The sales of 4G-enabled tablets overtook that of 3G tablets for the first time in the April-June quarter of this year, numbers from CyberMedia Research showed. About 36% of the tablets sold in India during the three months came with 4G technology, while 33% came with support for only 3G high-speed data. In the preceding […]
The tablet market in India continues to shrink as phones become larger and larger, numbers from CyberMedia Research showed, but more and more people are opting for connected tablets with 3G and 4G options built-in. The total number of tablet PCs sold in India fell 16% in the first three months of this year when […]
It’s been anticipated for years, but today at Computex, Qualcomm announced the launch of what can be called a world war in the semiconductor business. The smartphone chipmaker said three PC manufacturers — Lenovo, HP and Asus — will start making computers with its chips inside them. The move should be particularly bitter for Intel, […]
LAVA International has launched an Intel Atom-powered tablet priced at Rs 6,299. The model has a 7-inch HD (not full HD) display and 1 GB of RAM. Display technology is not IPS, so viewing angles may not be the best. It has a 5 MP rear and 3.2 MP front camera with real flash and […]
DataWind Inc — which specializes in entry-level tablets — said it was No.1 in the tablet market in India for the April-June quarter. The company said it had a market share of 37.2% in terms of volumes. A total of 950,000 tablets were sold in India during the three months, the firm said, quoting CMR […]
In a surprise, Pantel Technologies, which sells its wares under names such as Penta, has overtaken bigger brands such as Samsung and Micromax to emerge as the No. 1 seller of tablet PCs in India in terms of volumes. The company, a long-time supplier to BSNL, had a 16.4% share of the Indian tablet market […]
iBall has introduced its latest tablet – Slide O900-C, priced at Rs 12,999. The iBall Slide O900-C comes with a an Octa Core processor, 2 GB RAM, Dual SIM support and 16 GB in-built memory, expandable upto 32GB. It also has a 7.85inch HD IPS Display featuring a 1024×768 resolution and a and 4000mAh battery. […]
Samsung, which has successfully met competition from HTC in the mid-range phone segment, today announced two mid-range tablets in an attempt to reclaim some of its market share. The two tabs are Galaxy Tab A (price Rs 20,500) and Galaxy Tab E (16,900). Galaxy Tab A is 4G-LTE enabled and supports both type of 4G […]
It looks like Windows Phone is about to enter a whole new era in India with the launch of the iBall Slide i701 seven-inch tablet. While the tablet, which offers a 7-inch, HD IPS display and a quad-core Atom processor, may not be the best device in the market, it’s certainly unbelievably low-priced at just […]
The three full-HD versions of upcoming smartphone, Asus Zenfone 2, will be priced at Rs 15,990, Rs 19,990 and Rs 23,990, and will be thrice as powerful as existing Zenfones in India, according to our sources. All the three upcoming Zenfone 2 models will have powerful quad-core Intel Z3580 Silvermont processors released in Q2 of […]
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 […]
If you are a fan of Intel-power smartphones and tablets, you have reason to rejoice – the Asus Fonepad 7 with the first ever quad-core Intel Atom processor will be launched in India in 2-3 weeks. The models, which will come with a 1280*800 pixel displays, will be the first ever in India to come […]
India Tablet PC Market shipments volume reached 3.44 million units for the year ending June 2014, according to research by 6Wresearch India. In comparison, an estimated 250 mln mobile handsets are sold in India in a year, including around 50 mln smartphones. Samsung continued its dominance in the India Tablet PC market followed by Micromax […]
Tablets will overtake traditional PCs in monthly shipments somewhere in the second half of this year, according to the latest projection from Gartner Inc. The market tracker has pointed to total shipments of 276.7 mln PCs in 2014 compared to 270.7 mln tablets. While that looks like it favors the PC market, it also means […]
The soaring popularity of big size phones, or phablets, is affecting sales of tablets in India, according to market tracker 6Wresearch. Phablets, or phones with displays of 5 to 6 inches, have increasingly gained consumer affection due to three factors. First, they come with built-in cellular and 3G connectivity, unlike low-cost tablets that typically offer […]
