For years we've been hearing how Apple wants to cut its reliance on China for manufacturing iPhones, and how India would be the next China - in this regard. And while the company has steadily increased the number of iPhones it produces in India, it's nowhere near the number of iPhones still made in China. But the race could get closer. That's because India has now removed import duties on some components "key to producing mobile phones" - PCBs, parts of camera modules, and USB cables. This is obviously aimed to boost local production of smartphones, and the move should benefit Apple and...
Smaller (not small, but smaller) flagships seem to be undergoing some sort of resurgence in China these days, with vivo leading the fray with its X200 Pro mini, which was unveiled alongside the X200 and X200 Pro back in October. While the other two have since made it to international markets, the mini has stayed in China - but not for long, if a new rumor is to be believed. The vivo X200 Pro mini is now allegedly headed to India, where it should arrive "by" the second quarter, whatever that means. The second quarter is April to June, by the way. The vivo X200 Pro mini has a...
Counterpoint Research uncovered fascinating insights into the Indian smartphone market for 2024. The findings indicate that Samsung dropped from its leading position in the Asian country, now ranking third. Vivo accounted for 19% of total shipments, while Xiaomi followed closely with 17%. Apple maintained its position as the market share leader, as it did in 2023. The iPhone 15 was the most shipped device in Q4 2024, reinforcing the company's dominance in this area. In 2024, wholesale revenue rose by 9%, although shipments only increased by 1%, totaling 153 million units. vivo...
Counterpoint Research uncovered fascinating insights into the Indian smartphone market for 2024. The findings indicate that Samsung dropped from its leading position in the Asian country, now ranking third. Vivo accounted for 19% of total shipments, while Xiaomi followed closely with 17%. Apple maintained its position as the market share leader, as it did in 2023. The iPhone 15 was the most shipped device in Q4 2024, reinforcing the company's dominance in this area. In 2024, wholesale revenue rose by 9%, although shipments only increased by 1%, totaling 153 million units. vivo...
Poco's top-tier F series is due for a refresh this year, and it will, for the first time, be made up of three devices - the F7, the F7 Pro, and the F7 Ultra. However, if you're in India, unfortunately you'll only be getting the 'standard' model, according to a new rumor from a tipster on X. It's unclear why this is set to happen, but there might be a silver lining - a 'special edition' F7 that will be coming to India at some point in the future. Poco F6 and Poco F6 Pro Smartphone brands playing such geographical availability games is nothing new of course, but this is taking things...
Infinix made the Smart 9 HD official back in November, and already released it in some markets a month later. Now the phone has finally been launched in India. It will become available on February 4 at 12 noon local time. The recommended price is INR 6,699, but when you factor in bank offers you'll actually be able to buy it for INR 6,199. The handset has a 6.7-inch 720x1600 LCD screen with 90 Hz refresh rate and 500-nit peak brightness, the MediaTek Helio G50 SoC at the helm paired with 3GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 expandable storage, a 13 MP main camera, an 8 MP selfie...
Samsung made the entire Galaxy S25 series start at 256GB, and they all have 12GB of RAM, right? Well, kind of. There's a Galaxy S25 Ultra with 16GB of RAM too, but only in a handful of markets. And now it turns out there will be a Galaxy S25 with 128GB of storage too, but only in India. According to a new leak, this will be priced at INR 74,999. The 256GB model is INR 80,999 so you are saving some money by going with the less-endowed model. The S25 with 128GB of storage hasn't gone up for pre-order yet in India, and it will allegedly be released a little bit later than the other...
vivo has multiple V50 models in flight and one of them will be landing in India. It’s the vivo V50 that we saw photographed by the NCC and it might be alone – it won’t be followed by the V50e, V50 Pro or whatever. The vivo V50 will be powered by the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, claims leakster Abhishek Yadav. The phone will be available in several memory configurations: 8/128GB, 8/256GB and 12/512GB. vivo V50 (photos by NCC) As discussed previously, the V50 bears a striking resemblance to the vivo S20, which indeed uses the 7 Gen 3 chip. Actually, the V30 and V40 used the same chip...
Tata Electronics has acquired a 60% stake in Pegatron's iPhone manufacturing plant in India. Back in March last year, Tata also bought Wistron's operations in India, so it's clearly serious about becoming a big player in electronics manufacturing in India. The acquisition of the controlling stake in Pegatron Technology India has been cleared by the Competition Commission of India. Following the acquisition, Pegatron India will undergo a rebranding to align with the new ownership structure. Tata has already been operating an iPhone assembly plant in Karnataka, acquired via the...
The Realme 14 Pro and Realme 14 Pro+, which made their global debut last week, are now on sale in India. Both smartphones are available through Realme's official website, Flipkart, and mainline channels. You can check the table below for more details. Product Model Colors Price Realme 14 Pro 8GB/128GB Pearl White, Suede Grey, and India-exclusive Jaipur Pink INR24,999 Realme 14 Pro 8GB/256GB Pearl White, Suede Grey, and India-exclusive Jaipur Pink INR26,999 Realme 14 Pro+ 8GB/128GB ...