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Earlier this week, Apple apologised for slowing down users' iPhones without their knowledge LATEST NEWS  :Samsung and LG, two of the biggest smartphone manufacturers, on Saturday claimed they do not slow down phones with old batteries - a practice which Apple admitted to using in iPhones to prevent them from unexpected shutdowns. "Product quality has been and will always be Samsung Mobile's top priority. "We ensure extended battery life through multi-layer safety measures, which include software algorithms that govern the battery charging current and charging duration," Samsung was quoted as saying by PhoneArena. "We do not reduce CPU performance through software updates over the lifecycles of the phone," the company added. Echoing a similar stament, LG committed it "will never" slow down its smartphones. Taiwanese tech major HTC and Lenovo-owned Motorola also confirmed on Thursday that they were not slowing down...

Smaller players could be routed; major Indian brands may not get any significant advantage Latest news : The Union government is mulling imposing a 15 per cent basic customs duty (BCD) on the import of finished mobile handsets once the Goods and Services Tax (GST) comes into effect. The move is intended to protect manufacturers who have set up units in India and put a curb on the outflow of foreign exchange to countries like China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Boosting local manufacturing or assembly of mobile phones is a key part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s pet project — Make in India. What the government intends to do? The Commerce and Industry Ministry had proposed a customs duty of 15 per cent on smartphone imports. Under the Phased Manufacturing Program (PMP) developed by the ministry of electronics and information technology, the government aims to enable large-scale manufacturing of mobile phones. As local value addition in handsets remains as low as two...