HP, one of the big computer devices companies, has been shocked by the slowdown in the personal computer market. In the first quarter of the current year, the sales of the company’s personal systems segment (desktop and notebook PC) have declined by 29 percent. There was a decline of about five percent in the printing segment of the company. Market research firm IDC has reported that global PC shipments declined by approximately 30 percent in the first quarter. There was a strong increase in demand for companies like HP, Lenovo and Dell during Corona. The main reason for this was the increase in sales of laptops and other electronic devices due to the staff of many companies working from home. In the last few months, sales of devices like laptops have declined due to most companies calling workers back to office. HP expects revenue to grow in the second half of the current year. “The second half will be better from a consumer demand perspective,” Enrique Lores, the company’s CEO, told Reuters. The company’s revenue in the last quarter was $12.91 billion. Analysts had estimated it to be a little more than $13 billion. However, the company’s net income increased to $1.1 billion. It was one billion dollars in the same period last year. Global shipments of PC declined to 5.69 crore in the first quarter of this year. It was Rs 8.02 crore in the same period last year. In the last quarter of last year, these shipments had declined by 28.1 percent on a year-on-year basis. Apple’s shipments declined the most in the first quarter by about 40.5 percent. The PC market in India grew only 0.3 percent last year. However, this market has registered a decline of 28.5 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. This market includes desktops, notebooks and workstations. The notebook category declined 37.8 percent in the fourth quarter, while desktop shipments increased. HP ranks first in the country’s PC market. Its market share is more than 30 percent. Last year, the global market for personal computers had declined by 16 percent. Recession, increase in energy costs and high interest rates were the major reasons behind this.
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Apple reduces the price of MacBook Air M2 13-inch in India, MacBook Air M2 15-inch launched
Apple, the maker of iPhone and other devices popular across the world, has reduced the price of its MacBook Air M2 13 inch in India. The company launched MacBook Air M2 on Tuesday for Rs 1,34,900. Last year, Apple launched the lightweight, compact laptop MacBook Air M2 13-inch with its M2 chipset. The price of the company’s MacBook Air M2 13 inch starts from Rs 1,19,900. Its 256 GB variant can be purchased after discount for Rs 1,14,900 and the 512 GB variant can be purchased for Rs 1,44,900. Both versions of MacBook Air M2 are available through the company’s website in India. Specifications of MacBook Air M2 It has a 13.6 inch Liquid Retina display with very slim bezels. Apple’s M2 chipset has been used in it. It was launched with macOS Monterey out-of-the-box but with the upgrade to macOS Ventura, its performance is claimed to be better than before. It supports up to 2 TB SSD storage. Its webcam is 1,080p (1,920 x 1,080 pixels) and with four speakers. It supports Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos. It has a force touch trackpad with magic keyboard. This laptop has USB Type-C/Thunderbolt 4 ports and 3.5 mm headphone jack as connectivity options. A 67 W USB Type-C power adapter is available with it. Its battery lasts for about 18 hours. India is an important market for the company. The company’s sales have reached a high level in the country. Apart from this, Apple has also made preparations to increase the production of iPhone in India. Apple started its online store about three years ago in the world’s second largest smartphone market. Recently Apple has also opened two retail stores in India. In the last financial year, exports of mobile phones from the country increased to $ 11.12 billion (about Rs 90,000 crore). Apple’s share in this export is almost half. Apple has also made preparations to increase the production of iPhone in the country.Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022)Apple MacBook Air 15 (2023) -
