The tie-up will allow XOLO users to update contact details on their trusted friends’ phones remotely by just updating their own phone
XOLO, a smart devices brand from India, has announced partnership with 6degrees, a self-updating phonebook app which allows users to share their entire network of personal connections with their trusted friends.
It will be available to XOLO users in the coming weeks when the app gets rolled out on the devices.
“With this tie-up, we are excited to once again bring added value to our customers across entire device portfolio. We believe that this app will help our users to manage the extended universe of personal connections through their device, effortlessly,” said Vishal Sehgal, Co-founder and Director, LAVA International, the company behind brand XOLO.
With this integration, XOLO users can update the contact details on their trusted friends’ phones remotely by simply updating their own phone.
Niranjan Rao, Co-founder, 6degrees said, “We are thrilled to partner with XOLO to launch our service. Privacy and connectivity are two major missing pieces in the phonebook space, and users of XOLO will be the first in the world to experience this new, feature-rich phonebook.”
Users of 6degrees can also search for people, shops and places on their trusted friends’ phonebooks, and in return they can find search results on their phone. In addition, users can easily hide certain “private” contacts on their phones from their friends. 6degrees does this by establishing a secure, private network between the phonebook and those of users’ friends — which gives greater privacy and a more connected experience with friends. Apart from sharing the entire network of personal connections with trusted friends, this app can also detect, merge or remove duplicate contact information with smart algorithms.
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Importance of innovation in the Indian device maker market
For the tech-savvy, style-conscious and performance-hungry consumers, it is important for every device maker to constantly innovate to bring superior product experience. But Indian device-makers are not innovating enough as a result of which brands such as Xiaomi and Gionee have been a huge success in India.
However, the situation is changing rapidly and rather than being mere users of technology made abroad, Indian entrepreneurs have started creating new technology. And this association is an example of a startup penetrating the core functions of a phone. India needs to see many more startups disrupting this space and device-makers partnering with them to create success stories.
Though, price still remains a very important driver in the Indian market, it is critical for device makers to go beyond the affordability quotient to conquer the market.
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