Google today announced the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL smartphones at an anticlimactic event in New York…
Tag: iPhone wannabes
Beleaguered Samsung ends mobile phone production in China
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
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
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
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
Samsung Electronics warned on Wednesday that Japanese curbs on the export of chip-making materials was blurring…
Apple dominates the global premium smartphone market
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Things are about to get weird…
Gartner: Apple’s iPhone unit sales suffered worst quarterly decline since first quarter of 2016
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
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
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
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
According to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor Q3 2018, the global premium smartphone segment…
After years of mocking Apple, slavish copier Samsung kills headphone jack in latest iPhone wannabe
Samsung’s first smartphone without a 3.5mm headphone jack appears…
Why iPhones and Android wannabes will get more expensive
Remember when the only phones with over-$1,000 price tags were made of leather, ruby and sapphire crystal?
iPhone owners happier, richer, have more friends than those who settle for Android knockoffs
Apple iPhone users tend to have more money, more friends, and are generally happier…
Samsung brand ambassador sued for $1.6 million for using Apple’s iPhone X in public
Ksenia Sobchak was hired by Samsung to market its smartphones in the country, but she was spotted using an iPhone X during a television interview…
Around 1 in 5 Android phone owners plan to switch to an Apple iPhone
Among Android brands, the intention to switch to Apple’s iPhone has grown dramatically while loyalty to Android has softened…
Huawei crashes Apple store queues to hand out its own chargers in battery critique stunt
The Chinese phone maker took to the streets…
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 bursts into flames inside New York woman’s purse
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 cellphone spontaneously combusted inside a Long Island woman’s purse…
Apple ‘wants to serve everyone,’ says Tim Cook: Wider price range opens up developing Asian markets
Apple clearly intends to maintain its position in the high-end segment…
Apple is still struggling to sell iPhones in the world’s hottest markets
Apple is gearing up for a revamp of its iPhone lineup, but it’ll need to do a lot more to catch its rivals…
How global smartphone sales growth ground to a halt
After years of rampant growth, the global smartphone market is slowing down as consumers wait…
South Korean dishwasher maker Samsung’s mobile profits fall as consumers pass on $1,000 iPhone knockoffs
Fewer buyers than expected have shelled out top dollar for Samsung’s Galaxy S9…
Anti-iPhone X ads show why South Korean dishwasher maker Samsung keeps losing to Apple
Samsung has debuted three new ads designed not to promote its own products…
Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S9 is a flop
Earlier this year, Samsung announced the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus smartphones…
Samsung is absolutely terrified of Apple’s iPhone X
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…
Apple’s cheaper iPhones are not the volume sellers the pundits predicted; those are iPhone X and 8/Plus
Apple is simply selling significantly more high-end units than Samsung…
Samsung’s second-quarter profit seen flagging on lackluster Galaxy phone sales
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is expected to post its smallest profit growth in more than…
Google’s latest Android version tries to make Android phones more like Apple’s iPhone X
Google has a new version of Android coming to your phone with features…
Apple sells an iPhone X every three seconds in Europe
Apple sold at least one iPhone 6-type phone for every iPhone X…
Canalys: Apple’s iPhone X was Europe’s No.1 smartphone in Q1
This is a new era for smartphones in Europe…
Apple’s flagship iPhone X continues to be the best-selling smartphone in urban China
The latest smartphone OS data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech reveals that in the three months…
This dip in Apple’ share price is silly, I’m buying it
One of the best (in my opinion) and largest companies in the world is on sale…
Apple’s iPhone X made 5 times the profit of 600 Android OEMs combined
Apple remained the most profitable smartphone brand through the fourth quarter of 2017…
