Trends like bundled offers and 4G-LTE feature phones could become mainstream in 2018
E-learning and work from home have forced a section of feature phones users to shift to smartphones.
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.
YU will be run as a separate business, not as an extension, says Rahul Sharma.
Technology companies dominate India's most attractive brands.
Feature phones still hold the majority of the 270 million handsets market in the country/
Apple and Samsung are international players and should work as a team with domestic companies to transform India into a global powerhouse: IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
The Canada-based Research In Motion on Tuesday launched a BlackBerry mobile phone priced at Rs 15,990 in India targetting young professionals and students.
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.
While the 'Made in China' tag continues to be dominant as far as handsets in India go, things are beginning to change.
As many as 37 per cent of smartphones sold in India in 2022 cost Rs 15,000 or more.
The new age mobile applications like live TV and video calling will bring about the next level of growth in the cellular industry, says a study.
Analysts expect RIL to report consolidated revenue of Rs 1.40 trillion and 10 analysts expect RIL's net income to be Rs 9,629 crore
Google Inc said on Thursday that Andy Rubin, co-founder of its Android mobile business and head of its nascent robotics effort is leaving the company.
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.
With 10-12 million users, India is a good market for smartphone security software companies.
Chinese mobile brands are deeply entrenched in the Indian market. A move to bar them may send a bold diplomatic message. But its cost for the local industry is anybody's guess. In the event that Chinese brands face curbs, two handset makers - Samsung and Apple - squarely stand to gain.
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.
In a first, the India's smartphone market fell by 4%.
Priced at Rs 24,999, the phone will be available from August 11 on Amazon.
Online search giant Google's operating system (OS) for the mobile platform, Android, is fast gaining ground in the US. However, in India, Android trails with a single-digit market share.
Nokia, the dominant force in the handset industry, has spent the major part of 2009 guarding its turf against resurgent rivals like Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and Motorola, and also tech powerhouses like Research in Motion, Apple and HTC.
The company will launch Google Android One phones priced at Rs 6,000-7,000 by September-end.
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The handset will be available from Wednesday through e-commerce major Flipkart.
The online strategy cuts down on marketing and distribution costs, allowing Xiaomi to sell feature-rich phones at low prices.
Indian phone company Lava reveals a new strategy, reports Arnab Dutta.
Following the footsteps of Motorola, Chinese handset maker Xiaomi is also teaming up with e-Commerce major Flipkart to launch its handsets in India.
Without Google's Android operating system, Huawei may have to put off new launches.
Competition in the booming multi-billion dollar Indian smartphone market is further set to intensify with e-commerce giants Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal all set to launch Google's much-awaited sub-$100 (around Rs 6,000) handsets on Monday.
With young people and others using their phones for texting, e-mail, and Web surfing, it's an increasingly wireless way of life on the Subcontinent.
RIL has been talking to groups including Gionee, Huawei and Xiaomi
Set up in partnership with Compal Electronics, the facility in Greater Noida will have an initial capacity of 60,000 units a month. This will be ramped up to 2,00,000 by the end of December.
The scales started tilting in favour of smartphones in 2014, when a slew of new, yet vibrant, brands entered the market, with their competitively priced offerings helping smartphones become the indispensable device that it has turned into today.
Mods let Lenovo fight the features battle with premium players like Apple and Samsung and keep the price of the phone low, thereby drawing in aspirational customers who can't afford high-priced feature-rich handsets.
India is the world's third-largest smartphone market.
Microsoft had acquired Nokia's phone business for $7.2 billion two years ago under its then CEO, Steve Ballmer.
Costlier offers, high import duties and a realignment of its business and distribution continue to dent iPhone sales in India in 2018
Young consumers said that Oppo's constant focus on camera prowess and its long-lasting batteries remained at the top of their mind
It's earnings from mobile gadgets dropped 64%
The Canadian smartphone maker is banking on its platform-agnostic security and software products to make incursions in the market.
