10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right Now

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India is the fast growing smartphone market in the world - overtaking the likes of China and the US - as users ditch older handsets for super connected 3G-and-4G LTE capable devices.

India has become a growing handset market that no major hardware vendor can afford to ignore. From Apple to Samsung to Xiaomi - all major mobile phone vendors are present in the country. With so many different manufacturers creating devices, there are some particular handset models that haven't been launched in India.

These are some of the most eye-catching phones we haven't seen in the country yet.

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10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

Back in November, LG introduced a new line of mid-range phones in Korea dubbed "Aka." The line consists of four "characters" with unique personalities. The four characters include Eggy, Wooky, Soul, and YoYo. Eggy falls in love easily, Wooky talks in sland, Soul loves beer, and YoYo gains and losses weight a lot. The basic idea is that user will attract towards a personality instead of specs.

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

The YotaPhone 2 is the most distinctive Andorid smartphone out there. On one side you get a fairly standard 5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, while on the other you get a 4.7-inch 960 x 540 always-on e-ink screen. The latter screen will be ideal read newspapers and books, without sacrificing the device's battery life.

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

One of the cool things about the phone is its transparent shell and home button that has been decorated with the Firefox logo, making it a slightly different handset. Other than that, the LG Fx0 is an average handset with mediocre specs and features.

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

The Oppo N3 is a high-end camera phone that comes with a 16-megapixels f/2.2 motorized swivel camera enabling users to capture photos at various angles. Under the hood, a 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 chip, has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, 2GB of RAM with 32GB of internal storage. There's also a fingerprint reader on the rear-back side.

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

China's most successful smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi recently announced a new phablet, the Xiaomi Mi Note, which will take on Apple the iPhone 6 Plus. The phone has curved glass panels on front and back. The entry-level Mi Note comes with a 5.7-inch 1080p display, a Snapdragon 801 CPU, 3GB of RAM, 16 or 64GB of internal storage, a 13-megapixel camera with OIS and dual-tone LED flash, and a 3,000mAh battery.

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

The Mi Note Pro is largely similar, but offers a QHD display, and the Snapdragon 801 CPU and a healthy a 4GB of RAM. The handset is expected to launch in India sometime in Q3.

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

LG announced its latest bendable-screen smartphone at this year's CES 2015. A successor to the original LG G Flex, the G Flex 2 looks like a reincarnated handset altogether. The phone offers a 5.5-inch FHD screen, a Snapdragon 810 processor and 3GB of RAM. LG hasn't announced the phone's retail launch in India.

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

Launched in September 2014, it looks like Huawei has no plans to launch the Ascend Mate 7 in India. The Ascend Mate 7 has a 6-inch display with a 1920 x 1080p Full HD resolution. It also comes with a 1.8GHz octa-core Kirin 825 processor, and a 4100mAh battery inside. Huawei Ascend Mate 7 pricing and retail launch is still to be announced, at least, for India.

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

Amazon's Fire Phone was easily one of the most hyped device ever launch. The device is currently available in European and American markets, but cannot be purchased in India. Featuring four front-facing camera, the Amazon Fire Phone is capable of tracking user's facial movements, with a ‘dynamic perspective' UI offering a 3D effect to on-screen content. It also comes with a 4.7-inch IPS LCD HD display, a 2.2GHz quad-core processor, and 2GB of RAM

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

10 Smartphones You Can’t Buy in India Right now

Meizu Blue Charm comes with 5-inch 720p display, a quad-core MediaTek MT6732 running at up to 1.5GHz, a 13-megapixel camera, and a 2610mAh battery. It runs on Android Kitkat. For your information, Meizu is a popular brand from China. Unlike Xiaomi, a Meizu-made phone is not available in India.

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