oneplus: OnePlus says not increasing smartphone price in India; to expand operations, Telecom News, ET Telecom

referring to As of now cost pressures have not hit, but going forward, all future supply will come at a higher price," Vikas Agarwal, general manager at OnePlus India, told ET.The rupee fell to Rs 72.56 against the dollar on Thursday from Rs 65.03 on March 30. It is bringing its global contact service operations to India to support markets in the US and Europe.Agarwal said OnePlus is experimenting with initiatives in India, which, if successful, can be replicated in other markets. In addition, it is opening six large experience centres that will also accept devices for servicing. We don't want to lose money while running offline stores. We want these stores to be profitable," the executive said.Agarwal emphasised, however, that OnePlus will primarily be an online brand.

Is your smartphone listening to your conversations? - News, Weather, Sports, Toledo, OH

It's something Dr. Brian Krupp a computer science professor at Baldwin Wallace University in Ohio has been researching too. Are our phones listening to our conversations and what happens to that information when it leaves your phones? "If you were to have an application that has access to a microphone, how do you know? "Some recent articles have suggested that we must be listening to people's conversations in order to show them relevant ads. Earlier this year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reiterated to Congress that his company is not listening to our conversations.

Samsung: Chipmakers like Qualcomm, Samsung can help drive mid-tier smartphone segment by four times in five years: Counterpoint, Telecom News, ET Telecom

As it stated in Qualcomm already has a strong presence in key brands in the mid-tier. The agency said that the Snapdragon 710 can further strengthen Qualcomm's share within key brands in the mid-tier segments as it has in the $100-$200 lower-tier segment. This is because handset makers launching their devices in mid segment want to position theirdevices as an alternative to premium smartphones. "We expect competition to increase in the segment as more brands enter including Xiaomi, Asus, Nokia HMD and others. In $300-$399 segment, the Snapdragon 626 was the most popular SoC model in Vivo's V9.

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