OPPO has opened its first research and development centre (R&D) in India in a bid to make deeper inroads into the country’s smartphone market. Located in Hyderabad’s Hitech City, the facility is apparently its largest R&D centre outside China. The company now has four R&D centres across the globe. “This new India R&D hub will …
Chinese smartphone maker Meizu re-enters India: Will it make it this time?
Chinese smartphone maker, Meizu plans to consolidate its position in India’s fiercely competitive handset market by creating products designed for the country at specific price points. The Alibaba-backed manufacturer has just launched two budget smartphones and a premium device in India. “Meizu’s intent and product offerings is one part of the story; whether it translates …
2G Feature phones are here to stay for a while: Qualcomm
Chipmaker Qualcomm said 2G feature phones aren’t going to vanish from the Indian market any time soon even though Reliance Retail’s 4G feature phone continues to eat into their share. The US company is in talks with Indian handset makers including Lava and Micromax to help them make a comeback in the highly competitive market.Experts said …
Realme Regista Crescimento Espectacular De 600 Por Cento Em Outubro
A Sub-marca “Realme” da Oppo está a ter um percurso incrível no ano de 2018, com as vendas de setembro e outubro a baterem todos os recordes com um crescimento de 600% em relação ao período de julho e agosto. Um facto notável é que Prabhu Ram, chefe do Intelligence Group, CMR, explicou que o spin-off da …
HTC Halts Operations In India, Failed to Judge Competition from Xiaomi and Chinese phone makers
The news of Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC shutting its India operations was on the cards as the company — once the darling of Indian users — could not cope up with the changing dynamics of the market amid rapid growth of Chinese players, experts said here on Thursday. According to CyberMedia Research (CMR), it is …
CMR:2021年游戏智能手机将占印度智能手机市场的6.5%
PUBG和Fortnite等高端手机游戏推动了移动游戏的普及,越来越多的智能手机企业正在发布专门的游戏智能手机,以满足不断增长的市场需求。根据CMR的最新预测,到2018年底游戏智能手机将占印度智能手机市场出货量的1.8%,并可能在2021年达到6.5%。有趣的是,这种趋势甚至吸引了Razer和ASUS等PC游戏厂商。 CMR行业情报负责人Prabhu Ram表示:“鉴于技术的进步,智能手机企业现在可以更好地投资改善移动游戏体验,通过HDR和高刷新率屏幕等功能,使屏幕上的视觉效果更加流畅。虽然市场上的大部分智能手机都支持移动游戏,但像Fortnite和PUBG Mobile这样的图形密集型游戏的兴起正在吸引智能手机制造商并满足用户的需求。” Source: 199it
Realme dominated online sales this festive season, smartphone shipments grew over 600%: CMR
Realme had the maximum growth rate in smartphone shipment during festive season in India, according to latest findings by CMR. The Chinese company, which started as Oppo’s entity, has turned out to be the number one emerging brand during September-October period. “Realme’s breakthrough performance points to the fact that the India market still offers enough growth …
Realme Top Emerging Brand in India in the Festive Season: CMR
China-based Realme’s smartphone shipments grew by over 600 percent in the September-October period in comparison to the July-August period, making it the top emerging brand in India, a new report said on Thursday. During the same period, Xiaomi’s and Samsung’s shipments grew by 10-12 percent each while Huawei-Honor grew by around 5 percent, said CyberMedia Research’s …
Samsung CEO DJ Koh confident about the future of its foldable smartphone
DJ Koh, President and CEO at the IT and Mobile Communications Division of Samsung Electronics, knows what boredom can eventually do to technology, especially to smartphones that are lately witnessing incremental enhancements amid sales slowing down globally. According to Prabhu Ram, head-industry intelligence group (IIG), CyberMedia Research (CMR), the Samsung foldable phone will mark the …
Online smartphone sales in India expected to cross 50Mn mark this year
The sale of smartphones through online retailers like Flipkart and Amazon is picking up in India these days, and it is expected that online sales of smartphones are set to cross the 50-million mark in a year for the first time this year. CMR estimates the online sales of smartphones in the fourth quarter of …