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Tag: crappy Android phones

Apple’s flagship iPhone 6 Plus leads soaring phablet demand

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 11:58 am4 Comments

The US phablet market almost quadrupled in the first three months of the year…

​Apple’s sales growing in Europe as buyers dump Android for iPhones

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 9:35 amWednesday, May 6, 201512 Comments

Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus continue to convert Android users to iOS…

Samsung can’t seem to stop mimicking Apple

Monday, May 4, 2015 12:11 pmMonday, May 4, 201555 Comments

Samsung has been known to borrow Apple’s ideas from time to time…

Beleaguered Samsung’s profits plummeted after Apple’s iPhone 6/Plus launch

Saturday, May 2, 2015 11:00 amMonday, May 11, 201544 Comments

Samsung’s first quarter profits fell by 39% as mobile customers switched…

New app makes it easy to dump Android for Apple iPhone

Thursday, April 23, 2015 10:55 amThursday, April 23, 2015No Comments

More people are dumping Android for Apple’s revolutionary iPhone and iPad every day…

Why Google is the new evil empire

Monday, April 20, 2015 3:55 pmTuesday, April 21, 201517 Comments

Don’t let the whimsical multicolored logo and ‘don’t be evil’ mantra fool you…

Even in South Korea, Samsung sees weak response to the Galaxy S6

Friday, April 17, 2015 5:25 pmFriday, April 17, 201511 Comments

If it were me, I’d buy the iPhone 6. The Galaxy S6 battery runs out quickly…

Apple iPhone vs. Android argument turns bloody, ends with beer bottle to the head

Friday, April 17, 2015 3:55 pmFriday, April 17, 201531 Comments

According to Tulsa police, Jiaro Mendez and Elias Acevedo were outside their apartment…

Apple sold $2 billion worth of iPhones into Samsung’s user base in holiday 2014 quarter

Tuesday, March 31, 2015 4:04 pm6 Comments

Apple Inc. happily reported that it sold 74.5 million iPhones…

Significant Android to iPhone switching weakens market for Samsung Galaxy S6

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 8:56 amTuesday, March 24, 201516 Comments

Apple’s impressive sales figures from Q4 2014 continue to have an impact…

Rampant security flaws and fragmentation forces company to ban Android phones and tablets

Wednesday, March 18, 2015 12:29 pmWednesday, March 18, 201513 Comments

Since Android is merely a thinly disguised vector for delivering advertising revenue to Google…

Apple iPhone takes smartphone market share from Android around the world

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:28 amWednesday, March 4, 20159 Comments

Leading into Chinese New Year, Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus drove sales to an unprecedented high…

Cellphone makers fight over table scraps left by Apple’s unstoppable iPhone

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 10:57 amWednesday, March 4, 201514 Comments

Other manufacturers just look on in awe…

Apple’s iOS grows to 73% enterprise share in Q4 2014, Android drops to 25%

Thursday, February 26, 2015 12:00 pmThursday, February 26, 20159 Comments

Apple rules the mobile enterprise space and is extending its lead…

Apple took 89% of Q4 smartphone profits, leaving Android mired at record-low 11%

Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:27 amThursday, February 26, 201518 Comments

Android captured a record-low 11% global smartphone profit share

Apple may not lead in market share, but dominates other critical metrics

Friday, February 13, 2015 12:00 pmFriday, February 13, 201511 Comments

Apple has been crushing the competition…

Dump that Android phone and upgrade to a real iPhone

Monday, February 2, 2015 3:28 pmMonday, February 2, 20155 Comments

There’s never been a better time for an Android settler to upgrade to a real iPhone…

Don’t be silly, Xiaomi is no threat to Apple

Monday, January 19, 2015 5:05 pmMonday, January 19, 201516 Comments

In recent weeks, much has been made in the financial media…

Struggling Samsung to copy Apple’s Touch ID with new static fingerprint sensor in Galaxy S6

Saturday, January 17, 2015 11:05 amSaturday, January 17, 201523 Comments

Samsung’s next flagship smartphone will ship with a Touch ID-like fingerprint sensor…

Kaspersky Lab Director: Over 98% of mobile malware targets Android because it’s much, much easier to exploit than iOS

Thursday, January 15, 2015 8:31 am10 Comments

It comes down to how easy a target is to breach…

Apple’s iPhone camera goes from 0 to good picture faster than anything else

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 12:00 pmTuesday, January 13, 201521 Comments

