The online strategy cuts down on marketing and distribution costs, allowing Xiaomi to sell feature-rich phones at low prices.
They are both electronic manufacturing services (EMS) companies, also known as contract manufacturers. One is Taiwan's Foxconn group, the undisputed global number one in this business with revenues of $223 billion. The other is Dixon Technologies, the biggest domestic player with revenues of over Rs 10,500 crore.
The festive season, which usually starts from September, is when 35 per cent annual sales get transacted for most durables firms.
Electronic waste, if not disposed of carefully, can cause cancer, infertility and severe mental dysfunction apart from polluting the environment.
Pending final approvals, Huawei would become the first big-name Chinese phone maker to manufacture hardware in India's growing market.
Apple was a fringe player in all key categories like smartphones, notebooks, and tablets till recently. But with the last quarter's record-breaking performance, the brand has established itself in the country's price-sensitive consumer electronics market.
For years, India has been a low priority for Apple as spending power is weaker than in China
Internal management tensions, stiff opposition from Chinese handset makers led to halving of the company's market share
The proposed company, Yu Televentures, will import handsets from China and sell in the Indian market.
Engineers based in India are estimated to be writing roughly 35 per cent of the 100 million lines of codes required to develop one fully driverless car for global vehicle makers.
The court orally observed that the 'right to be forgotten' depends on how far it has to be stretched.
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.
Microsoft has become the first global Big Tech company to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), an Indian government initiative for developing a first-of-its-kind open network for digital commerce. The world's second-largest technology firm intends to introduce social e-commerce via its app in the Indian market later this year. ONDC is expected to open to the public in Bengaluru over the next fortnight as it enters into the next phase of the pilot for further fine-tuning before rollouts in other cities, according to a source in the know.
The government will undertake a detailed evaluation of applications it has received in response to the mega semiconductor scheme and expects to complete the entire process and sign agreements with companies in next 8-10 months, according to Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw. Vaishnaw said he is happy with the response that came in within a short period of time, when the ministry invited applications under the Rs 76,000 crore semiconductor programme. The government is confident of seeing one of the big global players in semiconductor industry coming in the next round, Vaishnaw told PTI in an interview. He asserted that many other players too are "seriously evaluating" India's semiconductor programme, and that the ministry is in discussions with several companies.
Young consumers said that Oppo's constant focus on camera prowess and its long-lasting batteries remained at the top of their mind
Consumer Electronics Show gives a preview of the amazing gadgets that will come out in the market in the future, as most leading technology companies announce their products in the trade show. Here are 20 products that stand out from this year's event.
Rising prevalence of work-from-home and e-learning is driving sales of notebooks and tablets for most brands, but Apple's superior performance has more to do with its product quality.
Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook earned roughly the same in 2013 as in 2012, but lost part of his performance-based stock award during a year in which intense competition and margin pressure bludgeoned the iPhone maker's stock.
It might give Apple a boost in the fast-growing Indian, Middle East and African markets but also risks cutting its average phone prices and profit margins
But this could be shortlived as the rise has been buoyed on Chhattisgarh assembly poll freebies
For a time it looked as if Apple would never relinquish the top spot in terms of market value.
Apart from bringing new suppliers on board, Xiaomi is also hoping to take advantage of the newly launched PLI scheme that offers incentives on incremental production of smartphones with 2020 as the base year.
The new year holds the promise of great innovations and inventions.
Samsung India Electronics Ltd, one of the leading companies in the field of digital technology, has brought the year's eagerly awaited cyber olympics called the World Cyber Games to Mumbai.\n
Compact printers are in, what with digital cameras and people working out of home.
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.
After 2014, our growth has been average of around 5%. If this continues, we will remain here like Egypt, Brazil, South Africa and Bangladesh, points out Aakar Patel.
Electronic giants like Samsung, LG and Panasonic are all bringing in their range of smart televisions.
Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association Consumer has also welcomed the move saying the it would improve the sentiments and strengthen the growth.
Has Steve Jobs' handpicked successor inherited the magic touch or is Apple's winning streak coming to an end?
The LG Optimus L9 is a mid-range Android smartphone and competes with Samsung Galaxy SII and HTC One S.
Nokia agreed in September to sell its devices and services business and license its patents to Microsoft for 5.44 billion euros after failing to recover from a late start in smartphones.
Two of Apple Inc's global vendors -- Wistron and Foxconn (through Han Hoi), which already manufacture Apple phones in India -- and a third entity, Pegatron, which will be setting up a new plant, have applied to the government to be eligible under the PLI scheme for large-scale electronics manufacturers.
The company hopes to revive its fortune with the move
Time was when you turned on your car's ignition, all that happened was that the mechanical system fired up your engine and made it run. Today, the moment you do so, your stereo system probably lights up, connects to the Bluetooth on your smartphone, and lets you make calls through an audio assistant or play music from your phone, which you can hear on the car's speakers. All these smart features in a car are powered by semiconductors, or chips, as they are commonly called.
New Google CEO Sundar Pichai made ascent with low-key style and technical chops.
So far Blackberry has been the only and the preferred smart phone of choice for the White House, including President Barack Obama.
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