Iqoo

Earphones, wired or wireless, offer a great way to temporarily cut off from the world around you, whether you are listening to your playlist, watching your favourite show or movie, or taking an important work call. Wearable audio devices have become an integral part of our daily lives. You spot people putting on their earphones in the Metro, during their evening or morning walks, or just simply sitting at home, not trying to disturb anybody. True wireless stereo (TWS), among the two options, offers a more convenient, tangle-free experience. Brands are now rightly hyperfocusing on delivering their best, especially at the lower end of the price range.

Things can get a little complicated when two sibling brands launch almost identical smartphones under their respective banners. It is one thing to compare phones from competing companies with entirely different approaches, but quite another when similarities extend from a purely design perspective to almost identical internals. This is the situation the new iQOO Z11 finds itself in, launched in the country almost a fortnight after its cousin, the Vivo S2.

With most flagships now offering similar hardware and near-identical benchmarks, the real differences are starting to come from polish, efficiency and long-term usability rather than numbers on the spec sheets. The recently launched iQOO 15 fits into that shift, presenting itself as more than just another performance-focused device. The brand, however, isn't attempting to reinvent the flagship formula but to refine the experience in key areas that matter day-to-day.