Apple, which makes popular smartphones and devices like iPhone, may soon launch 15.5 inch MacBook Air. The company has started production of panels for this. This indicates that this device will be launched in April. Earlier, there was speculation that the company would launch 15 inch MacBook Air. According to the report of DSCC analyst Ross Young, the company has started the production of panels for the new MacBook Air. It can be launched in April. Information about this can be given soon by the company. This will be the largest screen size for the MacBook Air. It can be launched with a 13-inch model. Apple launched a version of the MacBook Air last year. It had Apple’s M2 chipset and its starting price was $1,199. Information about the specifications of the company’s upcoming laptop has not been received. Apple has also started work on the next generation chipset M3. It is being manufactured by Taiwan’s semiconductor company TSMC. It is not known which chipset will be used in the new MacBook Air. Apple’s quarterly revenue has declined for the first time in almost four years. The main reason for this is the decline in sales of the new iPhone series during the holiday season due to the restrictions imposed in China due to Corona. The company’s sales during the December quarter stood at $117 billion, which is about five percent less than the same quarter last year. The company’s profit has also decreased during October-December. Apple’s profit was approximately 30 billion dollars. Apple’s results have increased the fear of slowdown due to expensive interest rates and some other reasons. The last decline in iPhone sales for Apple, the world’s most valued listed company, was during Corona. Along with manufacturing of iPhone in India, the company has also increased exports. The company has exported handsets worth one billion dollars from the country in December. In India, iPhones are assembled in the factories of Apple’s contract manufacturers Foxconn and Wistron.
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HP partners with Google to manufacture Chromebook laptops in India
HP, which makes devices like personal computers and laptops, has partnered with technology company Google to manufacture Chromebook laptops in India. Chromebooks will be manufactured at HP’s factory near Chennai in Tamil Nadu. The company has been manufacturing desktops and laptops in this factory for almost three years. American devices maker Apple and South Korea’s Samsung are also increasing manufacturing in the country. ‘Make in India’ is being promoted by the central government. Because of this, many global technology companies are setting up their units in the country or are exploring the possibility of partnership with Indian companies. HP’s senior director (personal systems) in the country, Vickram Bedi, said, “Manufacturing Chromebooks in the country will provide affordable PCs to students. We will continue to support the government’s efforts related to Make in India.” Google’s Head of Education (South Asia), Bani Dhawan, said, “Manufacturing Chromebooks with HP is an important turning point in our efforts to drive a major digital transformation of education in the country.” Samsung has also made preparations to increase manufacturing in India. The company’s smartphones are already being produced in the country. Samsung can also make laptops in its factory in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh from next month. This will give a boost to the Make in India scheme of the Central Government. Under this scheme, incentives are given for electronics manufacturing. According to a media report, Samsung has prepared to set up a new laptop manufacturing unit in the Greater Noida factory that produces smartphones. This unit will have the capacity to manufacture 60,000-70,000 laptops annually. This unit will be started next month. Last month, the government had imposed licensing conditions for import of personal computers, laptops and tablets. Its objective is to increase manufacturing in the country. Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar had said that the new rule will ensure the use of reliable systems and products in the country. American iPhone maker Apple, which has a major share in the premium smartphone market, has prepared to increase manufacturing in India. -
Samsung’s preparation to make laptops in India, impact of central government’s import restrictions
South Korean consumer electronics company Samsung has prepared to increase manufacturing in India. The company’s smartphones are already being produced in the country. Samsung can also make laptops in its factory in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh from next month. This will give a boost to the Make in India scheme of the Central Government. Under this scheme, incentives are given for electronics manufacturing. According to a media report, Samsung has prepared to set up a new laptop manufacturing unit in the Greater Noida factory that produces smartphones. This unit will have the capacity to manufacture 60,000-70,000 laptops annually. In this report, quoting a source, it has been said that this unit will be started next month. Last month, the government had imposed licensing conditions for import of personal computers, laptops and tablets. Its objective is to increase manufacturing in the country. Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar had said that the new rule will ensure that reliable systems and products are used in the country. A few months ago, the government had approved the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme 2.0 with an incentive of Rs 17,000 crore to promote manufacturing of IT hardware like laptops and tablets in the country. It is expected to produce products like personal computers, servers, laptops and tablets worth about Rs 3.35 crore in six years. American iPhone maker Apple, which has a major share in the premium smartphone market, 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. A large number of Apple’s suppliers are in China and the company is planning to reduce its dependence on China. Apple started manufacturing of iPhones in the country in 2017. The company’s iPhone 15 series smartphones, launched earlier this month, are also being produced in the country. -
Vivo’s V29 series will be launched in India on October 4.
