Smartphone market seeing steady growth, as bigger screens rule
A report by the research firm IDC said phablets -- with displays larger than 5.5 inches (14 centimeters) -- will account for some 40 percent of the 1.5 billion smartphones sold in 2017, and that the phablet share will rise to more than half by 2019.
Nov 29, 2017, 22:10 PM IST
'Mobile phone displays to overtake TV screens in 2017'
While mobile phone-related displays have surged forward, sales of TV screens contracted roughly 8 per cent per year during that same 2010-2016 period, Yonhap reported.
Aug 27, 2017, 15:14 PM IST
Samsung regains top spot in global smartphone market
South Korean giant Samsung Electronics regained the top status in the global smartphone market in the first quarter of the year, even before the release of its flagship Galaxy S8, a report said on Saturday.
Apr 29, 2017, 13:42 PM IST
Smartphone shipments in India grew 15% in Q2: Report
Smartphone shipments in India grew a healthy 15 percent in the second quarter this year compared to the global smartphone market which grew a mere three percent, market research firm Counterpoint Research reported on Friday.
Jul 29, 2016, 12:57 PM IST
Apple, Android app makers cool to Microsoft overtures
To boost sales of its phones and new operating system, Microsoft said last month that it would provide tools to software developers to make it easier to design apps for Windows based on apps that run on Android or Apple
May 20, 2015, 11:27 AM IST
