Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to decline 11.9% year over year in 2020 with shipments totaling 1.2 billion units, according to…
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Micron exec: Smartphone demand in China is starting to come back
Micron’s executive vice president of global operations Manish Bhatia is starting to see some smartphone demand coming back in China, post-COVID-19 lockdown.
Global smartphone production to plunge a record 16.5% in June quarter – TrendForce
Despite supply chains resuming after weeks of shutdown, global smartphone production is expected to plunge an historic record 16.5% to 287 million phones
Here’s who benefits from ‘massive’ slowdown in smartphone sales
The COVID-19 pandemic is massively slowing the pace of smartphone sales and that could benefit many wireless carriers, Morgan Stanley says…
EU lawmakers, eyeing Apple, overwhelmingly call for standard device charger
EU lawmakers overwhelmingly called on Thursday for rules to establish a standard charger for all mobile device makers across Europe…
It’s a bad idea for the EU to force Apple to dump iPhone’s Lightning port
Apple disagrees with the European Union’s idea. It’d be a lose-lose-lose situation for the EU to force Apple to dump iPhone’s Lightning port …
Apple pushes back against EU call for common phone charger
Apple on Thursday again pushed back against European Union lawmakers’ call for a common phone charger standard, warning the move could hamper innovation…
EU wants to force all smartphone makers to use the same charging port
Members of the European Parliament want binding measures for chargers to fit all mobile phones and other portable devices…
iPhone is ahead of time, as usual: U.S. 5G coverage is still two years away
By tracking US carrier comments related to 5G deployment along with the number of 5G cities launched and coverage within those cities…
Decade in Review: What the smartphone has wrought
When the first Apple iPhone hit the market in 2007, not everyone was convinced it would supplant the flip-phone…
Apple’s iPhone XR was the top-selling smartphone worldwide in Q3 2019
According to Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse, the iPhone XR was the top-selling model globally in Q3 2019…
Russia bans sale of gadgets without Russian-made software
Russia has passed a law banning the sale of certain devices that are not pre-installed with Russian software…
Apple’s iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max off to a strong start in the U.S. – Strategy Analytics
Apple’s new iPhone 11 series of smartphones started shipping on the week of Sept. 20th, the official launch date…
Hackers unlock any smartphone using photographed fingerprints in just 20 minutes
In other words: fingerprint security sucks…
Apple chip supplier TSMC boosts capex by up to $5 billion, sees Q4 sales jump on smartphones
Apple Inc supplier TSMC raised its 2019 capital spending plan by up to $5 billion on Thursday and forecast a nearly 10% rise…
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…
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…
