High-resolution camera sensors are becoming the craze in the smartphone market right now. All the phones like Huawei P20 Pro, Huawei Mate 20 Pro, Huawei P30, and the Huawei P30 Pro, come with a 40MP sensor. Not only this, but the industry has gone a step ahead and introduced 48MP camera sensors to a lot of mid-range phones as well. This year we got to see the launch of Xiaomi... Read More
After losing out to Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus for three quarters in a row, Samsung regained the top spot in the Indian premium smartphone segment in the first quarter of 2019, Counterpoint Research said on Wednesday. The initial uptake for the Galaxy S10 series drove Samsung to the leadership position in the premium segment, said the market research firm. Top three premium brands including Samsung, OnePlus and Apple accounted for... Read More
The much-awaited network trial for 5G services in the country is slated to start from June, with the Telecom Ministry panel recommending spectrum for the test run to the incumbent telcos for a three-month period. The panel which deliberated on the quantum and duration of the spectrum trial has recommended 5G spectrum to Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio initially for three months, which can be scaled up to one... Read More
We have already seen Airtel make a very massive revamp to its postpaid plans thus making a big wave in the telecom industry. The telecom operator has completely changed its postpaid plans and is now offering differently priced plans with altered benefits. However, that is not the only thing that Bharti Airtel has changed across its portfolio. The telco has also introduced a new Amazon Prime offer with its prepaid plans and... Read More
Led by Apple Watch, global smartwatch shipments grew at 48% year-on-year (YoY) in the first quarter of 2019, Counterpoint Research said on Friday. Top nine brands contribute to 75% of the market shipment and Samsung, Fitbit and Huawei grew exponentially in the quarter, said Counterpoint's "Global Smartwatch Tracker". Apple with 35.8% led the segment, followed by Samsung at 11.1% and a new Chinese brand imoo at third spot with 9.2%... Read More
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 are showing signs of stabilising, the BBC reported. Apple lifted its outlook for the three months to June, sending its... Read More
The upcoming flagship phones from OnePlus, the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro have been announced to go live on May 14. Now in the pre-launch times, the Chinese OEM is busy extensively promoting its phones, teasing its features. Relevant to this, we have come across a new advertisement of the phone in the New York times where OnePlus has teased about the OnePlus 7 Pro’s triple rear camera setup,... Read More
The consumers in metro cities are struggling and facing repetitive call drops, and slowing data speeds as the towers in these regions are operating at almost their full capacity. As per an ET Telecom report, the congestion being caused on these towers is causing the data speeds to slow and call drops to occur in turn degrading the quality of service for consumers. As per this report, the towers are... Read More
Despite losing its turf in India a little, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi retained its top slot in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019, garnering 29% market share, Counterpoint Research said on Friday. Xiaomi's India shipments declined by 2% year-on-year(Y-o-Y) as it had recorded 31% market share in the same quarter last year. South Korean giant Samsung with a 23% market share stood second, and Vivo gained much ground to hit... Read More
Apple continued to lead the global premium smartphone segment by capturing more than half of the market (51%) while OnePlus entered the top five brands (with 2% share) in this segment for the first time ever in 2018, a Counterpoint Research report said on Tuesday. According to Counterpoint Research's "Market Monitor 2018" report, the segment grew 14% year-on-year (YoY) in terms of sell-in and 18% YoY in terms of sell-through.... Read More
South Korean electronics major Samsung on Wednesday unveiled the Galaxy A80 model, the flagship of its A-series mid-range mobile phones which are expected to play a key role in its efforts to wrest back lost market share from Chinese competitors in India. As part of its strategy to take on competitors such as Xiaomi, Huawei and OnePlus, Samsung had last year said it would introduce latest innovative features on its... Read More
Foldable phones will account for 5% of high-end phones by 2023, amounting to 30 million units as they are expected to potentially re-inject innovation in the smartphone market, said a new report by Gartner Inc. on Monday. "We expect that users will use a foldable phone as they do their regular smartphone, picking it up hundreds of times a day, unfolding it sporadically and typing on its plastic screen, which... Read More
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