Mobile sales may fizzle out after festive surgeIndia's smartphone market is bracing for a challenging phase as analysts forecast a decline in sales. The anticipated decrease in shipments...
11 Nov, 2025, 12.06 PM IST
Smaller cities drive premium phone sales in festive seasonSteep discounts on Apple and Samsung smartphones boosted sales in smaller Indian towns and cities during this festive season, outperforming...
14 Oct, 2024, 12.23 AM IST
The smartphone paradoxSmartphone shipments for the April-June quarter saw varying reports, with IDC and Canalys suggesting growth while Counterpoint Research and...
13 Aug, 2024, 11.46 PM IST
Import duty cut to lower cost pressure, push exports: IndustryThe government on Tuesday rationalised import duties on some parts that are crucial for mobile phone manufacturing - including mechanics an...
31 Jan, 2024, 12.54 PM IST
'Smartphone shipments to stay flat in 2023 despite festive uptake'Counterpoint Research expects a 2% year-on-year decline to 149 million units and the fourth quarter to register shipment growth after a fla...
23 Nov, 2023, 09.34 AM IST
Discounts, promos help smartphone cos cut inventory ahead of festivalsThe inventory has come down significantly from the 12-13 weeks' pile-up by the end of the March quarter as a result of aggressive promotion...
18 Aug, 2023, 08.20 AM IST
India wearables market shipments up 53% in 1H: IDCThe Indian wearables market shipped 57.8 million units in the first half of 2023, achieving a strong 53.3% on-year growth with smartwatches...
10 Aug, 2023, 03.50 PM IST
Smartphone brands line up launches across price bands“There will be some amount of pent-up demand this year, because not a lot of people upgraded their smartphones in the last two years due to...
04 Jul, 2023, 12.18 AM IST
Research companies raise India's wearables shipments forecastsIDC said India has the lowest ASPs for wearables, falling steadily from $31 in 2021 to a forecast of $23-25 by the end of 2023. The researc...
19 Jun, 2023, 12.15 AM IST
Smartphone shipments in India dips 16% in January-March: ReportDespite a dip of 11.4% in shipment, Samsung led the market with a 20.1% market share, followed by Vivo with 17.7%.
04 May, 2023, 11.02 PM IST
Demand for financing schemes set to surge as smartphones get costlierSmartphone financing schemes are set to see a surge with 60-70% of the devices likely to be bought via instalment-based financing plans as ...
16 Jan, 2023, 08.39 AM IST
- India's wearables market grows a record 20% in Q1
The India wearables market shipped 13.9 million units in the first quarter courtesy strong demand from Tier 2 and 3 cities.
16 May, 2022, 05.09 PM IST
Offline retail channel for smartphones expected to bounce back in 2021, say analystsGrowth in the online channel has jumped in the last three years – growing from 38.4% share in 2018, to 41.7% in 2019 and is estimated to be...
24 Dec, 2020, 02.41 PM IST
MobiKwik joins IPO queue, eyes public listing by 2022MobiKwik joins the league of startups such as PhonePe, Paytm and Zomato that have publicly announced their plans to go in for Initial Publi...
16 Sep, 2020, 08.29 AM IST
Xiaomi, Samsung market share rises, Realme slipsXiaomi and Samsung increased their respective market shares after the festive season from September till November 2019, while BBK Electroni...
21 Jan, 2020, 11.31 AM IST
Mobikwik appoints three new business heads to restructure senior leadershipAiming a four-fold growth in the current year Mobikwik has appointed Deepak Batra as Head of Online Business at MobiKwik responsible for wo...
24 Jul, 2018, 04.36 PM IST
Demand for smartphones drops 30.5% in November as demonetization bites: IDCThe slowdown was seen across all city tiers, with a de growth of 31.7 percent in Tier 1 cities and 29.5 percent in Tier 2,3 & 4 cities in N...
24 Jan, 2017, 01.44 PM IST