DJ Koh, President and CEO at the IT and Mobile Communications Division of Samsung Electronics, knows what boredom can eventually do to technology, especially to smartphones that are lately witnessing incremental enhancements amid sales slowing down globally. According to Prabhu Ram, head-industry intelligence group (IIG), CyberMedia Research (CMR), the Samsung foldable phone will mark the …
The sale of smartphones through online retailers like Flipkart and Amazon is picking up in India these days, and it is expected that online sales of smartphones are set to cross the 50-million mark in a year for the first time this year. CMR estimates the online sales of smartphones in the fourth quarter of …
Gaming-specific smartphones are expected to reach 1.8% of the total smartphone shipments in India by end-2018, and possibly reach 6.5% by 2021, driven by the popularity of highly advanced mobile games such as PUBG and Fortnite, CMR said in a note. “Given the technological advances, smartphone companies are now in a better position to …
With the continuing popularity of mobile gaming through the likes of the PUBG and Fortnite, smartphone companies have taken to manufacturing dedicated gaming smartphones for the market. Growing trends to smartphone gaming have thus escalated the number of gaming phones units shipped in total with gaming smartphones projected to reach 1.8 percent in India. While …
Premium smartphones capable of delivering 5G speeds will be available in India by late 2019 or early 2020, in line with global availability, making their way faster to the country than any previous generation. Prabhu Ram, head at industry intelligence group CMR, said the first meaningful sale of 5G smartphones in India is expected by …
According to a report published by CyberMedia Research (CMR) for Q3 2018, “Make in India program is contributing to a significant rise in domestic manufacturing of mobile handsets,” and almost 94 per cent of mobile handsets sold in the country are now being manufactured domestically. Prabhu Ram, Head – Industry Intelligence Group (IIG), CMR, commenting on the …
Domestic manufacturing of mobile phones saw a significant increase in the third quarter of 2018, with almost 94 per cent of the handsets being made in the country, a new report from CyberMedia Research (CMR) has said. According to CMR’s India Mobile Handset Market Review Report, India’s mobile handset market recorded 9 percent sequential growth …
Three out of five smartphones shipped in the year 2020 will have Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities especially in the camera, with shipments of such units expected to touch 60 per cent from the current eight per cent, a new report said on Wednesday. According to internal estimates by CyberMedia Research (CMR), the shipment of AI-enabled …
The latest entrant in the fast-growing 4G feature phone market, Nokia, is betting big on the category that has created enough buzz in the last year since the new telecom player Reliance Jio launched its 4G feature phone at dirt cheap prices. Nokia, the erstwhile leader in the mobile handset market, made a comeback …
The days of the ordinary feature phone are numbered with consumers rapidly upgrading to 4G feature phones, led by the JioPhone, that offer a much richer data and video experience, forcing plain vanilla handset makers to review their production plans. CyberMedia Research (CMR) data shows that market share of 2G phones has plunged 17 percentage …