Smartphone Users In India

43% of Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio smartphone users have shifted to 5G

43% of total smartphone users of Reliance Jio and Airtel have already jumped on the bandwagon

CERT-In warns of several security flaws in Android: Is your device at risk?

CERT-In advises users to update their devices to the latest software version to mitigate risks and safeguard against potential threats

Mid-range smartphone users outpace high-end in premium product searches

A new report found that mid-range smartphone owners, not their wealthier counterparts, are more engaged with premium fashion, automobiles, OTT subscriptions, and hospitality services

InMobi's lock screen platform Glance targets 1 billion users by end of 2025

The company currently has a global base of over 450 million users, whereas the active users in India are pegged at 235 million

50% Indian users unintentionally reach out for their smartphones: BCG study

The report also found that a typical smartphone user picks up their phone almost 70 to 80 times a day

Quite a fast charge: Indian smartphone users world's top data consumers

The research is based on Ericsson's Mobility Report for 2023, which was released globally on Thursday

70% of passwords can be cracked in less than a second, shows NordPass study

In 2023, "123456" was the most common password used by Indians; almost a third of the world's most popular passwords consist of numerical sequences

Google dials NCLAT against CCI's Android order, Rs 1,337-crore fine

Says CCI order presents a major setback for its Indian users and businesses who trust Android's security features

Mobile user base dips for second straight month, shrinks by 1.82 million

The number of mobile users has fallen twice in the past eight months now, latest fall concentrated in urban India

Select OnePlus phones from 2023 and onwards to get 4 major Android updates

OnePlus has announced that it will offer four generations of OxygenOS and five years of security updates on selected smartphones from 2023

In five years, 39% mobile users in India will use 5G, says Ericsson report

Sees half a billion such users by 2027, high growth in number of smartphone users and spike in average usage per smartphone

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

India to have 1 billion smartphone users by 2026: Deloitte report

Internet-enabled devices in the rural market will also get a push with the government's plan to fiberize all villages by 2025 under the BharatNet programme

Indians embrace digital: Over 300 mn smartphone users use digital payments

From 'tankhwa' and 'kiraya', for 'shagun' and 'jugaad', digital payment is a pan-India habit

As Chinese brands suffer, Samsung powers up smartphone biz in India

Gains 10% share as disruption hits Chinese smartphone majors

Smartphones with in-built memory give Indians excuse to keep downloading

Indian smartphone users have taken to using apps like never before

Indian smartphone users to double by 2022 to 829 mn on low prices: Cisco

The report suggested that the average data consumed on a smartphone in India by 2022 will be 17.5 GB, up from 3.5 GB consumed per smartphone per month in 2017

India to have 530 mn smartphone users by 2018: Study

According to a new study by US-based media agency Zenith, smartphone ownership globally will continue to expand in 2018