Samsung semiconductor sales smashes second quarter
The Samsung consumer business might have gone down in a ball of flames last year, but 2017 is proving to be a different type of game as the semiconductor business unit reports impressive growth.
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Vertu signals the end
Bafflingly expensive mobile handset brand Vertu seems to have finally called it a day following numerous reports of its demise.
Infographic: What do we actually use our smartphones for?
We all see more and more people glued to the blue-screens for an increasing amount of time, but what are they actually doing on there is they aren’t talking to anyone?
Huawei has launched a KFC-branded smartphone. Seriously
As the battle for differentiation in the brutally competitive smartphone industry intensifies, Huawei China is positioning a new smartphone as finger lickin’ good.
Is the telco industry taking our smartphone obsession seriously?
With Tencent’s Honour of Kings set to hit app stores across the US and Europe, should we be asking more of the telecoms industry in managing our smartphone addiction?
Xiaomi comes roaring back thanks to focus on Indian market
Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi reckons it shipped 23.16 smartphones in Q2 2017, a 58% increase on the same period a year ago.
HMD targets generation-narcissist with Zeiss smartphone partenrship
HMD Global, the current overseer of the Nokia phone brand, has announced a new partnership with Zeiss which promises to use photography as a means to create a ‘new’ USP for the brand.
Nokia says ‘Xiaomi the money’
Nokia’s Chinese whispers continue with the announcement of a business collaboration agreement with Xiaomi, which includes some smartphone patent cross-licensing.
EE, Qualcomm and Sony make a play for ‘Gigabit LTE’
At an event in Wembley stadium EE used its live network to demonstrate LTE on steroids using a Sony Xperia XZ Premium smartphone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip.
The smartphone confessions of a 13-year-old boy
This guest article is written by 13-year-old Jack Bicheno, who is spending a work placement day at Telecoms.com and was tasked with writing a story.
Huawei reckons it has overtaken Apple as no 2 smartphone vendor
A Huawei exec has claimed that the company sold more smartphones than Apple last December, thus overtaking it to the global number two spot.
Android creator launches his own phone
Andy Rubin, the man behind ubiquitous mobile OS Android, has unveiled his first take on the smartphone since leaving Google.
Sony ditches ‘premium standard’ smartphone category
Sony’s orderly retreat from the smartphone market continues with the discontinuation of the entire sub-flagship product category.
HTC might have actually found a bit of differentiation
In a smartphone market which is becoming increasingly repetitive, HTC might have actually done something which is considered a bit novel.
Apple dominates Q1 2017 smartphone model sales
While Apple may be struggling to maintain its overall smartphone sales numbers it still stands head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to individual models.
Qualcomm refreshes mid-market Snapdragons
The Snapdragon 660 and 630 chips aim to give you most of the fun of a Snapdragon 835 at a fraction of the price.
Q1 2017 smartphone market – Chinese vendors to the fore
The Q1 2017 global smartphone shipment numbers are out and they show solid growth with nearly all coming from Chinese vendors, largely from their domestic market.
IDC has an early guess at the Q1 2017 smartphone market
Analyst firm IDC has published ‘preliminary’ smartphone shipment numbers several days before Apple announces its own, which anticipate further growth.
Samsung profits up 48% thanks to conscientious components
They called it a couple of weeks ago, and they delivered. Those cunning dudes over at Samsung reported 48% year-on-year growth in operating profit, despite a poor performance from the mobile team.
Google tries to bring peace to the Android galaxy
The owner of Android has created a patent-pooling scheme with the stated aim of ending patent litigation between Android OEMs.
Events
GSMA Mobile World Congress Americas
- 12-14 September 2017
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LTE Advanced Pro and Gigabit LTE: The Path to 5G
- 13-13 September 2017
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Evolved Packet Core World Forum
- 20-21 September 2017
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