Page 8 - Smartphone Industry

Indian phonemakers served notices by Customs, get Rs 20,000 cr tax bill

Before September 2020, there was no import duty on such panels, but from October 1, 2020, an import duty of 10% is levied under the Centre's phased manufacturing programme

Samsung India aims to sell M-series smartphones worth $1 bn this year

The M13 5G with 6GB internal memory and 128 GB external memory is priced at Rs 15,999, while the another model with 4GB internal memory and 64 GB external memory will be tagged at Rs 13,999 apiece

Nothing phone (1) launch today: Livestream details, expected specs and more

The Nothing phone (1) will launch at a live event in London that will livestream on company's website (nothing.tech) starting 8:30 pm (IST)

Delhi HC asks ED to consider Vivo's representation on freeing bank accs

ED's money-laundering probe into Vivo revealed the company, to avoid paying taxes in India, remitted about Rs 62,476 crore of its turnover to China between 2017 and 2021

Vivo's parent firm, BBK Electronics, owns 40% of India's smartphone market

Vivo India's share jumped from 10% in 2017 to 15% in 2021; sister concern Realme's quadrupled in last 4 years

Realme announces launch of flagship phone GT2 Explorer Master on July 12

The device is anticipated to be the company's upcoming flagship, and it will utilise Qualcomm's top-tier Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 architecture

Nokia G11 Plus launches with 50MP camera and three-day battery life

the 6.51" HD+ 90Hz screen of the Nokia G11 Plus has a notch for the 8MP front camera

Motorola launches Moto G82 5G in India, price starting at Rs 21,499

Moto G82 5G comes in two colour variants and will go on sale from June 14 on Flipkart, Reliance Digital, and leading retail stores

Motorola Moto E32s India launch today: Check design, specs and price

E-commerce platform Flipkart has already listed the handset, which comes at a starting price of Rs 9,299

16 companies including Asus to launch phones with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC

Asus has stated that the ROG Phone 6 will be the first gaming phone to come with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC

OnePlus Nord 2T will be the first phone to use Dimensity 1300 chipset

The Dimensity 1300 is a 6nm chip (from TSMC's foundries), it has four Cortex-A78 cores (one at 3.0GHz, three at 2.6GHz), four A55 cores (2.0GHz) and a Mali-G77 MC9 GPU

OnePlus bets on Nord to take premium phone experience to small towns

In less than three years of its inception, OnePlus said the Nord category has become a community favourite. This is crucial as India is the largest smartphone market after China

India's refurbished smartphone market expected to reach $10 bn by 2026

A new breed of tech-enabled startups and players like Cashify, HyperXchange and Yaantra (owned by Flipkart), among others, are fuelling the growth of the used smartphone market in India

Global smartphone market shrinks 11% in Q1, China badly hit: Report

The Chinese market caused nearly half the worldwide decline, mainly due to seasonal weakness, according to market research firm Canalys

Apple delivers strong quarterly results, but warns of trouble ahead

Despite headwinds, the results for the January-March period drew a picture of a still-expanding empire generating massive profits that have yielded the firm a $2.7 trillion market value

Rising oil prices, inflation to hit India's smartphone market in 2022

The biggest challenge this year will be maintaining device affordability in India, according to global market research firm Canalys

OnePlus says strengthening its localisation efforts in India market

OnePlus had a hugely successful 2021, shipping 11 million smartphones globally which is the highest annual shipment in its history.

India awaits tech as global 5G smartphone sales surpass 4G for 1st time

While India still awaits to experience the 5G technology, the sales penetration of 5G-capable smartphones reached 51 per cent globally in January this year

Vivo to invest Rs 3.5k cr in India by 2023, to start export devices in 2022

Smartphones maker Vivo plans to invest Rs 3,500 crore in two years to boost its manufacturing facility and start exporting devices from India this year, a senior company official said on Wednesday.

Samsung begins pre-reserve process for Galaxy S22, Tab S8 series in India

Customers can pre-reserve Galaxy S22 Series smartphone through 'Galaxy S22 Pre-reserve VIP Pass' and Galaxy Tab S8 Series through 'Galaxy Tab S8 Pre-reserve VIP Pass'