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Tag: iPhone wannabes

Who stands to gain from LG’s smartphone exit?

Monday, April 5, 2021 4:02 pmMonday, April 5, 20212 Comments

LG Electronics’ move to kill its failed smartphone business is expected to create more opportunities for Samsung than other companies…

South Korean dishwasher maker LG pulls the plug on smartphones

Monday, April 5, 2021 9:17 amMonday, April 5, 20219 Comments

South Korean dishwasher maker LG Electronics has pulled the plug on its failed smartphone division after failing to find a buyer…

Apple’s iPhone 12 series sold spectacularly well in Europe in Q4 2020

Friday, February 26, 2021 9:49 am2 Comments

2020 was a rollercoaster year for the European smartphone market, but Apple’s iPhone 12 series sold spectacularly well in Europe in Q4 2020…

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)…

Google explores ‘less stringent’ knockoff of Apple’s anti-tracking privacy feature for Android

Thursday, February 4, 2021 3:21 pm1 Comment

If there’s anything Google focuses almost as much as being an online advertising broker masquerading as a search engine, it’s copying Apple…


LG Electronics mulls exit from smartphone business

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 10:54 am1 Comment

LG Electronics may exit the smartphone business after losing about 5 trillion won (US$4.5 billion) over the past five years. Its CEO…

China’s Xiaomi devices added to U.S. military blacklist, shares plunge

Friday, January 15, 2021 9:06 am19 Comments

The shares of China’s Xiaomi, the world’s third-largest maker of smartphones, plunged in Hong Kong trade on Friday after the U.S. DOJ…

Apple’s App Store generated more than double the revenue of Google’s Play Store in 2020

Wednesday, December 30, 2020 9:56 amWednesday, December 30, 20207 Comments

Apple’s App Store has once again captured the bulk of the revenue generated between the two major platforms, iOS and the derivative Android…

Apple iPhone’s U.S. Q220 market share ballooned to 47%

Wednesday, August 12, 2020 12:08 pm1 Comment

Vendors ranging from the industry’s progenitor to South Korean dishwasher makers shipped 31.9 million smartphones…

Huawei passes Samsung to become No.1 in global smartphone unit sales

Thursday, July 30, 2020 10:41 amThursday, July 30, 20206 Comments

In the never-ending quest of fake iPhone peddlers to make it up on volume, Huawei last quarter passed Samsung to become No. in global smartphone unit sales…

Xiaomi co-founder Lei Jun caught posting from his Apple iPhone

Wednesday, May 13, 2020 1:44 pm8 Comments

Today Lei Jun, Xiaomi’s CEO and co-founder, inadvertently revealed that he uses an Apple iPhone at least occasionally, and not one Xiaomi’s…

Apple iPhone sales in China spiked sharply in April

Tuesday, May 12, 2020 3:21 pmNo Comments

Apple saw a sharp spike in iPhone sales in China in April, according to new government figures as interpreted by Barclays analyst Tim Long…

Smartphone shipments in China up 17% in April, signaling likely rebound

Tuesday, May 12, 2020 8:57 amNo Comments

According to Chinese government data released on Tuesday, smartphone shipments from factories in China to vendors rose 17% in April compared to the same…

Verizon launches Yahoo Mobile, a $40-per-month cell service

Wednesday, March 11, 2020 10:38 amWednesday, March 11, 20203 Comments

Using the 25-year-old Yahoo brand, Verizon is launching a new mobile phone service called Yahoo Mobile which operates on Verizon’s 4G LTE network…

Apple iPhone destroys Android in new smartphone depreciation report

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 10:21 amWednesday, March 4, 20207 Comments

Through 2019-2020, the cell phone trade-in site tracked almost 300 phones’ resale values, finding that Apple iPhone destroys Android, yet again…

Samsung warns on phone sales amid strong demand for Apple iPhones

Thursday, January 30, 2020 1:32 pmThursday, January 30, 20207 Comments

Samsung warned of weaker phone sales on Thursday after Apple set a new all-time quarterly revenue record and gave a positive iPhone sales outlook…

