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Tag: iOS knockoffs

Apple iPhone dominates North America, Europe, China, and Asia-Pacific

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 5:05 pmWednesday, March 18, 2026No Comments

Apple dominated the list of highest-shipping models globally in 2025, according to Counterpoint Research’s “Market Monitor Monthly…

Samsung looks to chase Apple iPhone’s foldable design with ‘Wide Fold’

Monday, December 22, 2025 5:26 pm1 Comment

The foldable smartphone market is gearing up for a high-stakes rivalry in fall 2026, but emerging details paint Samsung as the follower…

Apple poised to reclaim its rightful crown as world’s top smartphone maker

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 1:30 pmTuesday, November 25, 2025No Comments

Apple is poised to reclaim its position as the world’s top smartphone manufacturer, topping a raft of iPhone knockoff peddlers…

Google launches unauthorized Pixel-to-iPhone file sharing via Apple’s AirDrop

Friday, November 21, 2025 12:01 pmMonday, November 24, 20255 Comments

Google, owned by Alphabet Inc., has announced that its newest Pixel phones can now send images and other files directly to iPhones…

Google lays off hundreds of employees in Android, Pixel teams

Friday, April 11, 2025 9:10 am2 Comments

Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, cut hundreds of jobs in its Android and Pixel divisions, according to a Friday report…

Apple TV app now available to those who settle for Android

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 6:36 pmNo Comments

The Apple TV app is now available to download from Google Play offering those who settle for Android devices access to hit, award-winning…

Apple leads smartphone sales in 2024 with 27.7% global market share

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 12:02 pmTuesday, December 17, 2024No Comments

Apple, for two successive years, is the biggest supplier of smartphones worldwide with its seminal iPhone lineup, with 27.7% market share…

iPhone 16 fear prompts Google to move up Pixel phone launch

Monday, August 12, 2024 2:46 pmMonday, August 12, 2024No Comments

Despite debuting its “copied from Apple” Pixel phones eight years ago, Google remains a niche player to this day…

Apple iPhone owners are 7.4 times more valuable than Android users

Tuesday, September 5, 2023 11:50 am3 Comments

Apple iPhone owners are 7.4 times more valuable than those who settle for wannabe iPhones loaded with Android…

Google’s derivative Android is inexorably bleeding customers to real iPhones

Thursday, June 15, 2023 2:02 pmThursday, June 15, 20233 Comments

Last month CIRP analyzed how many Android settlers were upgrading to iPhone and found it to be at a 5-year high. Now, in a new report…

iPhone a ‘must have’ for Gen Z worldwide as Apple takes smartphone market share

Monday, February 27, 2023 10:05 amNo Comments

Consumers around the world are increasingly choosing Apple’s iPhones over derivative Android iPhone wannabes, with younger Gen Z users…

Android’s market share shows significant declines while Apple’s iOS gains

Friday, April 22, 2022 11:40 am2 Comments

Android’s global share of the operating system space has been declining over the past five years. Its worldwide market share in January 2022…

Leaked screenshots reveal Apple-like privacy features in Android 12

Wednesday, February 10, 2021 11:38 amNo Comments

Google is expected to unveil Android 12 in a few weeks and XDA Developers has shared screenshots that show some Apple-inspired (of course)…

Disgraced Google executive Andy Rubin’s Essential shuts down

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 5:10 pmThursday, February 13, 20204 Comments

Essential Products, an Android smartphone peddler founded by disgraced Google executive Andy Rubin is shutting down, the comnpany confirmed Wednesday…

Samsung skips from Galaxy S10 straight to ‘S20’

Monday, January 13, 2020 11:01 am1 Comment

Leaked images of Samsung’s Galaxy S10 successor show the South Korean dishwasher maker is skipping all the way to 20: “Galaxy S20.”

8 things Apple’s iOS does better than Android

Sunday, January 12, 2020 2:58 pmSunday, January 12, 202010 Comments

There are many things that Apple’s iOS does better than Google’s Android…

Decade in Review: What the smartphone has wrought

Thursday, December 26, 2019 11:02 amThursday, December 26, 201914 Comments

When the first Apple iPhone hit the market in 2007, not everyone was convinced it would supplant the flip-phone…

Massive security hole: Google Pixel 4 Face Unlock works if eyes are shut

Thursday, October 17, 2019 7:36 pm10 Comments

Google has confirmed the Pixel 4 smartphone’s Face Unlock system can allow access to a person’s device…

Beleaguered Samsung Electronics posts 56% plunge in June-quarter profit

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 8:33 am2 Comments

Samsung Electronics warned on Wednesday that Japanese curbs on the export of chip-making materials was blurring…

Google to knock off Apple iPhone yet again with ‘Face Unlock’ Face ID clone in Pixel 4 phone

