Advertisements Google has released the latest platform distribution data for Android and as expected, KitKat has continued to grab more market share on the expense of other Android versions. Given its presence of very select devices, Android 5.0 Lollipop has not made its debut in the platform distribution chart, which doesn’t include any versions with […]
Advertisements Samsung and Micromax continue to dominate the Indian smartphone market and the companies accounted for 44 percent of the total smartphone shipments in the country last quarter. According to latest report from research firm IDC, a total of 23.3 million smartphones were shipped in India in Q3, 2014, up 27 percent quarter-on-quarter and 82 […]
Advertisements The Chinese smartphone start-up OnePlus has revealed that it has sold half a million OnePlus One smartphones so far and hopes to reach 1 million mark before the end of this year. The company is however cautious and knows that is going to be hard to achieve the goal. OnePlus co-founder and director Carl […]
Advertisements The latest Android platform version numbers are here and there are no surprises at all. Apart from Android 4.4 KitKat, all other Android versions keep losing market share and Android 4.1+ devices now account for over 81 percent of all Android devices. KitKat on its own has crossed the 30 percent mark and is […]
Advertisements Last quarter’s preliminary smartphone shipment data is here from research firm IDC and it reveals an interesting development. As per IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Xiaomi has taken over LG and Lenovo to become the third-largest smartphone vendor in Q3, 2014. According to IDC, Xiaomi shipped 17.3 million smartphones last quarter, up from […]
Advertisements Taiwanese manufacturer Asus has announced that it expects the Zenfone line-up sales to surpass 2 lakh (200,000) units by the end of this month. The line-up had earlier crossed the 100,000 mark in August-end, indicating that the company is on cusp of selling 100,000 units of Zenfone smartphones in a month in the country. […]
Advertisements Google has released the official platform distribution data for August and it reveals that Android 4.4.x is now running on almost 25 percent of the total active Android devices, indicating that every one in four Android phones or tablets is powered by the latest Android version. Among other Android versions, Jelly Bean (4.1.x, 4.2.x […]
Advertisements India e-retailer Flipkart, which exclusively sells Motorola smartphones in the country, revealed on Friday that it has sold 1.6 million units of Motorola smartphones since the company re-entered India earlier this year. The retailer did not share break-up of the sales numbers but it did say that Moto E has been the fastest selling […]