Apple Inc and Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit have agreed to settle all patent litigation between them over smartphones, ending one of the highest-profile lawsuits in technology.
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.
Samsung shipped 83.2 million smartphones worldwide and captured 24 per cent market share
The company hopes to revive its fortune with the move
It's earnings from mobile gadgets dropped 64%
The technology offers better picture quality than LCD, with crisper picture resolution, faster response times and high-contrast images.
Broad-based buying aided sentiment and the market registers record turnover at Rs 6.86 lakh crore
India is the world's third-largest smartphone market.
Loss-making Nokia gains full control of the profitable venture Nokia Siemens Networks for $2.2 billion, a cheaper than-expected price, analysts said, although they also noted the acquisition would put pressure on Nokia's balance sheet.
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.
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
Internal management tensions, stiff opposition from Chinese handset makers led to halving of the company's market share
The panel producers did not receive Apple's certification, as they were given strict power-saving requirements.
Apple still has a request pending for a sales ban against newer Samsung phones in that proceeding.
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