New Nokia phone phone to be unveiled on October 19

as mentioned in Apparently, HMD plans to introduce at least 1 further Nokia phone phone with the finish of the year. Although Former rumors propose the Finnish firm will not be releasing any other phone in 2017, HMD has just reported a launch event for October 19.The event going to take place in China and the Nokia phone phone to be unveiled later this 7 days going to be obtainable for purchase via main retailer Tmall. For what is worth, Tmall teases the new phone and tells which it comes with the Bothie feature that's obtainable on the Nokia phone 8, as well as some OZO Audio features.So, it's either the rumored Nokia phone seven or the got best version of Nokia phone eight with 6GB RAM inside . The latter is endeed obtainable for purchase in choose European Union countries however has yet to make its debut in China. The funny thing is the standard Nokia phone eight was initially introduced in China, while the enhanced model going to arrive after being launched in other countries.

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Xiaomi turns up phone heat on Samsung in September-quarter, Nokia phone makes powerful moves in featurephones: CounterPoint, Telecom News, ET Telecom

as declared in Chinese smartphone producer Xiaomi appears to have nearly caught up with Samsung in the smartphone segment, closing the quarter ended September barely 0.5% point behind the Korean main that has occupied the highest spot since March 2012.The quarter too saw the return of Nokia smartphone in the reckoning for the highest spot in featurephones, with the brand, this time made with HMD Global, climbing up rapidly to become No four with 8% market share within a quarter of its commercial launch, coming in lock behind Micromax, according to Counterpoint 's preliminary data."Xiaomi had a 22.3% share in the quarter ended September, while Samsung had a 22.8% share with volumes," told Tarun Pathak, associate director at the Hong Kong-based study company told ET, adding that the brand grew at a blistering pace of 292% on-year, on the back of its Redmi Note four model that is the best-selling model since January this year.When asked whether Xiaomi going to be enable to of overtake Samsung completely in the coming quarters, Pathak said, "It going to be neck to neck... quite possible in 1 of the months. But to be a leader for a longer period of time, Xiaomi needs significant investment in offline space with portfolio across different value bands in future."For the quarter ended September, Vivo was the No three competitor in the smartphone segment with 9.5% share as it grew 121% with volumes on-year, while those of Oppo rose with 117%, too putting it in the highest five.Owing to high volumes of its affordable range of phones, Xiaomi has cut out of competition since its entry in the Indian market in July 2014. While the company was majorly selling out of on-line platforms in its premier years, its offline entry with partners and out of its own Mi house stores, has propelled its discounds manifold.Samsung, that final 7 days posted record profits globally, is too facing menace in the featurephone segment with the return of Nokia smartphone – a brand that the South Korean company had uprooted back in 2011 from the highest spot in India and other markets.While Samsung lead the segment with 23% share, according to Counterpoint study data, Nokia's share was at 8% within three months of launch after HMD universal started to make the phones again, some of that are made with Foxconn in India.The revival in the featurephone segment has been on the back of models under the Republika Srpska 1,000 value band with Nokia smartphone 105, and other affordable yet high quality models Nokia smartphone 130 and Nokia smartphone 150."We are very energized with the response to our feature smartphone portfolio –Nokia has great brand salience endeed and on the back of a beating portfolio and extensive distribution network (over 80,000 retailers across the country), we've been enable to of safely strengthen our position in the feature smartphone category," told Ajey Mehta, Vice President and Country Head, HMD Global.Yet further competition comes from Micromax, that posted its better ever quarter since demonetization impacted native brands final year, Counterpoint's Pathak said, making it No three brand in featurephones with 11%, after Chinese company Itel that was at No two with 13% share. "It's Bharat two was the No1 selling smartphone in sub $75 segment," he added.

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