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Sunday, September 1, 2013

Micromax dreams of sweeping Samsung Off the Game This Diwali

Domestic handset maker Micromax today said it aims to become the number one player in India in the smartphone category by Diwali on the back of excellent demand for its Canvas series.

"As per the IDC figures for Q2, we are at number two with 22 per cent market share and given the growth we are seeing in the phablet category (Canvas series), we are aiming to be the top player by Diwali, which is Q3," Micromax Co-Founder Rahul Sharma said.

According to IDC figures for Q2 of 2013, Micromax stayed at No 2 spot and crossed the 2 million units mark in shipments. "The vendor is banking on the wave of phablet- driven smartphone adoption and is pushing the Canvas range of devices with bigger screens and compelling imaging capabilities," IDC said.

Sharma said IDC data substantiates its success, considering the fact that the maximum growth in Indian smartphone category has happened 5 inch-6.99 inch category which has grown 17 times year on year and the phablet share has steadily risen to 30 per cent of the smartphone market in Q2.

Micromax has increased its share from 18.8 per cent in the last quarter to 22 per cent.

"Micromax has crossed the 2 million units shipment mark in Q2 2013 and is poised to be the number one smartphone player in India by Q3. We hope to surpass USD 1 billion in revenues with our innovative product strategy, strong distribution and marketing focused on the Indian youth," Sharma said.

"We hope to cross 2.5 million units marks by third quarter of this year," he added. Without commenting on the number, Sharma said the company will continue launching new devices in third quarter also.

"With the kind of growth we are achieving, our strategy is working in right direction and going forward, we continue to stick to it," he added.

Shared From DNA India

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Friday, August 16, 2013

Samsung Note III to be released by September, 3G Variant for India : Technology Desk

Samsung Note 3 is one of the most expected phones in the market after the overwhelming success of Samsung Galaxy Note 2. The rumors of Samsung Note 3 are spreading quite high and the latest news from sam-mobile is that the mobile variants are already declared internally and the variants should be reaching the market at any hour. So as per the latest news the mobile will be released in September.

The current variants declared on Sam Mobile is a 3G, LTE and a Dual Sim variant. The 3G variant named as SM-N900 or Samsung Note III 3G will have an octacore processor, Samsung Exynos 5420 and will be the global face of the franchise. The LTE variant is named SM-N9005 or Samsung Note III LTE will be ran on Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974). The third variant which is being mentioned is a dual sim phone named Samsung Note III Duos, which is said to be available only on China Market. It may be made available on the Indian market too, but for the moment the plans are to launch the Duos variant in China.

Since LTE is still in baby stages, the Samsung Note III 3G version will be the one that will get officially released in India. Although the international version may be available through Reliance Communications, who currently maintain the LTE services in India.

The phone is unfortunately said to have the same form factor as its predecessor, which is a let down, as it was earlier expected to have a flexible body, but the Samsung mobile seems to be planning this as a different product as there is a rumor about a smart watch to be launched by Samsung. For now, Samsung Note III will have the same form factor with increased width of .18inch, so the new phone will be 5.68 inch with Full HD AMOLED. The resolution that is being provided is a whooping 1080x1920 pixels. The phone will ship with 3GB RAM and the GPU is different on each variant.

The Samsung Note III 3G will ship with ARM Mali T628 GPU and the Samsung Note III LTE will have Adreno 330GPU. The Samsung Note III Duos variant will also have ARM Mali T628 as the processor.

If you are already excited about the release, then please visit : SAM MOBILE for the list of countries and the model that is available.

Samsung Note II has already been an unconquered leader in its league, with Note III Samsung plans to keep the standards higher for its competitors.

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Monday, July 22, 2013

Technology : Iphone and Samsung Phone's to be tested for Anti Theft features

Apple and Samsung's latest smartphones will face the scrutiny of state and federal prosecutors in San Francisco on Thursday, who plan to test the latest in antitheft security.

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman are testing the latest security features of Apple's iPhone 5 and Samsung's Galaxy S4 to see whether they can stop thieves who have made off with said devices. In the iPhone 5's case, the group will have security experts attempting to thwart Apple's activation lock feature, which requires users to have a specific Apple ID username and password to use the device. For the Galaxy S4, experts are evaluating Lojack for Android, a $29.99 per year application that can remotely lock the phone and delete personal data.

"While we are appreciative of the efforts made by Apple and Samsung to improve security of the devices they sell, we are not going to take them at their word," Schneiderman and Gascón said in a joint statement. "Today we will assess the solutions they are proposing and see if they stand up to the tactics commonly employed by thieves."

To do so, Gascón and Schneiderman say the group will bring in experts from the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center to try to bypass the measures, and gain access to the devices as if they were someone who had stolen the phone.

An Apple spokeswoman reiterated a statement the company made in June, saying it has "led the industry in helping customers protect their lost or stolen devices," since 2009.

"With Activation Lock, Find My iPhone gives customers even more control over their devices and serves as a theft deterrent by requiring an Apple ID and password to turn off Find My iPhone, erase data or re-activate a device," ...