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Madhav Sheth brings Honor brand to India with 100% local licensing, Rs 1,000 cr investment   As the government pushes consumer electronics companies towards local manufacturing, former realme India chief Madhav Sheth on Monday announced a new venture called HonorTech, which is a 100 per cent Indian joint venture (JV) collaboration, and will infuse Rs 1,000 crore by year-end to begin with. In an interaction with IANS, Sheth who has been a veteran in the Indian smartphone industry, said that with his new venture HonorTech that will bring the Honor brand ecosystem to India,...
Madhav Sheth brings Honor brand to India with 100% local licensing, Rs 1,000 cr investment
Madhav Sheth brings Honor brand to India with 100% local licensing, Rs 1,000 cr investment
Source: IANS
21/08/2023 11:11:37 AM
Samsung Health beta app includes smart ring support Tech giant Samsung has released a new beta version of its Health application, which revealed that the company could launch a smart ring 'Galaxy Ring'. According to a Reddit user, the latest Samsung Health beta app, version 6.24.1.023, includes a “Feature List” that mentions “Ring Support,” reports SamMobile. However, the list does not provide any additional details of this feature. It is also possible that “Ring Support” is included in th...
Samsung Health beta app includes smart ring support
Samsung Health beta app includes smart ring support
Source: IANS
6/07/2023 3:44:16 PM
Samsung set to unveil new foldables on July 26  Samsung's next Galaxy Unpacked event is scheduled to take place on July 26 during which it is set to unveil new foldables, the tech giant confirmed on Thursday. "A new cultural driver is coming. Come along on our journey to discover an all-new Galaxy as we showcase our latest technologies designed to open possibilities and transform lives," the company said in a statement. "It's going to make you want to Join the flip side. The event is scheduled to be held ...
Samsung set to unveil new foldables on July 26
Samsung set to unveil new foldables on July 26
Source: IANS
6/07/2023 11:05:40 AM
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 may not come with rumoured dust resistance feature    Samsung's upcoming Z Fold 5 smartphone will reportedly not come with the rumoured dust resistance feature. The information came from the tipster @UniverseIce, who claimed that the Z Fold 5 will not feature an IP58 dust and water resistance rating, reports SamMobile. Instead, it will likely continue to come with an IPX8 rating for water resistance, similar to the Z Fold 3 and the Z Fold 4. Last month, it was reported that the tech giant would bring the dust resista...
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 may not come with rumoured dust resistance feature
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 may not come with rumoured dust resistance feature
Source: IANS
5/07/2023 2:23:01 PM
itel S23, India`s 1st smartphone with 16GB RAM at Rs 8,799, to go on sale from June 14, exclusively on Amazon  itel Mobile India on Tuesday announced that its premium flagship smartphone 'itel S23' with 16 GB RAM will go on sale from June 14, exclusively on Amazon. Available in two stunning colours -- Starry Black and Mystery White -- the itel S23 is priced at Rs 8,799. The itel S23 redefines elegance and performance in its segment and comes equipped with a stunning super clear 50MP rear camera, and an impressive 8MP Glowing AI front camera with flash, enabling the S23 to capture e...
itel S23, India`s 1st smartphone with 16GB RAM at Rs 8,799, to go on sale from June 14, exclusively on Amazon
itel S23, India`s 1st smartphone with 16GB RAM at Rs 8,799, to go on sale from June 14, exclusively on Amazon
Source: IANS
13/06/2023 4:46:46 PM
Samsung's One UI 5 beta lets users quickly transfer Galaxy watch to new phone Samsung's One UI 5 Watch beta allows users to transfer their Galaxy Watch to a new phone without resetting the watch. The information was shared on Reddit by a Galaxy Watch owner running the One UI 5 Watch beta, reports Android Authority. "You can transfer your watch to a new phone without resetting it," reads a section of the screenshot shared by the Reddit user. The report also said that the Google Account on the new phone and watch must match. Meanwhile, in Februa...
Samsung's One UI 5 beta lets users quickly transfer Galaxy watch to new phone
Samsung's One UI 5 beta lets users quickly transfer Galaxy watch to new phone
Source: IANS
9/06/2023 4:55:45 PM
Meta introduces new WhatsApp app for Windows with better calling features Meta has introduced a new WhatsApp app for Windows that loads faster and features an interface similar to the mobile version of the app. Users can now host group video calls with up to eight people and audio calls with up to 32 people. The company said that it will continue to increase these limits over time so users can always stay connected with friends, family, and co-workers. "WhatsApp is the largest platform to provide a fully end-to-end encrypted messaging experience that ...
