Indian Smartphone Market

In early 2016, Sony decided to exit from the entry-level smartphone market in India. The logic behind this move was to focus on mid-range and premium smartphones, but everyone knows that it was because of the fierce competition by the…

A while back, very few knew about the existence of a smartphone brand, Coolpad. Fast forward to the present, and most of the smartphone enthusiasts have heard of Coolpad. It is not that every other company that offers phones at a…

This news is out of the blue, and something that not many would expect. For the first time ever Indian Smartphone market has contracted (quarter on quarter basis), if the IDC report is to be believed. The report says that Indian…

Few days back, Counterpoint research had created lot of furore after declaring that Micromax had beaten Samsung when it came to overall smartphone market share. Many analyst had discounted that report given stating Counterpoint was new…

The inevitable has finally happened: Made in India brand Micromax has beaten Korean vendor Samsung to become biggest mobile handset vendor in India. The latest data for mobile handset sales in India was analyzed by Counterpoint Research,…

The latest version of Google is currently Jelly Bean (Android V 4.1), but apart from couple of tablets which include Google’s own Galaxy Nexus 7 tablet, none of the Android smartphones currently have it. Even the Ice Cream Sandwich or ICS…

The rise of Android phones in India has been phenomenal with over 600% YOY growth in the year 2011.Today they hold a comfortable 34% of the Indian smartphone market behind only the (now aging) Symbian OS. Even as analysts and experts have…

HTC has been pioneers in the smartphone industry for over a decade now, bringing in the first touch screen smartphone, the first 3G capable phone, the world's first android smartphone (HTC Dream) in 2008 and the first Windows Phone( HTC…

Globally, Smartphone Market grew 61% in 2011 with total shipment volumes reaching 491.4 million units in 2011, a whopping increase of over 304.7 million units in 2010! Smartphones are replacing features phones at much faster rate than…