Mahindra’s Scorpio-N becomes costlier, know the new price
Mahindra and Mahindra, one of the big automobile companies, has once again increased the price of its SUV Scorpio-N. This is the third time this year that its price has increased. Scorpio is the best selling model for the company. Its starting price has been increased by Rs 21,000. The price of its entry level manual transmission Z2 petrol variant has increased to Rs 13.26 lakh (ex-showroom). The Scorpio-N is made available in five variants – Z2, Z4, Z6, Z8 and Z8L. All these variants are available in both petrol and diesel options. The price of its entry level manual transmission diesel variant Z2 will be Rs 13.76 lakh. The price of its top diesel variant Z8L 4WD with automatic transition has increased by Rs 2,000 to Rs 24.53 lakh. The six-seater top petrol variant of Scorpio-N, Z8L with automatic transmission, can be purchased for Rs 21.78 lakh. This SUV is available in 2.0 liter turbocharged petrol engine and 2.2 liter diesel engine options. Its petrol engine generates maximum power of 197 bhp and peak torque of 380 Nm. Recently, the company had offered a huge discount of Rs 1.25 lakh on its electric SUV XUV400. Earlier this year the company launched XUV400. Its range on a single charge is a little more than 450 kilometers. This discount will be available till the end of September. The XUV400 competes with MG’s ZS EV and Tata Motors’ Nexon EV. This is the second time in two months that Mahindra is offering discounts on its only electric vehicle. This is a cash discount and does not include any other benefits. However, there is no discount on its variants with Electronic Stability Control (ESC). The XUV400 has two variants – EC and EL. The company may launch a new version of it soon. XUV400 can be bought for less than Rs 15 lakh with this discount in September. Last month the company updated XUV400 with new features. It will have features like electronic stability program, tire pressure monitoring, cruise control and fog lamps. -
Big success of Maruti Suzuki Dzire, 25 lakh units sold in 15 years
The country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki’s compact sedan Dzire has achieved sales of 25 lakh units in 15 years of its launch. The company claims that the sales of any other compact sedan competing with it have not reached 10 lakh units in the country. Dzire is priced between Rs 6.53 lakh and Rs 9.39 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The compact sedan segment includes Hyundai’s Aura, Honda’s Amaze and Tata Motors’ Tigor. Maruti’s Dzire can be purchased in Magma Grey, Bluish Black, Oxford Blue, Arctic White, Phoenix Red, Splendid Silver and Sherwood Brown. Shashank Srivastava, Senior Executive Officer (Marketing & Sales) of the company said, “The company is committed to offering benchmark products with global quality standards across all segments. Dzire is a testament to the customer preference for the company’s products. We are proud of its 25 We thank our customers for achieving the milestone of selling one lakh units.” It has a 1.2 liter petrol engine. It is available in both manual and AMG variants. The company has offered huge discounts on its cars sold through Arena dealerships in September. A discount of up to Rs 60,000 is being given on eight models of Maruti. Recently, Maruti’s Arena dealerships had crossed the sales of 70 lakh cars. The benefits offered by the company include cash discount, corporate discount and exchange bonus. A cash discount of Rs 35,000 and exchange bonus of up to Rs 20,000 can be availed on WagonR, one of Maruti’s best-selling cars. Along with this, a corporate discount of Rs 4,000 is being given by the company. Its CNG variant is getting a discount of Rs 54,000 including a cash discount of Rs 30,000. On purchasing the company’s Swift hatchback, you are getting cash benefit of Rs 35,000 and exchange bonus of Rs 20,000. Apart from this, a corporate discount of Rs 5,000 is also available. Maruti expects the sales of passenger vehicles to be more than 10 lakh units in this festive season. The company earns 22-26 percent of its total sales in a year during the festive season. -
Laptops and PCs will not come to India from abroad, government is trying to increase local manufacturing.
