<ul><li><keyword id="9675760" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-oneplus-8">The OnePlus 8</keyword> device emerged as the top smartphone model in the premium segment (Rs 30,000 and above) in the second quarter (Q2) with 19 per <keyword id="9675761" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="cent-market-share">cent market share</keyword>, according to Counterpoint Research.</li><li>The brand's success was largely led by its recently launched flagship devices, <keyword id="2210217" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="oneplus">OnePlus</keyword> 8 Series 5G. </li><li>Launched in April, the OnePlus 8 Series 5G garnered good response from the consumers in the India market. </li></ul>Global technology brand OnePlus emerged as the market leader in the Indian premium smartphone segment with 29.3 per cent market share in the June quarter, a new report said on Friday. The OnePlus 8 device emerged as the top smartphone model in the premium segment (Rs 30,000 and above) in the second quarter (Q2) with 19 per cent market share, according to Counterpoint Research. "As a brand, we are grateful to our India community for their sincere faith in our efforts. And we will continue to work closely with our community to create products that offer truly burdenless user experience with unparalleled quality," said Vikas Agarwal, General Manager, <keyword id="2613562" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="OnePlus-India">OnePlus India</keyword>. The brand's success was largely led by its recently launched flagship devices, OnePlus 8 Series 5G. Launched in April, the OnePlus 8 Series 5G garnered good response from the consumers in the India market. The OnePlus 8 Pro became one of the top three best-selling smartphones in the ultra-premium segment. According to <keyword id="325148" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Shilpi-Jain">Shilpi Jain</keyword>, <keyword id="162421" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="research-analyst">Research Analyst</keyword>, Counterpoint, the OnePlus 8 series 5G rode on the momentum from 7 series and further strengthened its premium flagship image by bringing latest features. "Solid build and design, larger battery capacity, higher refresh rate with impressive Android UI (<keyword id="2706017" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="OxygenOS">OxygenOS</keyword> 10) helped it to gain share, even though it means a higher wallet share for consumers as compared to the previous OnePlus flagships," she mentioned in the report. Overall, the premium smartphone segment in India registered its highest ever recorded share in Q2 2020, with significant share from OnePlus as a brand. The segment contributed 4 per cent towards the total shipments for Q2 2020 as per the Counterpoint report. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/india-stock-brokers-hit-by-sebi-direct-market-access/articleshow/77198064.cms">India's broking industry just got the shock of its life – SEBI may soon allow investors to trade directly on the exchanges</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/ril-has-a-sobering-quarter-if-not-for-jio-and-bp-stake-sale-it-would-have-been-much-worse/articleshow/77264366.cms">RIL has a sobering quarter⁠— if not for Jio and stake sale to BP it would have been much worse</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/defense/news/comparison-of-indias-rafale-fighter-jets-with-chinese-latest-j-20-fighter-jets/slidelist/77238828.cms">India’s Rafale fighter jets — Here’s how it stacks up against Chinese J-20</a>

