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The Camera Slider Oppo Find X Smartphone Launched in India: Specifications and Price

4Jul By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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The Camera Slider Oppo Find X Smartphone Launched in India: Specifications and Price

The global electronics company Oppo launched its latest smartphone under the name ‘Find X’. The smartphone maker has launched a number of unique and highly attractive Android power smartphones in the past and now, it has launch the camera slider phone Find X. The company claims that “Oppo Find X is the world’s first panoramic designed phone, embracing the beauty of nature into a leading technology product”. To create a flow like gradient effect, the company has used an innovative multifaceted color process due to which the phone shines gracefully at different angles. The smartphone is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 845 chipset and 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage, which will be based on Android Oreo. Since Oppo manufactures camera-centric smartphones, the company has giv...

Apple to bring “Exclusive Made-in-India” iPhone 6s Soon

26Jun By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

Tech

Apple to bring “Exclusive Made-in-India” iPhone 6s Soon

American Technology Major, Apple has given a kick-start to commercial production of iPhone 6s in India at the Bengaluru facility of its Taiwan-based contract manufacturer Wistron, as informed by industry executives. While Apple has already made iPhone SE last May at the Wistron facility, it will now begin producing two models of iPhone locally. The company has been taking a trail undertaking for the second iPhone model in the 6 series since April and has chosen iPhone 6s for sales potential in the market. Additionally, the development also means that any further change in import duties will not include price change in iPhone 6s, a move which could help Apple strengthen its position in the mid-to-premium segment of the Indian smartphone market. According to a source cited by ET, a ...

Samsung’s Foldable Smartphone Expected To Be Highly Priced

14Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Samsung’s Foldable Smartphone Expected To Be Highly Priced

Samsung’s upcoming foldable smartphone has become the talk of the hour and the company is expected to announce the launch of the smartphone named Galaxy X next year at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019. The price of the phone is predicted to be as high as KRW 2 million which is approximately Rs.1,25,000. The report highlights that the smartphone brand is targeting a late February or early March release date, which is a clear hint that the device could be launched during MWC 2019. The good part is that Samsung will be the first smartphone company in the world to launch a phone with a foldable screen. However, the smartphone Galaxy X is expected to be insanely expensive because of its uniqueness. One of the features of the phone includes that the device will have a 7.3-inch OLED scr...

Facebook Grants Deep Data Access to Device Makers

4Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Facebook Grants Deep Data Access to Device Makers

The most popular social networking platform Facebook formed an association with a total of 60 gadget makers for the purpose of data-sharing. Out of the sixty companies, Apple, Amazon, BlackBerry, Microsoft and Samsung are some among others that partnered with the social media giant for the defined purpose. Facebook had reached the specified device makers over the last decade, initiating before Facebook apps were extensively available on smartphones. The deals as mentioned, enabled Facebook to grow and expand its extent and also to let the partner companies provide popular social networking features, for instance, messaging, the ability to post photos, directly from a device without using the Facebook app, ‘like’ button and address books. It was also being said that the device compani...

Watch out for Samsung Carnival on Amazon : Up to Rs. 5,000 off and Lot More

28May By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Watch out for Samsung Carnival on Amazon : Up to Rs. 5,000 off and Lot More

The largest online retailer Amazon has yet again started its huge sale days with Samsung for all the Samsung lovers in India. The e-tailer will be offering discounts up to Rs. 5000 on Samsung smartphones, watches and accessories during the four-day sale period starting from today (28th – 31st May). The various blockbuster offers being provided by the e-commerce giant are: 1. Samsung Galaxy On7 Prime - This handset is now available at flat Rs 2,000 discount. The original price of the phone is Rs. 14,990 which can now be purchased at Rs. 12,990. Also, Reliance Jio is giving additional cashback of Rs 2,000 with this smartphone and there is an exchange offer of Rs 11,522. There is also an EMI option starting at Rs 681 per month. 2. Samsung Galaxy On7 Pro - This poc...

Samsung to Pay Apple $539 Mn For Copyright Infringement

25May By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

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Samsung to Pay Apple $539 Mn For Copyright Infringement

Five days of deliberations, it is what it took the US jury yesterday, to announce that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd were guilty of copying patented smartphone features by Apple Inc. Therefore, the South Korean giant will have to pay $539 million to the US headquartered company, therefore bringing a closure to the dispute between the archrivals. The world’s two leading smartphone manufacturers have been disputing in court for patents since 2011, when Apple first filed a lawsuit accusing Samsung smartphones and tablets of “slavishly” copying their products. Samsung were found guilty in 2012 but disagreements sprouted over the amount to be paid, therefore leading to the current retrial. However, Samsung did previously pay Apple $399 million as compensation for copyright infringement of p...

