According to a prediction of Forbes, most influential magazine in the world, ”With Windows 8 having failed to revive its dwindling sale, Finnish handset maker Nokia may exit mobile phone business this year itself”.
As per the report of Forbes, ”The biggest shocker (and what I suspect will be my most controversial prediction), though, will be the departure of Nokia from the phone business as the company sells its mobile operation and infrastructure divisions to Huawei in order to focus on software and services”.
The article also stated, "With the company's bet on Windows 8 having failed in the marketplace, it will see Microsoft and Huawei competing for the mobile device division and will eventually sell its Smartphone group to Microsoft and the rest of its telecom interests to Huawei." No doubt that predictions seem little bit too much to happen, but it is a fact that Nokia is struggling to keep its market share intact.
Gartner report of September last year stated, “Nokia has only 19.2 per cent market share in Smartphone segment compared to 23.9 per cent last year.” Even Nokia slipped to No 7 position in the Smartphone market. It, however, kept its numero uno position in India atleast thanks to the strong sale of its feature phones, especially of the newly introduced Asha series.

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Huawei, Telecom Equipment Maker had declared its entry in the tablet market last year with the MediaPad tablet. Now the company is planning to enter the low cost tablet market with the Huawei MediaPad Lite. This is the company's first low cost 3G tablet which will hit the Indian market in the coming week or so. This tablet will compete with other low cost counterparts like the Samsung Tab 2 310 and other 3G tablets from various Indian and international low cost manufacturers. The company has chosen Android 4.0 OS with an expected upgrade to Android Jelly Bean 4.1. This tablet is made of metal unibody for class, looks and strength. The price of this tablet is Rs 13,700 and is available for pre order from Flipkart.com.
Device Specifications:
• 7 inch display
• 1024 x 600 pixel resolution
• Capacitive multi point responsive touch system
• 1.2 GHz Cortex A8 architecture based processor
• 600 MHz graphics unit
• 1 GB of RAM
• 4 GB of internal storage
• Expandable memory of 32 GB with micro SD card.
• 3G
• Bluetooth 3.0
• 4,100 mAh battery

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Huawei is planning to unveil LTE Smartphone’s and tablets in India by December this year. They are planning to Ascend D LTE and Ascend P1 LTE Smartphone and Huawei Mediapad 10 LTE in India.
As stated by sales director Huawei India, "We plan to launch Smartphone’s and Tablets with LTE network support by December. However, the plan will depend on the 4G operators’ plans including the network rollout and willingness to offer smartphones and tablets using that network". He further added, "Huawei already has LTE products with Ascend P1 LTE and Ascend D LTE in Smartphone category and Mediapad 10 LTE in tablet category, these will have a version with support of TD LTE which is the network that is being rolled out in India".
TD LTE network by Airtel is available in Kolkata and Bangalore only. Now it is expected to roll out networks in Pune and Chandigarh shortly followed by Delhi and Mumbai may be by the end of this year.
Aircel is planning to unveil 4G services by December, starting from Chennai. It has 4G spectrum in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Assam, North-East, Jammu & Kashmir.
Huawei is the biggest provider for LTE dongles to Airtel and is likely to be the choice supplier of Aircel, Tikona and RIL as well. Asced D LTE and MediaPad 10 Lte will be based on quad core processor from Huawei itself, Ascend P1 LTE will be cheaper with a dual core processor. Till now pricing details have not been declared for these devices as it will depend on the Operators.
Huawei is planning to launch entire Ascend series in next four to five months, of which two devices were unveiled yesterday and the rest will be launched by Diwali.

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Huawei is all set to launch six new data cards with option to choose operators from the market , priced between Rs 1,700 to Rs 4,500. These data cards will not be SIM locked and can be used on any network. Huawei assures that these dongles are 15 percent faster than dongles from other manufacturers despite of the location due to T3i technology . T3i technology ensures good network access even in poor network conditions.
Huawei E560, is the most expensive Wi-Fi router and comes with a five hour long battery backup SIM slot , priced uniquely at Rs 4,500. There is no need to connect it to a PC or laptop. User can simply insert the SIM and share the network with up to five devices with the speed up to 7.2 Mbps.
The another one from the series is  E355.  E355 has the same features as E560 however has no battery backup. For power source user can plug it to any mobile charger with a USB slot or to any laptop. E355 doesn’t need any configuration. However, you can secure it with a password. It has speed up to 21 Mbps and will be priced approximately at Rs 2,500.
Huawei  is planning to launch the smallest dongle in the market, E369 Hi Mini , the slimmest dongle in India. It will come in multiple colours with speed up to 21 Mbps.
E303 Cloud dongle is also to be launched and will offers access to Huawei's cloud and messaging solution with 2 GB free cloud storage. The cloud storage means that you can easily share documents, music pictures etc with ease. E303 Hi Link is a normal dongle but does not need any driver to be installed and the base model is called E303c which offers speed up to 7.2 Mbps.

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Huawei Honor comes with three days battery backup on a single charge while updated version of Huawei Ideos X5 offers 16 GB Cloud space to store images, music etc. Huawei has launched its Honor and the new Ideos X5 smartphones in the Indian market. Huawei Honor features a powerful 1,900 mAh battery, which claims to give upto 9 hours of talk time, 6 hours of gaming and 10 hours of video, and a over all three days backup on a single charge. The Huawei Honor currently runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, but is upgradeable to Android 4.0 (ICS), and features a 4 inch, scratch resistant Gorilla glass with 245 pixels per inch (PPI) resolution, the highest in its category.

Apart from that it features a 1.4 GHz processor and a gyroscope, and an 8 megapixel auto focus rear camera with high definition video recording. The phone also gets a front facing camera for video chatting and 720P Video recording and playback features. Huawei Honor is priced at Rs 19,990.

Honor is a DLNA-certified device, which ensures interoperability and ability to play content wirelessly on other DLNA-certified devices such as digital cameras, game consoles and TVs. Honor users can Blacklist and Whitelist calls or protect their SMS from unauthorised use. Honor comes with a lock screen that has a built-in quick launch to the Camera, SMS and Phone apps.
Some other additions include a unique new app called Data Traffic Manager which allows user to set their monthly data package budget and offers an overview of data consumption over 2G/3G, WiFi networks, the apps consuming traffic etc.

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