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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…
Beleaguered Microsoft’s moribund Windows ‘smartphones’ face grim future
Gartner is predicting a grim future for Microsoft’s Windows mobile OS…
Apple’s iPhone can soon reap 100 percent of world’s smartphone profits
There’s nothing to stop Apple from capturing 100 percent of smartphone profits…
Apple’s iPhone owns 94% of smartphone industry’s profits
The vast majority if smartphone makers from Lenovo to Sony, HTC to Blackberry all lose money on their smartphones — and lots of it…
One month with the Apple iPhone 6s Plus: Smartphone usage without compromise
My SIM always keeps going back into one device and, after more than a month, I can say there’s much to like about the iPhone 6s Plus…
Supplies of Apple’s record-selling iPhone 6s/Plus likely to be severely constrained
Delivery dates for Apple’s flagship iPhone 6s Plus have already slipped by 3-4 weeks…
Apple iPhone 6s/Plus on pace to beat last year’s 10 million unit first-weekend record
Apple on Monday said it is on pace to beat last year’s iPhone first-weekend record…
Apple’s iPhone 6s and 6s Plus will become the best-selling smartphones of all-time
iPhone 6s/Plus will outsell previous models and there will be countless millions more new iPhone users joining Apple’s ecosystem…
Kantar: Apple’s iPhone replacement opportunity is far from over
The data suggests Apple has ample opportunity for upgrades in 4Q15 and 2016…
Believing failed industry analysis
If you can believe what some industry analysts have been saying…
IDC: Apple iPhone’s higher margins are much more valuable than chasing market share
IDC projects that Apple’s iOS shipments will grow from 192.7 million in 2014 to 269.6 million in 2019…
Samsung phones are for old people
Samsung has ploughed billions into promoting its high-end phones…
Desperate Samsung wants iPhone users trial its phones for $1
Samsung is offering users of rival Apple’s iPhone the chance to try out…