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Widespread protests against the 'Agnipath' scheme for the recruitment of armed forces have spread to several districts in Uttar Pradesh. Bulandshahr, Meerut, Agra, Mathura, Varanasi, Unnao, Gorakhpur, Gonda, Rae Bareli and Ballia are among the districts that have witnessed protests, with youth demanding the scheme's withdrawal. In several districts, the police had to resort to lathi charge and fire teargas shells to disperse the mob. In Bulandshahr, protesters blocked the busy GT Road. "We strongly oppose the new recruitment scheme. We want the old recruitment scheme back," one of the protesters said. Bulandshahr Superintendent of Police, Shlok Kumar said: "Some youngsters gathered to stage a protest in the morning. They later called it off on the assurance given by police officials." Ballia was the worst affected district since protesters set bogies of the Sealdah Express on fire, vandalised railway property and then attacked shops and kiosks outside the station. Job aspirants pelted stones at a government bus in Agra, triggering deployment of additional police personnel to control the situation. In Firozabad, protesters vandalised roadways buses. Youth also gathered along the Agra-Delhi highway, seeking the revival of the old recruitment policy in the armed forces. Traffic was blocked for several hours on this route. Agra Senior Superintendent of Police, Sudhir Kumar Singh, said: "A large number of students come to Agra to prepare for exams through coaching centres. These job aspirants reached here and blocked the road." In Rae Bareli and Gonda, the protesters raised slogans and blocked traffic. The <keyword id="13558307" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="agnipath-scheme" source="Orion">Agnipath scheme</keyword> was announced on June 14 to recruit jawans into the Army, Navy and the Air Force for a four-year period followed by compulsory retirement for most without gratuity and pension benefits. Under the new policy, 25 per cent of the jawans would get a chance for permanent recruitment on the basis of their performance. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Recruitment to begin soon" comment="subhead" text="Recruitment to begin soon">Recruitment to begin soon</cmsannotation> Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the recruitment into the military through the Agnipath scheme will begin soon. He advised the aspirants to begin their preparations. Calling the scheme a 'golden opportunity' to join the nation's defence system and to serve the country, Singh thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allowing age waiver for the first batch to be recruited through the scheme. However, the Defence Minister's comment comes amid the protests against the Agnipath scheme which started in Bihar and has spread to several states. The protests against Agnipath continued for the third day in seven states, including the national capital. "Agnipath is a golden opportunity for the youth to join the defence system and serve the country. As the recruitment was stalled for the last two years, many were deprived of the opportunity to join the army," Singh tweeted. "Therefore, keeping in mind the future of the youth, on the instructions of the Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi, the government has increased the age limit for the recruitment of Agniveers from 21 years to 23 years this time. This one time relaxation has been given. This will entitle a lot of youth to become Agniveers," said the Defence minister in a subsequent tweet. "I heartily thank the Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi for his concern and sensitivity towards the future of the youth. I appeal to the youth that the process of recruitment in the army is going to start in few days. They must start their preparation for it," Rajnath Singh tweeted. Considering the widespread protests, the government on Thursday allowed a one-time age waiver for the scheme considering that recruitment was stalled for the last two years. The upper age limit now has been raised to 23 instead of 21 now. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Police firing on protestors in Secunderabad" comment="subhead" text="Police firing on protestors in Secunderabad">Police firing on protestors in Secunderabad</cmsannotation> One person was killed and three others injured in the police firing on youths protesting at the Secunderabad railway station on Friday against the Central government's new military recruitment policy. Police opened fire after the protesters went on a rampage at the station setting afire two trains and vandalising the station. The injured were admitted to Gandhi Hospital. The situation continued to be tense as a large number of protesters remained in the station and on the tracks. The protesters were pelting stones on police while the latter were retaliating with firing of rubber bullets and teargas shells. The Railway Protection Force, Government Railway Police and city police were trying to bring the situation under control. Additional forces were rushed to the area which resembled a battle zone. Authorities have cancelled all the trains. With the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) buses also being targeted outside the station, the corporation suspended bus services in the area. Violence rocked the railway station here as hundreds of youth went on a rampage, setting afire East Coast Express. Passengers ran for their safety. Several bogies were gutted. Raising slogans against the Central government, the protesters also torched bogies of another train on the station, stalls, display boards and other railway property. They also dumped parcel articles on the tracks and set them afire. The protesters, who were raising slogans of 'Jai jawan Jai kisan' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' ,demanded that the government scrap the recently announced scheme and continue the existing system of recruitment. The youth were angry that the government cancelled the recruitment examination for which they had been preparing for the last 3-4 years. They said their protest would continue till the Centre scraps the new scheme. Following the large-scale violence, an alert was sounded at all railway stations in Telangana. Security was tightened at Nampally, Kacheguda and other railway stations in Hyderabad. Forces were also rushed to Kazipet and Jangaon railway stations as a precautionary measure. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Delhi students join the protest against the Agnipath scheme" comment="subhead" text="Delhi students join the protest against the Agnipath scheme">Delhi students join the protest against the Agnipath scheme</cmsannotation> Violence against Agnipath scheme rocked Secunderabad railway station here on Friday as hundreds of youth set afire a train and vandalised the station. The protesters went on rampage at the station, setting afire East Coast Express, stalls and other railway property. Demanding scrapping of the recently announced scheme, the youth sat on the railway track. Railway and the city police were trying to bring the situation under control. The police also opened fire in the air to control the situation. The protesters are said to be mostly from the northern states who were in Secunderabad to appear in the Railway Recruitment Board exams. Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, is the headquarters of South Central Railway. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Protestors set Bhagalpur-New Delhi and Jammu Tawi-Guwahati trains also on fire" comment="subhead" text="Protestors set Bhagalpur-New Delhi and Jammu Tawi-Guwahati trains also on fire">Protestors set Bhagalpur-New Delhi and Jammu Tawi-Guwahati trains also on fire</cmsannotation> Violent protests over the Central government's 'Agnipath' scheme for recruitment in armed forces continued across Bihar on Friday with agitators disrupting rail and road traffic and setting the Bhagalpur-New Delhi Vikramshila Express and Jammu Tawi-Guwahati Express trains on fire. Several organisations have given a 72-hour ultimatum to the Modi government to withdraw the Agnipath scheme or else they will intensify the agitation and call for Bharat Bandh. Raju Yadav, the convener of Army Recruitment personnel Morcha; Manoj Manjil, Left party MLA from the Agiyaon Assembly constituency and national president of INAUS, Sandeep Saurav, MLA of Paliganj and secretary of AISA Bihar unit; Ajit Kushwaha, MLA of Dumraon; Aftab Alam, Vikas Yadav and many others related to AISA (All India Students Association) and INAUS have given the ultimatum to the Central government to withdraw the Agnipath scheme. The agitation by the students and job aspirants continued in almost all the districts of Bihar. In Lakhisarai, the agitating students set the Bhagalpur-New Delhi Vikramshila Express on fire as soon as the train arrived at the platform. The agitated youths asked the passengers to come out from the trains and then set the train afire. In Begusarai, the agitated students set the Lakhminia railway station on fire. They burnt down the ticket booking counter and the waiting area. The office properties and documents were completely gutted in the fire. In Bhojpur, the agitated students set the Bihiya railway station on fire. In Samastipur, the agitators set two coaches of the Jammu Tawi-Guwahati Express on fire in the Mohiuddinnagar railway station located on Hajipur-Barauni railway section. In Khagaria, the agitated mob stopped the Purnea-Ranchi Kosi Express at the Mansi railway station and demanded the rollback of the Agnipath scheme. The students are sitting on tracks at several places in Bihar and they are not ready to go home. Many of them claimed that the Agnipath scheme was suicidal for youths if they join the Army under this scheme. "An army jawan becomes trained in at least a year's time and it takes 5 to 6 years for the jawan to perform duty on the border posts. Under the Agnipath scheme, there is a provision of six months training and deployment anywhere in the country, including on the borders connected to Pakistan and China. Partially skilled jawans cannot survive on the border. It would not only be suicidal for the jawans and also to the entire post," said Raj Kishore Singh, a job aspirant who has been preparing for army examination for the last 5 years. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Protest in UP’s Balia" comment="subhead" text="Protest in UP’s Balia">Protest in UP’s Balia</cmsannotation> The Ballia police, on Friday morning, thwarted attempts of some local youth who wanted to protest on the railway tracks against the 'Agnipath' scheme for short-term recruitment in the armed forces. District Magistrate Saumya Agarwal said that police forces had been deployed on the railway tracks and the protesters, who attempted to pelt stones, were pushed back by the police. 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<ul><li>A Redseer report says that e-commerce companies have hit a gross merchandise value or GMV of $1.8 billion in the first 3 days of their festive sales. </li><li>The Big Billion Days, Great Indian Festival sale, Snap-Diwali and others provide multiple offers and deals to consumers. </li><li>The e-commerce sector will now meet 80-100% of the forecasted target of $3.7 billion GMV from the sale time alone. </li></ul>It’s truly a festive season for Indian e-commerce players. A Redseer report says that e-retailers hit a gross merchandise value or GMV of $1.8 in the first 3 days of their sales. From Flipkart to Amazon to Snapdeal, every Indian e-commerce player is currently hosting their annual sales. The Big Billion Days, Great Indian Festival sale, Snap-Diwali and others provide multiple offers and deals across products to consumers. Redseer report further says that the e-commerce sector will meet 80-100% of the forecasted target of $3.7 billion GMV from their sales alone. “The first three days have been a strong success for e-tailers despite challenging macro environment, indicating that consumer sentiment on online shopping remains bullish. We expect the industry to continue to do well in the remaining days of the sales event and achieve 80-100% of the RedSeer forecasted numbers for the whole 6-day event,” said Anil Kumar, Founder and CEO, RedSeer Consulting. The mobile segment has led the sales, with 55% GMV coming from smartphones. Amazon said that OnePlus, Samsung and Apple crossed ₹750 crore in sales within 36 hours of the sale. In fact, OnePlus clocked in a record ₹500 crore revenue on the second day of Amazon Great Indian Festival. “We’re honoured by the overwhelming response received as this stands testament to the highest level of customer satisfaction and the strong trust in our brand. India is one of our most important markets and we will strive to ensure an unparalleled, superior experience for our users,”said Vikas Agarwal, General Manager, OnePlus India. This is gloom of an economic slowdown which has impacted the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/ecommerce/news/flipkart-and-amazon-sales-beat-slowdown-blues-to-lift-consumer-sentiment/articleshow/71384852.cms">consumer sentiment</a>. But the online sales seem to have altered it. Both Flipkart and Amazon managed to open up new markets as well. As much as 91% of Amazon’s new customers came from Tier 2 and 3 towns.Flipkart said that its number of transacting customers from Tier 2 and beyond doubled over last year’s sale on the first day.

