Samsung looks to be on track to regain its top spot in the Indian smartphone market, after a strong performance in March. The South Korean electronics maker, which once replaced Nokia atop the smartphone market in India, has ceded that spot to China’s Xiaomi since the third quarter of 2020. Growing traction in offline retail …
For Indian consumers, the smartphone is an extension of their lifestyle. Indian consumers are value conscious, aspirational and demanding. They seek the best-in-class specs, and are, for the most part, brand agnostic, especially in the entry-level premium segment. For a smartphone brand to be considered premium, it would need to deliver on the hardware as …
Apple posted a double-digit revenue growth in India in the quarter ending June, and has since doubled its business in India in FY 2021 with a stellar performance. As per Apple, it generated a quarterly revenue of $83.4Bn in Q4 2021. Demand was very robust, and Apple set another quarterly record despite larger-than-expected supply constraints. …
Beating earnings expectations for its Q2 2021, Facebook Inc registered total revenue of $29.1 billion, a 56 per cent year-over-year increase. Facebook’s record performance was driven by the digital transformation that was accelerated during the pandemic along with the company’s long-term investments in tools and products to help businesses make the shift online. Creators, adding …
Apple registered more than 140 per cent growth in India in the second quarter this year, as iPhone 11 continued to perform well with a strong aspirational brand value, a report showed on Wednesday. iPhone 11 contributed over 60 per cent of the iPhone shipments during the April-June quarter in the country, according to data …
The great Indian tech startup story is being rewritten amid the Covid-19 pandemic as traditional sectors still bear the brunt. With 16 unicorns (startups with a valuation of over $1 billion) and more than $11 billion in funding, chiefly from the US-based investment firms (till June-end), the year 2021 has proved that Chinese investment is …
Indian consumers are increasingly adopting 5G smartphones even before rollout of the next-gen mobile broadband technology in the country. Research firm, International Data Corporation (IDC), has estimated the share of 5G-enabled phones, out of total smartphone sales, will touch 20-25% this year. As Chinese smartphone brands, Oppo and Realme aggressively push their 5G portfolio in …
LG Electronics that was once the world’s third-largest handset maker and saw its feature phone business peaked some 10 years back, was never a serious contender in the fastest-growing India market, industry watchers reiterated on Monday. LG that has shut down its mobile business, has been striving to make a turnaround in its mobile business in …
The interesting Xiaomi–realme war on social media has once again gain attention of their fans and this time, it is regarding the camera technology, as both the companies claim that they brought smartphones housing 64MP sensor to the world, with realme saying on Friday that they offered the first-ever “hands-on experience” on the technology. According to realme, …
The world’s most popular messaging platform, WhatsApp, is in the eye of the storm in its biggest market over a new set of terms and conditions, that although have been stalled until May, have become a source of grave concern for users – and the government. So much so that, the government has sent out a strong …