Smartphone Market

Samsung doubles down in India, opens its biggest store world-wide in Bengaluru amid fierce competition from Chinese brands

The new store will feature Samsung mobile devices but also showcase its consumer electronics products and latest innovations.

Xiaomi files for mega Hong Kong IPO, largest listing by a Chinese tech firm in 4 years; lifts lid on financials

Xiaomi's listing is expected to raise about $10 billion via the public offering, giving Beijing-based Xiaomi a market value of between $80 billion and $100 billion

Samsung tops Apple in global smartphone sales in Q3 of 2017: Gartner

Samsung's smartphone sales recorded a double-digit increase (19.3 percent) in the third quarter.

Honor wants to become India's top smartphone brand within three years

Honor will also start incorporating AI capabilities in its phones for the Indian market within the current quarter, Zhao told IANS.

Samsung retains top spot with 24% smartphone sales share; Lenovo slips to 7th spot in April-June quarter

Chinese handset maker Lenovo today said it is not worried about slipping on the pecking order in the hyper-competitive Indian smartphone market.

RED announces the Hydrogen One smartphone with a holographic display, priced at $1,195

The phone by RED called as Hydrogen One is tipped to have "holographic" 3D display for VR and AR.

Watch: Indians are spoilt for choice where smartphones, telecommunication markets are concerned

India will soon have 46 percent of world's smartphone share within the next one year.

LeEco reaffirms that it has no plans to move out of Indian smartphone market

Chinese electronics maker LeEco said on Friday it has no plans to exit operations in India, refuting a media report which said the company was laying off most of its staff in preparation to leave.

IDC report puts Lenovo at second spot in the list of favourite smartphone brand in India

Lenovo Mobile Business Group (MBG) - that comprises Lenovo and Moto-branded devices - has emerged as the number two smartphone brand in India with 8.9 percent and 9.8 percent market share by volume and value, respectively, a new report revealed on Wednesday.

Google, Apple CEOs In Secret Patent Talks

The two companies are keeping lines of communication open at a high level against the backdrop of Apple's legal victory in a patent infringement case against Samsung.