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Tag: smartphones

Beleaguered Microsoft’s moribund Windows ‘smartphones’ face grim future

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 4:29 pmWednesday, November 18, 201525 Comments

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

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 12:00 pm10 Comments

There’s nothing to stop Apple from capturing 100 percent of smartphone profits…

Apple’s iPhone owns 94% of smartphone industry’s profits

Monday, November 16, 2015 1:01 pmMonday, November 16, 201510 Comments

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

Friday, October 30, 2015 3:55 pmFriday, October 30, 201511 Comments

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

Monday, September 14, 2015 6:06 pmMonday, September 14, 201534 Comments

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

Monday, September 14, 2015 9:33 amMonday, September 14, 201510 Comments

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

Friday, September 4, 2015 1:56 pmFriday, September 4, 201510 Comments

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

Thursday, September 3, 2015 6:00 pmThursday, September 3, 20157 Comments

The data suggests Apple has ample opportunity for upgrades in 4Q15 and 2016…

Believing failed industry analysis

Thursday, August 27, 2015 1:57 pmThursday, August 27, 201513 Comments

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

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 5:33 pmTuesday, August 25, 201510 Comments

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

Saturday, August 22, 2015 10:27 amSaturday, August 22, 201565 Comments

Samsung has ploughed billions into promoting its high-end phones…

Desperate Samsung wants iPhone users trial its phones for $1

Friday, August 21, 2015 8:58 amFriday, August 21, 201533 Comments

Samsung is offering users of rival Apple’s iPhone the chance to try out…

Kantar: Apple’s iOS share grows worldwide

Wednesday, August 5, 2015 10:55 amWednesday, August 5, 20153 Comments

The latest smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech…

Benedict Evans: ‘The smartphone is the new sun’

Monday, August 3, 2015 12:01 pmMonday, August 3, 201515 Comments

How many people will own a smartwatch, or a tablet or smart thermostat…

Study claims cellphone radiation can cause cancer

Friday, July 31, 2015 1:44 pm29 Comments

These data are a clear sign of the real risks this kind of radiation poses for human health…

Study: 61% don’t know their iPhone battery can be replaced

Monday, July 27, 2015 7:54 pm25 Comments

39 percent of sampled Americans are currently using broken smartphones…

CIRP: 52% of U.S. iPhone owners have upgraded to iPhone 6/Plus

Monday, July 27, 2015 3:45 pm2 Comments

Over half of U.S. iPhone owners have upgraded to the latest models…

Apple looks to build upon 93 percent increase in iPhone sales in India

Friday, July 24, 2015 8:29 am6 Comments

For years, India has been a low priority for Apple…

IDC: Apple’s iPhone sales up 34.9%, Samsung’s phone sales down 2.3%

Thursday, July 23, 2015 3:55 pmThursday, July 23, 20155 Comments

Apple’s second quarter proved to be its biggest fiscal third quarter ever…

Worrying about Apple in China? Don’t.

Thursday, July 16, 2015 3:49 pm6 Comments

In the wake of China’s stock market drops, some investors are starting…

Apple owns the smartphone market

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 12:05 pmTuesday, July 14, 20158 Comments

There are over 1,000 smartphone manufacturers in the world, but Apple rules them all..

Apple’s iPhone owns 92% of smartphone industry’s profits

Monday, July 13, 2015 8:31 amThursday, July 30, 201514 Comments

Apple Inc. recorded 92% of the total operating income…

Why Google and Microsoft couldn’t emulate the Apple mobile device model

Thursday, July 9, 2015 2:33 pm18 Comments

Microsoft’s announcement that it is writing off the Nokia devices…

Apple features Tim Cook laughing his head off at Android in iOS 9 beta’s News app

Thursday, July 9, 2015 8:33 amThursday, July 9, 201513 Comments

The Android topic had a very interesting choice of image…

Aw, Android phones aren’t selling like they used to

Wednesday, July 8, 2015 4:25 pmWednesday, July 8, 201520 Comments

Samsung warned on Monday that it would miss Wall Street’s expectations..

Apple is killing Samsung in China

Wednesday, July 8, 2015 12:35 pm10 Comments

Samsung appears to have failed to reverse its smartphone market share declines…

Struggling Samsung’s profit falls for seventh consecutive quarter

Monday, July 6, 2015 11:17 pm19 Comments

Samsung Electronics reported a seventh straight year-on-year fall in quarterly operating profit…

Investors lower Samsung expectations amid Galaxy S6 sales doubts

Monday, July 6, 2015 8:37 amMonday, July 6, 20156 Comments

Doubts over the sales prospects of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s new flagship smartphones…

Apple iPhone seizes share from rivals

Saturday, July 4, 2015 8:33 am9 Comments

Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer…

Apple’s Swift breaks into top 20 in dev language survey; bad news for Microsoft’s Visual Basic

Thursday, July 2, 2015 10:41 amThursday, July 2, 201522 Comments

A new programming language survey shows Apple’s Swift breaking into the top 20 for the first time…

Images of iPhone 6s leak; expect numerous changes inside

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 9:09 amWednesday, July 1, 20158 Comments

For fall 2015, Apple is preparing an ‘S’ iPhone upgrade…

Apple’s iPhone 6/Plus ends China’s cheap streak

Monday, June 29, 2015 8:32 am12 Comments

Chin could become the mobile industry’s next profit frontier…

18-year-old Canadian man shot dead after using ‘Find my Smartphone’ app

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 11:45 am96 Comments

The shooting death of an 18-year-old man trying to retrieve his lost smartphone…

Analyst: Apple’s 2016 iPhone cycle may be stronger than expected

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 12:55 pmTuesday, June 16, 20152 Comments

Apple is anticipating demand in the next iPhone cycle that is ahead of our current expectations…

Apple’s Swift: The future of enterprise app development

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 10:55 amWednesday, June 10, 201510 Comments

Apple’s announcements point towards an increasing reliance on data and machine-learning

The whole widget: Apple’s real advantage from owning the hardware and software

Monday, June 1, 2015 8:39 amMonday, June 1, 201511 Comments

The biggest benefit of owning the hardware and OS-level software isn’t performance…

Apple’s push into China is crushing beleaguered Samsung

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 1:29 pmTuesday, May 12, 201514 Comments

Over the last few months Apple has heavily invested in China…

Samsung implodes in China

Monday, May 11, 2015 1:55 pmMonday, May 11, 201515 Comments

Apple was the top smartphone vendor in China in the first quarter of 2015…

Apple’s iOS continues to dominate the enterprise with 72 percent of all device activations

Monday, May 11, 2015 9:29 amMonday, May 11, 20155 Comments

In its eleventh quarterly Mobility Index Report, Good Technology today announced…

Beleaguered Samsung’s profits plummeted after Apple’s iPhone 6/Plus launch

Saturday, May 2, 2015 11:00 amMonday, May 11, 201544 Comments

Samsung’s first quarter profits fell by 39% as mobile customers switched…

Apple’s Safari took 55% of US mobile and tablet usage share in March

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 3:32 pmWednesday, April 22, 201519 Comments

Apple’s Safari browser accounted for over half of US mobile and tablet internet usage…

6 months later, iPhone 6 and 6 Plus still draw long lines in Hong Kong

Monday, April 6, 2015 4:28 pmMonday, April 6, 20156 Comments

If you were to line up all the iPhone buyers in China and march them…

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