Episode description

90s kids will remember the pain of using landlines and the slow transition to feature phones with even slower 2G internet. However, India didn’t take long to usher into the smartphone era, which quite literally took over our lives. What drove the change? How the Chinese brands cashed in on the opportunity as the Indian brands fell flat?

In the second episode of The Bottom Line podcast, Shubham Sharma and Karandeep Singh get a bit nostalgic talking about their first phones. Soon, they circle back to the present state of smartphones in 2024, what you can expect this year, and how your phone will change in the next decade.