Using any number of contract foundries, it deploys its own brand of ARM - based semiconductors via its fabless HiSilicon business rather than buying these components on the open market using designs from Qualcomm or Samsung, which make up the balance of
the Android smartphone industry.
That said, Samsung is well aware that if any of its future devices, especially those from the Note brand, experience overheating issues again, the company's reputation in the competitive
Android smartphone industry will suffer irreparable damage.
Not exact matches
In its most recent report on the U.S. mobile phone
industry, market research firm ComScore Inc. found that Google Inc.'s
Android platform held 51.6 % of
smartphone market share, compared with 32.4 % for Apple.
A good example from another
industry is how Apple has used its vertical integration of hardware, software and services to make the iPhone a much more cohesive product experience than
smartphones running
Android software from Google.
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The ability to pair Apple - or
Android - based
smartphones to a manufacturer's infotainment system is pretty common in today's automotive
industry.
The Volt offers
industry - leading
smartphone integration, with support for Apple CarPlay and
Android Auto, along with an onboard, available OnStar 4G LTE connection — features that will leave the next 100,000 owners of the Chevrolet Volt even more satisfied.
The Civic joins the 2016 Accord as two of the first high - volume models in the
industry to incorporate both the Apple CarPlay ® and
Android Auto ™ platforms, providing seamless integration of
smartphone features and functions.
Tech
industry analyst iSuppli predicts that
Android will be used by 75 million
smartphones by 2012, up from 5 million in 2009.
The
smartphone industry tracker Ice Universe posted a list on his Weibo account yesterday specifying what Samsung tablets will get the
Android 8.0 update.
It will slot in as Sony's flagship
Android smartphone with several
industry - leading features.
Qualcomm and their
industry respected Snapdragon platform has been shoved inside more
Android smartphones than anyone can count.
Samsung is one of the best name in cell phone
industry, Samsung launches high - end to mid-range
Android smartphone regularly.
Google's
Android software strengthened its grip on the US
smartphone market, powering nearly 42 percent of handsets as of July,
industry tracker comScore reported on Tuesday.
Smartphones running on Google - backed
Android software are gaining ground in a hot US market, according to figures released Monday by
industry - tracker Nielsen Company.
US sales of
smartphones running Google's
Android mobile operating system surged past those of Apple for the first time in the first quarter of the year,
industry research firm NPD said Monday.
This is a view held by other
industry watchers, many of whom have predicted that the media tablet market will go the way of the
smartphone market, where
Android (and even Windows 8) will eventually tip some kind of balance in terms of features and capabilities.
The Marvell ARMADA family of application processors is the first to offer customized silicon solutions for market segments ranging from
smartphones to consumer, embedded, and smartbook devices combined with fully optimized support of
industry standard operating systems and software frameworks such as Google
Android, Microsoft Windows Embedded, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Adobe Flash, Ubuntu and Maemo while offering OEMs a high level of software re-use in order to enable them to focus on product differentiation at the application and user interface levels.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 Active is a one of a kind
Android smartphone, splicing
industry - leading high - end specs into a durable handset that is both dust and waterproof.
Apple completely owns the high - end of the
smartphone industry and
Android devices have been left with the low - end crumbs divided among dozens of struggling companies.
Apple has decided to end a bitter legal war against Google and
Android phone makers, and to turn away from patent tactics that have cost the
smartphone industry billions of dollars, according to reports and new court filings.
Based on a chat conversation shared by a Weibo user, it seems Xiaomi is going to push the boundaries of the entire
smartphone industry and set a new benchmark for all
Android models.
Mr. Thomas Liu, the managing director of HUAWEI Device in Southeast Asia, said «HUAWEI is not only a leading company in the global IT
industry but we are now the second largest
Android smartphone manufacturer in the world, but in terms of technology and quality we are so confident that HUAWEI is second to none, we have our own research centres located worldwide to create and develop new teachnology and innovations.
A full list of Samsung - made Galaxy
smartphones and tablets set to receive the
Android 8.0 Oreo update emerged online over the weekend, having been shared by one known
industry insider from China.
Apple has gained a two - year lead over its rivals in the
smartphone industry in the area of 3D sensing technology, according to a new report on Tuesday.Following talks with three major parts suppliers, Reuters estimates that
Android phone makers will have to wait until 2019 to duplicate the 3D sensing feature behind Apple's Face ID security, which debuted last year in the iPhone X.According to parts manufacturers Viavi Solutions Inc, Finisar Corp and Ams AG, bottlenecks on key parts will mean mass adoption of 3D sensing will not happen until next year, disappointing earlier expectations.That means that China's Huawei, Xiaomi and others could be a total of almost two years behind Apple, which launched Face ID with its iPhone X anniversary phone last September.
