Tag: smartphones
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Microsoft, Xiaomi to make AI-powered speakers, smartphones
San Francisco : Taking on Apple and Google, Microsoft and Chinese electronics major Xiaomi have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered budget speakers and smartphones. The companies would work closely in Cloud computing, AI and hardware. Since they have chosen to sign a memorandum, their partnership is not legally binding and…
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Selling every handset, not dumping units in secret warehouses: Xiaomi India
By Nishant Arora, New Delhi : Xiaomi, the Chinese electronics and software company, does not have big, secret warehouses in India where it is dumping unsold inventory and is actually selling smartphones faster than any other brand in the country, Xiaomi India Managing Director and Global Vice President Manu Kumar Jain has emphasised. The exponential…
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Can offline expansion bring growth for smartphones in India? (Tech Analysis)
By Faisal Kawoosa, Are all smartphones in India sold online? Not really. This is something which should come as a surprise to the cyber-savvy buyers of gadgets and gizmos. A study from Google, published in 2012 but still relevant, says that 70 per cent of Indians decide about the brand and variant during an online…
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4G feature phones cannibalising smartphones sales in India: Report
New Delhi : When it comes to smartphone sales, there was a three per cent decline in India in the fourth quarter of 2017 owing to a proliferation of low-priced 4G feature phones, like Reliance JioPhone that hit smartphone sales hard, German research firm GfK said on Thursday. “Emerging Asia saw smartphone sales of 58.6…
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Is Apple really doing badly in India?
By Faisal Kawoosa, Given the current market conditions in India for smartphones, it appears that Steve Jobs, the late Apple co-founder, was prophetic: He did not consider this country a significant opportunity. Let’s take a look at the Apple story since its entry into India in 2008. A lot has changed in the market —…
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Moto X4: Sets the bar for mid-range smartphones
By Sourabh Kulesh, New Delhi : Aligning with its India strategy to tap the consumer mindset rather than focusing on market share, Lenovo-owned Motorola has just launched mid-price segment device Moto X4. The Rs 22,999 (4GB RAM+64GB storage) Moto X4 claims to deliver best-in-class experience when compared with other devices like Vivo V7+ and OPPO…
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Xiaomi Redmi 5A: Great choice for first-time Android users (Tech Review)
By Krishna SinhaChaudhury, New Delhi : Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has flooded the Indian smartphone market with devices at overlapping prices but compelling features. Its latest offering, the Redmi 5A, has the price tag and specifications of an entry-level Android smartphone. Having shipped 9.2 million smartphones in the third quarter of 2017, the company now…
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Phablets to hit 1bn units by 2021: IDC
San Francisco : Phablets (smartphones with screen size of 5.5-7 inches) will far outpace total market growth by climbing from 611 million units in 2017 to one billion units in 2021, representing a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.1 per cent. In comparison, the total smartphone market is expected to grow at three…
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AI-powered Google Pixel 2 comes to India in November
San Francisco/New Delhi : Betting big on artificial intelligence (AI), software and hardware, Google has launched Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones and a refreshed Daydream View Virtual Reality (VR) headset that will be available in India in November. Pixel 2 is priced at Rs 61,000 for the 64GB variant and Rs 70,000 for…
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5G to take away sheen from smartphones for a while
By Faisal Kawoosa, The era of 5G of mobile networks will not simply be about more throughput and speeds. These are obvious outcomes. The real power of 5G will be in unleashing connectivity among the unconnected — and “unconnected” will not primarily mean people. 5G will not be providing solutions to reach out to the…