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  • Alcatel One touch IDOL X+ at Rs 16,999 only on Flipkart

    Alcatel One touch IDOL X+ at Rs 16,999 only on Flipkart

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    Alcatel launched their new smartphone IDOL X+ for Indian market in a ‘Motorola kinda’ partnership with Flipkart.com. The device has a price tag of Rs.16,990 which includes a wearable fitness tracker known as Boomband and JBL headphones. It will be available from June 3 onwards.

    In the next four months, we will launch 5 smartphones and 2 feature phones. The Indian market has a lot of potential and is an important one for us,” Praveen Valecha, regional director said.

    The IDOL X+ sports a big 5-inch Full HD screen with a resolution of 1920×1080, and pixel density of 441ppi. The 5 point multi-touch capacitive display has a layer of Gorilla Glass 2 protection. The dual SIM handset is equipped with a 2GHz Octa-core MediaTek MT6592 chipset with ARM Mali450 GPU. It also features 16GB of built-in memory. With a 13.1-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.

    Display offers 170-degree viewing angle and phone is powered by Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and not on Kit Kat. The device is 8.1mm thick and sports a brushed metallic look. A 2500mAh battery suggesting up to 27 hours of talk time and 650 hours of standby time on 2G and 16 hours of talk time and 600 hours of standby time on 3G.

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    The wearable BoomBand accessory is Bluetooth-enabled device which tracks all your workouts and exercise activity. It also acts as an alarm in case you leave the phone behind. It is only compatible with IDOL X+ for now and is not available separately in the market.

    Alcatel One Touch IDOL X+ Specifications

    • 5” Full HD IPS display (441 ppi)
    • 2GHz Octa Core processor
    • 2 Gb RAM
    • 16 GB internal memory
    • 13.1 Megapixal Full HD main camera
    • 2 Megapixal front camera
    • Dual Sim Supprot
    • 2500 mAh battery
  • Flipkart acquires Myntra for potential $300 million deal

    Flipkart acquires Myntra for potential $300 million deal

    flipkart-myntraFlipkart, India’s largest e-commerce firm, is buying rival Myntra,which specializes in fashion and casual lifestyle products in the largest-ever deal in the fast-growing Internet business, as Flipkart seeks to extend its lead over rivals and boost its valuation ahead of a potential initial public offering.

    Though the companies didn’t disclose the merger amount at a media briefing held on Thursday, the long-awaited cash-and-stock deal is likely to value online fashion retailer Myntra at more than $300 million, The deal is hugely significant, primarily because it combines two rivals into a bigger e-commerce player in India, Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal call that their operations will remain separate.

    Myntra sells products from over 650 brands like Nike, HRX by Hrithik Roshan, Biba and Steve Madden and clocked revenue of about Rs 1,000 crore in the previous financial year. Myntra has set a goal of generating Rs.20,000 crore in gross sales by 2020, for which the site would need more than $200 million in cash, co-founder and chief executive Mukesh Bansal said.

    Bansal will head the fashion business of both Myntra and Flipkart, and Myntra will operate as an independent entity and retain its website, while Flipkart will continue selling apparel on its site. Flipkart is currently India’s largest e-commerce website offering over 15 million products, with over 18 million registered users and 3.5 million daily visitors. It has raised over $540 million since it launched in 2007.

    Flipkart’s valuation jumped to $2-$2.5 billion following the Myntra deal, one person with direct knowledge of the matter said.