The import of laptops, personal computers, and tablets has been banned in the country. The central government has taken this decision to increase local manufacturing. This can have a big impact on the import of laptops and personal computers from China. The import of electronics in the country during April to June was approximately $19.7 billion. This included laptops, personal computers and tablets. In this regard, it has been said in the notice issued by the government on Thursday, “Import will be allowed on valid license for limited import.” The share of electronics in the country’s total merchandise imports is 7 to 10 percent. Ali Akhtar Jafri, former director general of MAIT, an organization associated with the electronics industry, said, “The objective of this decision is to increase manufacturing in the country.” Through production-linked incentives, the government is trying to increase local manufacturing in more than two dozen sectors including electronics. The government has extended the deadline to apply for a $2 billion manufacturing incentive scheme to attract large investments in IT hardware manufacturing, including laptops, personal computers, tablets and servers. This scheme is important to make the country a major force in the global electronics supply chain. The government aims to increase the annual production of electronics to $300 billion by 2026. Big companies selling laptops in the country include Apple, Dell, Lenovo and HP, Acer, Samsung and LG. A large number of laptops are imported from countries like China. Madhavi Arora, economist at Emkay Global, said the decision appears to be aimed at curbing large-scale imports of certain goods. The share of laptops, personal computers and tablets in the country’s total imports is about 1.5 percent. About half of these are purchased from China. The government had earlier increased tariffs on products like mobile phones to promote local manufacturing. Global PC shipments declined nearly 30 percent in the first quarter. There was a strong increase in demand for companies like HP, Lenovo and Dell during Corona. The main reason for this was the increase in sales of laptops and other electronic devices due to the staff of many companies working from home. Sales of devices like laptops have declined due to most companies calling workers back to office. -
Mukesh Ambani eyes semiconductor manufacturing, Reliance in talks with foreign chipmakers
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries plans to enter semiconductor manufacturing. With this, the increasing demand for semiconductors in the country can be met. This company involved in business ranging from energy to telecom is in talks with foreign chipmakers for technology partnership. Sources with knowledge of this said, “This is a plan and there is no time limit on it.” Sources said that Reliance has not decided whether it wants to invest in this sector or not. It is not known with which foreign companies Reliance is in talks. A request for comment sent to Reliance in this regard has not received a response. The Prime Minister’s Office and the IT Ministry also did not respond to requests for comment. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said about two years ago that he wanted to make the country a hub of semiconductor manufacturing for the world. Recently Modi had told that an ecosystem is being prepared for the semiconductor industry in the country. Technology companies will be given 50 percent financial assistance for setting up semiconductor manufacturing units in the country. He said that India is becoming a hub for investment in the semiconductor sector. The world needs a reliable chip supply chain. There is no chip manufacturing plant in the country. However, Vedanta and Taiwan’s Foxconn have planned to set up semiconductor manufacturing plants. Sources, on the condition of anonymity, said that Reliance can get ease in its telecom and electronic devices business through semiconductor manufacturing. The company had postponed the launch of low-cost smartphones about two years ago due to chip shortage. The demand for semiconductors is also increasing in the country and abroad. The central government estimates that the country’s chip market will grow to about $ 80 billion by 2028. This market is currently worth around $23 billion. Arun Mampazhy, a former executive of US chipmaker GlobalFoundries, says that Reliance, with a market capitalization of about $ 200 billion, is among the companies best placed to enter the semiconductor industry in the country. -
China calls iPhone 15 a security threat, bans its use in government agencies
