Can the launch of smartphones under its own brand name by Finnish company HMD Global - despite having a licence to use the Nokia brand which it bought from Microsoft - help it regain its once dominant position in the mobile phone sweepstakes in India, where it was once routed? In 2009, Nokia was the country's largest MNC with revenues of $4 billion and a market share touching 80 per cent in 2010. After this, its fortunes fell. Although it had been the first global player to set up an assembly plant, not only to assemble phones for the local market but for exports, it had to shut down operations in 2014.
Yes. While the Indian variant launched August 11 comes with 4GB RAM, Samsung is all charged up to release the 6GB variant in China on August 26.
Samsung's new entrant Galaxy Alpha is similar in size to the new iPhone 6. We laid our hands on this smartphone and have found 5 reasons to buy it.
Samsung's connected technology solutions provider Harman on Wednesday said it has started a 5G testing lab in India to help companies test their devices for operating them on the next generation network. The company said its 5G lab enables a holistic, device-to-cloud performance analysis -- enabling chipset conformance testing, pre-certification testing, network operator approval testing, application performance verification and more. Harman Digital Transformation Services (DTS) senior vice president David Owens said advances in technologies like 5G yield significant opportunity to accelerate innovation across nearly every industry -- from healthcare and manufacturing, transportation to consumer device support.
A joint panel of Indian Broadcasting Foundation and Advertising Agencies Association of India has asked major television broadcasters not to carry commercials from Samsung, Motorola and Reckitt Benckiser after "consistent defaults" and "non-clearance
It's earnings from mobile gadgets dropped 64%
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And it is available at a competitive price!
Brazilian soccer legend Pel has sued Samsung Electronics Co for at least $30 million, alleging the Korean company improperly used a look-alike in an advertisement that ran in the New York Times without permission.
The company plans to bring more 4G-enabled devices in near future in a lower price range.
The AMOLED screen at a resolution of 2560x1600 is vivid and offers deep blacks, says Veer Arjun Singh
Buoyed by the market response to its Tizen OS-based smartphone in India, tech giant Samsung plans to manufacture the 'Z1' at its Noida facility soon.
Samsung has crafted a remarkable device, something revolutionary to stand out from the crowd, in the form of Galaxy S8, says Himanshu Juneja
Review: It offers Samsung Mall, a first of its kind shopping app, in addition to usual features.
Ashish Narsale weighs in on Samsung's latest phone.
Micron Technology, a global leader in memory and storage, is considering supplying Made-in-India chips from its Gujarat plant to one of its key global clients, Apple, whose vendors assemble iPhones in the country. Micron is setting up an assembly test marking and packaging (ATMP) plant in Sanand, Gujarat. Currently, Apple vendors import chips for manufacturing iPhones. Sources in the know say the aim is to use part of the production to supply to Micron's clients in India directly.
This is how the South Korean electronics major plans to indulge its Indian fans
Targeted at the growing young audience, Samsung India vice-president-HHP division Hendrick Lee said the phone has direct access to social networking websites. It also enables the users to access website at a speed of 2.4Mbps data speed on CDMA operators.
Ashish Narsale asks if you will be able to hold this bezel-less flagship phone on the road or juggle it in a train, like you do with other phones, or share memory-heavy 4k videos?
Around 83 per cent people in a survey in India shared that 5G is one of the factors they consider while buying a new phone and nearly three in every five existing premium smartphone users are looking to upgrade their device to the next generation technology, according to a report released by Cybermedia Research. According to the survey, 81 per cent respondents prefer Oppo for 5G smartphone and 79 per cent opted for Samsung. The global survey conducted in India, China and West Europe found that 5G users, where the service is available, have experienced better video calls, faster downloads and ability to stream ultra high definition videos and satisfaction level from 5G services is around 80 per cent.
Samsung eyes growth in consumer electronics business in 80 districts through its service vans, and adding over 250 service points and as many resident engineers.
Despite a couple of flaws Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Duos remains a superior package and still stands out, contends Himanshu Juneja
Apple still has a request pending for a sales ban against newer Samsung phones in that proceeding.
Samsung's latest smartphone the Galaxy SIII explodes while it was mounted on the windscreen. Samsung is investigating the cause of the explosion.
How did Micromax achieve this feat though? It wasn't simply a matter of better marketing but a combination of pricing, timing and offering that did the trick for the desi brand.
Jury finds that Samsung had infringed two Apple patents
Samsung has priced the S8 competitively at Rs 57,900, while the S8+ is available for Rs 64,900.
With 17 per cent market share in the Indian mobile market, Samsung Mobile plans to add another six to seven per cent market share this year.
Samsung also battling low-cost Chinese vendors.
South Korea's Samsung Electronics on Wednesday announced commissioning of its refrigerator manufacturing plant in India and said it will achieve a 13 per cent market share by selling 400,000 refrigerators this year.
The device's top quality, above Apple and other smartwatches, is its battery life. The 46 mm one can run for at least three days on full use and over a week on limited use, says Veer Arjun Singh.
Addressing a press conference, Sunil Dutt, country head, Samsung Telecommunications, said, "We plan to double our turnover. We will focus on product innovation, and value-added services like internet experience on mobile and long battery life." Even Finnish handset biggie Nokia lost market share in India from 72.3 per cent to 69.5 per cent between January and March.
Galaxy S10+ will be available in 1 TB, 512GB and 128 GB storage variants and will be priced at Rs 1,17,900, Rs 91,900 and Rs 73,900, respectively. The Galaxy S10, on the other hand, will retail for Rs 84,900 (512 GB variant) and Rs 66,900 (128 GB). S10e would be available in only 128 GB storage variant and will be priced at Rs 55,900.
The Canadian smartphone maker is banking on its platform-agnostic security and software products to make incursions in the market.
Samsung announced a global recall of the device after reports that the handset can explode while charging
Judge noted that Apple had not presented enough evidence that its patented features drove consumer demand for the entire iPhone.
Plans a high-voltage relaunch of Note7, multi-media campaign before new iPhone launch
Think what Samsung has done for you, me and all. It has made our life easier, happening and connected through its TVs, mobile phones, audio-video products, computers and many more. The list is too long, but we have tried here to compile ten best Samsung gadgets.
The aim is a vast improvement in quality that would lead to a surge in demand for low-end Android phones
The jury found Samsung violated several Apple patents including those related to iPhone's design and appearance
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