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OnePlus, the Chinese smartphone company that made the widely successful OnePlus One phone in 2014, is getting ready to announce another new phone soon.The company recently published <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/oneplus-teaser-images-october-29-nini-x-3-2015-10?r=UK&amp;IR=T">a teaser for an announcement scheduled for Oct. 29</a> just days after an image of an unreleased phone <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/new-oneplus-smartphone-spotted-2015-10">had appeared in FCC filings</a> from the company. Now, we have an even better idea of what OnePlus' next phone will probably look like. A photo showing what is said to be the OnePlus X has been leaked <a href="http://weibo.com/2827386331/CFGqmsnsF?type=comment#_rnd1445354833787">on Chinese social network Weibo</a>.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="http://weibo.com/2827386331/CFGqmsnsF?type=comment#_rnd1445354833787">Weibo</a></div></div></div>Based on the image, it looks like the new phone will come in both black and white color options. It also seems like the phone could have a glass back, similar to that of the Galaxy S6, although we won't know for sure until OnePlus publicly announces the phone. The phones pictured in the new image also resemble the one shown in the FCC filing from earlier:<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=2776324">FCC.gov</a></div></div></div>OnePlus already released its officially successor to the OnePlus One, called <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/oneplus-two-phone-launch-details-2015-7">the OnePlus 2</a>, back in July. This new device would likely be the cheaper phone OnePlus referred to last month when speaking with <a href="http://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/mobile/chinese-mobile-maker-oneplus-plans-to-enter-affordable-segment/49133810">The Economic Times</a>. "We're introducing a new device by the end of this year," Vikas Agarwal, the general manager of OnePlus India, previously said to the publication.Agarwal also said that the phone would be launching in "the next quarter for sure."While the phone would be aimed at markets in India, Agarwal said it would also launch globally. OnePlus gained popularity in the US when it launched its first smartphone, the OnePlus One, in 2014. The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/oneplus-one-review-2014-6">phone was a hit </a>for two key reasons - it was extremely cheap, and it was really hard to find.The OnePlus One cost about half as much as popular Android phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S5 and came with similar hardware and features. This made the One so popular that the company had to implement an invite-only system for buying the phone.OnePlus' latest phone, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/oneplus-two-phone-launch-details-2015-7">the OnePlus 2</a>, is slightly more expensive but is still cheaper than most other high-end flagship phones. It also comes with an improved design, a fingerprint sensor, and better hardware than its predecessor, which accounts for its higher price. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/animated-map-global-fiber-optic-internet-cables-2015-9">Animated map reveals the 550,000 miles of cable hidden under the ocean that power the internet</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="1iNHI3dzr1l7P_ZGDpqWJC3kUle6Dsan" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

