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Tag: iPhone wannabes

The 5 best features Android should steal from iOS

Sunday, January 25, 2015 7:44 pmSunday, January 25, 201526 Comments

After all, Android isn’t multitouch on accident…

Study: iPhone users are smarter and richer than those who settle for Android phones

Thursday, January 22, 2015 11:22 amThursday, January 22, 201529 Comments

More than 42% of U.S. smartphones are iPhones…

Samsung’s Tizen phone makes poor first impression in India

Thursday, January 22, 2015 10:18 am15 Comments

Samsung’s Tizen phone’s low-resolution cameras and dearth of software applications…

Struggling Samsung forecast to see earnings drop for 2 straight years

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 10:40 pmTuesday, January 20, 201521 Comments

Struggling Samsung Electronics Co. is forecast to post a profit slide for the second consecutive year…

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…

Samsung places bet on its ‘Tizen’ operating system

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 2:25 pmWednesday, January 14, 201521 Comments

The Samsung Z1, will be priced at less than $100…

Google won’t fix bug hitting 60 percent of Android phones

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:37 amTuesday, January 13, 201525 Comments

Just as Google is coming under fire for publicizing a Windows bug…

Beleaguered Microsoft’s moribund Windows Phone may finally be dead

Wednesday, January 7, 2015 1:56 pmWednesday, January 7, 201547 Comments

It’s an absolute bloodbath for Windows Phone…

Apple’s iPhone 6/Plus take market share from Android

Wednesday, January 7, 2015 11:29 amWednesday, January 7, 20159 Comments

Android’s share of the smartphone market has shrunk as iPhone 6 and 6 Plus helped Apple’s iOS make gains around the world…

Apple market share grows across Europe, US and China; Android, Samsung share drops

Wednesday, January 7, 2015 9:32 amWednesday, January 7, 20158 Comments

Samsung particularly felt the pressure and saw its market share decline…

Why Android users can’t have the nicest things

Monday, January 5, 2015 4:25 pmMonday, January 5, 201521 Comments

One of the bigger supposed mysteries out there is why so many prominent mobile apps…

Five smartphone wishes for 2015: Smartphones must do better in 5 key areas

Wednesday, December 31, 2014 3:29 pmWednesday, December 31, 201429 Comments

The smartphones of 2014 were an impressive lot…

Chinese Xiaomi copycat hit with patent infringement lawsuits, sales bans

Tuesday, December 23, 2014 9:58 amTuesday, December 23, 201415 Comments

Xiaomi Corp. became the biggest smartphone seller in China by peddling iPhone knockoffs…

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…

2014: Still sick of Android

Wednesday, December 17, 2014 1:28 pmWednesday, December 17, 201426 Comments

In March 2012, I publicly called it quits with Android…

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…

China’s Xiaomi made a meager $56 million profit in 2013

Monday, December 15, 2014 8:31 am11 Comments

South Korea’s LG lost its position as the world’s third-biggest…

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…

What Apple hath wrought: Over 2 billion smartphones will be in use in 2016

Thursday, December 11, 2014 2:27 pmThursday, December 11, 20148 Comments

In 2016, 2.16 billion smartphones will be in use worldwide…

Beleaguered Samsung’s ‘flagship’ Galaxy S5 sales have plummeted as much as 50% in China

Monday, December 1, 2014 5:28 pmMonday, December 1, 201426 Comments

Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S5 has been struggling to match the successes…

More affluent, tech-savvier Apple iOS users outspend Android users by 25 percent

Monday, December 1, 2014 8:33 amMonday, December 1, 20149 Comments

Apple iOS mobile users spent about 25% more than Android owners…

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…

Apple iOS app launches are double that of Android; iOS apps used for twice as long

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 5:02 pmTuesday, November 18, 20146 Comments

Users of Apple’s iOS install, engage with and pay for more mobile applications…

Why Silicon Valley doesn’t care about Android

Monday, November 10, 2014 12:00 pmMonday, November 10, 20148 Comments

Android monetizes poorly and is used by poor people. iOS is a much more attractive platform, while Android continues to lag behind…

Lenovo unveils shameless Apple iPhone 6 knockoff

Friday, November 7, 2014 8:56 amFriday, November 7, 201435 Comments

Introducing the shamelessly derivative Lenovo S90…

Apple replaces beleaguered Samsung as top mobile brand in China

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 12:04 pm16 Comments

Samsung was replaced by the iPhone maker as No. 1 in China’s mobile sector…

Apple iPhone continues utter domination with 86% share of handset industry profits

Tuesday, November 4, 2014 2:06 pmTuesday, November 4, 201413 Comments

A new analysis of handset industry operating profits estimates that Apple accounted for a massive 86 percent share…

Samsung looks to cheap phones to stem steep profit decline in face of Apple iPhone 6/Plus

Thursday, October 30, 2014 11:59 amThursday, October 30, 201425 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. on Thursday said it would revamp its smartphone line-up…

Samsung Electronics’ profit plummets over 60% as people dump wannabe iPhones for the real thing

Thursday, October 30, 2014 8:55 amThursday, October 30, 201444 Comments

With smartphone buyers increasingly choosing Apple’s 64-bit iPhones…

Former Android VP: Apple’s iPhone 6 is ‘the most beautiful smartphone ever built’

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 2:55 pmTuesday, October 28, 201416 Comments

Hugo Barra was once the public face of Google’s Android division…

3 out of 4 consumers want Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus over Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4

Monday, October 20, 2014 10:04 amMonday, October 20, 201426 Comments

On Oct. 17, mobile open market Goodmobile announced the results of its survey…

iPhone users earn significantly more than those who settle for Android phones

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 2:29 pmWednesday, October 8, 201422 Comments

The median iPhone user earns 40 percent more than the median Android phone settler…

There’s something very wrong in Android land

Friday, September 26, 2014 3:28 pmFriday, September 26, 201494 Comments

Google may not wait around for Android to go toxic…

After appearing on stage with Samsung, Adam Levine tweets from his Apple iPhone

Monday, September 8, 2014 3:01 pmMonday, September 8, 201434 Comments

Last week, Samsung invited Adam Levine from Maroon 5…

Android phones hit by widespread ransomware attack

Monday, August 25, 2014 11:31 amMonday, August 25, 201452 Comments

You are guilty of child porn, child abuse, zoophilia…

Beleaguered Microsoft’s moribund Windows Phone suffers shipment decline

Monday, August 18, 2014 6:01 pmMonday, August 18, 201443 Comments

As global smartphone shipments hit a historic high of 301.3 million…

Xiaomi’s MIUI 6 Android skin mimics Apple’s iOS 7

Monday, August 18, 2014 10:56 amMonday, August 18, 201451 Comments

Xiaomi has released the latest version of its operating system skin…

Samsung mocks iPhone users at airport power outlets

Thursday, August 14, 2014 10:25 amThursday, August 14, 201450 Comments

In recent advertising, struggling iPhone knockoff peddler Samsung…

No fanfare: Samsung quietly unveils weaker-spec’ed iPhone wannabe ‘Galaxy Alpha’

Wednesday, August 13, 2014 10:07 amWednesday, August 13, 201424 Comments

This was not the usual Samsung smartphone launch…

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