TecQ Wrap: iPhone Sales Drop, ISRO Launch & Panic Button on Phones

TecQ Wrap gets you all the lowdown from the world of technology this week.

1. Apple’s iPhone Sales Drop for the First Time After Nine-Year Surge

It’s happening. Apple says its quarterly revenue fell for the first time in more than a decade, as iPhone sales fell compared with a year ago. That’s putting more pressure on the world’s most valuable public company to come up with its next big product.

Apple sold more than 51.2 million iPhones in the first three months of 2016 — while racking up $10.5 billion in quarterly profit.

Read the full report here.

2. All You Want to Know About the Ericsson-Micromax Patent Dispute

In March 2013, the Swedish multinational Ericsson sued Micromax for patent infringement, setting in motion a series of events, with the potential to disturb India’s mobile phone dream. Then last month the Delhi High Court recognised the authority of the regulator – the Competition Commission of India (CCI) – to probe Ericsson for its allegedly anti-competitive conduct.

Read all about this big battle here.

3. Review: LG K7 Is Just Not Worth Its Price

Barring the smartphone, LG has been making big moves in the consumer electronics space. The South Korean brand has tried following in Samsung’s footsteps but the results speak for themselves.

Earlier this year LG managed to surprise us all with its modular-friendly LG G5 but even then, all the Indian consumer has got till date is the LG K series of smartphones. The LG K7 may be priced under Rs 10,000 but does it really warrant a buy right now?

Pros

• Durable build and design
• Voice over LTE (VoLTE)

Cons

• Mediocre hardware
• Overpriced
• Entry-level cameras

Read the full review here.

4. ISRO Successfully Launches Seventh IRNSS Navigational Satellite

5. Why Panic Buttons On Mobile Phones Won’t Ensure Women’s Safety

The Government of India is keen on women’s safety, and why not? In a country like ours, we need many measures to ensure that.

So someone came up with a plan. India is becoming digital and everyone has a mobile phone. Let’s enable all these mobile phones with a Panic Button and yes, we also need GPS enabled on all of them.

So starting 1 January 2017 all mobile phones sold in India will have an in-built Panic Button and starting 1 January 2018, they will also have compulsory GPS.

Read the full story here.