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<keyword id="2210217" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="oneplus">OnePlus</keyword> has managed to create a niche for itself in the premium smartphone segment in india with its extremely popular smartphones. And now the global mobile technology startup is all set to launch its very own <keyword id="35621" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="e-commerce">e-commerce</keyword> website in India <a href="https://oneplusstore.in/store">http://oneplusstore.in</a>. However the OnePlus phones will not be available on the company’s shopping portal as yet. You will still have to go to <keyword id="18635" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Amazon">Amazon</keyword> to get a OnePlus phone as the company has an exclusive partnership with Amazon for their phones. 
 
By launching an exclusive online brand store, OnePlus is looking to offer a personalised shopping experience to its fan community in India. The new e-commerce platform will sell mobile covers, chargers, ear phones, car chargers etc. Basically, the online store is an attempt to improve the availability as well as make it easier for its fans to purchase genuine OnePlus products. 
 
On the new shopping site, OnePlus will also bring latest range of merchandise and will offer limited-time offers for existing users, Vikas Agarwal, General Manager - India, OnePlus said, “We are very excited to bring the globally acclaimed OnePlus shopping experience to our fans in India. With the new platform, our users will find it easier to purchase genuine OnePlus products and fan merchandise, right from the comfort of their homes. The e-commerce platform marks yet another major milestone in our India journey and reiterates our long term commitment towards the Indian market and our fan community here. ” 
 While its competitors in India like <keyword id="874458" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Xiaomi">Xiaomi</keyword> and Le Eco have their own shopping portals and it has proved very helpful for the smartphone makers to sell their phones and merchandise to their communities directly. However, the availability of merchandise on OnePlus' own e-commerce site is sure to get existing users excited; but given the popularity of the OnePlus phones, getting the phones on the company's shopping site would have certainly helped the community grow.

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<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=oneplus">Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus</a> is going to ‘<a href="https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=5&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0CCoQFjAEahUKEwjFzMaN97zIAhVIj44KHYRBBiY&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.in%2FGovernment-to-publish-report-card-of-Make-in-Indias-success-on-its-anniversary%2Farticle">Make in India</a>’ by the end of this year, giving further momentum to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Narendra+Modi">Prime Minister Narendra Modi</a>’s pet project. 
 <keyword id="2210217" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="oneplus">OnePlus</keyword> will ‘Make in India’ from <keyword id="6354671" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Foxconn">Foxconn</keyword>'s Rising Stars factory in southern Andhra Pradesh state. 
 
However, the Chinese <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=smartphones">smartphone</a> maker did not share which devices it will make in India. 
 
"Producing smartphones in India is one of the most important decisions that we have made so far at OnePlus, and we are thankful to the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Foxconn for helping us make this happen," said Pete Lau, Founder &amp; CEO, OnePlus, adding “India being one of our biggest markets worldwide, we are committed to a long term sustainable growth path.” 
 
OnePlus made its debut in India in December 2014. The company has been flooded with requests for invites to buy the premium phone which was priced under Rs 25,000. 
 
"Local production will not only make our operations more efficient in terms of cost and working capital requirements but also help us in making our products available for sale much faster than ever before," Vikas Agarwal, India general manager, OnePlus said. 
 
(Image: Indiatimes)

OnePlus to Make in India!

To woo customers this festive season, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Chinese+smartphone+company+OnePlus+">Chinese smartphone company OnePlus</a> has come up with a new strategy. It is offering <keyword id="2210217" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="oneplus">OnePlus</keyword> One phones for free in <keyword id="6354321" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Bengaluru">Bengaluru</keyword> if the phone did not reach customers within one-hour of placing orders. 
 
