to recharge their Vodafone or Idea numbers for Rs 348 with a validity period of 84 days. The first-time users of Vodafone or Idea will have to get a first-time recharge of Rs 351 to avail of this offer. This scheme will be valid till March 31, 2019.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has extended its bumper offer till January 2019. Under the extended offer, the operator will provide 2.1 GB of additional data per day to its users. For new BSNL customers, the revised offer will be applicable on five unlimited plan vouchers priced at Rs 186, Rs 429, Rs 485, Rs 666 and Rs 999. Meanwhile, existing BSNL subscribers will be able to avail of the revised data offer on five unlimited special tariff vouchers worth Rs 187, Rs 333, Rs 349, Rs 444 and Rs 448. The company has also extended this offer to the Rs 1,699 and Rs 2,099 plans, offering 2.21 GB instead of 2.1 GB additional data per day
