While the record shipments reflects the prevailing mood at the time, the exponential rise in Covid cases in the country has turned the tide since.
It is a make-or-break year for South Korean handset maker LG Electronics in India. As per market research firm IDC, the share of smartphones in the overall handphone market in India is expected to touch 9.3 per cent by 2016, up from 2.9 per cent during 2012, making it the fastest growing smartphone market among the emerging nations.
Apple's online launch is a symbol of success for FDI in single-brand retail, though there's no indication of how much the Silicon Valley major would invest in the country.
The beta version has seen over 1.3 mn downloads; over 2,000 firms in India are moving to the latest version.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has retained its number one position in terms of market share of total PC (personal computer -- both desktops and notebooks) shipments in the first quarter of calendar year 2009, according to research firm IDC.
As competition for the smartphones market hots up, new players are making waves.
From new and competitively-priced iPhones to slashing prices of its older models, it had a multi-pronged strategy.
'IIT-ians want to contribute to nation building and the Pan IIT meet provides a channel to do that. We want to move beyond words and set up an action plan for this,' says Pradeep Gupta.
International Data Corp. analyst Conrad Chang thinks so, based mainly on the mainland's solid investment in skills and infrastructure.
Though leading brands like Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi, OnePlus, and Oppo managed to absorb the initial lockdown shock and resumed their local production back to 60 per cent, they would likely suffer a 20-25 per cent loss of sales in the October-December quarter.
The India PC market performance in 2Q CY2009 has shown what may be termed as early signs of a revival.
With 10-12 million users, India is a good market for smartphone security software companies.
The delay of the SE 2, billed as the cheapest iPhone and tentatively priced below Rs 40,000 in India, puts the brakes on the tech major's plans for a revival. With the supply chain at its largest manufacturer Foxconn in disarray, as it is struggling to operate in China because of the COVID-19 crisis, the postponement was inevitable.
The amount of digital information consumed globally in 2006 alone, if stacked as books, can go to and fro from the sun 18 times
According to MAIT, the apex body representing India's IT hardware industry, training and R&D services sectors, tablet sales in 2012-13 stood at 1.9 million units as against 0.36 million units in 2011-12 witnessing a growth of 427 per cent.
Strong demand from Europe, Canada and Latin America pushed the sale of personal computers by 15 per cent to 39.7 million in the second quarter of 2004, according to a study.
The information technology industry is faced with a major emergency with business needs changing faster than technology can respond, according to technology research firm IDC.
Global investment in offshore IT services will grow from $7 billion in 2003 to $17 billion by 2008 and India was among the select group of countries that are poised to gain from this spurt in outsourcing, a new research has predicted.
Technology giant Apple on said the sales of its new iPhones are on pace to beat last year's record of 10 million units during the first weekend.
The Indian PC market grew by an impressive 32 per cent in the first half of fiscal 2004-05 as compared to 18 per cent during the corresponding period last year with HP topping the list with 15 per cent market share, according to IT research firm IDC
The strategy of selling the phone will remain the same.
The Indian IT industry will grow to Rs 2,47,000 crore ($55 billion) by the end of calender year 2008 from Rs 87,000 crore in 2003, according to a latest study.
While OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro were launched in April, the devices were not brought into the Indian market given the lockdown.
To beat its rivals, Nokia has done what most Chinese brands did soon after they entered the Indian market. Tied up with a well-known Bollywood actor as endorser, associated with cricket and established fan engagement initiatives, reports T E Narasimhan.
According to analysts, most of the growth in the smartphone space will come from existing users, who will be lured to upgrade their handsets as new features and technologies turn existing features redundant, says Arnab Dutta.
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Top five vendors captured more than 50% of the total contract value.
The US tech major is planning to begin local production of its upcoming iPhone 12 by next April - within six months of its launch.
It was expected that supplies from China will be back to normal by end-June as their factories are now operating at nearly 90 per cent of normal capacity. But the recent issue with shipments has placed an obstacle that manufacturers can't bypass.
Mozilla showcased a smartphone prototype costing as little as $25 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, targeting developing countries including India and China.
Tech giant Apple has launched the 8GB version of its iPhone 5C in India for Rs 37,500, a move aimed at capturing a larger share of the burgeoning smartphone market in India.
While the outbreak has forced most leading brands like Apple, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Realme to rework their launch dates and pricing strategies, Samsung, which struggled to maintain its hold over the market last year, has taken the lead.
Till recently, iPhone production in India was limited to older models at a lower price tag. So far, Apple has localised production of five smartphone models - iPhone SE (1st Gen), 6S, 7, XR and 11.
With its new line-up, the firm has managed to touch the right chords, but to regain market share from the established players, Micromax will have to fight a protracted battle.
The government on Wednesday approved a Rs 7,350-crore scheme to boost production of laptops, tablets, all-in-one PCs and servers in the country, as it sought to woo global and domestic players to take advantage of India's manufacturing prowess. Production worth Rs 3.26 lakh crore and exports of Rs 2.45 lakh crore are estimated over the next four years under the new scheme, which is expected to create 1.80 lakh jobs. Briefing reporters after a meeting of the Cabinet, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme has been approved for IT hardware products that would cover laptops, tablets, all-in-one PCs and servers.
India also saw a decline in piracy level to 60 per cent in 2013 from 63 per cent in 2011.
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