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Indian Telecom sector is witnessing stiff competition of all time post Reliance Jio entry. Reliance Jio launched its sophisticated 4G network attached service. Reliance jio also launched LYF Smartphone brand to complete the ecosystem in order to create all in one platform.

Chinese smartphone startup Xiaomi recently made headlines thanks to the tremendous success of their Redmi Note 4G model. Put up on a flash sale on Indian ecommerce website Flipkart, all 40,000 handsets sold out in six seconds! According to an FMI analyst, Samsung, LG, Lenovo and Apple particularly, rely on the sales of their high-end handsets. In fact, it was the unprecedented sales of LG's low-end mobiles this year that helped them to achieve high sales. 2014 was the first time LG's annual sales exceeded 15 million handsets.

Smartphones and Tablet PCs sales are expected to accelerate along with other personal computing devices such as e-readers, ultra books and others. This is expected to drive the next major Power-cycle for major growth in the semiconductor industry. Mind Commerce anticipates these electronics to contribute $100B USD in revenues to the semiconductor industry in 2012 and this is expected to grow to $230B by 2016.

E-books are electronic books or digitalbooks that consist of content in text, image and tabular form. E-books are published electronically and can be read on electronic devices like smartphones, e-book reader and tablets. They can be categorized into two parts - open source ones, whichusers can download freely and those for which users have to pay. High penetration of smartphones, rising global appetite for e-book content in both English and other regional languages, increasing internet usage, online translation of e-books into various languages, government initiative and supportive policies for smart education,a growing trend of Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) concept.

In 2011, demand from increasingly connected consumers has evolved even faster than technology companies and retailers can keep up with. Mobile technology empowers consumers with greater information and options. Almost half of US adults own smartphones, from which they are able to access the internet via mobile browsing and specialised applications (apps), and tablet devices took off in 2011 as sales of Apple iPads and other tablets grew rapidly. With these, consumers can conveniently access...

Camcorders is a format rapidly being replaced by digital cameras and smartphones. Consumers find it is not very convenient to carry a large camcorder and simply use their phones or digital cameras to take short videos.

A flat-panel display is a very thin and light weight display screen used in laptops, monitors, televisions, smartphones, digital cameras and other portable devices. These displays are deployed in a variety of electronic visual display devices. These are lighter and thinner than traditional CRT (cathode ray tubes).The panel size is dependent on the device in which it is mounted.