Indian Mobile Giant Micromax enters top 10 global phone Vendor in Q1 2015

Indian Mobile Giant Micromax has entered global top 10 phone Vendor in Q1 2015

Indian mobile handset manufacturer, Micromax with 1.8% global market share during the January-March quarter of 2015 entered the global top 10 mobile vendors according to the research firm Gartner.


Micromax sold 8.16 million mobile handset in first quarter of this year against 7.7 million in Q1 2014, an average growth of 4.7 per cent.

South Korean firm Samsung top the list with 21.3 per cent share, followed by Apple (13.1 per cent), Microsoft (7.2 per cent), LG (4.3 per cent) and Lenovo (4.2 per cent).

Some other brands in the top 10 include Huawei (4 per cent), Xiaomi (3.2 per cent), TCL Communication (3.1 per cent), ZTE (2.7 per cent) and Micromax (1.8 per cent).

Global top 10 mobile brand vendor in Q1 2015; Data by Gartner (May 2015)

“In light of their strong smartphone sales in the emerging markets, the Indian and Chinese phone manufacturers increased their footprint during the first quarter of 2015. Six of them were in the top 10 in the first quarter of 2015,” Gartner Research Director Anshul Gupta said.

Global smartphones sales to end-users witnessed 19.3% increase to 336 million units during the first quarter of 2015, led by strong growth in emerging markets (excluding China).

Indian Mobile Manufacturer Giant Micromax in global top 10.

The fastest growing regions were emerging Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa, Gartner said.

“During this quarter, local brands and Chinese vendors came out as the key winners in emerging markets. These vendors recorded an average growth of 73% in smartphone sales and saw their combined share go up from 38% to 47% during the first quarter of 2015,” Gupta said.

Samsung had 24.2 % share of the global smartphone market in the January-March 2015 quarter, followed by Apple (17.9%), Lenovo (5.6%), Huawei (5.4%) and LG (4.6%).

World’s Shortest Commercial Flight

World’s Shortest Commercial Flight is Just 47 Seconds Long!

The world’s shortest commercial flight takes place between the two Orkney Islands, Westray and Papa Westray, just north of Scotland, separated by a distance of only 1.7 miles. Operated by Loganair, the flight duration is officially two minutes, but under ideal wind condition can be completed in only 47 seconds. 

According to reports published in The Daily Mail, about 30 percent of the service's passengers are associated with the Orkney Islands Council's education service, while many others are health staff and patients of the Scottish National Health Service. The island of Papa Westray is home to just over 70 people, and 60 archaeological sites.

Tickets are priced at about $30 per passenger with no in-flight service. 

Loganair, which has flown the route since the 1960s, introduced a popular flight for tourists in 2011. The special flights fly a couple days each week in the summer for folks who just want the flight and then to get back to the Orkney Mainland rather than stay out on the islands.

Picture showing both the islands:




Both the "airfields":

A flight taking off from Papa Westray:

The Papa Westray Airport terminal:

Loganair,the airline which operates the flight:

Source: World’s Shortest Commercial Flight is Just 47 Seconds Long