This move has been confirmed by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/3-reasons-why-Narendra-Modi-should-pay-attention-to-whatthis-company-has-to-say-to-make-Digital-India-a-raging-success/articleshow/49272768.cms">Vikas Agarwal, General Manager - India, OnePlus</a>. He asked: "Can you ever imagine receiving a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=smartphones">smartphone</a> in about the same time as you order a pizza?” 
 “At OnePlus, we think it's possible. Therefore, we are daring ourselves this time to deliver the original flagship - The OnePlus One - to our fans in Bengaluru who wish to own the phone, within the guaranteed <keyword id="230285" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="60-Minutes">60 minutes</keyword> or give it away for free," he said. 
 
To make the 60 minutes delivery commitment possible, the Chinese company has tied up with <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=smartphones">Blowhorn</a>, a Bengaluru based marketplace focussed on intra-city logistics marketplace startup. 
 
The countdown to the 60 minutes delivery will begin once the order is accepted by Blowhorn, the company said in a statement. 
 
The promotion will run for three days - October 8, 9 and 10. 
 
How will you go about it? Buyers have to download the Blowhorn mobile application from <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=smartphones">Google Play Store</a>, place an order through the app and upon its acceptance, the brand new OnePlus One handset will be delivered at their doorstep within 60 minutes. This project is being rolled out in Bengaluru as a pilot, and will soon be taken to other cities. 
 
Commenting about the development, Mithun Srivatsa from Blowhorn said: "The novelty of this promotion is that we being their delivery partner, have zero margin for delays or errors in delivery of the OnePlus One handsets." 
 
India is a big focus market for OnePlus. It contributed about 7% of OnePlus' overall sales in 2014, within just one month of operations. In the quarter to March, over 40% of global sales came from India without any major marketing or promotional activities, Agarwal had told ET after the launch of OnePlus Two, the company's second flagship device launched in June. 
 
OnePlus is also planning to launch a budget level smartphone this quarter, and launch its own online selling platform next year. 
 
(Image: Indiatimes)

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Entering the Rs, 20,000 range, Chinese handset company, <keyword id="2210217" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="oneplus">OnePlus</keyword> launched <keyword id="3081927" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="OnePlus-X">OnePlus X</keyword> Onyx smartphone in India. 

	The company would also start manufacturing in India by this year end and Onyx would be the first device to be assembled. 
 

	"OnePlus X is a design-centric device, chic and powerful enough to fit any lifestyle. The Onyx will help us expand our base further in the country," OnePlus General Manager India Vikas Agarwal told PTI. 
 

	The company had launched its first device last year and is aiming for sales of one million devices by the end of December 2015 in India. 
 

	The new factory will have a cumulative peak capacity of producing up to five lakh units per month and will generate direct employment of over 1,000 full time workers. 
 

	OnePlus X specifications
 

	• 5-inch display, 
 

	• 3GB RAM, 
 

	• 2.3 GHz quad-core processor, 
 

	• 13MP rear and 8MP front camera, 
 

	• 16 GB memory (expandable up to 128GB) 
 

	• 2,525 mAh battery. 

	 
	OnePlus X price 
	 

	The two new devices launched, Onyx and a limited Ceramic edition, are priced at Rs 16,999 and Rs 22,999, respectively. 
	 
	(Image credits: Indiatimes)

