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1. Micromax, Lava Bow Down to Xiaomi and Lenovo’s Rise in India
India’s dream of having a domestic mobile brand competing with the elite is not happening any time soon. The Chinese brigade of Xiaomi, Lenovo, Moto and Vivo, among others, are now part of the top 5 in the Indian mobile sector, where Samsung continues to lead.
However, what’s alarming is the downfall of brands like Micromax, Lava and Karbonn, who are confined only to feature phones now.
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2. Nokia Set to Launch Revamped Avatar of Its Iconic 3310 Handset?
All hail Nokia! You’ve got it to give to the brand: The Nokia phones of yesteryear may not have been powerful or given you a DSLR-like camera. But they worked just fine, and lasted. And the Nokia 3310 was a handset that captured all that was great about the brand.
Now it seems HMD, the brand which is giving Nokia a second lease of life, is likely to launch another version of the Nokia 3310 in a new avatar.
The company has reportedly filed Nokia 3310 in its mobile listing, which means the legendary phone with the epic Snake game could be back in our lives very soon. And aren’t we all excited!
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3. Reliance Jio 4G Closes On 100 Million Users: What’s Next for You?
Speaking on the sidelines of a Nasscom event this week, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has claimed that Reliance Jio is closing in on getting its targeted 100 million customers on the network. If and when that happens, Ambani and Co would confidently feel that the slew of free internet offers, along with free voice calls for a lifetime, have worked to great effect.
But things could take a nosedive very soon, as the freebies from Jio 4G will finally come to a halt in end March. Will Jio relax after fulfilling its big mission, or is this just a start?
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4. BlackBerry’s Fall Tells You How Android Rules the Mobile World
The once revered ‘BlackBerry Boys’ have now globally become a minority. According to the latest Gartner report, BlackBerry OS is running on just 200,000 devices globally.
And now that BlackBerry has switched its focus to Android for devices, we’ve definitely seen the last of the operating system, which has been running on devices that were once secure enough to be used by the President of the United States (POTUS) and the Pentagon.
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5. Apple to Make in India: iPhone SE to be Assembled at Bengaluru
Apple is all set to make in India. The Cupertino-based tech giant’s contract manufacturer Wistron Corp is expected to start assembling the iPhone SE at a plant in Bengaluru soon, Reuters reported. Apple currently ranks 10th among other brands in the Indian market, which is led by Samsung, the latest IDC data reveals.
In order to aid its India operations, the tech giant has already been exempted from the condition which stated that they had to source components locally. Apple hopes to roll-out full-fledged manufacturing from 2018, after the iPhone assembly phase takes off. This implies a fall in iPhone prices in India.
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