Premium Smartphones

India trails key emerging markets in Apple's Pro iPhone sales, with premium models accounting for just 18% of shipments in 2025, signalling room for further premiumisation

MediaTek's new Dimensity 9500s and 8500 chips sit below the top-end Dimensity 9500, bringing support for advanced gaming and camera features, along with on-device AI capabilities

Shipments climb from 3% to 13% but the signal weak compared to 30% worldwide

Qualcomm confirms the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 launch at its September summit, with the new "Gen 5" branding also expanding to other Snapdragon series

This Gujarat city accounted for 2.4 per cent share of the ultra-premium smartphones market in Octo­ber 2024

Reportedly, the anticipated Phone 3 smartphone will be Nothing's first step towards an "AI-powered platform"

Overall smartphone market is expected to witness modest single-digit growth in CY 2024

Xiaomi said its Priority Club members will get priority service experience, including free pick-up and drop for repair, two hours service promise, and half-yearly mobile phone check-ups

The Xiaomi 14 will be available for purchase from March 11, and the Xiaomi 14 Ultra from April 12. The latter will be available for pre-reserve at Rs 9,999 from March 11

The Nothing Phone 2a appears to retain the transparent design of the Phone 1 and Phone 2, but with a horizontal camera island and limited LEDs for Glyph interface

Samsung BKC aims to cater to the ultra-premium buyer in India. The store is located at Jio World Plaza, the high-end luxury mall from Reliance

Globally, Apple continued to be the market leader in premium segment, which is likely to capture close to one-fourth of the global smartphone market sales in 2023 - according to Counterpoint report

Great Indian Festival 2023: The e-commerce giant also said that in the premium segment, it sold 2.5X more smartphones as compared to last year

Foldable phone shipments are likely to cross 1 million next year, and their share of the premium smartphones could touch 35 per cent by 2025

According to retailers, the penetration of EMI schemes in smaller towns in the country has led to a higher demand for these phones

The Motorola Edge 40 is a 5G smartphone powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8020 system-on-chip. It will be available on Flipkart, Motorola online store, and select retail stores from May 30

Pricey devices shape industry as shipments for the popular segments decline

Apple's CEO has stressed the importance of the world's second-largest smartphone market, India on several occasions

Upper middle class and rich buying premium electronic products despite a hike in prices: Report

Microsoft's upcoming Surface Duo will reportedly feature a "true" foldable design instead of a dual-screen