Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (KRX:005930) is taking some tough fight in India from homegrown smartphone vendors such as Xiaomi and Micromax. The Korean smartphone major needs some really great products to keep up with the competition. Samsung has already...

Smartphones have become some sort of FMCG these days. Thousands of smartphones are being dumped on the market each year in an effort to force consumers to buy new devices. New smartphone brands and platforms are emerging with each...

The Smartphone industry in India is booming rapidly. Over a period of three months ended June 2014, the demand for smartphone grew at 68%, while those for feature phones fell by 16%. With the launch of budget smartphones, the...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is known for the most innovative products and the company has lived up to the expectations so far. The scenario is no different with a much-awaited iPhone 6 rumored to be launched announced on September 9, followed...

The global smartphone race is now between Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. (KRX:005935), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and an assortment of Chinese firms. As smartphone shipment size continues to swell in Asian and African countries, the local brands are gaining market share at the expense...

After the first quarter of 2014 where smartphone manufacturers managed to ship 281.5 million units globally, smartphone shipments in Q2 2014 reached 295.3 million units, resulting in 23.1% of year over year growth. Earlier this year, IDC estimated that...

Right from its early days, Android has been constantly battered and bruised around due to its software and hardware fragmentation problems. As per the latest numbers, even after 9 months of its release, there are only 8.5% of smartphones...

LG Electronics, Inc. (KRX:066570) is all set to introduce its new flagship phablet smartphone, or largely addressed as Phablet, LG G3 in India. A power-packed device with improved performance and enhancements, LG G3 would directly challenge its own predecessor...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) unveiled the iPhone 5S almost seven months ago, yet it remains the best-selling smartphone in the world, as of May 2014. The last flagship smartphone Galaxy S5 from Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. (KRX:005935) came in second place while...

China has a history of banning world’s leading tech companies in the country; In case of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) the only difference is it’s not done yet, but apparently its heading towards the same faith. In a recent development,...