Demand for Chinese smartphones in India falls for first time ever; prices to riseChinese smartphone prices: The entry- to mid-level market -- the industry's mainstay -- shrunk last fiscal, pulling down the combined reven...
26 Feb, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
Oppo Mobiles India disputes tax demand of ₹7,958 cr, pays ₹1,579 cr dutyOppo Mobiles India paid ₹1,579 crore in customs duty under protest in FY25 due to disputed classifications and valuations, with over a doze...
20 Dec, 2025, 12.06 AM IST
Electronic giants shift entry-level production to contract manufacturers to free up capacities in their plantsMajor electronics brands like Samsung, LG, Oppo, Vivo, and Voltas are shifting entry-level product manufacturing to contract manufacturers ...
11 Dec, 2024, 08.55 PM IST
China’s top mobile phone manufacturer BBK Group continues to lead Indian marketBBK had a revenue of Rs 81,870 crore in 2022-23 even though it declined by over 2% year-on-year. This includes sales of the five BBK Group ...
06 Feb, 2024, 01.06 AM IST
Nokia's patent dispute persists in China despite deal with one smartphone makerNokia, once the world's number one mobile phone maker, holds a significant patent portfolio of some key technologies needed in phone manufa...
04 Jan, 2024, 08.10 PM IST
India smartphone market fell 3% in Q3, but gradual recovery seen: CanalysThe smartphone market in India saw a gradual recovery in the quarter ended September 2023, with 43 million shipments. Samsung remained the ...
20 Oct, 2023, 12.01 AM IST
Samsung and Apple gain smartphone revenue share as Chinese rivals lagMarket leader Samsung earned over $8 billion in smartphone revenue last year, giving it a 22% market share - up 3 percentage points on year...
13 Mar, 2023, 08.40 AM IST
Anti-China mood no hurdle for electronics brandsComputer maker Lenovo increased its sales in India year-on-year in 2020-21 while smartphone makers Xiaomi and Vivo reported marginal fall i...
17 Feb, 2022, 12.06 AM IST
India's investment policy upsets Xiaomi, Oppo's consumer finance plansXiaomi and Oppo, with more than 100 million in combined smartphone users in India, cannot directly lend to consumers without a shadow banki...
14 May, 2020, 12.19 PM IST
Handset companies hike prices of mobile phones on high GST“The rupee has depreciated significantly against the US dollar. Since we maintain less than 5% profit margin for all our hardware products,...
02 Apr, 2020, 08.52 AM IST
Even apples shrivel in Chinese storm'The big four' in Indian consumer electronics space — Samsung, Apple, Sony, Panasonic — were forced to adjust prices and saw their profits ...
17 Dec, 2019, 08.11 AM IST
Battered by competition, Intex plans to make products for Chinese firmsIt has found an innovative plan to deal with the scourge that all but wiped off India's mobile industry.
09 Dec, 2019, 03.53 PM IST
Samsung India revenue crosses $10-billion in 2018-19As per latest regulatory filings made to RoC, the South Korean technology giant’s India revenue grew by 19.7% in FY19 at Rs 73,085.9 crore ...
29 Nov, 2019, 10.15 PM IST
Domestic mobile phone makers’ revenues hit by Chinese companiesThe combined revenue of Micromax, Intex and Lava, which make smartphones and feature phones, fell 22%.
08 Apr, 2019, 10.50 AM IST
Average sale price of smartphones went up by 3% last year, still found takersASPs rose by as much as 20 per cent to cross Rs 10,000 for the first time ever in 2017, we will continue to see growth in the mid-premium s...
11 Apr, 2017, 09.35 AM IST
Apple beats Xiaomi in China; Oppo takes leadOPPO, Huawei, and Vivo lead other smartphone brands in China in 2016, latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Quarterly Mobile Phone Tr...
07 Feb, 2017, 03.11 PM IST
How Apple lost ground to Oppo & VivoThe man who's clobbering Apple started out low on the tech spectrum. Duan made his fortune selling DVD players, telephones and game console...
23 Nov, 2016, 10.17 AM IST