To boost sales in the face of stiff competition in the premium smartphone segment in India, where it stands at third position, Apple lowered the selling price of its latest iPhone XR by up to 22 percent. Phone Model Current Price Previous Price XR 64 GB $867 $1,113...
Smartphone Sales Rose 14.5 percent in India
Per Framingham, MA-based IDC or International Data Corporation’s Asia/Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, India smartphone market shipped 142.3 million units in 2018, 14.5% year-on-year growth. Upasana Joshi, associate research manager, Client Devices, IDC India, adds: --> Shipments of the online-exclusive portfolios of Xiaomi, Honor, Realme, Asus, OnePlus among others, further...
Samsung to Launch India-Centric Smartphones
South Korea's Samsung plans to launch a budget smartphone series in India ahead of a global release, aiming to regain ground from Chinese rivals such as Xiaomi in the world’s second-largest mobile phone market. According to Hong Kong-based technology researcher Counterpoint, in two of the three 2018 quarters for which...
Is China Losing Ground to India in Manufacturing?
In an article written in Chinese by Wang Xinxi and published by Sina Tech, the author shares reasons why India is starting to threaten China's dominance in some parts of the manufacturing sector. In the mobile phone manufacturing business, global players such as Samsung, Apple, Foxconn, have invested in India-based...
India Becoming R&D Hub for Multinationals
Multinational from the Americas, Europe, and APAC have set up research hubs to work in the areas of R&D, Business Process Management and IT. More than 1,000 multinational companies have established engineering and research and development centers — known as global in-house centers or GICs — in India. Among these...
Global Firms Seek India's IT Talent for Digital Transformation
With technologies such as artificial intelligence and biometrics leading digital transformations in organizations across the world, India is seen as a prime location for global businesses to open technology hubs as an extension of their business rather than a third-party service provider. Bangalore has the best environment for businesses to...