These will help to keep competition in check.
However, a passenger can carry such phones on board in switch off mode and in cabin baggage
Samsung Galaxy Alpha is a very capable phone, and sales should pick up pace if the company decides to move quickly and brings the price to a more realistic level of about Rs 35,000, says Himanshu Juneja.
The main reason for any consumer to buy an expensive smartphone is its camera.
Making the Pixel 8 in India will not necessarily bring the price down -- witness iPhones made in India that are more expensive than those in the US and Dubai.
Micromax accounted for 22 per cent of smartphone sales in India
Samsung shipped 83.2 million smartphones worldwide and captured 24 per cent market share
Ashish Pratap Singh wonders if Samsung will meet the same fate as Nokia?
The company might look to reduce workforce in its mobile phone division.
Samsung has been facing competition from local mobile handset makers like Micromax, Lava and Karbonn but it has maintained its lead in smartphones.
The company is headed for its worst annual profit in three years, under siege as Chinese firms like Xiaomi and Lenovo reel in buyers with full-function touch-screen smartphones that are cheaper.
Micromax is at second spot in smartphone sales.
Describing Supreme Court's direction asking Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee to appear before a Ghaziabad court in a cheating case an "extreme step", Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Friday said it would adversely impact investment and business climate.
Samsung India, which claims to be number two in India, is planning to get into Blackberry's shoes. The company is expected to officially announce the launch of two handsets, one a touchscreen and another slider phone, in the business phone segment.
From May, the company will start selling the Galaxy Mega phablets that come with 6.3-inch and 5.8-inch displays.
The company is already setting up shop elsewhere in Asia in Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines.
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"We have the potential to reach the No.1 position in numerous categories in a country like India where markets are maturing and the potential for growth is unlimited," said JS Shin, president of Samsung Electronics Southwest Asia, while unveiling its new mobile devices at the company's recent Southwest Asia regional forum.
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The smartphones have 5.1-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED screen.
Apple, returning the offensive, could roll out a smaller, cheaper "iPhone Mini" in 2014.
Apple Inc has requested the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) to give it 18 to 24 months' exemption to comply with the European Union (EU) regulation of putting an USB charging port in all its older smartphones, mainly iPhone 13 and iPhone 14, which are assembled, exported and also sold in the domestic market. Apple's stance is different from that of Samsung, which has been pushing for an immediate implementation of the EU regulation. All smartphones by the South Korean giant already comply with the EU rules.
US District Court Judge Lucy Koh also denied Samsung's request for a new trial
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'Stay New' empowers the customer to own a Galaxy smartphone of choice and upgrade the same in future, Samsung said.
Apple scored a sweeping legal victory in August at the conclusion of its landmark case against its arch-foe.
Samsung has unveiled its new line of slim mobile phones with the launch of 'The Ultra Edition Series' in New Delhi.
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