Sentences with phrase «new smartphone company»

No one reasonably expected Rubin's new smartphone company to go head - to - head with Apple or Samsung anytime soon (or ever for that matter).

There is a new smartphone company in town, one that promises to change your smartphone with software every month.

Amazon's Alexa Fund and Tencent have invested $ 300 million in Andy Rubin's new smartphone company Essential, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Not exact matches

Analyst Pierre Ferragu said his channel checks at carriers showed that consumer appetite for the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones is weakening and he thinks the company will miss analyst expectations for the second half of this year.

The wider availability could help Motorola get the Z2 Force in more hands, but the company will continue to face stiff competition from Samsung and the rest of an increasingly saturated smartphone market, which will most likely include new devices from Apple, Samsung, and Google in the coming months.

But because it was the first smartphone Samsung launched after discontinuing its Galaxy Note 7 — some of which were found to have a battery defect that could cause it to explode or catch on fire — the company delayed the launch to implement a new safety - testing protocol to ensure the phones» batteries were safe, it said.

With the rise of smartphones and tablets, companies are finding all - new methods of customer communication that are not only effective, but are also relatively inexpensive to implement.

But as the overall consumer smartphone market declines, Apple sees business customers — long the domain of companies like Microsoft and Dell Technologies — as a new area of growth.

On the company's earnings call, CEO Tim Cook said that the iPhone X, the company's newest model, «was the most popular smartphone in all of China last quarter.»

The company's new smartphone is likely to be no different.

Apple's handsets are also running the same A11 Bionic chip that users would find in the iPhone X, and all three of the company's new smartphones support wireless charging.

That was chief executive Thorsten Heins's message at the annual shareholders meeting in Ontario today, as he tried to defend the company's trajectory after sales of the new BlackBerry 10 line of smartphones fell well below analyst expectations.

& # 9660 Earlier this year, when Microsoft killed its new line of Kin smartphones in less than two months, its own employees were among the first to admit the Redmond, Wash. - based company had screwed up.

Morgan Stanley has estimated that Google's new smartphone, the Pixel, will generate $ 3.8 billion in revenue for the company in 2017.

Google (goog), like other big tech companies including Apple (aapl) and Microsoft (msft), has been pushing its digital assistant as a new way for people to interact with their smartphones and other devices like the company's web - connected Google Home speaker.

China's smartphone sales saw a record decline in the first quarter of 2018, according to a new report by independent analyst company Canalys.

The company generated more than $ 42 billion in sales and earned $ 8.5 billion in profit, largely on the popularity of the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models, proving that consumers don't really care if their smartphones are a bit bendable.

A particularly hot area for new companies is location - based apps (Loopt and Foursquare are the big ones right now) that work with smartphones» GPS capabilities.

Yesterday at the International CES, for example, home improvement giant Lowe's announced a new wave of products and services associated with Iris, the company's tool that allows you to customize and monitor your internet - connected home devices — like, say, a water shut - off valve that cuts supply when a leak is detected — from a single app on your smartphone or computer.

With BlackBerry announcing its new Q5 smartphone, it's clear the company is looking to shore up its offerings in emerging markets.

The smartphone company didn't elaborate on the specifics of the new VR exhibit, only to say that museum visitors will be able to see a «fresh perspective into Modigliani's life and influences» and parts of Paris that inspired the contemporary of Pablo Picasso and Juan Gris.

The company's ability to deliver has been in question recently, particularly because its PlayBook tablet debuted to unsuccessful reviews and there have been delays in releasing new BlackBerry smartphones.

The Canadian tech company is releasing a new luxury smartphone in collaboration with Porsche Design.

Xiaomi's products outsell the iPhone in China, and the company's newest smartphone, unveiled earlier this week, could put the company even farther ahead of Apple.

Both run the company's new BlackBerry 7.0 operating system, and at 10.5 mm thick, are advertised as RIM's thinnest smartphones.

The show, which will stream live on the company's website, will play host to the new Galaxy Note 8, a flagship smartphone that's been the subject of countless rumors and reports over the last several months.