I was at Intel’s CES booth, composing a photo with my Android smartphone…

Beleaguered Samsung shutters flagship London store amid falling sales

Wednesday, December 24, 2014 9:07 amWednesday, December 24, 201428 Comments

Samsung made a big point of promoting its Experience Stores…

Smartphones: Apple knows what it’s doing, Google doesn’t

Sunday, December 21, 2014 3:25 pm19 Comments

Google’s smartphone product strategy and sales are going from bad to worse…

Samsung axes heavily-promoted ‘ChatON’ mobile-messaging chat service

Friday, December 19, 2014 9:56 amFriday, December 19, 201411 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday that it would discontinue…

Honor among thieves? Huawei calls its new smartphone the ‘6 Plus’

Tuesday, December 16, 2014 4:57 pmTuesday, December 16, 20149 Comments

Huawei today unveiled its latest smartphone at an event in Beijing…

Iowa is building America’s first iPhone driver’s license

Friday, December 12, 2014 4:01 pmFriday, December 12, 201421 Comments

Iowa is looking to create the nation’s first iPhone driver’s license…

Google scrapped Nexus 6 fingerprint sensor in failed bid to catch up with Apple’s Touch ID

Wednesday, December 10, 2014 10:24 amWednesday, December 10, 201421 Comments

Fragmandroid. 32-bit antiques perpetually lagging behind the paradigm-creating Apple iPhone…

Yet another reason to get a real iPhone: Carriers install apps on Android phones without users’ permission

Tuesday, December 2, 2014 12:01 pmTuesday, December 2, 201436 Comments

Carriers can now push garbage apps onto Android setttlers’ handsets whether the settler wants it or not…

Beleaguered Samsung has sold 40% fewer Galaxy S5 units than expected

Tuesday, November 25, 2014 4:56 pmTuesday, November 25, 201423 Comments

Beleaguered Samsung Electronics Co. is considering a major leadership shake-up…

Beleaguered Samsung mulls management shake-up after profit slump

Monday, November 24, 2014 11:58 amMonday, November 24, 201429 Comments

Struggling Samsung Electronics is considering a major change in leadership…

Security experts: Malware spreading to millions on Android phones

Friday, November 21, 2014 10:58 amFriday, November 21, 201423 Comments

A particularly nasty mobile malware campaign targeting Android users…

‘Shockingly bad’ Google Android 5.0 Lollipop update bricks phones, tablets; kills apps

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 8:59 pm69 Comments

Early adopters of Google’s latest Android operating system are warning…

Beleaguered Samsung to reduce phone models by up to 30% in face of plummeting profits

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 9:27 amTuesday, November 18, 201419 Comments

In October, beleaguered Samsung hemorrhaged 49% in third-quarter net profit…

After gaining U.S. government approval, Samsung Knox security for Android found to be ‘completely compromised’

Friday, October 24, 2014 8:32 amFriday, October 24, 201435 Comments

A software researcher published findings showing that Samsung’s Knox app…

GapGate: Samsung insists Galaxy Note 4 design defect that can worsen over time is a feature, not a flaw

Friday, October 3, 2014 9:36 am28 Comments

Samsung’s device has a gap between its screen and frame…

Samsung ‘build quality’ or lack thereof: Galaxy Note 4 gap between screen and trim ‘may expand’ over time

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 6:01 pmWednesday, October 1, 201447 Comments

Samsung Galaxy Note 4s include a gap large enough to insert a business card that can expand over time…

AnandTech reviews Apple’s 64-bit iPhone 6 Plus: ‘Definitely a great phone’

Tuesday, September 30, 2014 11:27 amTuesday, September 30, 20145 Comments

Overall, the iPhone 6 Plus is definitely a great phone that builds on…

AliveCor launches new iOS-only app to auto detect atrial fibrillation in an ECG recording

Monday, September 29, 2014 3:25 pmMonday, September 29, 20147 Comments

AliveCor, Inc. announced today the launch of the latest version of the AliveECG app…

Lacking its own OS, Samsung flounders in Apple’s formidable wake

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:55 pmTuesday, September 23, 201430 Comments

As Samsung struggles to develop their own operating system…

Ars Technica reviews Apple iPhone 6/Plus: There’s a lot more going on here than just big displays

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 10:53 am15 Comments

Big-screened iPhones are what the people want, and Apple has acquiesced…

Reviewers fall all over themselves to praise Apple’s 64-bit iPhone 6/Plus

Wednesday, September 17, 2014 7:52 pmWednesday, September 24, 201414 Comments

The best smartphones you can buy…

iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus tested at Disneyland: ‘So badass’

Wednesday, September 17, 2014 2:56 pmWednesday, September 17, 201411 Comments

Last week I decided to test the most secretive, hotly anticipated smartphones on earth at Disneyland…

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