Samsung still tops India tablet market, iBall No3 – CMR

Even as International Data Corporation (IDC) claimed that local player iBall overtook Samsung as India’s most popular tablet brand last quarter, IDC’s rival and former partner CyberMedia has released numbers that show Samsung on top. CyberMedia Research is today an independent technology market intelligence firm and tracks tablet and phone shipments in India, among other […]

MediaTek MT6795 beats Snapdragon 810 in Geekbench 3

The upcoming 64-bit LTE chipset from MediaTek, MT6795, has beaten the Snapdragon 810 chipset in Geekbench 3, which measures core processor capability. UPDATE – More results have come forth that show MediaTek MT6795 score above 1,000 single core and 5,400 all-core. Similarly, the HTC M9, powered by S 810, scores around 3,800 on GeekBench 3. […]

MediaTek’s LTE phones coming to India in March?

Back in October, MediaTek, the Taiwanese chipmaker that practically ruled India’s low- and mid- range smartphone market, announced that by December, India would see several smartphones powered by its first LTE chip MT6595. December’s over. January’s also over, and February is almost over. Yet, India is yet to see the flood of LTE handsets powered […]

Qualcomm, Airtel launch Rs 3300 Android phone for Africa

Qualcomm Inc and Bharti Airtel Africa have launched a cheap 3G smartphone meant for Africa costing just $53 (Rs 3,275) before taxes. “The device will start selling from $53 subject to various governments levies and will be available at local retail outlets,” Airtel said. The 3G new enabled phone has a memory of 4GB ROM […]