Topics: Smartphone

Lava launches “LAVA Pay”, an offline-based digital payment app

India-based multi-national handset maker Lava International has launched its offline-based digital payment solution “LAVA Pay” for its feature phone users. In a statement issued, the...

Oppo appoints Elvis Zhou as the new president of its India business

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo Mobiles on Thursday announced the appointment of Elvis Zhou as president of its India business. Zhou, who was working as a...

Researchers develop AI-based mobile app to diagnose mental illness through speech

Researchers have developed a speech-based mobile app that uses artificial intelligence to categorize a patient's mental health status, an advance that may lead to...

Samsung, Qualcomm promises to bring 5G mobile phone to the masses

Qualcomm Inc promised to bring 5G mobile phones to the masses with a high-end modem and said its chips would also power mid-price devices...

Huawei reportedly files to trademark its new ‘Harmony’ OS

Chinese tech giant Huawei has reportedly filed a trademark application with the EU Intellectual Property Office for a new operating system (OS) called Harmony,...

Facebook stops Huawei from pre-installing its apps on phones

LONDON: Facebook said Friday it has stopped letting its apps come pre-installed on smartphones sold by Huawei in order to comply with U.S. restrictions,...

Delhi High court restrains Asus from selling phones under ZEN and ZENFONE brand

Delhi High Court has restrained the Asus Technology Pvt Ltd. from selling and advertising mobile phones and accessories under ZEN, ZENFONE or any other...

Reports: Global smartphone shipments to decline by 3.1% in 2019

Shanghai: Slashing its forecast for the global smartphone market by over 3 percent amid the US government's decision to ban businesses from working with...

Infinix Mobile is expecting the growth of 50 to 60 percent from smartphone sales

Mobile device maker Infinix expects around 50-60 percent growth in its smartphone sales this year with its focus on customers in the economy segment,...

Huawei reports 39% growth of $27 billion in Q1, despite US pressure on the world and its allies

Huawei Technologies said on Monday its first-quarter revenue jumped 39 percent to 179.7 billion yuan ($26.81 billion), in the Chinese technology firm's first-ever quarterly...

Google sharing data with US officials

At a time when concerns over data collection and breach by tech majors are on the rise, it has been reported that US law...

Apple bans another spyware app from App store

Immediately after spyware-maker Connexxa's infamous app "Assistenza SIM" was caught abusing the iOS enterprise certificate to bypass Apples App Store guidelines, the iPhone-maker revoked...

OLX to focus on expanding its business in India, Monetization after ten-fold

A Naspers group backed online marketplace for pre-owned goods seller OLX has said that "The company will start focussing on monetizing its business in...

Google’s Czech rival wants details of Android smartphone users

Czech search engine Seznam urged Google to disclose more details about its plan to boost rival search apps in Android smartphones, saying it continued...

Samsung Galaxy flagship smartphones are selling well in China: CEO

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Wednesday its new Galaxy flagship smartphones were selling well in China and it was confident it could reverse...

Xiaomi’s profit tripled to $275 million in Fourth Quarter

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp said on March 19 its fourth-quarter net profit more than tripled to 1.85 billion yuan ($275.59 million), on stronger...

Foxconn dismisses Microsoft’s patent infringement lawsuit

Taiwan's Foxconn on Tuesday responded to a patent infringement lawsuit filed against it by Microsoft Corp, saying as a contract manufacturer, it has never...

CMR Report: 89% of smartphone buyers found more loyal to OPPO, followed by Xiaomi and Realme

Eighty nine per cent buyers consider the camera as the top specification while buying a smartphone, followed by battery life (87 per cent), RAM...

I’m Reno, the Oppo’s new sub-brand

In an attempt to attract young consumers, Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has announced its new sub-brand called Reno in China. The logo of the new...

Huawei wants Japanese manufacturers to supply more smartphone components

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies has asked Japanese firms including Murata Manufacturing and Toshiba Memory to increase supplies of smartphone components, the Nikkei...

Microsoft to combine smartphones with Mixed reality, say reports

San Francisco: Microsoft is planning to combine smartphones with improved Mixed Reality (MR), a new patent filed by the company indicates, a report said. In...

Samsung agrees to settle the two-year old patent dispute with Huawei in the US court

China's Huawei Technologies and South Korea's Samsung Electronics have agreed to settle a two-year old patent dispute in the United States, court documents show. The...

Reports: Reliance Jio to become no 1 telecom operator by this year

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's telecom venture Reliance Jio will this year become India's No.1 telco in terms of both subscriber base and revenue, brokerages Bernstein...

Intel’s 5G modem chips will be available for mobile phones only after 2020

Intel Corp executives said on Friday its 5G modem chips will not appear in mobile phones until 2020, raising the possibility its biggest customer,...

CMR: The 5G enabled device shipment in India is expected to grow by 140 million by 2025

According to the 'APs of Mobile Handset Industry report 2019', the shipment of 5G enabled smartphones in India is expected to grow by 140...

Qualcomm Inc asks US trade regulators to reverse a judge ruling and ban on some iPhones import

Qualcomm Inc is urging US trade regulators to reverse a judge's ruling and ban the import of some Apple Inc iPhones in a long-running...

Study: Kids in the US are spending more time watching TV than ever before

In the age of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, young children are spending more time watching television than ever before, according to...

Global smartphone market declined in 2018 for the first time

The overall global smartphone market declined for the first time in 2018, registering 4 percent drop from 1,558.8 million unit shipments in 2017 to...

Chinese companies to grant subsidies to its employees for not using iPhone device.

using usingExtending support to Huawei which is facing immense pressure from the US, Chinese companies have rallied behind the tech giant, offering hefty discounts...

Apple to launch iPad mini 5 by next year

A Cupertino based U.S technology giant, Apple Inc is planning to launch its signature 5th generation based iPad Mini in the first...

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