A sneak peek at 12 hot gadgets that could be yours this festive season.
Ashish Narsale lists the features of the phones that are the rage this festive season.
iPhone will have to break Android's domination to make India the next China for Apple
Among the e-book readers or e-readers, users have enough variety to choose from. E-readers are available in the traditional black-and-white, e-ink formats, seven-inch multi-media tablets and the colour tablets like the iPad.
The mobile -- billed as the world's slimmest phone at 6.5 mm thick -- will go on sale in 31 markets, including Britain, Germany and China, starting this month for 449 euros ($630) without a SIM card or service contract.
The addition of a mobile payments service to Apple Inc's next iPhone could help to boost sales of the larger-screen phones and claw back market share lost to mobiles running on Google Inc's Android platform.
A lot of hype has been generated ahead of the launch of iPhone, which would be available at Rs 31,000 a piece for the 8Gb memory model and Rs 36,100 for 16GB from the stroke of midnight on Thursday. Leading service providers Vodafone-Essar and Bharti Airtel, who have been accepting bookings from customers, have said the response has been extremely good.
The onslaught of Chinese mobile brands is virtually obliterating Indian brands, especially in terms of value. According to industry estimates based on excise and Custom duty trends, the value share of Indian brands (across smartphones and feature phones, operator phone sales - which is mostly Jio phones - and the value of phones smuggled into the country) has dropped to a mere 1.2 per cent in January-October 2021 compared to 25.4 per cent in the calendar year 2015. In the same period, the Chinese have established their domination, hitting a value share of 64.5 per cent, up from 17.8 per cent.
. While Samsung has managed to shake Apple with its big-screen smartphones priced competitively, many still pledge their allegiance to Apple.
Reliance Industries Ltd, the country's largest company by revenues, profits and market value, has topped Indian corporate in the World's Best Employers rankings 2021 published by Forbes. Reliance was placed at 52 in the overall ranking of 750 global corporates likes Phillips, Sanofi, Pfizer and Intel. Other Indian names in the top 100 rankings were ICICI Bank at 65, HDFC Bank at 77 and HCL Technologies at 90, according to the Forbes ranking.
The Samsung Gear IconX earbuds are sturdy, comfortable and highly reliable, says Dhruv Munjal.
With the world of technology evolving at a rapid pace, 2014 witnessed a sea change in terms of the gadgets that arrived to the party.
In the coming weeks, online retailers are expected to further raise the pitch with shopping festivals, discounts, and cashback offers.
After slaying biggies at home, Chinese smartphone makers bullish on India
Here is what we expect will be the top innovations of 2015
The much-awaited event is finally over. And here is what you need to know about it!
The government on Monday extended the period of production-linked incentive scheme for large-scale electronics manufacturing with a focus on mobile phones by a year until 2025-26. The base year of the scheme 2019-20 remains the same but the companies will have the option to choose their five-year period either from the base year or the year 2020-21 for calculation of the incentives under the scheme. "Now we have extended the tenure of the scheme from 2020-21 to 2025-26. "Earlier, it would have ended in 2024-25.
Last year, Apple had shipped close to 2 million units into India, this year, the target is to reach 3 million units
Like last year, this year too smartphones dominated the most successful launches taking the top three slots, with two auto brands completing the top 5 line-up.
The five-year-old Chinese brand's assent to the summit comes after a year of astounding rise -- often growing by over 200 percent a quarter, reports Arnab Dutta.
Let's take a look at some of the best gadgets of 2013.
Apple, Samsung, Google and more all the big guns feature in this list
Samsung's flagships never skimp on top-end hardware and this S6 no different.
How does one pick the right smartphone out of the confusing array? Here's what you need to keep in mind.
Can Nokia Lumia 820 offers solid competition to the likes of Samsungs and iPhones? Find out
Chinese giant Xiaomi is going for the premium segment with a view to grabbing market share in the Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000 smart phone market as well as having offerings up to Rs 70,000 where players like One Plus, Samsung, Vivo and Apple are key players. "Two years ago, the Rs 20,000 plus smart phone market which is considered premium in India was very small. "Out of every 100 phones sold, only 10 were above this price mark. "However, in the last two years, it suddenly grew and we thought it was big enough for us to focus on now," said Manu Kumar Jain, managing director, Xiaomi India.
They feel it's just an updated version of earlier Galaxy S3.
A group of German hackers claimed to have cracked the iPhone fingerprint scanner on Sunday, just two days after Apple Inc launched the technology that it promises will better protect devices from criminals and snoopers seeking access.
Here are 9 hot gadgets worth drooling over: Apple iPhone 4G, Nokia X2, Asus U43Jc Bamboo Collection notebook, Lenovo Y-series notebooks, Apple 27-inch LED Display, Fujifilm Finepix S1800, Toshiba Portege T210, Samsung Floor Standing ACs and Moser Baer MP565-2G MP3 player. Enjoy!
Strong demand for Apple's latest iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus smartphones has helped the Chinese market outsell the United States for the first time.
Micromax has the highest tablet sales in the second quarter of the financial year 2012, ahead of Samsung and Apple.
The top five most trusted brands are Samsung Mobiles, Sony, LG, Nokia and Tata.
2012 was an action-packed year for smartphones in India.
The first half of the year (H1-2020) was marked by sluggish growth with demand down 26 per cent YoY, while the second half saw recovery. H2-2020 recovered with 19 per cent YoY growth, reports Shivani Shinde.
Head to head comparison of two top of the line smartphones from rival camps -- Apple iOS and Google Android.
Apple Inc is likely to unveil the latest iteration of its blockbuster iPhone, the iPhone 5 today
The device features a five-inch all-touch screen with BlackBerry 10.3.1 OS.
The possibilities are: Apple, Google and a third player. The pursuit of that third slot is where there will be blood on the streets -- who will win, RIM or HP or Microsoft?
Alnoor Peermohamed reports on Apple's two-faced strategy to grow its base in India without compromising on premiumness.
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