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1 month ago

Apple needs the iPhone 16e to be a hit. Here’s why it has a chance

CNN

CNN — Apple’s iPhone 16e debut was surprising for two reasons: First, the company shifted away from the “SE” branding after nearly a decade. The iPhone 16e, which launches on February 28, is Apple’s latest effort to diversify its iPhone lineup and prove the company’s 18-year-old signature product can still appeal to new audiences. “Even if it means discarding the …

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How the iPhone 16e might help Apple log record sales this year

Live Mint

Apple Inc. is on course to clock iPhone sales of up to 15 million units in India this year, industry experts said, powered by the launch of the iPhone 16e, the cheapest in the company's smartphone range. According to analysts at market research firms International Data Corp. India and Counterpoint Research, Apple sold nearly 12 million iPhones in India last …

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1 month, 1 week ago

48% of Android users switched to iPhone: Counterpoint survey

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: A growing number of Samsung and Google users seem to be switching to iPhones, according to a survey by Counterpoint Research. As a result, brands like Samsung, OnePlus, and Vivo are integrating advanced AI features and high-end specifications to differentiate themselves in the premium segment. “With an increasing influx of switchers from premium Android phones, brands like Samsung …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Amid Apple’s record streak in India, iPhone sales in the country hit $10bn

Live Mint

Apple Inc. scaled a 11th straight quarterly revenue record in India in the October-December period, with analysts estimating that the iPhone’s gross revenue hit $10 billion in the country last year. Apple chief executive Tim Cook, speaking at the company’s post-results earnings call with analysts, underlined India’s role both as a consumption market and an export hub for Apple. Navkendar …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Apple’s smartphone sales slump in China as Huawei gains market share

Live Mint

Sales of iPhones in China during the quarter were weaker than the overall Chinese market, the data showed. Apple’s smartphone sales in China fell sharply in the final quarter of 2024, hurt by the popularity of local rivals like Huawei and others expanding into the premium market, according to a closely followed research firm. The U.S. tech giant’s fourth-quarter iPhone …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Smart TVs are becoming India's hottest content hub. But where are the sponsors?

Live Mint

As Indian households adopt smart TVs at a rapid rate, creators are racing to produce high-quality shows that cater to the growing demand for long-form content on the new ‘big screen’. According to data from YouTube, consumption of content from India’s top creators on smart TVs has quadrupled in the past three years. Samay Raina, a standup comic and content …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

iPhone 15 becomes world's best selling smartphone in Q3 2024. Check the top 10 list here

Live Mint

iPhone 15 has become the world's best-selling smartphone in the third quarter of 2024, according to research firm Counterpoint. Apple - Samsung dominate Q3 2024 top sellers list: Notably, Apple has more or less managed to match its performance from last year, with iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro being the top 3 phones in Counterpoint's …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Global Smartphone Market Sees Biggest Growth In 3 Years; Samsung Retains Top Spot

ABP News

The global smartphone market saw a significant upturn in the second quarter of 2024, with sales increasing by six per cent compared to the same period last year. Samsung Leads Market Share, Followed By Apple Several regions played a key role in driving this growth, particularly Europe and Latin America, where smartphone sales surged by over 10 per cent. Apple …

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9 months, 1 week ago

For Apple’s AI push, China is a missing piece

Live Mint

Apple’s presentation on artificial intelligence this month offered examples of how American iPhone users could soon enjoy AI tools such as a custom emoji generator. OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other Western AI models aren’t available in China, and that is prompting Apple to look for a Chinese partner to help offer its Apple Intelligence services, said people in the industry. Apple …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese startup Xreal banks big on AR

China Daily

Xreal has unveiled Beam Pro, an Android phone-like spatial computing terminal for its AR glasses. Chinese augmented reality company Xreal has unveiled a phone-like device for its AR glasses, as it works hard to enrich the AR content to attract more people to try cutting-edge devices. The company's latest product, the Xreal Beam Pro, can support spatial computing and most …

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1 year ago

India’s smart TV shipments declined 16%, prices to go up in H1 2024: Report

The Hindu

India’s smart TV shipments declined 16 percent y-o-y in 2023, according to Counterpoint’s IoT service. It was due to a slow start in H1 2023 due to macroeconomic challenges, excess inventory along with an increase in panel prices and reduced demand for smaller screen-size smart TVs due to which certain long-tail brands exited the market in 2023. Panel prices are …

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1 year ago

Mixed reviews for mixed reality

Live Mint

When it comes to mixed reality, there’s a sense of déjà vu—surely we have been here before? A quick recap: unlike virtual reality, mixed reality overlays digital content on to your real-world surroundings—there’s also XR, or extended reality, which is a catch-all for virtual, augmented and mixed reality. Meanwhile, Meta Quest 3, the mixed reality headset from Meta, is doing …

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1 year, 1 month ago

New model to hike Huawei's market share

China Daily

A Huawei's foldable smartphone Pocket 2 on display. Huawei Technologies Co unveiled its latest clamshell-style foldable smartphone series Pocket 2 on Thursday, after the company regained the No 1 spot in China's smartphone market in the first two weeks of 2024 amid the US government's prolonged restrictions. The move also came as Huawei consolidated its position in the Chinese foldable …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Riding booming demand, foldables to outperform overall smartphones

