In a first of its kind virtual developers meet WWDC 2020, Apple brought together millions of developers and fans from across the globe for the Special Event Keynote and Platforms State of the Union at its Worldwide Developers Conference. Privacy was a key overarching theme running across the WWDC 2020. Apple has embraced privacy as …
As consumer sentiment runs high amid growing chorus for boycotting Chinese goods in the country, the fluid situation in India’s smartphone market offers new opportunities for various smartphone makers, especially the non-Chinese ones like Samsung, Apple, Nokia, Asus and others, to realign their strategies and regain the lost market share in the face of fierce …
Buyers in India looking for a new Apple iMac desktop, MacBook laptops, and Mac Mini PCs can choose the configure-to-order option and customise the hardware configuration and get pre-loaded software based on their specific workload and requirements before buying them. Configure-to-order or build-to-order has existed in the Western markets like the US for some time …
COVID-19 has disrupted global supply chains causing supply bottlenecks and sending shockwaves everywhere. Alongside, falling consumer demand due to lockdowns pose a threat, and increasing the risk of a unending downward spiral and unending uncertainties. So, how did FAAMG face upto the COVID-19 threat? The “FAAMG” Five—Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet (Google) have a …
eSIM-capable smartphones shipments will double in 2020 to top 3.5 million units in India, driven by latest iPhones, CyberMedia Research (CMR) said in its report. Google was the first company to launch eSIM capable smartphones. Later the eSIM environment got a huge lift with Apple’s embrace of eSIMs in its premium smartphones in 2018, including the …
Riding on strong demand for iPhone 11 and other models, Apple logged a massive 55%+ growth in iPhone shipments for the India market in January and February this year compared to the same period in 2019. There was no impact on supply issues owing to of new coronavirus in the first two months on Apple …
China is the hub of the global smartphone manufacturing supply chain. In fact, it accounts for almost 85% of the mobile phone components imported into India. Roughly, 12% of semi-knocked down (SKD) components are being sourced locally. The dependency of the world, as well as of India, on China for electronics components, cannot be emphasised. …
In a clear sign that aspirational India is ready to splurge on flaunting smartphones that may cost you a bomb, the uber-premium smartphone segment (Rs 1 lakh and above) in India grew 23 per cent (year-on-year) in 2019. Apple which actually created the uber-premium segment in India, contributed 85 per cent of the shipments with …
Apple turned around its India story in 2019, by doubling its market share to 2%. At the Apple Q1 2020 earnings call for the quarter ending December 28, 2019, Apple confirmed its success story with a quarterly revenue of $ 91.8 Bn, an increase of 9% from the year ago. With respect to India, Apple …
At the 53rd annual Consumer Electronics Show, or CES 2020 held at Las Vegas, there were more than 4,500 exhibitors and 170,000 attendees from more than 160 countries. As a bellwether of new technology trends sweeping the consumer technology landscape, the CES this year was high on concepts. AI was everywhere ‘connecting everything’, and in …