Consumers can expect discounts on smartphones later this month as online-focused handset brands such as Asus, Lenovo, Realme and Huawei/Honor look to get rid of their unsold inventory before the new FDI in ecommerce policy comes into effect from February 1. A person familiar with the matter said that Huawei/Honor, Asus, Realme and Lenovo are …
Apple Thursday (Wednesday in the United States) cut its revenue expectations for the first quarter of 2019 (the financial year in the US runs from January through December) to $84 billion from the earlier estimate of between $89 billion and $93 billion. In a letter to investors, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook blamed, among other …
Selling an old smartphone, laptop, tablet or hard drive has become much more lucrative. Exchange plans on old gadgets during online sales on Amazon.in and Flipkart.com and stores like Cashify, which buy old gadgets directly from users and pay them instantly, are providing users much better deals than what local scrap dealers would offer. However, …
iPhone maker Apple has cut its revenue forecast for the first time in the past 16 years. The world’s most valuable company Thursday announced to cut its revenue forecast for the first quarter of 2019 to $84 billion from the earlier estimate of $89-$93 billion, owing to a steep fall in sales in China – the …
根据市场研究公司CyberMedia的数据显示，2019年印度智能手机的销量预计将达到1.6亿部。而2018年的销量可能会从2017年的大约1.34亿增长12%，达到1.5亿。 分析师表示，在2018年，这个全球增长速度最快的智能手机市场开始复苏。由于不同价格的智能手机涌现出来以及分期付款、折扣和以旧换新等促销活动推出，智能手机更新换代活动将会大幅增加。这一趋势很可能在2019年继续下去。 市场研究公司CyberMedia Research行业情报部门负责人普拉布-拉姆(Prabhu Ram)表示，在线市场已超出了二线城市的范围，为华硕和华为/荣耀等入门级品牌提供了更广泛的市场空间。 Source: 36Kr.com
The year 2018 will go down in the annals of tech history as the year even mid-range smartphones started sporting AI-powered chipsets, dual cameras on the rear, high-resolution screens and other cutting-edge features. We reached out to leading analysts to weigh in on some of the emerging tech trends that could become the standard in …
Tightening of the FDI policy in ecommerce could help Samsung wrest India’s top smartphone slot from Xiaomi because the South Korean company has a wider offline retail presence than its Chinese rival, which needs to scale up its brick-and-mortar store play rapidly. Besides increasing the rivalry between the top two smartphone companies, Indian handset makers …
Rest of the year saw major innovations in the camera department, with almost every player in the market infusing AI into sensors to do the job of clicking that perfect moment for you. As smartphones went through a couple of noticeable innovations in the hardware department in 2018 — especially Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven cameras and …
India is expected to be the only major smartphone market that will grow in 2019, following on from a strong 2018, while China is staring at a decline and expansion in the US is expected to be flat. Smartphone shipments in 2019 are expected to reach 160 million in India, according to CyberMedia Research. Prabhu …
Chinese handset makers Oppo and OnePlus are setting up research and development centres in India to improve their offerings of localised products and services for the fast-growing smartphone market and create hubs for global innovation. The move is a natural extension of their already expanding local manufacturing capability, analysts said. OnePlus, the leader in India’s …