OnePlus X launched in India at Rs 16,999

<ul><li>There are now 4,067 active cases, while 292 individuals have been cured and discharged from the hospitals. </li><li>Maharashtra remains the worst-hit state with 690 cases. </li><li>Kerala has 314 cases, Telangana reported 321 cases, Uttar Pradesh has 227, Rajasthan has 253 cases so far.</li></ul>It is day thirteen of a 21-day lockdown here in India. As the country entered the critical phase of Coronavirus pandemic, the number of coronavirus cases in India crossed the 4,400 mark. At least 292 people have recovered from the deadly coronavirus across the country. However, 109 deaths have also been reported from different states. The total number includes 66 foreign nationals, and one person who has migrated. There are now 4,067 active cases of COVID-19, said the ministry. According to Health Ministry data, Maharashtra remains the worst-hit state with 690 active cases followed by Tamil Nadu which has 571 cases, while Delhi has 503. Kerala has 314 cases, Telangana reported 321 cases, Uttar Pradesh has 227, Rajasthan has 253 cases so far. Speaking to the media, Joint Secretary of the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said, "The doubling rate, which means in how many days the number of COVID-19 cases double, at present is 4.1 days. However, if cases reported due to the Tablighi Jamaat event had not come, then the doubling rate would have been 7.4 days." He said at least 274 districts have COVID cases in India. According to the Health Ministry, at least 472 new cases and 11 new deaths have been reported since yesterday. Parts of Lucknow sealed, alert in Lakhimpur Four localities of the old city area in the state capital have been sealed while an alert has been sounded in the Lakhimpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP), Vikas Chandra Tripathi said that the sealed localities in Lucknow include Peer Baksh Masjid in Talkatora area, Rahmaniya Masjid in Qaiserbagh's Phool Bagh, Mohammadi Masjid in Wazirganj's Astabal Charbagh and a house in Saadatganj's Yaseenganj, The step was taken after seven Tablighi Jamaat members staying in these areas for the last two weeks, had tested positive. He said three of these seven Jamaatis had come from Assam, and two each from Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district and Jaipur, Rajasthan to attend religious gatherings at mosques in Lucknow. Third corona death in UP, curfew in parts of Varanasi A 55-year-old resident of Varanasi died on April 3 at the Sir Sunderlal hospital in BHU of lung infection. His report on Sunday night revealed that he was Coronavirus positive. District magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said, "Curfew has been clamped in Madanpura under the limits of Dashashwamedh police station, Bajardiha under Bhelupur, Gangapur and Lohta, both under Mirza Murad police station area. This has been done for proper screening of people of these localities, sanitization and other necessary exercises." All 10 members in the deceased's family have been quarantined and their samples have been sent for testing. The deceased was a resident of Gangapur locality. MP corona cases cross 215, Bhopal hit hard Midway through the 21-day lockdown in Madhya Pradesh coronavirus cases kept up a rising trend. The total corona positive cases touched 215. Figures in Bhopal recorded a big jump, from 18 to 40 by late Sunday evening. Chief Medical and Health Officer, Bhopal Dr Sudhir Kumar Daheria said 22 persons tested positive on Sunday. According to the Sunday night bulletin, 97 samples were sent for examination of which 23 tested positive. Most persons affected are either related to the Health Department or to the Tablighi Jamaat. However, the health authorities said there is no need to panic. After a major vegetable whole-seller in Bhopal tested positive on Saturday vegetable markets in Bhopal were sealed till further orders. Collector Tarun Pithode ordered the closure of all except milk and medicine shops till further orders. The food delivery system and the home delivery system authorised by the competent authority by the Municipal Corporation will continue to operate. AP's corona tally touches 252, 5 recovered Andhra Pradesh reported 26 new cases on Sunday evening, taking the state's tally of COVID-19 cases to 252. The state government has also placed the residential locations of people testing positive for coronavirus, on a 'red alert' list, to enable greater monitoring and also ensure that such areas are quarantined properly. Of the 252 coronavirus cases identified in the state till Sunday, 11 persons were foreign returnees, and 6 persons are their contacts. Another 6 persons got admitted to the hospital with coronavirus symptoms. Meanwhile, the state nodal officer also released information about persons numbering 131-190, who had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week. The available information indicates that except for 7 people, all the persons in the list are Delhi-returnees or their contacts. So far, 5 persons in the state have recovered from the infection. Foreigners leave India on special flights from Delhi Amid tight security and highly sanitised departure area, foreigners working in embassies, various industries and NGOs are leaving India, sources said on Sunday. According to Delhi airport sources, two-three special flights are being operated for foreign citizens working in India who want to be back home in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Citizens of several CIS countries, and also of Belarus left in a special flight from New Delhi's Indira Gandhi Airport. On Saturday, and also the day before, special flights were operated for Japanese and South Koreans working in NCR and other parts of India. Indians come together for solidarity support As a gesture and acknowledgement to all those who are on the frontlines in the battle against the COVID-19 outbreak, Indians came together for a nine-minute show of solidarity at 9 pm on Sunday. On the request of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, people across the country switched their lights off, coming out on their rooftops or balconies to light a candle for nine minutes as a salutation for those risking their lives while fighting coronavirus, The Prime Minister had requested Indians to pay their respects in a video message stating, "This Sunday, April 5, we must come together to dissolve the darkness of COVID-19 and bring in light. On April 5, 9 pm, I need your nine minutes. Turn off all lights in your home and light lamps, mobile flashlights and torches. We are not alone in this fight. Nobody is alone. But, please do this activity within the confines of your home. Do not violate social distancing." UP man shot dead over remarks on Tablighi Jamaat A 28-year-old man was allegedly shot dead on Sunday after a quarrel when he blamed Tablighi Jamaat members for the spread of coronavirus. The altercation took place at a grocery shop in Bakshi Modha village in Kareli police station area when some people were discussing a newspaper report. Lotan Nishad blamed Tablighi Jamaat for spreading coronavirus across the country, police said. Some others objected to his remarks, and there was a scuffle. Later, he was shot in the head with a country-made gun and died while being taken to hospital, police said. A senior police officer said Mohammed Sona and another man have been arrested. Eight others have been booked for the crime and police are trying to trace them. 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Cash is a dominant mode of transaction in the devices market and the government's decision to demonetize the high-value currency which accounts for more than two-third of the cash supply is having an immediate but temporary impact on the devices market, according to <keyword id="6377157" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="IDC">IDC</keyword> there has been a 17.5 per cent drop in smartphone sales in CY Q4 2016. All smartphone companies felt the impact but in their own ways. 
 Starting with the low to mid range phones where the market is ruled by Chinese smartphone makers like <keyword id="874458" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Xiaomi">Xiaomi</keyword>, LeEco, <keyword id="299328" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Coolpad">Coolpad</keyword> and others. All these smartphone makers sell their devices mostly priced between Rs. 6000 to Rs. 15,000 through online and offline platform. The sale of devices is expected to hit not just offline retail but online channel as well, where Cash-On-Delivery (COD) contributes to a substantial portion of the sales. Major impact of demonetization will be more prominent in smaller cities, where small retail shops transact more in cash and penetration of digital payments is yet to reach the levels seen in bigger cities. After having launched a<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Coolpad-launches-made-for-India-smartphone-in-partnership-with-Reliance-Jio/articleshow/55707972.cms"> ‘made for India’ phone</a>, Syed Tajuddin, CEO, Coolpad India said, “Demonetizaion is a painful thing, yes, business has been affected both online and offline platform suffer. Around 30% of smartphone purchases online are COD, can’t expect people to stand in queue for one week to buy out phones, by end of the year there would be 25%impact on decline in the sales”, the company expects the market will be in a much better shape by April next year for lower range phones. 
 High to premium range phones has not seen much of an impact as they are mostly dependent on online payment methods. The segment itself attracts consumers who are already using non cash payment methods for all purposes. One such brand that has not seen much impact of demonetization on the sale of its smartphones is <keyword id="2210217" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="oneplus">Oneplus</keyword>, this Chinese smartphone maker has made a place for itself in the high range segments with phones costing over Rs. 25,000. Vikas Agarwal, General Manager – India for OnePlus said, “Oneplus has been an online only brand and because of it demonetization has not really impacted Oneplus as much as offline brands have been impacted. Online people are used to paying through debit and credit cards the COD transaction were impacted but not to that extent as those users are now using electronic channels to make the payment so for us we do not anticipate any big impact of demonetization on sale of Oneplus device”. That’s true especially because the company chose to<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/OnePLus-3T-launched-at-Rs-29999-Heres-what-has-improved/articleshow/55749779.cms"> launch its latest smartphone OnePlus 3T today</a> in India also in close succession to OnePlus3 which has been one of the top rated phones globally. 
 Now if we look at the premium phones, <keyword id="6354427" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Apple">Apple</keyword>’s iPhone7 and iPhone7 Plus are the most expensive phones in the country today priced at upwards of Rs. 60,000. Government’s move to demonetize Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 currency notes somehow provided a much needed helping hand to Apple to sell its latest iPhones. As reported by Economic Times iPhone sales shot up in India in the three days immediately following demonetisation as consumers rushed to buy these devices with their phased out high denomination notes. And as per trade estimates, over 1 lakh iPhones were sold in these three days alone, which is around three ¬fourth of this handset’s average monthly sales. 
 
