The 1990s were seminal for India. India broke its shackles and moved ahead with liberalization. Overnight, India transformed from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market. Consumers became more aware, more aspirational, and demanded quality and value. Encouraged by the Government’s liberal policy regime, players, such as Samsung came into India. Samsung recently completed 25 …
Snapdragon 888 5G Platform: A Deep Dive
During the annual Snapdragon Tech Summit Digital 2020, Qualcomm introduced its latest flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform. The new platform packs industry-leading mobile innovations in 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), gaming, and camera technologies for enabling premium flagship experiences that consumers seek. Snapdragon 888 5G Platform is manufactured using the most advanced 5nm process …
Galaxy Unpacked: Samsung delivers on Dr Roh’s vision
Samsung Electronics hosted its first-ever, virtual Galaxy Unpacked 2020 event livestreamed from Korea to introduce a new suite of power devices. The event is significant as it comes in the midst of the global pandemic. In preparation of the neo normal, Samsung used the Galaxy Unpacked platform to focus on driving purposeful innovations, operational agility, …
Google needs to nail the Google Pixel 4a pricing and GTM in India
Tech giant Google will need to focus on its go-to-market strategy for its latest Pixel 4a smartphone in India besides focusing on pricing if it is looking to gain meaningful share in the world’s second-largest market, analysts said. Google launches its latest Pixel 4a smartphone along with 5G-enabled Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a (5G) smartphone. However, it will only …
The Jio Platforms Story: From Oil to Jio
In 2016, Mukesh D. Ambani, RIL Chairman & Managing Director, addressed the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). This AGM was a historic one, where he launched Jio, in a move transiting the company from oil to data. This announcement was preceded by years of focus on building the requisite infrastructure, and …
5G Phones are here. Here’s why you should consider them.
Smartphone brands, such as realme and iQOO have announced their 5G phones – Realme X50 Pro 5G and iQOO3 respectively, recently in India. Both smartphones are priced aggressively, and sport Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865, and paired with an external Snapdragon X55 modem for 5G connectivity. 5G in India is still two to three years away from …
CES 2020: Five Key Technology Trends
At the 53rd annual Consumer Electronics Show, or CES 2020 held at Las Vegas, there were more than 4,500 exhibitors and 170,000 attendees from more than 160 countries. As a bellwether of new technology trends sweeping the consumer technology landscape, the CES this year was high on concepts. AI was everywhere ‘connecting everything’, and in …
India’s telecom giants post $10bn loss amid fight against upstart Jio
India’s telecom giants Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have reported a combined $10 billion in quarterly net losses after making provisions to cover to a recent Supreme Court ruling ordering two companies to pay huge fees and penalties within three months. Singapore Telecommunications-backed Bharti Airtel’s loss burgeoned to 230.4 billion rupees ($3.2 billion) for the …
Why 5G not yet on Apple’s mind as rivals go gaga over it
If you are wondering why Apple has not yet launched a 5G iPhone while others are going ballistic over launching 5G-ready or 5G-enabled handsets, there is a solid reason behind the reluctance to embrace the technology. Huawei, Samsung, OnePlus, Oppo and LG have all showcased 5G phones. Sony is also working on one such device. …
Five Key Tech Trends To Watch at IFA 2019
The Internationale Funkausstellung — more popularly known as IFA — is an annual flagship consumer tech trade show held at the Messe Berlin, and is very much akin in size and scale to the CES. In fact, the IFA is Europe’s flagship event, with a very sweeping canvas, that is in sharp contrast to the …