British luvvies want a new smartphone tax to fund the arts
UK Parliament is apparently considering a new tax on any device that can store digital content with a view to handing the cash over to the arts sector.
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Component shortage to hinder smartphone market recovery
Smartphone shipments are expected to bounce back this year as the pandemic eases, but component supply issues will limit the recovery.
European operators play the green card with smartphones
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, Telia, and Vodafone jointly start Eco Rating labelling scheme to score how sustainable mobile phones are, aiming to encourage device makers and device buyers to be more environmentally minded.
Global smartphone shipments jump 24% in Q1 2021
Strategy Analytics was the first out of the blocks with its global smartphone numbers this quarter and it reveals a significant rebound from last year’s challenges.
Huawei is even struggling in its domestic smartphone market
New data from research firm Counterpoint reveals Vivo and Oppo are scrapping it out for the top smartphone spot in China, with Huawei now a distant third.
New iPhone boosting Huawei’s reputation in Europe – Ren Zhengfei
Huawei is benefiting from the popularity of the latest iPhone model, whose success demonstrates the strength of the Chinese vendor’s 5G networks in Europe, insists the Huawei founder.
Gartner downgrades global smartphone market
Giant analyst firm Gartner likes to take its sweet time about publishing smartphone numbers and has eventually come up with a more pessimistic view than its quicker peers.
Huawei gets a smartphone lifeline as Qualcomm given permission to supply chips
Qualcomm has told Reuters it has received licenses from the US authorities to supply Huawei with a bunch of products.
Huawei woes fuel plunge in China smartphone shipments
Soft demand and restrictions on Huawei’s supply chain led to a 14.3 percent fall in Q3 smartphone shipments in China.
The game of cat-and-mouse between Huawei and the US continues
Yet another set of restrictions have been placed by the US on Huawei and anyone even slightly associated with it.
Huawei usurps Samsung as global smartphone leader – Canalys
Estimates from rival analyst firms might contradict these figures, but Canalys is suggesting Huawei has overtaken Samsung as the worlds most popular smartphone brand.
EncroChat hack shows there’s no such thing as secure communications
French police managed to penetrate a super-secure smartphone platform and catch loads of baddies, but what does this mean for the rest of us?
Samsung introduces new affordable 5G smartphones
Samsung has added 5G to two of its A-series smartphones, aiming to bring 5G smartphones to the mainstream segment.
Carphone Warehouse to close all 531 UK standalone shops
Tech retail group Dixons Carphone has announced it will close all of its remaining standalone Carphone Warehouse shops because they lose money.
Vodafone announces strategic virtue-signalling partnership
Operator group Vodafone will be flogging the Fairphone 3 to its European customers from next year.
HTC taps Orange for new CEO
Struggling Taiwanese device maker HTC has finally found a full-time CEO by tapping into the European telecoms scene.
Facebook moves to distance itself from Huawei
Social media giant Facebook is blocking the preinstallation of all its apps on Huawei phones according to a report.
China’s smartphone market plunged by 11% in 2018
The smartphone market in China declined by 11% in Q4 2018 and by similar magnitude the whole year, according to numbers from the research firm Strategy Analytics.
Deloitte predicts 50k 5G smartphone in the UK by 2019-end
While the vast majority will have to wait some time before experiencing the euphoria of an extra ‘G’ Deloitte is predicting there will 50,000 early adopters in the UK.
Judge says no to police forcing phone unlocks with face
A judge in the District Court for the Northern District of California has denied the police a warrant which would force suspects to open their phones through biometric authentication.
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