Monday, July 29, 2019 2:00 pmMonday, July 29, 201911 Comments

Google on Monday previewed a pair of features coming to its Pixel 4 smartphone, including “Face Unlock,” to compete with Apple’s Face ID technology…

Why 492 out of 500 people at one company chose iPhone over Android

Friday, May 31, 2019 1:02 pmFriday, May 31, 201926 Comments

Of the 500 employees at the company, only 8 of them chose to use an Android phone. Everyone else — all 492 of them — chose an iPhone…

Apple’s big services push has iPhone written all over it

Thursday, March 28, 2019 1:27 pmThursday, March 28, 201912 Comments

Apple just can’t shake that iPhone addiction…

Samsung’s Galaxy S10 ‘Face Unlock’ feature proven to be an absolute joke

Thursday, March 14, 2019 10:05 pmFriday, March 15, 201930 Comments

Samsung’s obsession with trying to copy key Apple iPhone features is legendary – and laughable…

New adware with destructive capabilities infects hundreds of Android apps in Google Play store

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 6:02 pmWednesday, March 13, 20199 Comments

Researchers have uncovered a new adware strain that was running rampant on the Google Play Store…

Apple grows iPhone market share in the U.S., despite overseas challenge

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 12:08 pmWednesday, March 13, 20193 Comments

In 2019, 105.2 million people in the US will use an Apple iPhone…

When Apple’s iPhone doesn’t change, knock off-happy Android phone peddlers don’t know what to do

Friday, February 22, 2019 1:44 pmThursday, August 15, 201911 Comments

Things are about to get weird…

Nike’s Android app is bricking its Adapt BB self-tying shoes; iPhone app works fine

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:53 pm3 Comments

I’m afraid to set mine up when they come, that’s why I need to borrow a real iPhone…

Huawei wishes followers ‘Happy 2019’ in a tweet sent from a real Apple iPhone

Friday, January 4, 2019 10:15 amFriday, January 4, 20195 Comments

China’s Huawei Technologies has punished two employees for New Year greetings…

Google’s Android platform exists as it does today because of Apple’s iPhone

Friday, December 28, 2018 5:31 pmFriday, December 28, 201854 Comments

This might be a difficult pill for hardcore Android fans to swallow…

After years of mocking Apple, slavish copier Samsung kills headphone jack in latest iPhone wannabe

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 10:02 amWednesday, December 12, 20189 Comments

Samsung’s first smartphone without a 3.5mm headphone jack appears…

Why iPhones and Android wannabes will get more expensive

Sunday, November 11, 2018 3:58 pmSunday, November 11, 201825 Comments

Remember when the only phones with over-$1,000 price tags were made of leather, ruby and sapphire crystal?

Google to charge Android phone peddlers for its Android apps in Europe

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 3:27 pm11 Comments

After receiving a record-breaking €4.34 billion fine in the EU for violating anti-trust laws…

Around 1 in 5 Android phone owners plan to switch to an Apple iPhone

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 11:04 am16 Comments

Among Android brands, the intention to switch to Apple’s iPhone has grown dramatically while loyalty to Android has softened…

People will pay $1000+ for a real Apple iPhone, but not for an Android iPhone knockoff

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 12:00 pmWednesday, August 1, 20185 Comments

Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. entered the second decade of the smartphone era…

China’s Huawei overtakes Apple as world No. 2 in smartphone unit sales

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 8:58 amWednesday, August 1, 20185 Comments

China’s Huawei Technologies overtook Apple Inc to become the world’s second-biggest…

Mark Zuckerberg loses $16 billion in record Facebook fall

Thursday, July 26, 2018 3:01 pmThursday, July 26, 201825 Comments

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune took an almost $16 billion hit on Thursday…

Facebook stock plunges as users vanish

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 6:52 pm21 Comments

Facebook Inc’s stock fell as much as 24 percent after hours on Wednesday over concerns…

If you use one of these products, you’re probably wealthy

Monday, July 23, 2018 7:51 pm26 Comments

Some tastes are acquired…

President Trump promises action against the EU over record Google antitrust fine

Friday, July 20, 2018 3:31 pmFriday, July 20, 201837 Comments

President Trump has sharply criticised the European Union over the record €4.3 billion ($5.1bn) anti-trust fine…

Like Google, Apple also deserves an EU fine for anticompetitive practices or something

Thursday, July 19, 2018 5:29 pm91 Comments

The European Commission had solid antitrust reasons for fining Google 4.3 billion euros…

Samsung is absolutely terrified of Apple’s iPhone X

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 10:43 am22 Comments

Samsung is afraid of the new iPhone X in a year when its flagship, the Galaxy S9, hasn’t been able to meet internal goals…

EU hits Google with record €4.34 billion fine for abusing market dominance

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 8:58 am26 Comments

Google has been hit with a record €4.34bn (£3.8bn) fine by the European Union for abusing…

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