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Device lock: Indians lead the world in smartphone use, shows data

More than 881 million Indians are 'always on' - those who can't do without their phones

Govt asked Apple to soften impact of hack warnings, says Washington Post

An Apple security expert was also summoned from outside the country to a meeting in New Delhi and the expert was pressed to come up with alternative explanations for the warnings, it said

Shrinking market share, govt pressure trouble Chinese smartphone makers

Chinese smartphone brands are fast losing market share in Europe, North America, and Japan. On the other hand, Apple and Samsung have grown as people increasingly prefer premium devices

Android smartphones face average 3 attacks per month, says DSCI report

The report also gave staggering numbers of threat detections, with over 400 million attacks getting detected in 2023

Value addition in mobile phones needs to go up to 40%: Meity Secretary

While almost all mobile phones sold in India are made indigenously, local value addition in the devices needs to go up to 40 per cent and the government is focussing on building a component base in the country for that, a senior official said on Tuesday. While speaking at Global Technology Summit 2023, Ministry of Electronics and IT Secretary S Krishnan said that no country in the world can make 100 per cent of entire high technology products as the supply chain is spread across the globe. "Almost the entire requirement of our mobile phones being manufactured in India. We also need to realize that in many of these places, the value addition is probably about 10 to 15 per cent. We need to go closer to about 35 per cent to 40 per cent. For this reality to happen the government of India's interest is how do you bring in component manufacturing in the country," Krishnan said. He said that there are economists who question the level of value addition achieved under the production-linked

Flipkart Big Diwali Sale 2023: Smartphones, watches available at low price

Flipkart Big Diwali Sale 2023 is offering iPhone 14, smartwatches and smartphones at heavy discounts. Here's all you need to know about Flipkart Diwali sale

Mobile phones, auto parts top cargo items at Jaipur airport in September

Surprisingly, human hair also comes in the top category

Chip supplies reallocating from computers, mobiles to automobiles: CRISIL

It added that the chip shortage is easing but the demand-supply dynamics are expected to be more balanced by 2025-26

Morale of the industry at all-time low, says ICEA on Lava MD arrest

Morale of the mobile manufacturing industry has hit an all-time low with the arrest of Hari Om Rai, founder of homegrown device maker Lava International, industry body ICEA said on Saturday. The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Rai in an alleged money laundering case against Chinese smart devices maker Vivo. "We understand that the morale of the industry has hit an all time low and national champions are feeling very demoralised. We want to assure them that we have full confidence in India's regulatory and judicial system and we are sure that he (Rai) will emerge from the clouds and continue to champion the development of our industry which is critical in building the nation," ICEA chairman Pankaj Mohindroo said in a statement. ED raided Vivo and its linked persons in July last year, claiming to have busted a major money laundering racket involving Chinese nationals and multiple Indian companies. The ED had then alleged that a whopping Rs 62,476 crore was "illegally" transferre

47% Indians to spend over Rs 10,000 in upcoming festive season: Report

Customer sentiment is significantly higher than last year when 19% of Indians said they would spend over Rs 10,000

Google's Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel Watch 2 available for pre-orders

While the Pixel 8 is priced at Rs 75,999, the Pixel 8 Pro comes in at Rs 106,999. Meanwhile, the Pixel Watch 2 is priced at Rs 39,900

HonorTech to relaunch Honor brand of phones in Sept, to invest Rs 1,000 cr

HonorTech will relaunch the Honor brand of smartphones in the country in September with plans to initially invest Rs 1,000 crore in the business, a senior company official said. For the relaunch, HonorTech is going to work under a licensing deal with a Chinese smart devices company Honor, in India. HonorTech CEO Madhav Sheth told PTI that the company will aim to garner 4-5 per cent market share in terms of volume by end of next year, which will translate to a revenue of Rs 10,000 crore for the company. "The government is looking at the idea that business and authority in the company should be owned and managed by Indians. "HonorTech is a completely Indian entity. We are going to work under a licensing deal with Honor where they will license us and we will do everything from sales to manufacturing in India. No royalty will go to Honor," Sheth said. Honor brand was launched and owned by Chinese telecom major Huawei which sold it to another Chinese firm Shenzhen Zhixin New Informatio

How PLI-2 scheme is attracting traditional tech cos to manufacture in India

While PC, laptops, mobile phone makers are setting up a manufacturing hub in India, with players like HP and Cisco coming in, it adds to diversity of hardware capability the country is building

Apple aims to keep iPhone shipments steady despite 2023 turmoil

Apple's production schedule is closely scrutinized because of the company's broad impact

Govt portal pins 285,000 missing phones, but only 20,771 recovered

However, recoveries stand at only 20,771 devices so far

Nord 3 5G Unboxing: First look at OnePlus flagship midrange smartphone

The Nord 3 5G is a midrange flagship smartphone from OnePlus. It boasts an HDR10+ certified 6.74-inch AMOLED display of 120Hz refresh rate, Dirac-tuned dual stereo speakers powered by Dolby Atmos.

Rajasthan's 'Free Mobile Yojana' promises to be gamechanger for women

CM will be giving free mobile phones to women of the state under Rajasthan Free Mobile Yojana 2023

Good news: As input costs drop, TVs and mobile phones may get cheaper

The decline in input costs is also expected to help manufacturers increase their profit margins

17,000 extra SIM cards of subscribers beyond 9 connections deactivated

Altogether 17,000 of the 21,800 SIM cards found to be issued in excess of the permissible limit of nine mobile connections for one subscriber were deactivated in Bihar and Jharkhand in April and May so far, an official said on Sunday. Such a move was taken by the Department of Telecommunication through an analysis using artificial intelligence (AI)-based facial recognition technology, he said. "The artificial intelligence and facial recognition-powered solution for Telecom SIM Subscriber Verification (ASTR) analysis by the DoT in April and May revealed that at least 21,800 mobile connections were issued violating the permissible limit of nine numbers for one subscriber in Bihar and Jharkhand. "Around 17,000 such numbers have been disconnected. Further analysis is going on to identify such numbers," a senior official of the Special Director General Telecom, DoT (Licensed Service Areas-LSA-Bihar) Office told PTI. Jharkhand also comes under the jurisdiction of LSA (Bihar). According

Govt asks retailers not to insist on mobile number for providing services

The Consumer Affairs Ministry has issued an advisory directing retailers not to insist on the personal contact details of customers for delivering certain services, Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said on Tuesday. The advisory has been issued following several consumer complaints. Customers have complained about many retailers not providing them services if they refuse to share their contact number, he said. "Sellers say they cannot generate the bill until personal contact details are provided. This is an unfair and restrictive trade practice under the Consumer Protection Act and there is no rationality behind collecting the information," the Secretary told reporters. There is also a privacy concern. Therefore, an advisory has been issued to the retail industry and industry chambers CII and FICCI to address this issue in the interest of consumers, he said. It is not mandatory in India for customers to furnish their mobile numbers to a retailer to generate a bill. Howev