Despite its undisputedly dominant presence in the
Android ecosystem largely fueled by the fact most contemporary
smartphones, tablets, and set - top boxes received Google Assistant support via over-the-air updates in the last 12 months, the Google Assistant only accounts for a around a quarter of the smart speaker segment in the United States, according to some
industry trackers.
With
Android thoroughly dominating the mobile
industry, picking the best
Android smartphones is almost synonymous with choosing the best
smartphones, period.
We all know that Google Nexus 5X is a recently launched
smartphone that has created a lot of vibes in the
smartphone industry for its mind - boggling features and
Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS.
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While we've used our Best of
Android 2015 comparison to help decide which flagship
smartphone is the best of the year, we also want to recognise the other
smartphones, tablets, apps, games and wearables that have helped expand the mobile
industry.
The US
Android smartphone market is indeed dominated by established brands such as Samsung, LG, Motorola, and Google, but the
industry is still ripe for significant disruption.
While I can't speak for the long - term reliability of the S8's battery, Samsung is well - aware that if the company allows another major issue to plague one of its devices, it's essentially finished in the
smartphone industry despite the fact that its brand has become synonymous with Google's
Android operating system.
ZTE's foldable
Android smartphone will be released in early 2018, BusinessKorea reported on Thursday, citing recent
industry data compiled by Strategy Analytics.
But in the case of Face ID, Apple managed to lock down key component supply for more than a year, and it's giving the company a big lead over
Android vendors in an important new area that will play a huge role moving forward — not just in the
smartphone market, but eventually across several different areas of the electronics
industry.
HTC Americas is rectifying the issue and aspires to lead the
industry in
Android update delivery for the HTC One
smartphone, evident by the speedy delivery of the latest version of
Android (KitKat 4.4.2) and HTC's latest innovation in HTC Sense 5.5 across numerous carriers in North America.
Star of the company's Unpacked 5 show on February 24th is still expected to be the Galaxy S5 flagship
Android smartphone, but
industry chatter indicates upstart - OS — and, some within Samsung are hoping, savior of the company from its current position intertwined with Google — Tizen will also play a considerable role.
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Industries executive Kang Chung - seok said back in December that he expects that between three and five companies will start mass producing foldable
smartphones by 2018, as pointed out by
Android Authority.
The Nexus line served its purpose of growing the
Android brand and resulted in the release of quality, affordable
smartphones, elevating the overall output of other
Android manufacturers in the same way Microsoft's Surface devices pushed forward the PC
industry into a new hybrid era.
The Essential Phone's unlikely success would be built atop a new mode of operation for a
smartphone manufacturer — it won't be transformative for the entire
industry, but it could set an interesting new blueprint for the mostly profitless
Android vendors.
Even though
industry sources claim that Samsung is currently experimenting with several prototypes of the Galaxy S8, if the largest phone maker in the world decides to get rid of this port, it could prompt a chain reaction in the
industry, at least as far as flagship
Android smartphones are concerned.
As you can see, all the major names in the
smartphone industry are busy working on an
Android Nougat update and some already have it — a little over two months since the wider release of the OS, excluding the earlier release to Nexus devices back in August.
While it remains to be seen whether
Android as a whole manages to increase its market lead by the end of the year, the
smartphone industry in general is expected to become even more competitive in the coming months.
The former was launched earlier this year by the Taiwanese vendor that was once one of the preeminent names in the
smartphone industry, credited with popularizing the
Android platform with memorable devices like the Hero and the Evo.
The next generation Galaxy S II portfolio packs
industry - leading hardware and software and the latest version of the
Android smartphone platform into each device.
Industry watchers told Korea Herald Thursday that the new premium
Android smartphones from neighboring rivals Samsung and LG did not meet initial preorder expectations.
Several
industry experts are predicting that the Cupertino company will step up its pursuit of high - end
Android smartphones by finally introducing a larger 5 - inch display with the iPhone 6.
According to DigiTimes,
industry sources say that
Android smartphone vendors are securing the necessary parts for 3D sensing, including Huawei, Oppo, and Xiaomi.
Tall image formats are becoming increasingly popular in the mobile
industry and the currently best - selling
Android smartphones in 2017 are featuring them, with Huawei previously implying that it's looking to follow suit and join the new design trend.
Huawei «only» had the oft - leaked Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro on display in Munich, Germany last week, at the global announcement event of the two high - end
Android smartphones that may help the Chinese OEM surpass Apple in the
industry's second place for the year.