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Fragmandroid: 95.4 percent of Google Android users are running an insecure operating system
By comparison, Apple Inc. says 84% of iOS users are running its most recent and safest version…
iPhone SE squeezing market share from Chinese phone makers
Due to intensifying competition in the China market as a result of the release of Apple’s iPhone SE…
One month in and Apple’s iPhone SE is almost… magic
iPhone SE is a wonderful, almost-perfect iPhone…
Demand for Apple’s new 4-inch iPhone SE continues to outstrip supply resulting in stock-outs, shipping delays
Apple’s new 4-inch iPhone SE 4-inch iPhone SE continues to see demand outstrip available supply…
Hyundai CEO: Cars are set to be the next smartphone
Technology is moving rapidly from the app economy of the smartphone to automobiles…
Ars Technica reviews Apple’s iPhone SE: An apology to big-phone haters everywhere
This is the first time that bottom spot in the iPhone lineup has ever been occupied by something that wasn’t two to three years old…
Daring Fireball’s Gruber reviews iPhone SE: ‘Feels the best in hand’
Feel matters. And to me, the classic 4-inch display form factor shared by the iPhones 5, 5S, and now SE feels the best in hand…
I really tried, but there’s just no way I can live with Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S7
The experience Android provides, and the experiences those apps provide, just isn’t on the same level as the iPhone…
The real reason why 4-inch phones are back in fashion
Unlike previous announcements, in which Apple has steadily increased the size of its phones, it went smaller…
Samsung Galaxy S7 settlers plagued with vexing Wi-Fi problems
Beleaguered Samsung’s flagship phone frequently has difficulty maintaining a Wi-Fi connection, causing, among other issues…
iPhone SE preorders surpass 3.4 million in China alone
Gold has been the most popular color among buyers in China, with Rose Gold a close second…
What it means for Apple if feds have found a way to crack shooter’s iPhone
When federal prosecutors announced Monday that an outside party had come forward with a technique…
Millions of Android phones open to ‘permanent device compromise’ attack
Millions of Android phones, including the entire line of Nexus models, are vulnerable to attacks that can execute malicious code…
Why Apple is announcing a new 4-inch ‘iPhone SE’ in March
Apple has already said that iPhone sales will decline for the first time ever this quarter…
Analyst predicts ‘iPhone SE’ to be a hit with upgraders, selling up to 15 million units in first year
While larger iPhones have driven sales among switchers, a new 4-inch iPhone is likely to drive…
iPhone beats Samsung Galaxy S7 in new camera shootout
iPhone 6s and Galaxy S7 enter, only one camera phone leaves…
Surprising security tips from a super-hacker: Kevin Mitnick’s advice on protecting notebooks, smartphones, and more
Virtually everyone in technology knows about Kevin Mitnick, who in the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s was a notorious fugitive hacker…
‘iPhone 6se’ price, full specification, battery life features
iPhone 6se get modules Bluetooth 4.2, VoLTE and Wi-Fi 802.11ac…
With iPhone 5se release date, Apple gets aggressive
Apple’s iPhone 5se will reportedly go on sale on Friday March 18th, just three days after it is revealed on Tuesday March 15th…
Apple remains the dominant smartphone manufacturer in the U.S.
In advance of Mobile World Congress this month, Parks Associates released new mobile research today…
Samsung widens worldwide smartphone unit share lead
Global smartphone shipments grew 6 percent annually from 380.1 million units in Q4 2014 to 404.5 million in Q4 2015
People keep going to this home looking for their lost phones; couple lives in fear
For months now, angry strangers have been showing up at Christina Lee and Michael Saba’s front door with a curious demand…
Phablets are no joke, and Apple is laughing its way to record profits
Apple’s ace in the hole could prove to be its iPhone 6s Plus, thanks to its 5.5-inch screen…
Apple supplier TSMC reports record earnings, casting further doubt on ‘Peak iPhone’ concern
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest chip fab and a manufacturer of Apple’s A9 chips…
Apple supplier TSMC raises capex, expects global smartphone shipments to expand
he world’s biggest contract chipmaker said it expects global smartphone shipments to expand 8 percent…
The dying technologies of 2016
For many technologies, the time to die will be 2016…
AT&T killing off two-year phone contracts on January 8th
AT&T has been making a push away from two-year contracts and subsidized device prices for smartphones…
Apple continues to dominate smart device holiday sales
Christmas is traditionally the biggest day of the year for new smart-device activations and app downloads…
Apple wants $180 million more in damages from patent infringer Samsung
Just over a week after Samsung paid Apple more than $548 million for infringing the patents and designs…
Beleaguered Samsung’s mobile woes rooted in hardware legacy, little understanding of software
Interviews with former and serving Samsung employees paint a picture of confusion and overlap between competing divisions…
Apple nearly halves price of iPhone 5s in India
Three months ago, India was one of the most expensive places in the world to buy an iPhone…
Smartphones to die out within five years, replaced by artificial intelligence – survey
Smartphones will cease to exist within five years, according to new research carried out by
South Korea to probe Apple contracts with iPhone repair providers
South Korean regulators will investigate Apple Inc.’s relationships with local phone repair companies…
Apple’s iPhone expected to outgrow Android 17.3% vs. 9.5% year-over-year
IDC estimates the total number of smartphone shipments will hit 1.43 billion units…
Slowing smartphone growth is great news for Apple’s iPhone
2015 will be the first year that the rate at which the worldwide smartphone market expands will sink into single digits…
IDC predicts Apple iPhone’s market share to drop to 14.1% in 2019
IDC predicts worldwide smartphone shipments will grow 9.8% in 2015 to a total of 1.43 billion units…
Why Apple is best positioned in smartphones
Back in my systems engineering days, I spent a lot of time evaluating competing vendors for subcontracts on systems or components…
Apple iPhone to take share as smartphone growth slows
Chinese users shifting to better smartphones and more US users planning to upgrade this year than last year…
Samsung woos investors with promises of future innovations that Apple already ships
Last week the Samsung’s 2015 Investors Forum allowed executives from the South Korean company…
Beleaguered Samsung axed 5,000 employees over last year – with more cuts on the way
One thing for sure is that more Samsung executives will leave the company…
Apple to close in on Samsung in worldwide smartphone market share in 2016 – researcher
Total smartphone shipments for 2015 are projected to decline by 9.7% to 1.286 billion units…
