Smartphone production in India will fall by 38-40% in the first half of 2020, a new report by Cybermedia Research (CMR) estimated. The Indian smartphone industry faced supply shortages due to shutdown of factories in China in February. Manufacturing here was hurt because the industry couldn’t source components required for production here. Factories in China …
eSIM-capable smartphones shipments will double in 2020 to top 3.5 million units in India, driven by latest iPhones, CyberMedia Research (CMR) said in its report. Google was the first company to launch eSIM capable smartphones. Later the eSIM environment got a huge lift with Apple’s embrace of eSIMs in its premium smartphones in 2018, including the …
Riding on strong demand for iPhone 11 and other models, Apple logged a massive 55%+ growth in iPhone shipments for the India market in January and February this year compared to the same period in 2019. There was no impact on supply issues owing to of new coronavirus in the first two months on Apple …
Two weeks ago, online retail giant Amazon kicked off food delivery pilot for its employees in select localities of Bengaluru, to grab a piece of the pie in India’s food-tech market, which will soon be worth more than USD 17 billion. The popular perception is that Amazon is gearing towards becoming India’s first super app, leaving behind payment …
In January, Qualcomm announced that the devices powered by Snapdragon 720G, Snapdragon 662, and Snapdragon 460 system-on-chip (SoC) models will support Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) designed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). That was a follow-up of the original announcement highlighting the partnership between Qualcomm and ISRO to bring NavIC support to new …
It’s been a tough few years for Samsung in the India handset market, where it has struggled to keep pace with or beat back competition from Chinese rivals such as Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo. The first signs of vulnerability came when Samsung lost the smartphone crown to Xiaomi in the September quarter of 2017. In …
Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella will visit India later this month. While the company confirmed the visit of the top executive, it did not give details about the dates and cities he is likely to visit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has on several occasions stressed on the importance of leveraging emerging technologies like AI and ML …
Smartphone should be smart enough to qualify as a smartphone. With its features and functionalities that can enchant users to spend a good 15 to 18 hours of day with it and importantly, pop up smartphone camera is one of them; a key ingredient without which much of the essence of a smartphone would not …
In a clear sign that aspirational India is ready to splurge on flaunting smartphones that may cost you a bomb, the uber-premium smartphone segment (Rs 1 lakh and above) in India grew 23 per cent (year-on-year) in 2019. Apple which actually created the uber-premium segment in India, contributed 85 per cent of the shipments with …
With 5G being in constant limelight for the last couple of years, the first wave of 5G devices will appear in India and will contribute roughly 1 per cent to the overall shipment volumes in CY 2020. According to the CMR’s India Mobile Handset Market Review Report, this will be primarily driven by hyper-competitive market …