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<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=diwali&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Diwali </a>is around the corner, which also means its time for numerous <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=festive+sales&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">festive sales</a> and thus, cause for some excitement. Following 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Heres-how-you-may-just-be-able-to-grab-the-Re-1-deals-during-Xiaomis-flash-sale/articleshow/54874035.cms">Xiaomi’s Re 1 flash deals</a>, now Chinese handset maker <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=OnePlus&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">OnePlus</a> is here to join the party with its <a href="https://oneplusstore.in/diwali/dash">Diwali Dash Sale</a>. 
 The company is hosting its <keyword id="3759333" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Diwali-Dash-Sale">Diwali Dash Sale</keyword> on its website from October 24 to October 26. The timings of the sale will be 12 pm, 4 pm and 8 pm on all three days. 
 To participate in this sale, users need to first register their account on <keyword id="2210217" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="oneplus">OnePlus</keyword>, then verify their mobile number, address and finally, share the event on atleast one of their social media accounts, using #OnePlusDiwaliDash. 
 After one has successfully completed the four steps of registration, they are eligible to win an entrance ticket to the sale, which will allow them to win a Mystery product at Re.1. At the beginning of each session of the <keyword id="188" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="Diwali">Diwali</keyword> Dash Sale, a batch of these Re.1 mystery boxes will be released through a lucky draw, however we should warn you in advance- one person can only draw one box with one OnePlus account. The OnePlus website has some further instructions. “Your chances of drawing a Box depends on your Dash Level. Level up by registering your OnePlus devices, successfully inviting friends to sign up, or purchasing from the <keyword id="2615013" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="OnePlus-Store">OnePlus Store</keyword> (India),” 
 
The contents of the Mystery box can only be seen after one has mde a payment of Re 1. The boxes will expire after three hours if payment hasn’t been made till then. 
 Up for grabs in these Re 1 mystery boxes could be OnePlus gears, accessories and if you’re lucky enough- even an <keyword id="2983550" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Oneplus-3">OnePlus 3</keyword> Soft Gold. Yep, all for Re 1! 
 
Needless to say, these products can’t be returned. OnePlus users on the other hand, have some benefits. Not only will they sign up using the IMEI number of their OnePlus phone, but are also eligible for an assured gift voucher worth Rs 250. 
 
Let the game of sales begin. Are you ready?

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After having announced the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Xiaomi-unveils-its-first-Mi-Home-in-India-plans-to-open-100-more-in-next-2-years/articleshow/58627564.cms">first ever Mi Home in India</a>, <keyword id="874458" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Xiaomi">Xiaomi</keyword> launched the much awaited <keyword id="2415488" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Redmi">Redmi</keyword> 4 (within a week!), the new upgrade of the company’s highest selling smartphone series in India but along with the device Xiaomi also launched the company’s first smart router <keyword id="4538164" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="mi-router-3c">Mi Router 3C</keyword> in India. And this could be the beginning of Mi Ecosystem products making its way in India. 
 
 
 In <keyword id="3671884" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="india-xiaomi">India Xiaomi</keyword> has concentrated mainly on their smartphones but now that they have climed to the vertical top of most of most of the ‘Lists’ thanks to their hot selling smartphones, Xiaomi thought it to be the best time to bring in their <keyword id="3672314" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="mi-home">Mi Home</keyword>s in India. And the newest addition from the global Mi Home ecosystem is the <keyword id="4537948" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mi-Router">Mi Router</keyword> 3C. It comes with a four antenna design, Xiaomi claims that the design will improve both the Wi-Fi range and signal stability and ensures a stable, fast and secure connection even at long distances. It can connect over 60 devices. The Router also comes with features like pre-configured guest sharing of the Wi-Fi password and parental controls. And of course the Mi Router 3C will be available at the newly announced Mi Home for Rs. 1199 on the first day of it’s opening on 20th May. 
 