So smartphone makers across all segments have felt an impact of demonetization but it’s immediate and short-lived. And now they are trying to tackle the after-effects of demonetization by starting to offer lucrative deals to try and make up for the slow-moving demand from currently cash crunch-hit consumers.

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Not all’s well at <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=micromax">Micromax</a>. Insiders at company suggest that the chairman of Micromax <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Sanjay+Kapoor+">Sanjay Kapoor</a> has put in his papers. Kapoor, who had joined the company just more than a year ago, resigned because of his growing differences with promoters. 
 
 While the Indian born handset maker didn't elaborate on the reasons of Kapoor’s resignation, the company in an email to The Economic Times has said, "Appropriate announcements will be made in due course. We would like to thank him for his contribution and wish him luck for all his future endeavours." 
 
 Discussions are underway regarding the financial terms of his exit, one of the sources revealed. When <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Sanjay-Kapoor-Becomes-the-Chairman-Of-Micromax-India/articleshow/36110042.cms">he joined in June 2014</a>, Kapoor had been entrusted for making Micromax a global brand, helping it raise money and boost its software capabilities. His primary tasks included focussing on new products and grow on areas such as data, access, storage, analytics, applications and content, apart from devices. 
 
 "Differences regarding these and more have been rising over a period of time. But now they have reached a point that they can't be reconciled," sources disclosed to the financial daily. 
 
Kapoor, a former <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Bharti+Airtel+">Bharti Airtel</a> chief executive for India and South Asia, is also a director at PVR and Bennett, Coleman &amp; Company Ltd. 
 
 
 At the time Kapoor joined, Micromax also hired Samsung India mobile head Vineet Taneja and another Bharti Airtel veteran Badal Bagri to power growth and build a bigger brand before an initial public offering (IPO). Taneja and Bagri remain firmly entrenched in the company, the people said. 
 
 The IPO plan included bringing in strategic investors to fuel Micromax's next phase of growth. That involved likely funding from a consortium led by Ant Financial Services Group, China's leading online financial services company that owns <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Alipay">Alipay</a>. This is also said to be going slow, because of the outgoing chairman and the promoters not being on the same page and also due to differing valuation expectations. The four founder promoters - Rahul Sharma, Rajesh Agarwal, Sumeet Kumar and Vikas Jain - own a little less than 80% of the company. Micromax had announced plans two years ago to enter Russia by the end of 2013 and other European countries subsequently. It has a negligible presence in Russia and hasn't gone further afield, although it has ventured into parts of South Asia. 
 
