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While the almost bezel-less design initially faced some criticism from app and mobile designers, it's now become an industry trend with Apple's leading smartphone rival Samsung producing similar designs.
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Waterloo - based Kik lost its early lead in smartphone instant messaging to larger rivals.
Chinese smartphone maker led Huawei is likely to unseat Samsung to become Apple's biggest rival, Drexel Hamilton analyst Brian White told «Squawk Alley.»
Like WeChat, KakaoTalk and Japan - headquartered rival Line have also set their sights on Southeast Asia, where devices based on Google's Android platform are leading the fast growth of smartphone sales.
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.
In an interview with a German newspaper on Monday, Heins said RIM's ongoing strategic review could lead to the sale of its handset business or the licensing of its software to rival smartphone companies.
The iPhone 5s has been Apple's first iPhone model to launch with a fingerprint sensor, with rival companies including HTC and Samsung quickly following Apple's lead with smartphones that also include such capabilities.
Most iPhone fans quickly adapted to life without wired headphones, and soon, rival smartphone manufacturers started following Apple's lead.
«Either way,» says Counterpoint, «Apple's rivals will adopt similar technology during 2018, which could lead to facial recognition becoming the de-facto standard for unlocking phones and the gradual elimination of fingerprint sensors in smartphones.
Either way, the secretive Building 8 division, led by former DARPA Director and Project Ara overseer Regina Dugan, might be working simultaneously on a modular smartphone and humongous Amazon Echo rival with a 15 - inch touch panel in tow.
Samsung extended its volume lead over other companies by such an incredible margin that it now sells more smartphones into channels each quarter than all of its top rivals combined.