{"id":954011,"date":"2025-08-11T07:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T01:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=954011"},"modified":"2025-08-11T07:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T02:06:46","slug":"handy-and-practical-at-a-mid-range-price-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/08\/11\/handy-and-practical-at-a-mid-range-price-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Handy and practical at a mid-range price point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have observed that rough-and-tough phones are quite popular in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. Handsets that are practical in everyday use, can withstand accidental falls, and still keep running without fuss. Consumers in these areas prioritise value, durability and long-term cost savings over the latest features or brand names. Companies like Infinix and Lava have a strong focus on such markets, for the simple reason that people have a more grounded approach to technology consumption. Moreover, mobile gaming is experiencing rapid growth as a large, young population looks for performance-focused devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have observed that rough-and-tough phones are quite popular in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. Handsets that are practical in everyday use, can withstand accidental falls, and still keep running without fuss. Consumers in these areas prioritise value, durability and long-term cost savings over the latest features or brand names. Companies like Infinix and Lava have a strong focus on such markets, for the simple reason that people have a more grounded approach to technology consumption. Moreover, mobile gaming is experiencing rapid growth as a large, young population looks for performance-focused devices.<\/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-954011","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\/954011","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=954011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}