Samsung Geared Up To Fend Off Chinese Competitors

25May By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

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Samsung Geared Up To Fend Off Chinese Competitors

Samsung, the South Korean Electronics manufacturer market leader in India’s phone segment, recently affirmed that Samsung’s Indian business did not suffer much damage nor significant market loss after the arrival of Chinese smartphone brands in India. A top Samsung executive stated that the company was well geared to compete with rising competition. India being the second largest smartphone market and the fastest growing globally, we have extremely aggressive plans for the country, said Mohandeep Singh, Senior Vice-President, Mobile Business, Samsung India. In FY17-18, the South Korean phone maker registered 55.2% of market share in the Rs 40,000 and above price segment, according to a GFK report. In March, Samsung registered a staggering 58% market share in that segment. However,...

Unboxing Xiaomi’s Marketing Strategy- An Example Which Every Startups Need to Follow

19Mar By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

ANALYSIS

Unboxing Xiaomi’s Marketing Strategy- An Example Which Every Startups Need to Follow

In 2014, Xiaomi, the Chinese electronics and Software Company, stepped in the Indian market with an innovative market strategy in partnership with Flipkart, the country’s largest online retailer by launching the Mi 3. The model unveiling took place in a small hall with few journalists covering the event; a big contrast to the unveiling of Apple and Samsung new phones. Instead of spending vast sums of money on marketing and advertising, Xiaomi decided to employ hunger-marketing tactics – a psychological strategy designed to focus on the customer’s desire, making them crave for a product others want to buy – to sell its cost effective smartphones. Making only a limited supply of smartphones available on the e-commerce platform, the smartphone sold out after a few seconds. This strategy bo...

Samsung Launched Galaxy S9 and S9+ Smartphones

26Feb By NitishNo Comments

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Samsung Launched Galaxy S9 and S9+ Smartphones

South Korea based tech giant Samsung unveiled its latest flagship model in the smartphone segment Galaxy S9 and S9+ with added features. "With the Galaxy S9 and S9+, we have reimagined the smartphone camera. Not only do the Galaxy S9 and S9+ enable consumers to shoot great photos and videos anywhere, it's a smartphone that is designed to help them connect to others and express themselves in a way that is unique and personal to them," said D J Koh, president and Head of IT & Mobile Communications Division, Samsung Electronic. Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ Features- The phones have features like dual aperture and slow motion video options that compete with iPhone X and Google Pixel 2 series. It also have features like dual-stereo speakers and Dolby Atmos surround sound capabil...

Xiaomi Usurps Samsung To Become Top Smartphone Seller in India

25Jan By reutersNo Comments

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Xiaomi Usurps Samsung To Become Top Smartphone Seller in India

Samsung Electronics has lost its crown as the top smartphone seller in India for the first time in six years, as it was outsold by China’s Xiaomi in the final quarter of 2017, data from two tech research firms shows. Xiaomi’s aggressively priced suite of high-spec handsets and market expansion strategy enabled it to take the top spot in the world’s biggest smartphone market after China, said Tarun Pathak of Counterpoint Research. The Chinese company, which is exploring a public listing and is now valued at close to $100 billion, entered India just over three years ago. Its strategy there has so far rested on flash sales on leading homegrown e-commerce player Flipkart and U.S. tech giant Amazon.com’s Indian site, an approach that helped it snatch market share without have to spend hea...

Samsung Develops ‘World’s Smallest’ DRAM Chip

20Dec By reutersNo Comments

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Samsung Develops ‘World’s Smallest’ DRAM Chip

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Wednesday it has developed the world’s smallest DRAM chip, widening its technical lead on competitors as it tracks towards a record operating profit in 2017 driven by the semiconductor business. The “second-generation” 10-nanometre class, 8-gigabit DRAM chips with improved energy efficiency and data processing performance would be geared toward premium data-crunching electronics such as cloud computing centres, mobile devices and high-speed graphic cards, Samsung said in a statement. The global leader in computer chips, televisions and smartphones said it would shift most of its existing DRAM production capacity to 10-nano chips in 2018. This “aggressive” production expansion would “accommodate strong market demand,” said Gyoyoung Jin, president ...

These 5 Companies Dominate China’s Smartphone Market, Samsung Is Not Among Them!

7Dec By RishabhNo Comments

CHINA, Tech

These 5 Companies Dominate China’s Smartphone Market, Samsung Is Not Among Them!

Chinese market is the most popular smartphone maker and market in the world. China is now the world’s largest smartphone market and continues surging forward as its economy and people ramp up their consumption of things to match their already vast production. Kantar Worldpanel shows that now China's top five phone vendors own the market accounting for 91 percent of the overall market. The top five brands are; Huawei Xiaomi Apple Vivo Oppo That’s up from 79 percent a year earlier, extending a lead that now sees companies like ZTE, Meizu, and Lenovo struggling to find a foothold in their home country. Global smartphone leader Samsung is now at a 2.2 percent share in China and deteriorating, according to Kantar’s Dominic Sunnebo. Each of these companies have selected...