Also Read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/After-selling-over-4-million-Redmi-3S-Xiaomi-brings-in-the-Redmi-4-in-India-and-hopes-to-break-its-own-record/articleshow/58698751.cms">After selling over 4 million Redmi 3S, Xiaomi brings in the Redmi 4 in India and hopes to break its own record</a> 
 Xiamoi’s new Mi Home in India has a long way to go compared to the product portfolio that’s available in its international <keyword id="4539022" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="mi-homes">Mi Homes</keyword> where they are selling a huge variety of products from rice cookers to power strips. The company has plans to open 100 Mi Homes in the next 2years across India. Xiaomi had already started introducing their Mi Home products like the Mi Air purifier and other essentials including power banks, speakers, and earphones. 
 
It was the “gap in the current router market” that led Xiaomi to bring in its Mi Router 3C and the company expects to “disrupt the router market in India.” It also means that Xiaomi will now get more Mi ecosystem products in India. While the Mi Homes in India will always be smaller than the Mi Homes in China both in terms of size and product portfolio but Xiaomi clearly has big plans to make the most of the fast growing internet population in the country. 
 
Also Read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/As-Xiaomi-gets-all-set-to-bring-in-its-own-little-world-in-India-heres-a-look-at-what-a-Mi-Home-in-China-looks-like/articleshow/58595932.cms">Check out the Mi Homes in China</a>

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right click-to-enlarge"><div class="image on-image"><a title_source="Twitter" title_caption="James Proud" class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53f78819eab8eac630edb7b1-960/jamesproud.png"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/jamesproud">Twitter</a>James Proud</div></div>Most 23-year-olds are just getting on their feet and struggling to make ends meet after graduating from college. James Proud, however, has already raised millions to fund his startup that creates a device to help people sleep better.
James Proud is the CEO of Hello Inc., which produces a device called the Sense sleep tracker. The Sense is a tiny orb designed to sit on your nightstand and monitor the conditions in your room as you sleep.
The idea is to educate you about your sleeping habits and what's waking you up in the middle of the night. 
Hello Inc.'s <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hello/sense-know-more-sleep-better">Kickstarter campaign</a> for the Sense just ended on Friday, and the company blew past its $100,000 goal to raise $2.4 million. But that number represents a small fraction of the total funding Hello Inc. has raised so far. Proud and his company have raised $10.5 million from a circle of well-connected angel investors, <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/08/22/sleep-tracker-sense-raises-13-million-without-venture-capital-help/?mod=LS1">according to The Wall Street Journal</a>, bringing their total funding to nearly $13 million.
Some of Proud's investors include tech industry big shots such as David Marcus, the former head of PayPal, Dan Rose, a Facebook executive, and Hugo Barra, a Xiamoi executive who formerly worked as Google's head of product for Android, as the Journal reports.
Proud said his inspiration for the Sense stemmed from a basic concept: everyone needs to sleep, and most people want to learn how to sleep better.
"Most people don't walk a lot every single day," Proud <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sense-sleep-tracker-kickstarter-2014-7">told Business Insider in a previous interview</a>. "But everyone has to sleep every single day. ... Your day is purely influenced by how you slept the previous night."
Proud's desire to create things began to show at a very young age. When he was 9 years old, Proud taught himself HTML after seeing a book called "Your Own Website" in a store, <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2012/06/20/skip-school-sell-company-meet-the-thiel-fellow-who-just-turned-a-profit/">according to Forbes</a>. By age 12, he was already building professional websites.
Proud says he always had a desire to attend college, but by the time he had graduated from high school, he had a change of heart, as Forbes reports. Instead, the South London native opted to join Peter Thiel's fellowship in 2011 - a program in which the billionaire investor pays young entrepreneurs to skip out on a traditional college education to pursue their business ideas. 
Proud's first startup, GigLocator, was the product of his time in Thiel's fellowship. GigLocator, a live music aggregation service, was bought by the owner of the Williamsburg-based Brooklyn Bowl venue almost immediately after Proud'completed Thiel's program in 2012.
After GigLocator was bought, Proud began working on Hello Inc. The Sense sleep tracker is Hello Inc.'s first product, and it will retail for $129 when it eventually launches. 
The secret to making a successful tech product, Proud says, is to create something that works so well it fits naturally into your everyday life.
"Technology is most valuable when you don't have to think about it," Proud said to Business Insider previously. "That's when it becomes magical."

