Karbonn, one of the leading domestic mobile brands, announced its intentions to stay on top of smartphone technology trends in 2014, and identified them in a press release on Thursday, quoting the company's executive director, Shashin Devsare.
Devsare said in the statement: "It will be the perfect blend of technology and consumer orientation that will take us to the next leap of our mission of massifying smart devices in India. The net positive estimates for the Indian mobile market is encouraging Karbonn to focus heavily on the Indian mobile market with its retinue of customer-centric products & services, and with a more streamlined and consumer-oriented Karbonn 'Smart' mobile eco-system. The year 2014 is ready to witness the greatest of smart device tech trends and will ensure the evolution and growth of a great mobile ecosystem in 2014."
The key technology trends identified by Karbonn were based on the app ecosystem, biometric identification, connectivity, data usage, compute and graphics processing, imaging, wearable and flexible technology, high-resolution displays, open-source operating systems, and carrier technology.
Some of the most notable trends to be identified were the processor and camera. According to Karbonn, the former will reach speeds between 2.5GHz and 3GHz, at a lower price points. Octa-cores will also apparently become more common, promising similar performance at a lower energy consumption.
As for the camera, Karbonn's forecast of trends say 16-megapixel cameras will become more mainstream, as well as larger sensor sizes, and the inclusion of optical image stabilisation and better HDR.
You can see Karbonn's mobile technology trend forecasts for 2014 in the table below, side by side with the company's corresponding identified trend in 2013
Karbonn says phones with 3GHz CPUs, biometric sensors to go mainstream in 2014 | NDTV Gadgets