The sales of American company Apple, which makes worldwide famous iPhones, may decline in China. Apple launched the iPhone 15 series on Tuesday. China says that there are security related problems with these smartphones. However, along with this the Chinese government has said that it is not banning their purchase. “We have seen numerous media reports about security incidents involving the phones,” China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a regular news conference in Beijing on Wednesday. Bloomberg News reports that China is planning to ban iPhone in many government companies and agencies. This may increase challenges for Apple in its biggest foreign market. Apple also produces iPhones on a large scale in China. Many agencies in China have instructed their employees not to bring iPhones to the workplace. Ning said, “China has not issued any laws or regulations banning the purchase of Apple or foreign brands’ products. The government attaches great importance to security and all companies doing business in China are required to comply with its laws and regulations.” Must be followed.” In this press conference held a few hours after the company launched the new iPhone 15 series in Apple Park, California in America, China has expressed fear of security threat from these smartphones. The new iPhone series includes iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The new A17 Bionic chipset has been used in the Pro models of iPhone 15. The company claims that this chipset has better efficiency and more power than A16. Apple has planned to increase manufacturing in India. The company has prepared to shift a large part of its manufacturing in China to India. Recently Apple also opened two retail stores in India. These stores are getting good response. Sales of iPhones have increased in the country in the last few years. -
Heavy discounts on Maruti Suzuki cars in September before the festive season
The country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki has offered huge discounts on its cars sold through Arena dealerships in September. A discount of up to Rs 60,000 is being given on eight models of the company. Recently, Maruti’s Arena dealerships had crossed the sales of 70 lakh cars. The benefits offered by the company include cash discount, corporate discount and exchange bonus. A cash discount of Rs 35,000 and exchange bonus of up to Rs 20,000 can be availed on WagonR, one of Maruti’s best-selling cars. Along with this, a corporate discount of Rs 4,000 is being given by the company. Its CNG variant is getting a discount of Rs 54,000 including a cash discount of Rs 30,000. On purchasing Maruti Swift hatchback, you are getting cash benefit of Rs 35,000 and exchange bonus of Rs 20,000. Apart from this, corporate discount of Rs 5,000 can also be availed. Benefits of up to Rs 54,000 are available on the company’s small car Alto K10. These especially include a cash discount of Rs 35,000, exchange bonus of Rs 15,000 and a corporate discount of Rs 4,000 on its petrol manual variant. A cash discount of Rs 20,000 is available on its petrol automatic and CNG variants. Maruti’s other models like Celerio, Dzire, Ertiga and Eeco are being given discounts ranging from Rs 20,000 to Rs 59,000. Recently, Maruti had said that it expects the sales of passenger vehicles to be more than 10 lakh units in this festive season. Shashank Srivastava, senior executive officer of the company, had said that usually the festive season generates 22-26 percent of the total sales in a year. He had told, “The total sales of passenger vehicles in this financial year are estimated to be around 40 lakh units. Sales in the festive season may be around 10 lakh units.” Sales in the automobile industry have been strong this year and are expected to continue in the coming months. Maruti has about 43 percent share in the passenger vehicles segment. -
Preparation to launch OnePlus 12R with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, 5,500mAh battery
OnePlus, one of the big smartphone companies, launched OnePlus 11R 5G in February this year. The company may soon introduce its next version OnePlus 12R. The specifications of this smartphone have been leaked. Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC can be given as processor in it. It is likely to have a 5,500 mAh battery with support for 100 W charging. Tipster Yogesh Brar (@heyitsyogesh) has hinted at the specifications of the OnePlus 12R on Twitter (earlier on Twitter). He claims that this smartphone will be launched early next year. This could be a rebranded version of OnePlus Ace 3. OnePlus 11R 5G was launched in China as OnePlus Ace 2. The OnePlus 12R may feature a 6.7-inch AMOLED display with 1.5K resolution and a refresh rate of 120 Hz. Triple rear camera setup can be given in it. Its main camera is likely to be 50 megapixels. With this, an 8 megapixel ultra-wide angle sensor and 32 megapixel telephoto camera can be available. A 16-megapixel camera can be provided on its front for selfies and video calls. Alert slider and stereo speakers can be found in this smartphone. Its 5,500 mAh battery can support 100 W fast charging. OnePlus plans to use only Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets in its upcoming devices. Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset can be given in OnePlus 12 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset can be given in OnePlus 12R and Nord 4. Recently, Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station had said in a post on Weibo that OnePlus is planning to use only Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset in its new devices. OnePlus 12 could be the first smartphone with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. OnePlus has been using Snapdragon chipsets more than MediaTek in its smartphones. The company’s flagship smartphones OnePlus 11 and Ace 2 had Snapdragon chipsets. However, MediaTek’s chipset was used in the company’s Nord 3 and Ace 2V as well as the tablet OnePlus Pad.