Of Rs 75,000 crore of the India Digitisation Fund that Google plans to invest in India in the next five to seven years, Rs 33,737 crore will be invested in Jio Platforms. The transaction, subject to regulatory and other applicable customary approvals, will be aimed at tapping the affordable smartphone market yet again. The two …
As the primary go-to device, the smartphone plays a key role in consumer lives, when it comes to capturing life’s most important memories. Our memories reside in the many photos that we capture daily to document our lives. For smartphone OEMs, the smartphone camera is a key battleground for innovation. While successive iterative innovations have …
As consumer sentiment runs high amid growing chorus for boycotting Chinese goods in the country, the fluid situation in India’s smartphone market offers new opportunities for various smartphone makers, especially the non-Chinese ones like Samsung, Apple, Nokia, Asus and others, to realign their strategies and regain the lost market share in the face of fierce …
Twitter is currently testing disappearing tweets feature Fleets in India and to be honest, the original Snapchat tool (called Stories) that has been copied by both Facebook (Stories) and WhatsApp (Status) may disturb the fabric of the micro-blogging platform. Twitter should not lose its distinct flavour as a fantastic roll-down platform, simple yet effective tool for …
China is the hub of the global smartphone manufacturing supply chain. In fact, it accounts for almost 85% of the mobile phone components imported into India. Roughly, 12% of semi-knocked down (SKD) components are being sourced locally. The dependency of the world, as well as of India, on China for electronics components, cannot be emphasised. …
The latest Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite is part of Samsung’s new differentiated product offering strategy that makes available smartphones at various price points, ranging from the uber-premium foldable smartphones, to the premium flagship smartphones and their ‘Lite’ counterpoints. The new Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite is an aggressive move by Samsung to bring all of the …
As one of the leading smartphone brands in India, OPPO made some interesting moves in 2019, whether it be through its India-centric manufacturing, or through increased localized R&D and innovation efforts. In the year ahead, the India market will see the competition intensify further, and the first wave of 5G smartphones will potentially debut. In …
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 …
Global streaming giants – Netflix India, Amazon Prime, and Disney, which owns Hotstar, among others – all have their eyes set on India’s soon-to-be US$5 billion video-on-demand (VOD) market. So, it’s not surprising when Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, on his three-day visit to India on Thursday, said Amazon will double down on its …
An average Indian spends nearly 1,800 hours a year on their smartphone, a study titled ‘Smartphone and Their Impact on Human Relationships’ by Vivo and Cybermedia Research (CMR) has revealed. The study also finds that human relationships have suffered, with the number of people who meet their friends and family several times every month is …