China Daily

Vivo's foldable smartphone X Fold+, which features mobile imaging technology co-developed by Zeiss, on display at the fifth China International Import Expo. Counterpoint Research said global foldable smartphone shipments are expected to have continued their rising trend and hit 16 million units in 2023, an increase of 26.8 percent year-on-year, fueled by the continued growth of the Chinese foldable phone …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Riding booming demand, foldables to outperform overall smartphones

China Daily

By FAN FEIFEI | China Daily | Updated: 2024-01-03 09:51 Vivo's foldable smartphone X Fold+, which features mobile imaging technology co-developed by Zeiss, on display at the fifth China International Import Expo. Counterpoint Research said global foldable smartphone shipments are expected to have continued their rising trend and hit 16 million units in 2023, an increase of 26.8 percent year-on-year, …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Value of Apple sales underperforms Huawei, Xiaomi on China's Singles Day

The Hindu

Apple saw a decline in the value of smartphone sales during China's recent Singles Day shopping festival, data from Counterpoint Research showed, lagging domestic rivals Huawei and Xiaomi which recorded robust increases. China's e-commerce platforms such as Alibaba and JD.com did not release sales figures for the Singles Day festival, having dropped the practice last year, although JD.com said the …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Why used phones are flying off the shelves

Hindustan Times

When Saket Saurav and Avneet Singh launched their start up ReFit Global in 2017 to refurbish and sell used mobile phones, they did not anticipate the big push to their business would come from the Covid 19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown. Reasons for this spike “stem from demand in both metros and smaller cities and also from new smartphone …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Samsung and Huawei to spearhead foldable smartphone surge in 2024: Counterpoint Research Report

India TV News

The global market for foldable smartphones is poised for significant growth in 2024, driven by the introduction of more affordable entry-level products. In the second quarter of this year, the global foldable smartphone market experienced a significant 10% year-on-year growth, totalling 2.1 million units. In Q2, the Chinese foldable smartphone market achieved remarkable success, surging 64% year-on-year to reach 1.2 …

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1 year, 7 months ago

iPhone 15: Global smartphone demand collapses as Apple aims to take top spot

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Despite declining smartphone shipments, Apple may be in a good position to become the world’s number one …

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1 year, 7 months ago

New battles define a slowing Indian smartphone market

Hindustan Times

Which brand is the number one smartphone maker in India at present? “Despite an overall decline in smartphone shipments, the 5G smartphone segment showed promising performance capturing 47% market share; up from 31% in Q2 2022,” says Shipra Sinha, analyst for Industry Intelligence Group at CyberMedia Research. Research firms IDC and TechInsights Inc in their reports peg Vivo as having …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Slow 5G adoption in India due to limited coverage and affordable handset availability

India TV News

According to a recent report by Counterpoint Research, the mass adoption of 5G in India is being hindered by patchy network coverage and the lack of affordable 5G handsets. Furthermore, the report highlighted the lack of awareness about the use cases of 5G and the limited availability of 5G handsets priced below Rs 10,000. Counterpoint's data revealed that 5G smartphone …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Global smartphones market contracts even as inventories rise and consumers renew less often

The Hindu

The global smartphone market contracted even as major brands witness pile-up in inventories and consumers rethink renewing their handsets. The drop is seen as the weakest holiday-season quarter for smartphone sales in a decade as slower-than-expected recovery in China, and waning consumer confidence due to unrelenting market volatility dampened consumer spending. Consumers are choosing to renew less often but with …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Apple Inc bets big on India as it opens first flagship store

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — Apple Inc. opened its first flagship store in India in a much-anticipated launch Tuesday that highlights the company’s growing aspirations to expand in the country it also hopes to turn into a potential manufacturing hub. The company’s CEO Tim Cook posed for photos with a few of the 100 or so Apple fans who had lined up …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Apple makes strategic move in India, here are some challenges it faces

Live Mint

Apple Inc. opened its first flagship store in India in a much-anticipated launch Tuesday that highlights the company's growing aspirations to expand in the country it also hopes to turn into a potential manufacturing hub. About 600 million of India's 1.4 billion people have smartphones, “which means the market is still under-penetrated and the growth prospect is huge,” said Neil …

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Apple needs the iPhone 16e to be a hit. Here’s why it has a chance

How the iPhone 16e might help Apple log record sales this year

48% of Android users switched to iPhone: Counterpoint survey

Amid Apple’s record streak in India, iPhone sales in the country hit $10bn

Apple’s smartphone sales slump in China as Huawei gains market share

Smart TVs are becoming India's hottest content hub. But where are the sponsors?

iPhone 15 becomes world's best selling smartphone in Q3 2024. Check the top 10 list here

Global Smartphone Market Sees Biggest Growth In 3 Years; Samsung Retains Top Spot

For Apple’s AI push, China is a missing piece

Chinese startup Xreal banks big on AR

India’s smart TV shipments declined 16%, prices to go up in H1 2024: Report

Mixed reviews for mixed reality

New model to hike Huawei's market share

Riding booming demand, foldables to outperform overall smartphones

Riding booming demand, foldables to outperform overall smartphones

Value of Apple sales underperforms Huawei, Xiaomi on China's Singles Day

Why used phones are flying off the shelves

Samsung and Huawei to spearhead foldable smartphone surge in 2024: Counterpoint Research Report

iPhone 15: Global smartphone demand collapses as Apple aims to take top spot

New battles define a slowing Indian smartphone market

Slow 5G adoption in India due to limited coverage and affordable handset availability

Global smartphones market contracts even as inventories rise and consumers renew less often

Apple Inc bets big on India as it opens first flagship store

Apple makes strategic move in India, here are some challenges it faces