The appearance came almost a week after Cook took the stage for Apple's latest special event, in San Francisco, where the company unveiled a host of new and updated products such as the iPad Pro and Apple TV as well as two new smartphones — the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus — that went on sale for pre-order over the weekend.

MENLO PARK, Calif. — With its new «Home» on Android gadgets, Facebook is trying to prove that a company doesn't have to make a smartphone or operating system to define how people interact with mobile technology.

Over at the Globe and Mail, I popped in on QNX, the Ottawa - based software company owned by smartphone maker BlackBerry, to see what was new and also to see what they thought of the big news of Google's Open Automotive Alliance, which will be pushing Android onto cars starting this year.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Amazon, a company of seemingly boundless ambition, appears to be venturing into yet another market: smartphones.

The company told me it was ready to release a phone with new features and design elements, and it didn't feel the need to wait another six months for a typical smartphone annual release cycle.

Shares in Japan's Nintendo Co. surged on Friday as consumers flocked to try out its new Pokemon GO smartphone game, raising hopes that the company's long - awaited shift into mobile gaming will pay off.

The company behind the once - dominant smartphone made its new touchscreen device — the BlackBerry Z10 --

It seems to be the new norm for OnePlus phone releases, as the company made a similar move in 2016 by releasing its OnePlus 3T smartphone just six months after it released the OnePlus 3 in 2016.

And sure, the company announced a new Nexus 7 tablet and Chromecast streaming device on Wednesday and the Moto X smartphone will debut next week.

A tap of a finger could soon suffice to identify credit card shoppers and rail commuters, offering areas of new business for specialist companies which have benefited from the use of such technology in smartphones.

Israel - based tech company StoreDot claims to have a new product that can move your smartphone's charge - o - meter from that red sliver of death to full - on green in well under a minute.

But the partnership between the latter two companies announced in February represents the most formidable competitor to Apple and Google's dominance — not RIM — according to a new analyst report, especially after Microsoft unveiled an update to its smartphone operating system yesterday.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — An Internet company offering inexpensive live broadcast television feeds to computers, tablets and smartphones doesn't violate U.S. copyright law, a divided federal appeals court said Monday.

The company just unleashed a slew of new smartphones at an event in San Francsico, from a massive, 6.4 - inch phablet that brings augmented reality to the phone like never before, to a watch - like phone that beeeends... and snaps!

His optimism stems from a few things, beyond the potential for BlackBerry 10: RIM continues to add subscribers, the BlackBerry remains the most popular smartphone in a number of big countries, such as Indonesia, and the company is still rolling out new BlackBerry 7 handsets across the globe.

OtterBox is well - known for its smartphone and tablet cases, but the Fort Collins, Colorado - based company is applying its concept of durability to a new market: coolers.

Its new line of smartphones fell flat, and earlier this month the company announced 4,500 job cuts and a nearly $ 1 - billion writedown on unsold inventory.

BlackBerry shares plunged nearly 30 percent after the company posted a loss and warned of future losses, despite releasing its make - or - break new smartphones this year.

Zuckerberg only discussed Facebook's AR software, and did not mention custom smartphone hardware or whether the company is working with smartphone manufacturers on the new platform.

In February, the company announced the location would be the home for a new so - called centre of excellence to promote the BlackBerry 10 smartphone.

Qualcomm, the company behind the processor in many Android and Windows devices on the market today announced a new processor at CES, the Snapdragon 802, designed for televisions rather than smartphones.

However, Nokia is a product company and we need to see success in the new smartphone strategy to become more positive in the long term.

The company, whose low - cost smartphones have won a loyal following not just in China but in other emerging markets like India as well, said it would raise an unspecified amount from the public in order to fund the development of new smartphones and other devices like household gadgets.

LeEco stretched from video streaming to TV sets, smartphones, sports and even electric vehicles in a little over a decade, although this rapid expansion spurred a cash shortfall last year that left the company scrambling for new funds.