App Developers

Excellent Webworld builds web, mobile and embedded software from Ahmedabad, and hires out vibe coding developers on hourly, monthly or fixed-project terms.

Prismetric builds mobile and web software from Gandhinagar, with an AI practice and a separate vibe coding offer for teams that want AI-assisted delivery.

Space-O Technologies builds mobile and web applications from Ahmedabad, and hires out vibe coding developers for teams that want AI-assisted delivery.

ASUS makes laptops, motherboards and graphics cards, and a small phone range: ROG Phone for gaming, Zenfone for people who still want a phone that fits one hand.

Bykea is a motorcycle-first ride hailing, delivery and cash transfer app for Pakistan, built in Urdu and priced against a bike rather than a car.

Fairphone builds modular phones you can repair with a screwdriver, and publishes where the materials came from. It exists to make an argument about how the rest of the industry works.

HMD Global makes the Nokia-branded phones under licence, and since 2024 sells under its own HMD name too, positioned on phones you can repair yourself.

Honor makes phones, tablets and wearables. It was Huawei's sub-brand until 2020, when it was sold and became an independent company.

Hopper tells travellers whether to book now or wait. It predicts where a fare is going rather than only showing what it costs today.

HTC built the first Android phone to ship and was once among the largest manufacturers in the world. Its weight now sits in VIVE, its virtual reality business.

Huawei makes phones, wearables and laptops alongside the telecoms equipment business it started as. Its premium phone lines are Mate and Pura, formerly the P series.

Lenovo makes ThinkPad and Legion computers and, through Motorola, phones. It has twice bought an American brand nobody expected it to and kept it alive.

LG makes televisions, home appliances and vehicle components. It closed its phone business in 2021 after years of losses, having helped invent the category.

Maqsad is a mobile learning app built around Pakistan's national curriculum, aimed at secondary students who have a phone and no access to a tutor.

OPPO makes phones led by the Find and Reno lines, and is known for charging speeds well ahead of the market under its VOOC name.

Sony makes Xperia phones, PlayStation consoles, cameras and audio. Its phones are aimed at people who want manual camera control and a headphone socket.

TCL is one of the largest television makers in the world, and makes phones under both its own name and Alcatel.

Transsion makes phones for the Global South under TECNO, itel and Infinix. Barely known in Europe or North America, and the largest phone seller in Africa.

vivo makes phones led by the X series, whose cameras are developed with Zeiss, plus the performance-focused iQOO sub-brand and a large value range.

Xiaomi builds phones, a large connected-home range and, since 2024, electric cars. It reached scale by selling hardware at thin margins and making its money on everything around it.