Samsung, Sony, LG fetch the Top 3 India's Most Trusted Brand Rankings

The 2017's Brand Trust Report has been released and it shows the top 3 most trusted brands in India. The South  Korea-based Samsung comes out on top fetching the title of India's Most Trusted Brand. Following them is the Japanese electronics giant Sony and South Korean LG.

The Brand Trust Report 2017

The Brand Trust Report is a study to measure people's trust in brands all over the nation. It is released annually by Comniscient Group's TRA Research. The group's CEO N. Chandramouli said, “Trust is transaction personified and the rigor of TRA’s Brand Trust annual study has always displayed prescience through its data. The 17-rank climb of the Consumer Electronic brand Samsung to top position and the 12-rank climb of Apple to fourth rank over last year are significant. Among the top ten this year, four brands have gained ranks, five brands have retained their last year’s ranks, and one brand has fallen in rank. Of the 2016 list, four brands slipped out of the top ten list of 2017, namely Samsung Mobiles, Nokia, Godrej, and ICICI Bank.”

Samsung at the Top

Coming back to the rankings, Samsung's current top spot is an astounding feat if we look at where the company was last year. They were at the 18th spot in 2016, so now they have climbed 17 ranks to reach the first spot. This is the whole Samsung Electronics we are referring to. Samsung Mobiles is different and they were the most trusted mobile phone brand in India

Surprisingly, the current leader in mobile phone rank table is Nokia who is yet to enter the Indian market after HMD's acquisition.

Sony, LG and others

Consumer electronics brands Sony and LG now hold the second and third ranks in the index. They are also their last year's rank and it remains unchanged this year. Apple is the fourth most trusted brand in India, climbing 12 ranks from where they were last year. This is the first time that Apple makes it to the top 5.

The fifth rank is Tata's again who is also the most trusted Indian brand in India. The sixth spot is claimed by Honda, 7th by Maruti Suzuki and then the Dell and Lenovo possess 8th and 9th ranks. The Chinese Lenovo has climbed 18 ranks from where it was in 2016. The tenth rank has been claimed by another Indian brand, Bajaj. out of the top ten most trusted brands in India, only 3 brands are Indian (if you also take Maruti Suzuki into account.)

Airtel is at the 16th spot overall but number one when only the telecom industry is considered while the Reliance Jio is second most trusted in the telecom industry. Also, MTS is the least trusted mobile service provider in India according to the report.

The Brand Trust Report of 2017 is the seventh report made by the TRA Research. It consists of over 11,000 unique brands from which top 1000 brands have been chosen and listed. You can view the whole list, categorised in their website. We've mentioned the sources below.

Source | Via

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LG G6 reveals itself in new images; MWC announcement

Image: evleaks 

Ahead of the announcement at the MWC in Barcelona, new images by @evleaks comes out revealing the looks of the phone. The smartphone looks solid with better overall design than its predecessor, the G5. G5 was more of an experimental phone from LG which was not really their best seller.

Read also: What we know about the LG G6

LG G5 vs G6

The image clearly suggests dual rear cameras and the fingerprint cum power button below them. The bezels are very thin giving almost a bezel-less feel on the front. The display edges are rounded to match the round edges of the device which looks cool and is new from LG. The left side has the volume rockers while on the right is what it looks like a SIM card/MicroSD slot. There is no physical buttons or anything in the front of the device except the regular selfie cam, earpiece, and sensors on the top. Another image from leak suggests that the phone will also come in white color.

LG will be there on February 26 at the Mobile World Congress stalls unveiling the G6. It is expected to get launched on March 10 before Samsung's Galaxy S8 launch to get a head start in the sale. Tell us what you think in the comment section.

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What we know about the LG G6

LG G6

Latest: LG G6 reveals itself on new images; MWC announcement

Smartphones are always getting increasingly smart and essential and it is still the case now in 2017. Flagship smartphones of top brands are about to get launched in the market. Samsung with its Galaxy S8 and LG has G6. It was not very long ago, LG launched V20 which is their current flagship (successor of LG V10). Cut to the chase, the next LG flagship: LG G6 started appearing through online leaks couple of weeks ago. Few images of leaks here (Click to enlarge).

The leaks (Images are from @OnLeaks) suggest that we can expect a bezel-less screen in front, dual cameras like LG did with their recent phones with a fingerprint sensor on the back. They have added more premium looks. It looks like the V20 and G5 combined with metal construction and a Korean site suggests that LG may go with tempered glass back too. We can also expect the wide angle front and rear cameras (Thanks to the dual camera setup LG has) and wireless charging capabilities. The phone will come out with Google's Android Nougat 7.0. 

On the hardware front, the G5 used Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC which is pretty powerful even for today. So LG might upgrade to a newer, more powerful Snapdragon SoC with 4GB of RAM. The display might be at least 2K and even be 4K if we are lucky. LG is pretty strong in display innovations so I'm willing to bet that LG will delight us there. USB-C type is most probable type of port we can see and the 3.5mm jack will be there as LG recently teased it and other features in Twitter. So that's about it. We will write when we have more concrete info on the phone and launch dates.

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LG L90 to be launched with 4.7" display, Android 4.4

LG L90 and all L Series III

LG previously announced their L Series III smartphones namely the L40, L70 and L90. Now they've announced that the L90 of the L Series III will start selling this week. They said that the smartphone will be firstly available in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region and the other markets.

The L90 has a 4.7 inch qHD IPS display, a 1.2GHz quad-core processor coupled with 1GB RAM. LG is offering two variants for different markets: one with a 8MP camera and another with a 5MP camera on the rear. The front-facing camera is 1.3MP as usual and it has 8GB for internal storage and the storage can be expandable via microSD card upto 32GB. The phone is powered by a 2540 mAh battery pack. The device measures 131.6x66x9.7mm in dimensions and we don't know about the weight till now. Another sweet thing is the L90 will run Android 4.4 Kit Kat out of the box. All the L series III devices does so.

According to LG, the L90 will offer the KnockCode feature and it is first to do so in the L Series III. The KnockCode is recently developed feature of LG evolved from the KnockON feature. While announcing the device, Dr. Jong-seok Park, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company said,"With its competitive specs and exquisite design, we expect the L90 to continue the success of the L Series in the global marketplace. It offers the very best of LG in design, hardware, OS and UX features so 3G smartphone users worldwide will be able to enjoy a truly first-class smartphone experience."

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