Page 39 - Smartphones

India to have 14% share in global smartphone market

Country expected to have total of 180 million smartphones by 2019, according to an Assocham-KPMG report

One in seven smartphones globally will be sold in India: Assocham-KPMG report

Rising affordability, local manufacturing, aggressively priced data packs to propel country's share of global smartphone pie

Global iPhone sales drop 15% in June quarter

Samsung's shipment grow 5.5% to 77 million in the quarter

Smartphone sales slowed down in June quarter: Report

Market grew 15% YoY in June quarter, sharply lower from 23% in previous quarter and 34% in the same quarter of 2015

Smartphone shipments in India grew 15% in Q2

LTE smartphones which grew 264 per cent, Chinese brands 80 per cent and devices in the $100-$150 price band 48 per cent year-on-year

No taming this dragon: Chinese brands drive up smartphone shipment 15%

Samsung, Micromax & Intex manage to hold on but their marketshares dip; Chinese ones, led by Vivo, Gionee, Oppo, emerge as drivers of growth

India's smartphone revolution: 35 units, 37,000 jobs in 2 years

Overall mobile phone production was about 68 million in 2014, increased to 100 million in 2015 and 350-400 million in July 2016

Soon, smartphones may help men test sperm health at home

Yoshitomo Kobori, a visiting scholar at University of Illinois, discovered a $7 lens, that could help address the problem of infertility in men

Component shortage in China to hurt India's mobile industry

China crisis might lead to price rise and lower profitability for vendors here

One in four smartphones to be an emerging brand, says report

In 2015, 15.2 million smartphones were shipped from emerging brands, which is set to double this year

Emerging brands gain market share in Indian smartphone segment

CMR defines 'emerging' brands as those which were launched in India not before 2013

Smartphone users trading privacy for new apps: Norton study

The survey was conducted across 14 cities in India with 1,005 smartphone and tablet users aged 16 and above

Reliance Retail launches second ultra-premium smartphone LYF Earth 2

Phone has voice-enabled smart camera, 178-degree viewing angle, face and fingerprint recognition, smart sensors allowing phone to identify 19 gestures

Your smartphone loses half of its value in a month

These findings also showed only iPhones could retain their value much better than android-based devices

Data pain for smartphone users

Survey says users in India spend less than Rs 500 a month on mobile data bu many have seen a 10 per cent rise in charges

Smartphone shipments dip 8.2% in Jan-Mar

However, shipments up 5.2% on y-o-y basis, as per IDC data; despite slow start, market to gain momentum going forward

Smartphones linked to short attention span in children

When parents stop focusing on playtime to concentrate on mobile screens, their babies might mimic this behaviour

India is the next China as appetite for smartphones defy global trend

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, recently stated that he sees India in the same position that China was seven to ten years ago

Why smartphone makers are irked over levy on accessories

Firms with manufacturing facilities in India seek customs cut on accessories as it places them against importers like Apple, The Economic Times reports

Intex launches 4G-enabled Cloud Crystal 2.5D smartphone

The device, retailing at Rs 6,899, will be exclusively available on online marketplace Amazon