Meta introduces new WhatsApp app for Windows with better calling features
Meta introduces new WhatsApp app for Windows with better calling features
Source: IANS
24/03/2023 10:24:26 AM
India to cross $10 bn worth mobile exports in FY22-23, Apple leads at 50% Buoyed by attractive government incentives towards local manufacturing, India is all set to reach a remarkable $10 billion (over Rs 82,000 crore) worth smartphone exports in the fiscal year ending March 31, industry data showed on Wednesday. According to the India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA), Apple's 'Make in India' smartphone now constitute 50 per cent of total exports. Samsung is second with 40 per cent mobile exports while other smartphone players constitu...
India to cross $10 bn worth mobile exports in FY22-23, Apple leads at 50%
India to cross $10 bn worth mobile exports in FY22-23, Apple leads at 50%
Source: IANS
22/03/2023 4:22:00 PM
Apple phones to be built in Karnataka soon, to create 1 lakh jobs, says CM Bommai Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that Apple phones will be built in the state soon creating jobs for 1 lakh people. Taking to Twitter, Chief Minister Bommai said, "Apple phones to be built in the state soon. Apart from creating about 1 lakh jobs, it will create a whole lot of opportunities for Karnataka. "Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji, we will do our share to make India a 5 trillion dollar economy by 2025," he stated. C...
Apple phones to be built in Karnataka soon, to create 1 lakh jobs, says CM Bommai
Apple phones to be built in Karnataka soon, to create 1 lakh jobs, says CM Bommai
Source: IANS
3/03/2023 4:00:03 PM
$20 bn worth 5G smartphones shipped in India in 2022 at 74% growth The 5G smartphone shipment share in India increased to 31 per cent in 2022, with 5G shipments growing 74 per cent (year-on-year), a report showed on Tuesday. 5G smartphones worth $20 billion (in value) were shipped in the country in 2022. Samsung led the 5G segment with 23 percent market share, followed by OnePlus with 15 percent market share. "Driven by a resilient consumer appetite to switch and upgrade, the premium smartphone market continued to gain traction. In fact, the ub...
$20 bn worth 5G smartphones shipped in India in 2022 at 74% growth
$20 bn worth 5G smartphones shipped in India in 2022 at 74% growth
Source: IANS
7/02/2023 11:08:03 AM
Samsung Galaxy S23 to offer bigger battery than S22 South Korean tech giant Samsung may launch its next-generation flagship smartphone -- Galaxy S23 -- with big battery support and a 6.1 inch screen. The vanilla-coloured Galaxy S23 might offer a 3,900mAh battery (Galaxy S22 had 3,700mAh battery), which is an upgrade over its predecessor Galaxy S22, reports GSMArena. The screen might feature 6.1-inch with Full HD+ resolution, the report said. The device will reportedly feature 25W charging and is expected to come in a new design and ch...
Samsung Galaxy S23 to offer bigger battery than S22
Samsung Galaxy S23 to offer bigger battery than S22
Source: IANS
10/10/2022 5:28:51 PM
Phone 14 Crash Detection repeatedly triggered by rollercoaster rides The Apple iPhone 14's Crash Detection feature is generating issues for a theme park close to Cincinnati, as repeated false positives from iPhones on rides result in numerous calls to emergency services. According to AppleInsider, the feature uses onboard sensors and mountains of crash data to detect whether or not it is involved in a car accident. Despite the training of the system, it seems that rollercoasters could be its weakness. The Warren County Communications Center has recei...
Phone 14 Crash Detection repeatedly triggered by rollercoaster rides
Phone 14 Crash Detection repeatedly triggered by rollercoaster rides
Source: IANS
10/10/2022 3:42:44 PM
Apple lovers in some Asian countries to pay more for iPhone 14 Apple Inc on Wednesday kept prices for its latest iPhone stable in the United States, but raised prices in some Asian countries where currencies have dropped against the dollar in the past year. Buyers of the basic iPhone 14 in Japan - where the yen has slumped 24% since September - will pay 20% more than they did for the iPhone 13 when it was launched a year ago at 99,800 yen ($692.81). The iPhone 13 currently costs 107,800 yen in Japan. Earlier this year, Apple hiked the price of the ...