Chinese smartphone maker Vivo’s V29 series will be launched next week. Its base Vivo V29 5G smartphone was introduced in the international market earlier this year. It will be brought to India with similar specifications. Apart from this, there may be a Pro model in this series. The company has confirmed the launch of the V29 series on October 4. The company has given information about selling these smartphones through online and offline channels. Technology company Google has also informed about launching its Pixel 8 series along with other products at the Made by Google event on October 4. Vivo V29 may feature a 6.78-inch Full HD+ (2,800 x 1,260 pixels) curved AMOLED display with a refresh rate of 120 Hz. Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G SoC can be given as processor in it. This smartphone can get 8 GB RAM and 256 GB storage. It may have a 50-megapixel primary camera, 8-megapixel sensor and a 2-megapixel camera. A 50-megapixel sensor can be found in its front for selfie and video calls. The base variant of this series may have a fingerprint sensor for security. It may have a 4,600 mAh battery with support for 80 W fast charging. Vivo V29 series smartphones can be made available with Himalayan Blue, Majestic Red and Space Black colors. Apart from this, there may be a red colored smartphone whose back panel will be color changing. This week Vivo has launched a new variant of Y56 5G in India. Earlier this year, the company launched this smartphone in a single variant of 8 GB RAM + 128 GB with a price of Rs 19,999. Its new variant is with 4 GB RAM and 128 GB storage. The price of the new variant of Vivo Y56 is Rs 16,999. It will be available in Orange Shimmer and Black Engine colors. It can be purchased from the company’s website and e-commerce sites Amazon and Flipkart. It has a 6.58-inch Full HD+ (1,080 x 2,408) LCD display. It has MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC processor. -
Xiaomi Pad 6 may have camera design like Xiaomi 12 Pro smartphone
Before the launch of Chinese smartphone and electronics company Xiaomi’s Pad 6, information about its specifications has been received from some leaks. Earlier the company had launched Pad 5 series. This included Xiaomi Pad 5, Pad 5 Pro and Pad 5 Pro 5G. This year Xiaomi is preparing to launch Pad 6, Pad 6 Pro and Pad 6 Pro 5G. Tipster Digital Chat Station has posted some of these images on Chinese microblogging website Weibo. These show a new design for the rear panel of Xiaomi Pad 6. Unlike the Xiaomi Pad 5, it has a unibody design. However, the rear camera layout is somewhat different. This is similar to the camera module of the Xiaomi 12 Pro smartphone. The Xiaomi Pad 6 is also seen sporting two camera lenses and a third cutout and an LED flash setup. It may have Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SoC. Xiaomi Pad 5 has Snapdragon 860 SoC. Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro can be made available in two variants. There are indications of an AMOLED panel with a refresh rate of 120 Hz. The company had launched Xiaomi Pad 5 in India but its other variants were not made available in the country. Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro 12.4 has a 12.4-inch IPS LCD display, whose resolution is 1,600 x 2,560 pixels, 16:10 aspect ratio, refresh rate 120Hz and brightness up to 500 nits. It comes with Dolby Vision and Gorilla Glass 3 protection. As a processor, Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro 12.4 has Snapdragon 870. It has 12GB RAM and 256GB storage. It runs on MIUI Pad 13 based on Android 12 OS. It has a 10,000mAh battery which supports 67W fast charging. It is available in 6GB RAM + 128GB, 8GB RAM + 256GB and 12GB RAM + 256GB storage variants. This tablet has been made available in black, silver and green. India is one of the big markets for Xiaomi. Last year the company had to face some legal difficulties.Xiaomi Pad 5Xiaomi 12 Pro -
India’s PC market grew less than 1 percent last year
The PC market in the country 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 by 37.8 percent in the fourth quarter, while desktop shipments increased. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), due to high inflation and weak sentiment, the consumer segment of this market has declined by 27.4 percent and the enterprise segment by 42.6 percent on a year-on-year basis. However, the Government and Education segments have grown by 117.6 per cent and 28.3 per cent respectively. Desktops and workstations recorded growth of 32.3 percent and 24.7 percent on year-on-year basis but there was a decline of 8.4 percent in the notebook category. The premium notebooks category grew by 14.6 percent but the commercial segment was down by 7.9 percent. Shipments through online channels have declined by 9.4 percent last year. HP ranks first in the country’s PC market. Its market share is 30.3 percent but it has declined by 3.2 percent on year-on-year basis. American company Dell is in second place. Its market share is 19.2 percent and it has decreased by one percent compared to last year. China’s Lenovo is in third place. Its market share was 18.9 percent and there was an annual growth of 3.1 percent. It is followed by Acer and ASUS with market shares of 9.9 percent and 6.8 percent respectively. The re-increase in Corona cases in China at the end of last year has affected many industries. This is also likely to affect the launch of new PCs and laptops. The problems of suppliers of companies manufacturing personal computers and laptops in China also increased due to Corona. This will cause delays in shipments, which will impact the availability of products like new laptops. Contract manufacturing firms like Compal, Inventec, Quanta and Wistron did not suffer from shortages of components or workers. They had not asked their suppliers to increase production due to the availability of inventory and the expectation that demand would not be very high in the first quarter. -
Honda Cars delivers 200 Elevate SUVs in a day in Chennai
