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Best Basic, No-Frills Mobile Phones With WhatsApp Support in 2025
The demand for "dumb phones", basic handsets that prioritise essential communication over complex smartphone functions, is on the rise. These devices, ideal for a "digital detox," offer calling, texting, and access to useful apps like WhatsApp, at a more affordable price. While older feature phones running KaiOS can no longer run WhatsApp, here are...
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Government Axes Import Tax on Some Smartphone Parts in Boost to Apple, Xiaomi
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the removal of import duties on key mobile phone components in the annual budget, boosting local production and benefiting firms like Apple and Xiaomi. India's electronics production has more than doubled in six years, making the country the world's second-largest mobile phone manufacturer.
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Infinix Smart 8 HD Review: As Basic as Android Go Smartphones Get
The Infinix Smart 8 HD is an entry-level smartphone that will ship with Android 13 Go in 2024. Its display isn’t very bright outdoors, supports a 90Hz refresh rate, and has a camera system that clicks good images in daylight conditions but fails to perform in low light. To learn more, read our review.
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Samsung Finally Adopts Android’s Seamless Updates Starting With Galaxy A55 5G: Here’s How It Works
Apart from its refreshed design and Exynos-powered hardware, the Galaxy A55 5G, which was recently announced alongside the Galaxy A35 5G has another trick up its sleeve. The Galaxy A55 5G also happens to be the first Samsung smartphone that offers Google’s Seamless Updates feature. The feature basically offers less downtime during the update proc...
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 5G Review: Checks All the Boxes but at What Cost?
Xiaomi’s basic Redmi Note model was always an easy choice when it came to recommending a budget smartphone. But with 5G added to the mix, Xiaomi has not been able to be as competitive as in the past, leading to a smartphone that does not come with any headlining features, is priced higher, and so ends up lacking appeal. Read more about what went ...
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Vivo X90 Series Claims to Bring the First AI Airport Mode: Report
Vivo's X90 series smartphones, which were introduced as the company's new flagship phones in China in November 2022, are expected to arrive in the global markets on January 31. The Vivo X90 series includes the basic Vivo X90, the Vivo X90 Pro, and the Vivo X90 Pro+. Meanwhile, the company has made a formal confirmation that it will release the worl...
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Vertu Announces Web3 Flagship With 18GB RAM, Here Are Other Mind-Blowing Facts About It
Vertu, a London-based luxury mobile phone brand recently announced that its next flagship named the ‘Metavertu’ will come with an array of Web3 capabilities. Users of this phone will be able to create a wallet in a few clicks with private keys protected by the phone’s trusted execution environment (TEE). The top-most model of this Web3 phone ...
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Smartphone Display Assembly With Parts Fitted to Attract 15 Percent Import Duty, CBIC Says
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has said that import of mobile phone display assembly, which are fitted with items like speakers, SIM tray and power key, will attract a 15 per cent basic customs duty (BCD). Such assembly, consisting of display assembly and any other parts, is not eligible for the benefit of concessional rate ...
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Samsung Foldable Phones Price May Start Around Rs. 60,000 by 2024: Report
Samsung is said to be developing entry-level foldable smartphones under the Galaxy A series whose price may start around KRW 1 million (roughly Rs. 61,000), as per a report.
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Aarogya Setu App for Reliance's Jio Phone Said to Be Launched Soon
Aarogya Setu, which has been downloaded 90 million times so far, was initially available to India's roughly 500 million smartphone users on Google's Android and Apple devices, but not to around 400 million users of more basic feature phones.
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Your Child's First Phone: Here Are the Expert Recommendations, From Basic to Smart
Age shouldn't be the deciding factor in when a child receives a cellphone. Instead, parents should weigh a child's level of maturity and need for a phone.
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Google Says Its Services on Huawei Phones Will Still Function; Chinese Tech Giant Promises Continued Support
Google is assuring users of Huawei smartphones the American company's basic services will work on them following US government restrictions.
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Nokia 3310 Launched in Its Home Market, Finland
Nokia 3310, a basic talk and text phone, was the world's most popular device in 2000 and the first handset owned by many smartphone users of today.
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Xolo Era 4K Review
The Xolo Era 4K is an entry-level phone that gets the basics right, and also has a large battery to go with it.
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Gionee Will Not Make Smart Feature Phones, Says India CEO
"If we enter this category, we are changing the basic specifications of a smartphone and this would not be appreciated by the consumer."
