{"id":1014464,"date":"2026-06-15T08:17:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T02:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1014464"},"modified":"2026-06-15T08:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:16:14","slug":"budget-5g-gets-smarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/06\/15\/budget-5g-gets-smarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget 5G gets smarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The budget smartphone segment has become increasingly competitive, with brands packing features once reserved for mid-range devices into phones costing under \u20b915,000. The latest entrants, Lava\u2019s Bold N1 and HMD\u2019s Vibe 2, are aimed at value-conscious buyers, but they pursue that goal in different ways. <\/p>\n<p>The Bold N1 special edition is positioned for young urban users. It sports a 6.75-inch HD+ Notch display with a 90Hz refresh rate, a combination that delivers smoother scrolling than traditional 60Hz screens while keeping costs under control. The large display makes the phone suitable for video consumption, social media and casual gaming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The budget smartphone segment has become increasingly competitive, with brands packing features once reserved for mid-range devices into phones costing under \u20b915,000. The latest entrants, Lava\u2019s Bold N1 and HMD\u2019s Vibe 2, are aimed at value-conscious buyers, but they pursue that goal in different ways. The Bold N1 special edition is positioned for young urban users. It sports a 6.75-inch HD+ Notch display with a 90Hz refresh rate, a combination that delivers smoother scrolling than traditional 60Hz screens while keeping costs under control. The large display makes the phone suitable for video consumption, social media and casual gaming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,64,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1014464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-financial-express","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1014464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1014468,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014464\/revisions\/1014468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1014464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1014464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1014464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}