Smartphone market in Gulf region grows 19% to 4.7 mn: IDC
The smartphone market in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) rose 19 percent in the second quarter of 2019 to 4.7 million due to strong performance...
Smartphone in Latin America: Huawei lost share to Samsung, Motorola
Samsung, Motorola, Huawei, LG, Apple and Alcatel are the leading smartphone suppliers in Latin America in Q2 2019, according to a Counterpoint research report.
Samsung’s...
Why Apple cannot ignore made in China iPhones for business growth
The recent analysis report in Reuters indicates that Apple will not be in a position to move out of China to produce majority of...
Africa smartphone market grows marginally despite 4G investment
The Africa mobile phone market fell 1.8 percent quarter-on-quarter to 52.2 million units in Q2 2019 from 53.1 million units in Q1 2019, according...
Google may shift Pixel smartphone production to Vietnam from China
Alphabet’s Google is shifting its Pixel smartphone production to Vietnam from China starting this year, Nikkei business daily reported.
Google in 2017 announced the acquisition...
Vivo to enhance investment to Rs 7,500 crore for smartphone manufacturing
Vivo plans to invest an additional Rs 3,500 crore to expand its smartphone manufacturing capacity in India.
Previously, the company announced an investment plan of Rs 4,000...
OnePlus to invest Rs 1,000 crore in Indian R&D facility
Smartphone maker OnePlus is investing Rs 1,000 crore in its first Indian R&D facility in Hyderabad.
The research facility will focus on software development, 5G...
Samsung offers Galaxy Note10 to Airtel, Vodafone and Jio customers
Samsung India has tied up with Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio to launch exciting offers for consumers buying the Galaxy Note10 line.
Samsung...
Huawei expects $10 bn revenue cut in smartphone business
Huawei said on Friday that the revenue of its smartphone unit will be lower by about $10 billion this year due to the impact...
Apple may buy OLED display from China’s BOE Technology
Apple is in the final stages of certifying advanced screens from Chinese display maker BOE Technology Group for its iPhones, Nikkei reported.
The development will...
How Huawei will dominate 5G smartphone market
Ken Hyers, Ville Petteri-Ukonaho and David Kerr at Strategy Analytics have explained how Huawei will dominate the 5G smartphone market in the world.
Global sales...
Realme aims to sell 15 mn smartphones in India this year
Realme CEO Madhav Sheth on Tuesday said the devices company is aiming to sell 15 million smartphones in India this year.
The company is focussed...
Xiaomi revenue grows 15% to $7.36 bn in June quarter
Xiaomi reported 15 percent growth in revenue to 51.95 billion yuan or $7.36 billion in the June quarter from 45.24 billion yuan in the...
Samsung aims to achieve 65% share in premium smartphone business
Samsung on Tuesday said it is aiming to achieve 65 percent share in the premium smartphone segment -- Rs 30,000 and above with the...
Oppo strengthens global sales and marketing business units
Oppo today announced the appointment of new heads to handle its global sales and marketing business units amid concerns on declining smartphone share.
Alen Wu,...
Google shuts down service that shows mobile network quality
Google has shut down a service that shows the quality of mobile network to mobile operators globally on their telecom networks, Reuters reported.
Alphabet’s Google...