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…
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With changes to phone sales in Japan threatening its bottom line, Apple hits out at ‘unfair’ rules
Apple has been riding high in the Japanese smartphone market, enjoying the largest share of any company, but changes to the discounts mobile carriers…
Apple to acquire the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem business for $1 billion
Apple and Intel have signed an agreement for Apple to acquire the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem business. Approximately 2,200 Intel employees will join Apple, along with intellectual property, equipment and leases….
Apple is poised to lose lots of iPhone users if it keeps ignoring the mid-range consumer
It’s no secret that the iPhone’s average selling price has creeped up over the past several years….
Analysts: Apple could gain smartphone market share thanks to Trump administration’s Huawei ban
While the Trump administration’s ban on Huawei is causing trouble for the smartphone maker, Apple has a chance to gain smartphone market share…
Sony sees its anemic smartphone business as ‘indispensable’
Sony Corp sees the smartphone business as indispensable to its brand portfolio…
Piper Jaffray: 86 percent of U.S. teens plan to choose iPhone as next smartphone
A newly-published survey of 8,600 U.S. teens found that a higher number than ever are hoping to make Apple’s iPhone their next smartphone….
ACLU files complaint with U.S. DHS over unwarranted interrogation of Apple employee and attempted device search
Today the ACLU Foundation of Northern California (ACLU-NC) filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on behalf of Apple employee…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple’s next-gen iPhones will have significantly larger batteries
Apple’s 2019 iPhone lineup could include new iPhone models with significantly more battery capacity…
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…
Energizer’s new Android phone has an 18,000 mAh battery. Yes, it’s a wee bit thick
The Energizer Power Max P18K Pop promises up to fifty days of standby time between charges
Cringely: ‘Everything is changing and nothing will ever be the same again’
This is, I believe, my 22nd and possibly last year of looking ahead…
Premium smartphones continue to fuel sales growth
Although global smartphone demand declined three percent in 2018 to 1.44 billion, sales remain strong and reached $522 billion…
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…
Analyst: Smartphone sales will stabilize or even rebound slightly in 2020
Despite the chatter around flattening smartphone sales, sales of devices…
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…
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…
China’s smartphone market dropped 14% in 2018, with just under 400 million units shipped
In 2018, smartphone shipments in China fell to their lowest level since 2013…
Analyst: Apple may be headed for ‘serious ramifications’ from ‘superapps’ like WeChat in China
A recent update of the WeChat app from Chinese tech juggernaut Tencent…
2019 iPhone could deliver big upgrades where it matters most
This year’s iPhone refresh will bring big upgrades for some of the handset’s most important features…
Smartphone production will plummet 19% this quarter – Credit Suisse
A couple of weeks after Apple announced that its holiday quarter earnings would be dramatically lower…
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…
Is Apple at risk of becoming the next BlackBerry?
BlackBerry once ruled the smartphone world…
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…
Beware: Some smartphone apps collect location data to sell to advertisers, retailers, and more
The millions of dots on the map trace highways, side streets and bike trails…
Can never be too thin? Battery-life of iPhones getting worse with each generation
It’s not a problem specific to iPhones, but something seen with Android flagships too…
Apple’s 6.5-inch iPhone Xs Max is making me neglect my iPad Pro
I haven’t used my iPad Pro in days…
This is what happens when you take away teenagers’ iPhones
More than half of teens are worried they spend too much time on their iPhones…
Apple’s 6.1-inch iPhone to feature A10 chip, DCI-P3 LCD display
Details about Apple’s upcoming budget 6.1-inch LCD iPhone have leaked via the company’s own Xcode app…
How global smartphone sales growth ground to a halt
After years of rampant growth, the global smartphone market is slowing down as consumers wait…
Apple learns a lucrative lesson
Last year, Apple introduced a trio of new iPhones…
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…
Visionary: Hear Steve Jobs, at the dawn of App Store, predict the future of mobile (and mention MacDailyNews)
Apple recently marked the 10th anniversary of the App Store,,,
Apple takes U.S. market share from Android, dominates with 8 iPhones out of 10 best-selling smartphones
The latest smartphone OS data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech reveals a mixed performance…
Consumers contend that Qualcomm shouldn’t get import ban on Apple iPhones
Qualcomm Inc. shouldn’t be able to use a U.S. trade agency to knock out Intel Corp. as a competitor…
The absolute best smartphone you can buy right now: Apple’s incomparable iPhone X
Apple’s latest iPhone isn’t just the most interesting iPhone in years, but it’s easily the best smartphone ever made…
Apple petitions U.S. Patent Office to invalidate four Qualcomm patents
Apple Inc. filed petitions challenging four Qualcomm Inc. patents Thursday…
Apple’s iPhone is only just starting to grow up: Flat sales of smartphones mask third industrial revolution yet to reach its peak
Not many companies advise customers to use their most popular products less…
IDC: Apple iPhone sales to grow 2.6% in 2018 to 221 million total units
After declining 0.3% in 2017, the worldwide smartphone market is expected to contract again in 2018 before returning to growth in 2019…
The FBI overstated the issue of accessing smartphones
A programming error led the FBI to vastly overstate the number of phones…
Why you shouldn’t worry about radiation from your Wi-Fi router or iPhone
There’s a lot of bad ‘science’ floating around about radio frequency and electromagnetic field exposure…
