Comio, a China-based smartphone manufacturer, has shut down its operations in India effective immediately, just about a year later it started its operations in one of the largest smartphone markets in the world. The company has confirmed that it will seize to exist and close the entire operations by February 2019 after settling all pending issues.

Comio India has also filed a police complaint against its Chinese parent company Topwise Communications for closing its operations immediately without honoring the commitments and withdrawing their after-sales services.

The development comes to light after the Comio India CEO Sanjay Kalirona shared an email to all of their distribution channels stating that the company has been forced to shut down its India operations. He revealed that the company was forced down this path following lack of capital investment from the parent company.

Citing lack of support from the Chinese promoters and some personal reasons, Sanjay Kalirona announced that he had stepped down from the Board of the Company, though he continued to work as the CEO. He says that the Chinese management and himself decided to close Comio India operations and at the end of October and planned to settle all pending issues in the next three to four months.

He further adds that the company also decided to continue the after-sale service operations for another one year. However, he alleged that all the Chinese team members left India in the first week of November abruptly, and asked the team in India to shut down its operations immediately.

After the brand’s arrival in the Indian market last year, the company had projected to sell about one million units of Comio branded smartphones in India by March 2018. However, the company was able to sell almost nine lakh devices in its one-year journey.

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Last year, in November, Comio had revealed that it is going to establish its India R&D operations and had also started assembling its smartphone models in the country locally and planned to strengthen. It was also planning to establish its brand presence with a network of 30,000 retailers, 800 distributors, and over 800 after-sales touch points.

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Comio has launched yet another budget smartphone in India — Comio X1, the watered-down variant of the Comio X1 Note that aims to take on the likes of Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 and Oppo Realme 1. It will be available in three color options — Red Hot, Royal Black, and Sunrise Gold for Rs. 7,499 that roughly converts to $109.

The smartphone will be available for purchase through key retail stores across the country as well as online platforms such as Amazon India, Flipkart, Paytm, Shopclues, and Snapdeal. Further, the Reliance Jio subscribers buying the Comio X1 will get Rs. 2,200 cashback.

The company is also offering its native after-sales support that comprises one year and 100 days of warranty, one-time screen breakage warranty, 30-day replacement, and an upgrade offer that allows customers to get 40 percent discount in return of their less than a 12-month-old Comio device.

The Comio X1 features a 5.5-inch HD+ FullView IPS display with screen resolution of 1440 x 720 pixels and 18:9 aspect ratio. Under the hood, it is powered by MediaTek MT6739 quad-core processor along with 2GB RAM.

It packs 16GB of internal storage and there’s also a microSD card slot, which enables users to further expand the phone’s storage capacity up to 128GB. Coming to the camera department, the smartphone comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 aperture and an 8-megapixel front-facing snapper with f/2.2 aperture and an LED flash.

According to the company, the camera offers AI solutions integrated with Portrait/ Bokeh mode, Smile Gesture, Face cute and Face-age photographing. The front-facing camera also has AI-powered facial recognition technology for Face Unlock feature.

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Connectivity options on the device include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS/ AGPS, FM radio, 3.5mm audio jack, USB, and OTG support. The phone runs on Android 8.1 Oreo operating system out-of-the-box and is powered by a 3,050mAh battery.

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Comio C1 Pro is yet another affordably priced dual 4G VoLTE smartphone from the company. It is an entry-level phone that features an HD display, latest Android OS and screen-flash equipped front-facing camera. Here is all the information available on its specifications, features and pricing.

Comio C1 Pro Specifications and Features

The Comio C1 Pro includes a 5-inch display that carries support for HD resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels along with a traditional aspect ratio of 16:9. The screen is tucked under a layer of 2.5D curved glass.

The C1 Pro phone features the MediaTek MT6739 chipset that comprises of a 1.5 GHz octa-core processor. The SoC is coupled with 1.5 GB of RAM. The internal storage of the Pro C1 is 64 GB. The company has included an external storage function on the phone that supports up to 128 GB of microSD card. It has a battery of 2,500mAh capacity.

The Comio C1 Pro is loaded with Android 8.1 Oreo OS. The modified yet simple UI brings along features like Spilt Screen and Pop Touch. The intruder selfie feature can capture a photo of people who try to unlock it without owner’s consent. There is a Bike mode that automatically turns off all the notifications and inform people who are calling that the user is currently riding the bike and will respond after some time.

The camera residing on the backside of the smartphone is of 8-megapixel. It is equipped with an LED flash. The camera present on the front is of 5-megapixel. The display of the phone can double as a flash while capturing selfie shots using the C1 Pro.

The smartphone features face unlock security, but lacks a fingerprint scanner. It comes with usual connectivity features such as dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, 3.5mm audio jack and microUSB 2.0.

Comio C1 Pro Pricing and Availability

The Comio C1 Pro has an impressive price tag of Rs. 5,599 (~$82) and it can be bought in colors like Metallic Grey, Sunrise Gold and Royal Black. The handset comes with 1 year + 100 days of warranty. The company allows users to replace the phone within 30 days of purchase.

There is an upgrade program from Comio through which it provides 40 percent return on existing Comio smartphones that are not more than 12-months old. The offer is only applicable if the buyer purchases a new Comio phone. Reliance Jio is providing a cashback of Rs. 2,200 through 44 vouchers of Rs. 50 each.

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