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Chinese smartphones are killing India’s brands

Chinese smartphones are killing India’s brands

India’s phone makers plummeted below 20 percent while Chinese ones hit 51 percent market share, says an analyst.
Durba Ghosh · · 3 min read
Smartphone sales zoom in India, flatten out in China and the US

Smartphone sales zoom in India, flatten out in China and the US

Even as global smartphone sales slow down to single digit growth this year, India will maintain a scorching pace – 29 percent growth in 2016, says Gartner.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 2 min read
5 really outdated things that are still big in Japan

5 really outdated things that are still big in Japan

You’ll be amazed at how “hi tech” Japan is far behind a lot of other places when it comes to some kinds of tech.
Steven Millward · · 9 min read
Japan’s flip phones are finally dying out

Japan’s flip phones are finally dying out

Flip phone sales are now plummeting in Japan. 2016 is the year that smartphones will make up more than half of all active mobile users.
Steven Millward · · 2 min read
Indonesia’s ‘king of feature phones’ wants to copy AirAsia to beat Samsung

Indonesia’s ‘king of feature phones’ wants to copy AirAsia to beat Samsung

Evercoss is Indonesia’s bestselling local phone brand. To compete in the shifting market, it needs to increase the appeal of its smartphones. AirAsia is its role model.
Nadine Freischlad · · 5 min read

Japan’s smartphone games market now worth $5.4 billion, half of total gaming industry

According to a new report, Japan’s domestic smartphone gaming market was worth JPY 546.8 billion (US$5.4 billion) in 2013, up a staggering 178 percent from 2012.
Dr. Serkan Toto · · 3 min read

44 million new smartphones shipped in India in 2013, but feature phones still prevail

IDC has crunched phone shipment numbers for India in 2013, and the result shows that smartphones are growing strongly but feature phones still prevail. A total of 44 million smartphones
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Sun Cellular and Opera seeks to provide internet access to feature phone users in the Philippines

The number of people using the internet through mobile phones are growing in Asia. This is fuelled by more smartphone users in the region. However, in the Philippines, there are still more users of feature
Phoebe Magdirila · · 2 min read

Gartner: Smartphones now outsell feature phones, Samsung still way ahead

Research firm Gartner has spilled out new statistics for worldwide smartphone shipments in Q2 2013. It’s a pretty historic moment, as smartphone shipments have now surpassed those of feature phones
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Japan’s market for mobile content worth $8.8 billion in 2012, games bring in $5.1 billion

Japan’s Mobile Content Forum (MCF) has issued a new report that includes a number of interesting statistics on this country’s mobile industry. The entire mobile content business was worth $8.8 billion in Japan last year.
Dr. Serkan Toto · · 3 min read