Throughout the course of the pandemic, connectivity has been at the core of enabling human lives. Whether it be working from home, learning from home, or unwinding at home, connectivity enabled Indians to lead lives from within the confines of their homes. The ubiquitous mobile phones helped us connect, collaborate, create and consume digitally. In …
Indian consumers are increasingly adopting 5G smartphones even before rollout of the next-gen mobile broadband technology in the country. Research firm, International Data Corporation (IDC), has estimated the share of 5G-enabled phones, out of total smartphone sales, will touch 20-25% this year. As Chinese smartphone brands, Oppo and Realme aggressively push their 5G portfolio in …
As a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic swept across the globe, it heralded a period of accelerated transformational change everywhere. Amidst all the uncertainty and ambiguity, in an everything-from-home context with ever-increasing blurry lines between work, learn and unwind, audio has found its moment. It is not all about listening to music only. Across my tech savvy social …
As India grapples with the second Covid wave amid seismic shift in the way people work and learn, this year and beyond will be a major inflection point for the user-generated content on smartphones in the country, a new report said on Monday. From the growth of 5G-capable devices to evolving consumer trends around OTT, …
LG Electronics that was once the world’s third-largest handset maker and saw its feature phone business peaked some 10 years back, was never a serious contender in the fastest-growing India market, industry watchers reiterated on Monday. LG that has shut down its mobile business, has been striving to make a turnaround in its mobile business in …
After many years of pushing the envelope with its mobile innovation capabilities with very limited market success and six consecutive years of losses, LG Electronics has finally exited the smartphone business. In the early and mid-2000s, LG was one of the top three mobile brands, just behind Nokia and Samsung. The hyper-competitive nature of the smartphone …
With the new OPPO Reno5 Pro 5G, OPPO kickstarts its 2021 market strategy in India, that includes, among others, launching as many as six 5G smartphones! In the year gone by, smartphone brands started debuting their 5G phones as well as expanding their affordable premium phone offerings. The OPPO Reno5 Pro 5G is the latest …
Mobile gaming revenue generated through in-app purchases on Google Play Store and Apple App Store in 2020 grew by 51.3% and 30.2%, respectively, over 2019, according to preliminary estimates by Sensor Tower, an app analytics firm. The estimated spending on in-app purchases in Android games in 2020 was up from $76 million (approximately ₹550 crore) a …
Analysts are expecting the offline smartphone retail outlets to make a comeback in 2021. According to an International Data Corporation (IDC) report published in December 2020, the online sales accounted for 51 percent of overall sales of smartphones in October, growing 53 percent year -on- year (YoY). The report had also noted that the offline …
The LG Wing is an absolute breath of fresh air. Period! This is a device that truly leverages human imagination to propel smartphone innovation forward. The LG Wing is the first phone from LG’s Explorer Project. This is a new initiative from LG that focuses on challenging established user norms by making new mobile devices …