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Oppo A77s & A17 goes on sale in offline retail stores in India, Here’s price, specs

Sean — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 10:06:26 +0000

Oppo has just made two new smartphones from its A series available for purchase through offline channels in India. The two new models include the A77s and the A17 handset, which is a mid range device and a budget level handset respectively.

Talking about the A77s model first, it sports a 6.56 inch LCD panel that has a HD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. Under the hood, the smartphone is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 SoC that is paired with 8GB of RAM and runs on Android 12 OS based ColorOS 12.1. The device packs a 50 megapixel dual camera setup on the rear, while the front houses an 8 megapixel selfie shooter. This model is powered by a 5,000mAh battery pack that supports 33W fast charging.

The Oppo A17 also features a 6.56 inch HD+ display that has a standard 60Hz refresh rate. This model is equipped with a MediaTek Helio G35 processor that runs on Android 12 OS based ColorOS 12.1. On the rear, the device also houses a 50 megapixel dual camera module, while the front has a 5 megapixel selfie camera. This device is powered by a large 5,000mAh battery pack that charges by a micro USB port.

The Oppo A17 comes in a single 4GB + 64GB configuration that has a 12,499 INR price tag. On the other hand, the A77s has a price tag of 17,999 INR and also arrives in a single 8GB + 128GB configuration. As of right now, the two devices can be found on Manish Telecom, which is an offline Indian retailer.

Honor’s offline presence across 30,000 stores accounts for 70% of the total sales

Jeet — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 00:57:19 +0000

Honor, which was a sub-brand of Huawei, became an independent brand last year as the Chinese giant has been struggling to maintain its presence in the smartphone market because of the sanctions imposed by the United States.

Ever since becoming an independent brand, the company has been actively trying to regain the lost market share and expand its footprints. Now, at the sidelines of the Honor 60 series launch, the company’s CEO shared some key details related to the company.

Honor CEO Zhao Ming has revealed that the company now has an offline presence in more than 30,000 locations, which includes official retail stores, special zones, counters, and authorized experience stores.

Not just that, he has also revealed that the company is getting almost 70 percent of its total sales from these offline stores. This is quite an interesting development given that Honor mostly positions its devices in the mid-range segment and it was the leading company for online sales in China under Huawei.

Zhao Ming has said that the company is now planning to increase the speed at which Honor retail stores are being built. In the month of October and November this year, the company added over 2,000 more offline stores to its tally and the number is still growing.

During its peak, Honor-branded smartphones accounted for about 16.7 percent of the market share in China. However, it fell to about 3 percent in the first quarter of 2021, just as the company split from Huawei.

But the company has rapidly regained the lost market share. The brand has now become a part of the top three smartphone manufacturers in China with a market share of 14.6 percent. Not just China, Honor has also resumed business operations in about 50 countries around the world and is now focusing on recovering the lost market share.

iQOO & POCO to target the Indian offline market in Q1 2022: Report

Sean — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 12:03:09 +0000

A new report has revealed that iQOO and POCO are planning on entering the offline market in India. The companies will apparently expand their presence in their region by having their offerings sold through offline stores in early 2022.

According to a 91Mobiles report, known tipster has revealed that the two Chinese brands are planning to finally enter the offline market in India. For those unaware, the Indian smartphone market relies on two major channels, which is offline and online. While the online channels dominate in major cities via Flipkart and Amazon, the offline segment is still a largely popular in tier 2 and tier 3 cities. This is also the segment where brands like Samsung, Vivo, Oppo, and even Xiaomi hold a strong presence in, with their budget offerings.

As of right now, iQOO and POCO have sold their handsets through online channel, but this might soon change. Reportedly, the companies are expected to launch their devices offline sometime between the months of January to March 2022. This move arrives as no surprise since these companies are also sub brands of established giants (iQOO-Vivo & Xiaomi-POCO) in the market.

Unfortunately, finer details about the roll out of devices in the offline channels is currently unknown. But the brands are expected to first begin entering this segment in tier 1 cities first, before moving forward and expanding to other regions within the country. Keep in mind that this is still an unconfirmed report so take it with a pinch of salt for now and stay tuned for more updates.

Honor set to open over 300 new Experience Stores in China by next week

Jeet — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 05:56:58 +0000

Honor, which started off as a sub-brand of Huawei, has now become an independent brand after the technology giant sold it to Zhixin New Information Technology Co. Ltd in November last year.

The company has been focusing on increasing its footprint in the offline market and in line with that, Honor is now set to open around 300 new Honor Experience Stores in China in the first week of October, i.e. between 1st October and 7th October.

At these new stores, customers will be able to experience the Honor Magic3 series flagship smartphone as well as the new multi-camera fusion computing photography technology that was launched a few days ago. However, this will be limited to select premium stores in Suzhou, Chengdu, Shanghai, and Changsha.

After becoming independent, the company launched its own online store in January this year, named Honor Mall for selling smartphones, tablets, smart displays, notebooks, earphones, and smartwatches, among others.

The company is also focusing on offline stores as well and is in the process of establishing thousands of new brick-and-mortar stores across the world. As of August 2021, Honor’s Experience Stores have increased by 68 percent compared to stores the company had at the beginning of this year.

Last month, George Zhao, CEO of Honor, revealed that the offline sales for the company accounted for more than 70 percent of its overall sale. This is interesting as Honor mostly positions its devices in the mid-range segment and under Huawei, it was the leading company for online sales in China.

Honor has now returned to the top three list of smartphone manufacturers in its home country China, with a market share of 14.6 percent. Not just China, Honor has also resumed business operations in about 50 countries around the world and is now focusing on recovering the lost market share.