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Tablet player DataWind has maintained its leadership position for the third consecutive year. According to CMR’s India Tablet PC Market Review, DataWind sold 37.2 percent of the approximately 950,000 tablets in India, during the three months ended June 30, 2016. The overall tablet market grew 5 percent compared to the first quarter of 2016, the research stated. DataWind’s share of 37.2 percent is up from 34.2 percent in Q1 2016 and 20.7 percent in Q4 2015. DataWind’s market share is now almost double than that of Samsung’s, which sold to...

In India, the high-end smartphone market is expected to grow by 19 per cent this year. The sudden growth is because of customers’ shift in interest in premium brands like Samsung and Apple, research firm CMR said today. The high-end smartphones, which are priced INR 20,000 and above in the country, have accounted to 7 per cent of the total smartphones sold last year and grew at 15 per cent in 2015. “Out of a total of 163 smartphone brands, only 19 brands shipped smartphones in the high-end price band...