Sentences with phrase «in smartphone business»

Money - losers in the smartphone business last quarter included LG and HTC, Long said.

Huawei has been doing pretty good in the smartphone business lately.

Apple has enjoyed the largest share of profits in the smartphone business in the last couple of years, but for the first time they've sunk down to second place despite seeing a growth in iPhone sales year - over-year — Apple has posted a $ 6.9 billion profit on $ 35.2 billion in revenue in their Q3 results, which means Samsung is currently the most profitable smartphone manufacturer in the world.

At the time, the company did not disclose anything about the devices, but it did confirm that it is building a «keyboard category» in its smartphone business for consumers who still prefer the signature keyboard of BlackBerry.

Now, since there haven't been major design changes since the release of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in 2014, Cupertino is set to unveil the iPhone 8 to mark a new design change as well as celebrate the company's 10th year in the smartphone business.

It's likely that other major players in the smartphone business will follow suit, and a component maker has just the technology these companies may require.

This has apparently caused Microsoft to significantly cut jobs in its smartphone business.

Last year, the company enjoyed one of the best streaks in the smartphone business thanks to the OnePlus 3.

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S8 is one of the worst - kept secrets in the smartphone business.

Samsung has faced a very tough competition in the smartphone business for over the last few years.

That still seems unlikely, although the acquisition of Nokia's smartphone business was clearly the wrong decision: Microsoft should not be in the smartphone business at any serious scale, and may have now recognised that — witness the $ 7.5 billion write - down the company had to take in Q4 2015.

It's ironic because Motorola is aggressively positioning itself as the number one innovator in the smartphone business — touting its Moto Z with modular add - ons like bigger speakers, fancy cameras and gamepads.

Samsung and Apple are the closest rivals in the smartphone business.

Sony CEO Kaz Hirai recently told The Guardian Sony is staying in the smartphone business to «play in the next paradigm shift,» not because it thinks smartphones are the future.

A report last year said that Apple chose LG Display to go forward with its foldable iPhone plans rather than Samsung so that its biggest rival in the smartphone business would not catch wind of Apple's designs.

A lot of eyes were on Sony, a major player in smartphone business, as they had drawn criticism for not bringing their best product during the CES 2015.

Not many companies in the smartphone business can match Apple's build quality.

LG has been an underdog brand in the smartphone business.

It is also why Apple decides to purchase components from Samsung even though Samsung is Apple's main competitor in the smartphone business, which is Apple's cash cow.

Therefore, based on what we know so far, here's a comparison of leaked and rumoured specifications between two of the future heavyweight competitors for 2017 in the smartphone business.

Some of the biggest names in the smartphone business — including Apple, LG and Huawei — now make phones with dual - lens cameras installed, and other manufacturers are tipped to follow suit soon.

At any rate, Samsung's future in the smartphone business hinges on the highly anticipated Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8.

ZTE, Huawei's arch rival in the smartphone business, already launched a foldable phone in the form of the Axon M which will be made available through AT&T in the US in the coming week.

Even though Google is the best in terms of software optimizations, the years that Samsung has been in the smartphone business has taught the company a thing or two about how good software looks like.

Microsoft might not be getting anywhere at all in the smartphone business when it comes to hardware, but the company's software is all over Android and iOS.

... Samsung reported its quarterly earnings this week, showing a healthy jump in its smartphone business.

Galaxy S7 series helped Samsung to bounce back in the market as a global leader in the smartphone business.

So Sony is staying in the smartphone business «to develop 5G technology as a competency that can be used across the Sony Group.»

Even as BlackBerry's ship in the smartphone business is sinking, the company seems to haven't given up as yet.

Motorola is too big a company and maintains too big a presence in the smartphone business to ignore that rule.

And it's in the smartphone business, unlike Amazon.

In its smartphone business, Samsung plans to focus on increasing sales of premium products, while holding the line on mid-range to low - end products.

Apple won a decisive victory on Friday in a lawsuit against Samsung, a verdict that will give Apple ammunition in a far - flung patent war with its global competitors in the smartphone business.

It takes a certain kind of person to make it in the smartphone business, but Ryan Seacrest didn't get this far in life on good looks alone.

Apple is not just a player in the smartphone business, it's the dominant player.

Samsung Outspends Apple On Advertising (WSJ) In the smartphone business, following the money leads right to Samsung.

Not exact matches

The day's announcements included a new version of the Android OS for the smartphone in your pocket; the new Nexus 7 tablet computer for the couch; a set - top sphere called Nexus Q to pipe music and movies to your TV; a cloud - computing platform for your business; and the ultimate in cyber nerd fantasy, Google Glass, a pair of Android - enabled glasses to stream data directly into your eyeballs.

«Thanks to smartphones we live in a mobile first world, and messaging is the killer app,» he said, «much to the benefit of Snapchat, the mobile messaging app with the rather old - fashioned business model ready and willing to take the place of TV.»

-- BlackBerry plans to forge stronger partnerships with others in the tech industry and build better relationships with longtime business customers as the smartphone company attempts to turn around flagging operations, chief executive John Chen says.

Business owners are taking calls from clients on their laptops at Starbucks, reading their voicemail in their email, and their smartphones are linked to their businesBusiness owners are taking calls from clients on their laptops at Starbucks, reading their voicemail in their email, and their smartphones are linked to their businessbusiness phone.

If you a have smartphone and broadband, you are in business.

These are not all of the uses for tablets and smartphones in a business, but may trigger a few ideas you can use.

The new team furiously started spitting out added features and new versions of Skype every four to six weeks, and dove into significant new businesses, including smartphone apps, deals to embed Skype in consumer products like TVs and game consoles, and partnerships with Facebook and Verizon Wireless (VZ).

THE BIG PICTURE: The BlackBerry, pioneered in 1999, has been the dominant smartphone for on - the - go business people and had also crossed over to consumers.

«With the agreement with Microsoft, as is customary, we have this transition and we can't do smartphones... We have a time limit, in 2016 we can again enter that business,» Nystrom told Reuters.

During that time, its execs knew the business lacked most of the needed resources to compete globally in the smartphones market.

'» In her practical new guide to achieving work - life balance, Harvard Business School professor Leslie A. Perlow observes that smartphone addiction is like a feedback loop.

But somewhat lost in all of this business wheeling and dealing is the fact that the balance of power in medicine is shifting: Armed with their body's own endless stream of signals and a smartphone, many individuals are getting the information they need to take charge of their health and wellbeing — or, in the case of Theresa Beech, whose 13 - year - old son was lost to cancer two years ago, to help total strangers search for a long - elusive cure.

Outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer agrees to pay $ 7.2 billion in cash for the Finnish tech company's smartphone business, associated patents and talent.

Realistically, it's time to invest in this anyway from a business perspective: Half of Americans own smartphones and more than a third own tablets according to Pew Internet.