Honda, one of the big automobile companies, has delivered 200 units of Elevate SUV in Chennai in a day. This mid-size SUV was launched recently. Its price is Rs 10,99,900 to Rs 15,99,900 (ex-showroom, Delhi). It has been made available in four variants. The company has delivered 200 units of Elevate SUV in a mega event. More than 90 percent of its components have been locally sourced. Its manufacturing is being done in the company’s factory at Tapukara in Rajasthan. A lot of space has been given in its interior. Apart from this, Elevate has 458 liters of cargo space. It has been made available in Phoenix Orange Pearl, Obsidian Blue Pearl, Radiant Red Metallic, Platinum White Pearl, Golden Brown Metallic, Lunar Silver Metallic and Meteoroid Gray Metallic colors. Honda Elevate has a 1.5 liter 4 cylinder DOHC i-VTEC petrol engine. It generates power of 119 BHP at 6,600 rpm and torque of 145 Nm at 4,300 rpm. It has six speed manual transmission and CVT option. It competes with Hyundai Creta, Kia Seltos, MG Astor, Skoda Kushaq, VW Taigun, Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara and Toyota Urban Cruiser. It has features like 10.25 inch touchscreen system, electric sunroof, wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, 7 inch semi-digital instrument cluster, wireless charging. Apart from this, ventilated front seat, door-panel mounted ORVM, LED headlights, connected LED lights are provided. For safety, Elevate has features like six airbags, electronic stability control, hill hold assist, hill descent control, advanced driver assistance system, automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist and high beam assist. Sales in the SUV category have increased rapidly in the country in the last few years. Because of this, many automobile companies are launching their models in this category. Recently, South Korea’s Hyundai launched micro SUV Exter. The waiting period for some of its variants has reached up to one year. However, for the rest of the Exter variants it is around six months. Hyundai has made it available in seven variants. -
Preparation to launch Samsung Galaxy A05s soon, hint of triple camera unit
South Korean smartphone maker Samsung’s Galaxy A05s may be launched soon. It may replace the Samsung Galaxy A04s introduced last year. In the last few weeks, some leaked information has been received about the specifications of Galaxy A05s. Google Play Console listing is indicating its soon launch. A media report claims that this smartphone has appeared on Google Play Console with the codename a05ssnndxx. It may have an octacore Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 SoC with 6 GB of RAM. This smartphone is listed on Google Play Console with model numbers SM-A057F, SM-A057G, SM-E145F and SM-M145F. It can be made available in green and some other colors. Its design is similar to Galaxy A04s. A circular LED flash unit is visible on its back along with a triple camera unit. Its front panel has slim side bezels and a waterdrop notch aligned in the center for the selfie camera. Its Full HD+ display can be with a resolution of 1,080 x 2,400 pixels. It may have a 4,000 mAh battery with support for 25 W fast charging. Galaxy A05s can be provided with a fingerprint sensor on the side for security. Earlier this month, Samsung launched a new color variant of Galaxy A54 5G in India. This smartphone was introduced about six months ago in three colors, Awesome Lime, Awesome Graphite and Awesome Violet. The new Awesome White color variant will be available in 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage. Its price has been kept the same as other colors of this smartphone. It can be purchased for Rs 40,999. The smartphone runs on Android 13 and features a 6.4-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and Vision Booster support. Its triple rear camera setup has a 50-megapixel primary sensor, a 12-megapixel ultra-wide sensor and a 5-megapixel macro camera. For selfies and video calls, it has a 32-megapixel selfie camera on the front. It has 256 GB of storage which can be expanded up to 1 TB using a microSD card. -
Luxury car makers Mercedes and Audi expect strong sales during the festive season.
The demand for luxury cars has increased rapidly in the country in the last few years. Luxury car companies like Audi, Mercedes-Benz and Lexus are expecting strong growth in sales during the festive season. These companies may achieve their highest volumes this year. India is becoming a major source of growth for these companies. Mercedes-Benz says that the festive season is looking better this year compared to last year. The company has started the festive season on a positive note with Onam. Mercedes has achieved its highest ever sales in India in the first half of the current year. The company has sold 8,528 units during this period. This is an increase of about 13 percent compared to the same period last year. The company has dominated the luxury car market of the country for the last several years. The launch of new and updated models has helped Mercedes in increasing the pace of sales. Apart from models with petrol and diesel engines, the company also has electric vehicles (EV). Earlier this year, the company had said that it would focus on top-end variants. The company is getting strong demand for these variants. In this category, Mercedes has vehicles like AMG SL55 Roadster, AMG GT 63 SE Performance and G-Class. Audi, one of the big companies in the luxury car market, is getting strong demand for models like A4, A6, Q3 and Q5. Audi said that in the first half of the current year the company has sold 3,474 units. This is an increase of 97 percent compared to the same period last year. Audi’s SUV sales are up 217 percent and performance cars are up nearly 127 percent. The company expects the sales momentum to continue during the festive season. Lexus also expects strong demand to continue in the luxury car market. The company has introduced limited editions of its sports coupe, LC 500h, for the festive season. It has also started booking for its new multipurpose vehicle LM. This is a new category for Lexus in the country.