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The last quarter of 2014 was a correction phase wherein the Smart Phone market declined by 4% while the Feature Phone market plummeted by approximately 14% over Q3 2014.The overall mobile phone market stood at 64.3 million units in <keyword id="44708" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Q4">Q4</keyword> 2014, which reflects a sequential drop of 11% over Q3 2014 and an annual drop of 5%. 
 The study conducted by <keyword id="668267" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="International-Data-Corporation">International Data Corporation</keyword> (<keyword id="6377157" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="IDC">IDC</keyword>) India Smart Phone market observed shipment contraction in Q4 for the first time ever (quarter on quarter basis). This was largely owing to a high channel inventory at the beginning of the quarter amongst general trade which in turn was caused by the surge witnessed in online sales during festive season. 
 
Feature Phone to Smart Phone migration trend is clearly visible. Smart Phones formed a healthy 35% of the overall mobile business in Q4 2014, which is up by 13% from a year ago i.e. Q4 2013. 
 
“Smart Phone vendors are quick in gauging the consumer demand for 4G handsets. In percentage terms, 4G handsets are still in single digit. But vendors who are not yet ready with the 4G portfolio are likely to miss the next wave of Smart Phone growth story.” says Karan Thakkar, Senior Market Analyst, IDC India. 
 Shipment contribution from vendors like Asus, Microsoft and <keyword id="16129" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="HTC">HTC</keyword> has witnessed traction in the recent past. Asus’s growth is somewhat linked to the handset vendor itself. The Zenphone series is always in demand &amp; often the product is out of stock at the retail counter. On the other hand, Microsoft and HTC has more aggressively priced product to offer. 
 
“In the current market scenario there is a drive in demand for products pitched with high specification at low price points. This trend is likely to continue over the next 4 to 6 quarters, post which consumers are expected to turn back to the handset vendors who charge premium for quality,” added Thakkar. 
 
<keyword id="10591" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Samsung">Samsung</keyword>: Samsung maintained its leadership position in Q4 2014. Apple posted stiff competition to Samsung during this time. “Online exclusive” brands are hurting the brand in the value for money category. 
 
Micromax: The brand witnessed an inventory correction in Q4 2014 owing to high inventories pumped into the channels during the previous quarter. 
 
Intex: Intex did not feature in the top five Smart Phone vendor list until Q3 2014, but the swift pace at which brand has clinched on to 3rd spot is commendable. The retail presence of the brand has seen more than a twofold increase. Focused product launches and media advertisements worked well for the brand. 
 
Lava: Lava has slipped to the 4th spot. However, the brand remains consistent and stable with a good amount of visibility of its distributors. 
 
Xiamoi: Xiaomi’s “online only” strategy has paid off well. Q4 was the first complete quarter for the brand. Even with minor hiccups like temporary ban on a particular handset model, the brand made it to top 5 Smart Phone vendor list. 
 
The overall mobile phone market shrank by 11% qurter on quarter. The steep fall can be attributed majorly to the feature phone category. While Karbonn did not make it to the top five vendor list in Smart Phone category, it continues to remain strong in the Feature Phone segment. 
 
A quick look at the overall vendor share shows the strong presence vendors have in the feature phone market to make it in the top five list at an overall level. 
 
 IDC further anticipates a sluggish Q1 2015. However few global vendors which were in the inventory correction phase until now are likely to exhibit big shipment numbers starting Q1. 
 “Operators are gearing up for 4G network rollout. For vendors and ecosystem partners, greater emphasis on 4G enabled handsets at competitive price points will be the order of the day. End-users’ desire to upgrade and keeping abreast with the latest technology, will continue to drive a strong growth for the Smart Phone market in CY 2015,” says <keyword id="26776" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Kiran-Kumar">Kiran Kumar</keyword>,Research Manager, Client Devices, IDC India.

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