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…

Apple’s iPhone XR was the top-selling smartphone worldwide in Q3 2019

Tuesday, December 24, 2019 11:15 amTuesday, December 24, 20193 Comments

According to Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse, the iPhone XR was the top-selling model globally in Q3 2019…

Apple, Gucci, Burberry, and Nike among counterfeit goods seized before Christmas

Sunday, December 22, 2019 8:17 pmMonday, December 23, 20191 Comment

Thousands of imitation products originating from China were seized by Border Force officials in recent weeks from ports…

Apple dominates global handset market with 66% of industry profits and 32% of overall revenue

Thursday, December 19, 2019 8:33 am2 Comments

Overall global handset profits declined 11% YoY to USD 12 billion in Q3 2019 due to an increased mix of entry to mid-tier products…

Bloomberg reviews Google’s Pixel 4: Can’t beat Apple’s iPhone 11; blends into the crowd of iPhone wannabes

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 9:09 am5 Comments

Google’s Pixel smartphones have always been defined by iPhone-beating cameras, backed by the know-how of its software coders…

Google’s new Pixel 4 is an overpriced disappointment; get a real iPhone instead

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 3:47 pm12 Comments

Google today announced the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL smartphones at an anticlimactic event in New York…

Beleaguered Samsung ends mobile phone production in China

Thursday, October 3, 2019 4:15 pmThursday, October 3, 20199 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has ended mobile telephone production in China…

IDC: 2019 will be challenging for iPhone, shipments expected to drop to 177.9 million, down 14.8% year over year

Monday, September 9, 2019 5:14 pm6 Comments

A new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows signs of market recovery in the second half of 2019 and into 2020…

The average Apple iPhone has been active for 18 months

Friday, August 23, 2019 10:59 amFriday, August 23, 20192 Comments

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, the average Apple smartphone has been active for 18 months and 16.5 months for Samsung…

Android settlers besieged by factory pre-installed malware

Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:45 pmTuesday, August 13, 20192 Comments

There’s a flow of Android malware that those who settle for pretend iPhones cannot defend themselves against: malicious apps that have been factory pre-installed…

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…

Apple dominates the global premium smartphone market

Tuesday, June 18, 2019 12:00 pmWednesday, June 19, 201911 Comments

The premium segment remains the most difficult for OEMs to penetrate as it requires brand power to command such a high price across the world…

Why Apple’s TV app port isn’t to Android, but to Samsung’s Tizen

Thursday, May 16, 2019 2:58 pmThursday, May 16, 20192 Comments

It once seemed necessary that Apple’s iTunes worked on Windows PCs…

Ars Technica reviews Samsung’s Galaxy S10+ flagship: Too many compromises at too high a price

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 9:19 am10 Comments

Despite being a premium, $1,000 smartphone, the Galaxy S10 comes loaded with ads, even my unlocked version…

Apple continues to dominate premium smartphone market with 51% global share

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 5:35 pmThursday, April 18, 20196 Comments

Apple continues to lead global premium smartphone segment by capturing more than half of the market…

Apple’s App Store revenue projected to more than double by 2023

Friday, March 29, 2019 12:01 pmFriday, March 29, 20193 Comments

Global revenue on Apple’s platform is projected to reach $96 billion in the next five years…

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…

Smartphone shipments to China hit six-year low in February

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 9:27 am2 Comments

Smartphone shipments to China in February fell to their lowest in six years…

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…

Gartner: Apple’s iPhone unit sales suffered worst quarterly decline since first quarter of 2016

Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:56 amThursday, February 21, 20195 Comments

Global sales of smartphones to end users stalled in the fourth quarter of 2018…

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…

IDC: Samsung edges Apple as smartphone woes continue with worldwide shipments down 4.9% in holiday quarter

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 7:14 pm9 Comments

Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375.4 million units during the fourth quarter of 2018…

The maturing of the smartphone industry is cause for celebration

Friday, January 11, 2019 11:25 am2 Comments

Analysts reckon that the number of smartphones sold in 2018 will be slightly lower than in 2017…

Apple’s revolutionary iPhone continues to own the premium smartphone market

Monday, December 31, 2018 1:33 pmMonday, December 31, 20187 Comments

According to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor Q3 2018, the global premium smartphone segment…

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