 
Its efforts to invest in app makers with the aim of becoming a services company rather than just a mobile phone vendor and its launch of youth brand Yureka have been helmed by cofounder Sharma. Micromax is also a licensee for the emerging Cyanogen mobile operating system. 
 
 
 Being on top after a tough fight, Micromax has dropped to second position in terms of market share, which is 17%, as per an IDC data.

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Traditionally, <keyword id="1871871" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="property-listing-sites">property listing sites</keyword> are as drab as telephone directories. They offer huge databases and you simply activate a few filters like type of property, location and budget, and the information gathering is done. The next task is more gruelling, though. One must browse through the list of properties that has popped up post-search, check out if the information is authentic, and get in touch with owners, brokers and property developers to close a deal. In fact, the data burst on property sites is the actual pain point, says an industry expert. But some young <keyword id="428085" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="start-ups">start-ups</keyword> and not-so-young companies are doing things a bit differently, to take the long hours and the guesswork out of the house-hunting process. Check out these 5 Indian sites that stand out because of their innovative (and tech-dependent) approach. 
 
<keyword id="35061" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="housing">Housing</keyword> – credibility is the key: Set up by a group from IIT Bombay, this one-year-old start-up has a penchant for innovation. Housing started by listing the apartments for rent in Mumbai. But it has seen some fast growth and currently operates in 7 cities – also listing flats for sale. Its USP is data curation as an in-house data collection team makes sure that every apartment is geo-coded and every bit of information is genuine (you get all the essentials such as photographs, rent amount, locality rating and amenities available while some of the properties up there are the site’s exclusive). Housing has recently introduced a ‘land classifieds’ section that will allow farmers and villagers to list and sell their land assets. A bold move from an urban firm, especially as it wants to cover as many as 10,000 villages. 
 
Funding: Housing has already reached break-even in Mumbai and raised $2.5 million from Nexus Venture Partners besides securing two rounds of angel funding from several investors. 
 
<keyword id="1871872" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Flat-to">Flat.to</keyword> – niche offering: Another start-up from Mumbai, set up in April 2013 by Gaurav Munjal, but this one only caters to students looking for apartments, room-mates or PG accommodations in and around their educational institutions. Some featured colleges are already up on the site and one can check out what all they offer (from nearby flats to brokers and flat owners, it seems). Otherwise, you can check in and input your college name, and the company will get back with relevant information. After Mumbai, the start-up will expand its operations in other university cities like Pune and Bangalore. 
 
Funding: Till date, Flat.to has raised undisclosed angel funding from Aakrit Vaish, director of the mobile app analytics firm Flurry India. 
 
<keyword id="1871874" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="PropTiger">PropTiger</keyword> – mid-market focus paying dividends: Started in 2011 by Dhruv Agarwala, Kartik Varma and Prashan Agarwal (Dhruv and Kartik are Harvard alumni and co-founders of iTrust Financial Advisors which they sold to the Karvy Group), this start-up is well on its way to become really big. But unlike other portals, this company is marketing new residential developments and targeting first-time home-buyers in the mid-market segment. PropTiger has a hybrid (online-offline) business platform in place and handholds potential customers by offering a whole range of value-added services – right from sending you apartment options to organising site visits, affordability analysis and facilitating home loans. No wonder the firm’s revenues are soaring and it claims to have crossed Rs 2,500 crore in GMV (gross value of the properties sold). 
 
Funding: The traction has been good so far and VC firms Accel Partners and SAIF Partners have invested $5 million in Series A round for the next phase of growth. Earlier, PropTiger raised an undisclosed round from a number of HNIs. 
 
<keyword id="1556577" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="CommonFloor-com">CommonFloor.com</keyword> – hi-tech apps help: Not exactly a young company but this six-year-old portal needs a mention here as it has some hi-tech offerings that users love. The firm has launched an augmented reality-based property search app called CommonFloor Real Estate, which also enables GPS-based map search and helps extend all its portal services on to a mobile phone. As for AR search, a user has to input her property criteria and point the phone in any direction. The app will then track the relevant assets within a certain distance. The Bangalore-based firm also combines online property search with a community management platform. 
 
Funding: Founded by Sumit Jain, Lalit Mangal and Vikas Malpani, the firm has recently raised a Series C funding of $7.5 million from existing investors Accel Partners and Tiger Global Management. Accel and Tiger invested in the firm in Series A and B as well, but the amounts were not disclosed. 
 
<keyword id="1871875" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Metroplots">Metroplots</keyword> – apps and new features make it sticky: Started by Biju Ashokan in 2009, this Chennai-based firm operates a bit like PropTiger and focuses on new residential and commercial developments. The site offers some value-added services such as comparison tool, expert advice, loan facilitation, referral (when you refer a friend and she makes a purchase, you get a commission on the total value of that asset), group deal/discount and post-sales help. Metroplots has apps for both Android and iOS platforms, and could be adding more channels like property rental and reselling. 
 
Funding: Metroplots has already raised two rounds of angel funding and secured under $1 million in the second round. It is now looking to raise close to $2 million for more features and pan-India expansion.

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