Reliance Jio dethrones Samsung to highest feature smartphone market in India at the back of powerful JioPhone shipments: Counterpoint

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Samsung patent shows bezel-less smartphone without ugly notch

Samsung may have disclosed a solution to the iPhone X's ugly 'notch' problem. In a newly disclosed patent, Samsung shows off a prototype smartphone that has 2 holes drilled into the highest of the screen, presumably to embed cameras and other sensors. The notch is what houses the iPhone X's facial recognition sensors and front-facing selfie camera. A Samsung patent shows a prototype smartphone where cameras and other sensors are embedded into several little holes at the highest of the screen. Samsung in November launched an advertisement that mocked the iPhone X's notch, as well as the iPhone 7, that famously removed the headphone jack and introduced a dongle system instead.

Reliance Jio tops Indian feature smartphone market, ahead of Samsung

as declared in Reliance Jio, the latest entrant in the Indian telecom sector, has reportedly grabbed 27 % market share in the feature smartphone segment in the Indian market. Altogether, with an affordable 4G-enabled feature smartphone and inexpensive information plans, Reliance Jio is enable tap in to the massive market possibility which the Indian market possesses. This is evident from the raise in feature smartphone shipments – the feature smartphone market expanded with 43 % year-on-year, with over fifty mn feature smartphone shipments in the quarter ended in December. Overall, total feature smartphone shipments promoted with 43 % year-on-year, a drastic upshot from the usual 10-12 % raise observed extremely far. The aftertime ahead for the Indian feature smartphone marketThe raise in feature smartphone shipments comes even as Reliance Jio is facing supply constraints with the JioPhone rollout.

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