Desi phone companies look for a high at the low-endLava was the only local brand which registered positive annual growth during the quarter ended June, driven by entry-level models, said ana...
09 Aug, 2018, 11.41 PM IST
Prices of entry-level 4G phones may dropExperts said that with carrier bundling, consumers may get the phones at even lower prices as cos operating in the sub-Rs 5K category work ...
08 Dec, 2017, 08.08 AM IST
Handset makers like Lava & Intex to increase prices by upto 5% after Budget raises excise dutyLocal smartphone vendors such as Micromax, Lava, Karbonn and Intex are set to increase prices as the Budget has increased the effective dut...
02 Mar, 2015, 03.58 AM IST
Samsung leads India smartphone market with 25%, Xiaomi jumps: Counterpoint researchMotorola, which is now a Lenovo company, remained the fourth largest smartphone vendor while Sony closed the quarter at the fifth spot.
11 Nov, 2014, 05.09 PM IST
Canalys says Samsung India smartphone share down in Q3; Korean firm disputesAnalytical firm Canalys has said that market leader Samsung has lost 6 percentage points sequentially of its smartphone share in India in t...
06 Nov, 2014, 07.08 PM IST
Lava may become second largest local smartphone brandIn the feature phones category, Lava topped the list in the number of handsets imported, followed by Micromax and Karbonn.
04 Nov, 2014, 03.13 AM IST
Android One is no match for Android so far despite big spend on promotionA Google spokesperson said only that Canvas A1 was the top device in the mobile phone category on Amazon and the black colour model has bee...
22 Oct, 2014, 11.06 AM IST
Flipkart, Snapdeal, Amazon to battle it out for Android One marketMotorola and Xiaomi have successfully launched their smartphones on Flipkart, while Spice, Micromax and Intex have launched their devices o...
14 Sep, 2014, 04.50 PM IST
Google may bring Android One devices to India this monthIn June, Google announced its 'Android One' initiative to bring in under- $100 handsets aimed at bringing the next one billion population t...
01 Sep, 2014, 06.25 PM IST
Lava plans to offload 20% to raise up to Rs 600 croreAccording to reports, the company has been valued at almost half a billion dollar and is currently in the process of shortlisting potential...
01 Sep, 2014, 10.45 AM IST
Micromax overtakes Samsung to become leading India handset vendor in Q2The duo were followed by Nokia and Karbonn with 10.9% and 9.5% shares respectively in the just ended quarter, a Counterpoint Research repor...
04 Aug, 2014, 06.56 PM IST
Moto G helps Motorola race ahead of Nokia in smartphone salesMotorola shipped 955,650 smartphones in the three-month period, compared with 633,720 for Nokia, now owned by Microsoft.
02 Aug, 2014, 03.43 AM IST
Spice to bring Firefox, Android One phones before DiwaliEarlier this year, Mozilla (developer of Firefox web browser) had tied up with Indian firms -- Intex and Spice -- to bring smartphones pric...
23 Jul, 2014, 06.12 PM IST
Celkon, Intex set to be Google's new India partners for Android OneFrom Google’s point of view, India will be the fastest-growing smartphone market, since both China and the US are saturated.
14 Jul, 2014, 12.29 PM IST
Indian handset makers such as Micromax, Karbonn use ads to project a global brand imageMicromax is the second largest smartphone brand with 19.3% share between Jan-Apr and Karbonn the third largest with 8.6% share, a report sa...
08 Aug, 2013, 04.50 AM IST
Desi companies like Micromax, Karbonn corner quarter of tablet marketWhile Apple and Samsung continue to train guns on each other across device categories, smaller local players like Micromax and Karbonn are ...
18 Apr, 2013, 03.38 PM IST
Desi brands like Micromax, Karbonn make hay in smartphone marketIn a growing trend, budget conscious Indian consumers are now looking at handsets sold by indigenous brands instead of getting one from int...
27 Mar, 2013, 09.35 AM IST