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Best Basic, No-Frills Mobile Phones With WhatsApp Support in 2025
The demand for "dumb phones", basic handsets that prioritise essential communication over complex smartphone functions, is on the rise. These devices, ideal for a "digital detox," offer calling, texting, and access to useful apps like WhatsApp, at a more affordable price. While older feature phones running KaiOS can no longer run WhatsApp, here are...
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Government Axes Import Tax on Some Smartphone Parts in Boost to Apple, Xiaomi
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the removal of import duties on key mobile phone components in the annual budget, boosting local production and benefiting firms like Apple and Xiaomi. India's electronics production has more than doubled in six years, making the country the world's second-largest mobile phone manufacturer.
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Infinix Smart 8 HD Review: As Basic as Android Go Smartphones Get
The Infinix Smart 8 HD is an entry-level smartphone that will ship with Android 13 Go in 2024. Its display isn’t very bright outdoors, supports a 90Hz refresh rate, and has a camera system that clicks good images in daylight conditions but fails to perform in low light. To learn more, read our review.
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Samsung Finally Adopts Android’s Seamless Updates Starting With Galaxy A55 5G: Here’s How It Works
Apart from its refreshed design and Exynos-powered hardware, the Galaxy A55 5G, which was recently announced alongside the Galaxy A35 5G has another trick up its sleeve. The Galaxy A55 5G also happens to be the first Samsung smartphone that offers Google’s Seamless Updates feature. The feature basically offers less downtime during the update proc...
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 5G Review: Checks All the Boxes but at What Cost?
Xiaomi’s basic Redmi Note model was always an easy choice when it came to recommending a budget smartphone. But with 5G added to the mix, Xiaomi has not been able to be as competitive as in the past, leading to a smartphone that does not come with any headlining features, is priced higher, and so ends up lacking appeal. Read more about what went ...
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Vivo X90 Series Claims to Bring the First AI Airport Mode: Report
Vivo's X90 series smartphones, which were introduced as the company's new flagship phones in China in November 2022, are expected to arrive in the global markets on January 31. The Vivo X90 series includes the basic Vivo X90, the Vivo X90 Pro, and the Vivo X90 Pro+. Meanwhile, the company has made a formal confirmation that it will release the worl...
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Vertu Announces Web3 Flagship With 18GB RAM, Here Are Other Mind-Blowing Facts About It
Vertu, a London-based luxury mobile phone brand recently announced that its next flagship named the ‘Metavertu’ will come with an array of Web3 capabilities. Users of this phone will be able to create a wallet in a few clicks with private keys protected by the phone’s trusted execution environment (TEE). The top-most model of this Web3 phone ...
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Smartphone Display Assembly With Parts Fitted to Attract 15 Percent Import Duty, CBIC Says
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has said that import of mobile phone display assembly, which are fitted with items like speakers, SIM tray and power key, will attract a 15 per cent basic customs duty (BCD). Such assembly, consisting of display assembly and any other parts, is not eligible for the benefit of concessional rate ...
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Samsung Foldable Phones Price May Start Around Rs. 60,000 by 2024: Report
Samsung is said to be developing entry-level foldable smartphones under the Galaxy A series whose price may start around KRW 1 million (roughly Rs. 61,000), as per a report.
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Aarogya Setu App for Reliance's Jio Phone Said to Be Launched Soon
Aarogya Setu, which has been downloaded 90 million times so far, was initially available to India's roughly 500 million smartphone users on Google's Android and Apple devices, but not to around 400 million users of more basic feature phones.
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Your Child's First Phone: Here Are the Expert Recommendations, From Basic to Smart
Age shouldn't be the deciding factor in when a child receives a cellphone. Instead, parents should weigh a child's level of maturity and need for a phone.
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Google Says Its Services on Huawei Phones Will Still Function; Chinese Tech Giant Promises Continued Support
Google is assuring users of Huawei smartphones the American company's basic services will work on them following US government restrictions.
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Nokia 3310 Launched in Its Home Market, Finland
Nokia 3310, a basic talk and text phone, was the world's most popular device in 2000 and the first handset owned by many smartphone users of today.
-
Xolo Era 4K Review
The Xolo Era 4K is an entry-level phone that gets the basics right, and also has a large battery to go with it.
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Gionee Will Not Make Smart Feature Phones, Says India CEO
"If we enter this category, we are changing the basic specifications of a smartphone and this would not be appreciated by the consumer."
