Apple was expected to sue Samsung for patent infringement on the grounds that it "slavishly" copied its iPad tablet.
Judge rejected Apple's request for a permanent sales ban in the US against some older Samsung smartphones.
With reserves accumulating fast, it can afford to mimic Apple by giving more to investors.
These will help to keep competition in check.
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 new phone offers better hardware including a faster processor, a higher quality screen and improved cameras.
Samsung recently introduced its "S bike" mode, a feature targeted at India's legions of motorbike riders that, when activated, notifies callers that the phone's owner is riding and cannot answer
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However, a passenger can carry such phones on board in switch off mode and in cabin baggage
Micromax accounted for 22 per cent of smartphone sales in India
Ashish Pratap Singh wonders if Samsung will meet the same fate as Nokia?
Samsung shipped 83.2 million smartphones worldwide and captured 24 per cent market share
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Micromax is at second spot in smartphone sales.
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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Apple, returning the offensive, could roll out a smaller, cheaper "iPhone Mini" in 2014.
The smartphones have 5.1-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED screen.
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.
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