Xolo (company)

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Xolo
Company typeSubsidiary
Founded2012
HeadquartersSector 64, Noida,
Uttar Pradesh, India
Area served
India, UAE
Key people
  • Vishal Sehgal
    (Co-Founder & Director – Lava International Ltd.)
  • Sunil Raina
    (Business Head)
Products
ParentLava
Websitewww.xolo.in

Xolo, stylised as XOLO, is an Indian mobile handset brand by Lava International.[1] It manufactures personal electronics devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptops, and accessories such as powerbanks.

In April 2012, Xolo launched India's first smartphone with an Intel processor, the Xolo X900.[2][3] Xolo was the first Indian manufacturer to partner with AMD to launch a tablet, the Xolo Win tablet.[4] This was followed by the first 4G-enabled smartphone in India, the LT900, in December 2013.[5] On 6 January 2014, Liverpool FC announced Xolo as its first regional partner in India.[6] Xolo launched one of the first dual camera phones in India, Xolo Black, in July 2015 in an exclusive partnership with India's largest online marketplace, Flipkart[citation needed]. Xolo Era series was launched in July 2015 in an exclusive partnership with Snapdeal[citation needed].

Xolo uses various series of MediaTek processors in its smartphones. Xolo focuses on online retail through Amazon and Flipkart.

Smartphones

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Android phones

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Xolo offers Android smartphones in the series: Era, Black, Q, Omega and Play. The company sells its devices only via online marketplaces/ e-commerce websites such as Snapdeal, Flipkart and Amazon[citation needed].

Era series handsets are priced from INR 5,000 to 10,000, whereas Black series ones are priced above Rs. 10,000.[citation needed]

Different models introduced in the Xolo Era series: Era (launched in July 2015), Era HD (October 2015), Era 4G (February 2016), Era 4K (February 2016), Era X (February 2016), Era 2 (October 2016), Era 1X (September 2016), Era 2X (January 2017), Era 2V (October 2017), Era 3 (October 2017), Era 3X (October 2017), and Era 4X (January 2019).

Xolo Black series: Black (launched in July 2015), Black 1X (October 2015).

Xolo Q series: Q700 (2014),[7] Q1000 Opus (2013),[8] Q2000 (2013),[9] Q3000 (2013),[10] Q1010i (2014).[11]
Other notable smartphones:
Xolo Omega 5.0 and Omega 5.5.[12][13]
Xolo One Liverpool FC limited-edition smartphone, launched on 14 May 2015.[14]
Xolo Cube 5.0 (2015)[15]
Xolo One HD (2015)[16][17]

Windows Phone devices

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Xolo Win series: Win Q900s (launched in 2014),[18] Win Q1000 (2015),[19] Win (2015)[20]

Tablets

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Xolo launched an Android tablet in 2014 called Xolo Play Tegra which ran MediaTek Helio 66. [21][22]

Laptop

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  • Xolo Chromebook, launched in 2015, operated by Android Auto. A fingerprint sensor, 2K resolution, USB, HDMI, AUX, Bluetooth, and WiFi are installed, powered By Google.

Marketing

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In 2013, Xolo signed Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana to endorse its products.[23]

References

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  2. ^ XOLO X900, First Smartphone with Intel Inside Launches in India Market Archived 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Intel Newsroom
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  5. ^ XOLO LT900 smartphone with 4G LTE support, Android 4.2 launched at Rs. 17,999
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  15. ^ XOLO Cube 5.0 Launched for Rs. 7,999 Archived 19 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine, News Exprezz, 19 June 2015.
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  18. ^ XOLO Win Q900s With Windows Phone 8.1 Launched at Rs. 11,999
  19. ^ XOLO Win Q1000 With Windows Phone 8.1 Launched at Rs. 8,499
  20. ^ XOLO Win Q1000 With Windows Phone 8.1 Launched at Rs. 8,499
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  23. ^ Ayusmann Khurrana gets cute messy with XOLO
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