Apple lovers in some Asian countries to pay more for iPhone 14
Apple lovers in some Asian countries to pay more for iPhone 14
Source: Reuters
9/09/2022 10:16:36 AM
Why parents fail to avoid conflicts with kids over their mobile use Children using smartphones and tablets are causing conflict and heated arguments in most families, highlighting the need for official guidelines to help parents who are just winging it on their kids' mobile use, researchers have said. As many parents will agree, children and teens' mobile use is a significant source of family arguments. A new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Australia shed light on the issue to help "millennial parents" who are literally m...
Why parents fail to avoid conflicts with kids over their mobile use
Why parents fail to avoid conflicts with kids over their mobile use
Source: IANS
9/08/2022 2:28:03 PM
89% Indians wish to switch to 5G, most to change service provider to do so As India gears up to usher in the 5G era, 89 per cent of consumers wish to upgrade to 5G network in India while 48 per cent would upgrade to 5G even if it calls for switching service providers, a new report showed on Monday. 5G adoption would boost video content streaming, gaming, and social messaging on smartphones. According to the report by network intelligence and connectivity insights provider Ookla, 20 per cent of the Indian respondents would wait for their service providers to up...
89% Indians wish to switch to 5G, most to change service provider to do so
89% Indians wish to switch to 5G, most to change service provider to do so
Source: IANS
8/08/2022 3:45:41 PM
India likely to see 10 lakh foldable smartphone sales by 2026  The current foldable smartphone sales in India is nearly 3,00,000 which is likely to grow to 10 lakh units by 2026, new data showed on Monday. The country is expected to see 20 times growth in foldable smartphone shipments in the country by 2026 -- around 64 per cent growth in compound annual growth rate (CAGR) terms, according to market research firm CyberMedia Research (CMR). Led by Samsung, its foldable phones have grown four times since 2020 in the country, with Fold device ga...
India likely to see 10 lakh foldable smartphone sales by 2026
India likely to see 10 lakh foldable smartphone sales by 2026
Source: IANS
8/08/2022 3:15:21 PM
Users spend 4-5 hours daily on apps globally, including India: Report  Smartphone users in more than a dozen worldwide markets, including India, spend four to five hours per day browsing apps in a day, says a new report. While the daily time spent on apps varies by country, there are now 13 markets where users spend more than four hours per day using apps, citing research from Data.ai, formerly App Annie, TechCrunch reported. These include Indonesia, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, India, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Russia, Turkey, the US and t...
Users spend 4-5 hours daily on apps globally, including India: Report
Users spend 4-5 hours daily on apps globally, including India: Report
Source: IANS
4/08/2022 5:11:13 PM
Apple now likely to launch iPadOS 16 in October  Tech giant Apple is planning to delay the launch of iPadOS 16 until October, indicating that the iPad software will not launch alongside iOS 16 in September as it typically does. Apple has been developing a new multitasking feature for the iPad called Stage Manager, with the option designed to offer a more Mac-like multi-window multitasking experience, citing Bloomberg, MacRumors reported. The delayed launch of iPadOS 16 is said to be partly due to the implementation of Stage Mana...
Apple now likely to launch iPadOS 16 in October
Apple now likely to launch iPadOS 16 in October
Source: IANS
4/08/2022 4:58:27 PM
Samsung logs highest monthly global market share in 5 years Samsungs smartphone sales grew 9 per cent (on-year) in April, capturing 24 per cent of the global smartphone market � highest monthly market share for Samsung since April 2017. The company's sales grew despite the global smartphone sales declining 8 per cent YoY during the same period. In fact, it was one of the only few brands to grow against the market decline, according to Counterpoint Research. "This was driven by the strong performance of the S22 series in the premium s...
Samsung logs highest monthly global market share in 5 years
Samsung logs highest monthly global market share in 5 years
Source: IANS
28/05/2022 2:59:06 PM
Samsung likely to cut phone production by 30 mn units in 2022 Amid the pandemic crisis, South Korean tech giant Samsung has reportedly decided to cut its phone production by 30 million units this year. The report mentioned that Samsung is cutting production targets across its low to mid-end and flagship models, reports SamMobile. Samsung was reportedly going to produce 310 million units of smartphones in 2022 but it has now decided to cut that back to 280 million units. The company had initially aimed to produce 300 million units in 2022 as it ...
