“Ye PUBG wala hai kya?” Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked a mother who raised concerns about her son being too involved into online games during the “Pariksha pe Charcha 2.0” event here on Tuesday. The ground reality is that online, multi-player games have taken over the millenials big time in India, sending the earlier individual …
The Union Budget of 2019 should look at providing a policy thrust for emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain, among many others, CyberMedia Research said in a note on Wednesday. This move will result in new business opportunities across the spectrum, and fostering India’s leadership therein, according to CMR. “The Budget should …
India’s top handset body has called on the government to create a special package to help revive local handset makers who have been pushed to the fringes in the market dominated by Chinese players besides Samsung on end, and Reliance Retail’s JioPhone on the other. The special package would help Indian companies tap the $250-billion …
When mobile phone manufacturing picks up an accelerated momentum in India, impactful R&D cannot be left lagging behind. Slowly and silently, India is emerging as a research hub for mobile phones in India. The move is a natural evolution of how the world sees India as a business destination, especially in telecommunication, hardware and manufacturing. …
Hot on the heels of foldable phones announced by Royole and Samsung, smartphone makers are pushing a new category—dual-screen phones. Unlike foldable screens which are made of a single giant screen that can be folded from the middle, dual-screen phones have two separate screens—on both the front and back panels (remember the Nokia Communicator?). Smartphones …
Once the darling of Indian smartphone users, desi brands like Micromax, Karbonn, Lava, Intex and few others have nearly been decimated by affordable-yet-powerful devices from the Chinese vendors that have flooded both online and offline channels. In the 2013-2014 period, the domestic brands gained great traction and enjoyed 40-45 per cent market share — till …
At a time when smartphone sales growth has slowed down globally, India shines bright as the fastest growing hub for smartphone sales. Every smartphone brand is now looking at India as the critical market for growth. As a result, the hypercompetitive Indian smartphone market is now a real battleground for major smartphone brands. Over the …
Consumer preferences have changed over the years, which have been tapped well by the Chinese mobile players operating in the Indian market. With latest specs – high-resolution camera, selfie options, huge storage capacity, flash charge technology, Chinese brands, including Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo and Huawei, have flooded the market with their hard to resist offerings at …
Apple’s iPhone shipments in India last year are estimated to have shrunk by as much as half from a record level in 2017, its worst performance in the world’s fastest-growing smartphone market since 2014, adding to global woes that have forced the company to cut its revenue outlook. CMR anticipates an almost 45% decline on …
Apple’s woes in India continue to grow and the latest being the iPhone shipments. The iPhone shipments are estimated to have shrunk to half as that of sales in 2017, worst since 2014. The company had recently cut production by 20 per cent due to decreasing sales globally. Reports from CyberMedia Research estimates Apple’s India …