Apple posted better earnings and revenue than Wall Street expected for the March 2019 quarter — even as sales of its flagship iPhones were $6.5 billion lighter in the period, down by 17%. iPhones sales fell at their steepest-ever rate during the three months to the end of March but … Read More
Industry-wide “pressures in the premium smartphone market” led to a drop in Pixel sales in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the same time last year, a top official of Google parent company Alphabet has said. With Google finding it hard to compete in the premium segment, the company … Read More
India offers great potential for Google-owned YouTube’s growth and the latest in the journey is YouTube Music that has been downloaded more than 15 million times in the country, CEO Sundar Pichai has said. Admitting that recent ad product changes in YouTube and Search are hurting its top-line growth, the … Read More
Apple has defended its decision to remove third-party screen-limiting apps that helped people fight iPhone addiction, saying these apps put users’ privacy and security at risk. Apple had removed or restricted at least 11 of the 17 most downloaded screen-time and parental-control apps. In a blog post on late Sunday, the … Read More
Hit by weak demand in the memory chips and displays, Samsung Electronics on Tuesday reported a massive 60% drop in operating profit (year-on-year) in the first quarter of 2019. The company, however, said the newly-launched Galaxy S10 smartphone is generating solid sales. It shipped 78 million smartphones and five million … Read More
China-based smartphone maker Realme, that clocked 7% market share in India in the first quarter of 2019, is aiming to sell at least 15 million handsets in the country by the end of the year, the company’s India CEO said on Monday. The online-focused device maker that came into existence … Read More
Amazon Pay on Monday launched person-to-person (P2P) payments for Android users who can now make instant bank-to-bank transfers using the UPI platform on the Amazon app. Amazon customers can also pay bills, rent and various daily subscriptions, the company said in a statement. “With this launch, we have the largest … Read More
In its new Insider Preview Build for Windows 10, Microsoft is working on a feature as part of its “Your Phone” software that would display notifications received on Android smartphones on PC screens. Launched in 2018, “Your Phone” is an app for Windows 10 that allowed users to see recent … Read More
Chinese handset manufacturer, Nubia on Sunday, announced its new gaming phone Red Magic 3 that comes with 5000mAh battery and an industry-first built-in cooling system. The global release of the phone, which was launched in China at a starting price of 3,199 yuan (around Rs 33,205), is slated for May … Read More
Apple held talks with chip-maker Intel about acquiring its smartphone-modem chip business in a multi-billion dollar deal to ramp up the development of wireless technology for iPhones, the media reported. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Friday, the two companies were in talks since last year, … Read More
Chinese smartphone maker Oppo on Friday launched a new Oppo F11 Pro Marvel’s Avengers Limited Edition smartphone in collaboration with Marvel Studios. Priced at Rs 27,990, the design of the smartphone is named Space Blue — blue background covered with an intricate hexagonal pattern at the back. It features gradient … Read More
With a 30% market share, Reliance JioPhone became the leading feature phone brand in India in the first quarter of 2019, Counterpoint Research said on Friday. While the smartphone market offers a big opportunity, one can’t ignore the 400 million feature phones users in the Indian market which too is … Read More
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