Samsung likely to cut phone production by 30 mn units in 2022
Samsung likely to cut phone production by 30 mn units in 2022
Source: IANS
28/05/2022 9:25:47 AM
Second-hand smartphone market in India to reach $4.6bn by 2025 The second-hand smartphone market in India is likely to generate revenue of more than $2.3 billion, at an average of Rs 6,900 per device, with 25 million devices being traded in 2021, a new report showed on Friday. This is an increase of 14 per cent from 2019 and is expected to rise to 51 million traded second-hand smartphones generating $4.6 billion in revenue by 2025, according to the report by the India Cellular & Electronics Association (ICEA) in collaboration with leading market r...
Second-hand smartphone market in India to reach $4.6bn by 2025
Second-hand smartphone market in India to reach $4.6bn by 2025
Source: IANS
28/01/2022 2:46:11 PM
Samsung Galaxy S22 live image revealed ahead of launch  Samsung is planning to launch its next premium flagship S22 series, the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22+ as well as the Galaxy S22 Ultra soon and now an alleged live image of the base model, the Galaxy S22, has surfaced online. The image was shared by reputable tipster Ice Universe on Weibo along with text claiming that they suspect it's a real Samsung Galaxy S22, reports Techradar. The handset in the image sports a design highly similar to that of the base model Galaxy S21 with glossy...
Samsung Galaxy S22 live image revealed ahead of launch
Samsung Galaxy S22 live image revealed ahead of launch
Source: IANS
19/12/2021 2:14:36 PM
Redmi Note 11T 5G another decent phone under Rs 20K Redmi India recently launched its 11th gen smartphone under its popular Redmi Note series, called Redmi Note 11T 5G. The smartphone comes with 6nm MediaTek Dimensity 810 chipset, a 5000mAh battery, dual real camera setup and more. The handset is available in three variants -- 6GB+64GB (expandable to 1GB), 6GB + 128GB (expandable to 2GB) and 8GB +128GB (expandable to 3GB) for Rs 16,999, Rs 17,999 and Rs 19,999, respectively. We used the 6GB+128GB variant in blue colour for a week an...
Redmi Note 11T 5G another decent phone under Rs 20K
Redmi Note 11T 5G another decent phone under Rs 20K
Source: IANS
19/12/2021 12:02:19 PM
OPPO files patent for dual-display smartphone OPPO is reportedly working on a new smartphone with dual displays, with a primary screen on the front and a smaller secondary panel on the rear. According to a LetsGoDigital report, the Chinese smartphone maker had filed a patent with the CNIPA (China National International Property Administration), which got published earlier this week and was also spotted in the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Office) database as well. The smaller display features a squarish design and is situated n...
OPPO files patent for dual-display smartphone
OPPO files patent for dual-display smartphone
Source: IANS
19/12/2021 11:27:24 AM
Huawei may launch its next-gen foldable phone in February 2022 Chinese tech giant Huawei is reportedly planning to launch its next-gen foldable smartphone in February next year. A new report coming from Digital Chat Station claims that the next-generation foldable device from the company will be launched in the month of February 2022, most probably along with the flagship Mate 50 series phones. The report adds that the company is currently testing the under-display fingerprint sensor and the OLED screen for the next generation of foldable smartphon...
Huawei may launch its next-gen foldable phone in February 2022
Huawei may launch its next-gen foldable phone in February 2022
Source: IANS
5/11/2021 12:46:55 PM
68% people use 1 smartphone for both work, personal use: Google  Nearly 68 per cent of employees use one smartphone for both work and personal purposes while 32 per cent use two smartphones, though not always simply one for work and one for personal use, a Google-led study has revealed, as a large percentage of mobile workforce continues to work from home. Across the various user groups surveyed, 70 per cent said they would prefer a user interface (UI) on their phones that clearly separates work and personal apps and data, over a UI with no separa...
68% people use 1 smartphone for both work, personal use: Google
68% people use 1 smartphone for both work, personal use: Google
Source: IANS
28/05/2021 12:36:45 PM