But the point remains, and it's one that has been preached since
the phone launched last year: With the original Google Pixel, I don't have to worry about any of this.
There currently aren't too many gaming - oriented smartphones on the market, with the Razer
Phone launched last year holding the torch in this particular segment, but by the looks of things, the «blackshark» smartphone would be powerful enough to compete with Razer's solution.
Maybe this complaint is a bit long in the tooth by now, but the design of the Pixel was already a bit plain when
the phone launched last year — by today's standards, it looks ancient.
The smartphone will directly compete with the Razer
phone launched last year in November and the rumoured gaming smartphone from ASUS.
For a good illustration of how well this scheme can work for Apple, just look to Google and its Pixel
phones launched last year.
The OnePlus X was one of the best affordable
phones launched last year.
Not exact matches
Last year, the company
launched an own - branded Apple SIM card that allows consumers using its iPad tablet devices, but not its
phones, to switch services between network operators.
Nokia sold its
phone business to Microsoft
last year, but just months after that it
launched a new brand - licensed tablet computer, produced under license by Taiwan's Foxconn, with an intention to follow up with more devices.
Expectations were higher when Apple
launched new
phones late
last year.
Last year, it
launched frequency division duplex (FDD) / time division duplex (TDD) combined carrier aggregation high speed 4G Android
phone for Reliance Jio in India.
While the flagship iPhone X may not have matched the hype from its
launch late
last year, the device's $ 999 starting price helped boost
phone revenue growth 14 per cent.
Last year, the company announced that it had sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S units in the three days after that
phone's
launch.
Within the
last year, Sephora, Charlotte Tilbury and Rimmel have all
launched AR applications that allow users to try on products via a filter on their
phones.
Last year, Friendster
launched its first mobile service in the Philippines with a Filipino mobile
phone content provider.
While the Chinese company officially
launched its first
phone in Canada only
last year, Huawei also saw success with the Google Nexus 6P in the Canadian market.
Samsung
launched its W2017 flip
phone in China
last year and now the South Korean company has introduced its successor - Samsung SM - G9298 - for the same market.
The Firefly feature that Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos announced when he
launched the Fire
Phone in June
last year is now coming too all the Fire tablets too.
The device found itself on AT&T's ultra-fast network in November
last year, and while that one came with ICS, a rehashed version of the
phone was
launched towards the end of January this
year.
The
phone is identical to the original white version
launched last year featuring Bluetooth with stereo audio support, Walkman branded media player, 2.0 megapixel -LSB-...]
It brings a 2,100 mAh battery to juice the
phone and Android 5.1 Lollipop OS (it is a disappointment given that Android 6.0 Marshmallow
launched October
last year).
However, the holiday season is a beneficial time to
launch new hardware, and seasonal buying has done wonders for devices like the Motorola Droid which
launched during
last year's holiday season and went on to become the best - selling Android
phone to date.
To recall, with the
launch of the Nokia N1 tablet, the company neatly bypassed the restrictions imposed by the Microsoft deal, after the acquisition of Nokia's devices and services division by Microsoft in April
last year, the Finnish company can no longer use the Nokia brand on smartphones till Q4 2016, and on feature
phones for 10
years.
This is a 5 - inch Windows
Phone 8 smartphone that was
launched in April
last year.
Maxx Mobile in December
last year launched a feature
phone called the Maxx MX100 Leader, at Rs. 1,932.
Videocon Mobile had forayed into the Android market with the
launch of Videocon Zeus smart
phone last year.
Launched last year, the Hotels.com mobile app has been downloaded over 4 million times, enabling people to search and book over 140,000 hotels around the world straight from their
phone.
Sonic CD was announced
last year for both XBLA and Windows
Phone 7 synchronized
launch on both platforms.
We first spotted «Skulls of the Shogun»
last year as it was poised to
launch on Windows
Phone fall of 2011.
Sony and Microsoft have modified their approach to console hardware to resemble something like the mobile
phone market, first with the PS4 Pro
last year and next month with the Xbox One X. You'd expect the impending
launch of a new console to be a time for executives to pump up how everyone needs to get their hands on one.
The first iteration of the Fairphone was three
years in the making, but the
phone finally
launched late
last year, thanks to pre-orders of 25,000 devices from enthusiastic backers of the concept, and the company is now almost ready to release the second batch of Fairphones, which will be for sale starting in May.
Last year, Avvo
launched Avvo Advisor, a service that provides on - demand legal advice by
phone for a fixed fee of $ 39 for 15 minutes.
The service builds on a related service Avvo
launched last year, Avvo Advisor, that provides on - demand legal advice by
phone for a fixed fee of $ 39 for 15 minutes.
The
phone is basically just a repackaged version of the G8
phone that the company
launched last year in international markets.
However, a Windows
Phone firmware update
last year brought Full HD to the Lumia platform, and Nokia responded by
launching the...
This
year, we can expect a similar strategy, except it now joins a list of international
phones like those from its sub-brand, Honor, as well as the Mate 8
launched at CES
last month.
Sony is expected to
launch a bunch of new Xperia
phones at MWC, including a successor to
last year's Xperia X. However, given its preference for six - month release cycles, we may not see a new flagship this month.
Essential
Phone was launched last year on May 30, and the company is continuously rolling out updates for the phone, wheth
Phone was
launched last year on May 30, and the company is continuously rolling out updates for the
phone, wheth
phone, whether...
Successfully
launching a folding smartphone would bolster a remarkable turnaround for Samsung's Galaxy Note series, which took a huge hit
last year when Note 7
phones began bursting into flames.
If you're unaware, HMD Global is a company that
launched last year, with the branding license to create new mobile
phones under the Nokia brand name.
At
last year's Mobile World Congress, Samsung introduced the S8 predecessor, so it would be fitting to
launch a new
phone this week.
After poking fun at the iPhone X's notch when it
launched last year, more Android
phones have been embracing the notch as a design element in 2018.
The
phone got mixed reactions when it was
launched last year as despite having «Essential» in its name, it missed a lot of Essential features like a headphone jack, IP rating, a good price tag (as it was
launched for $ 699), etc..
Essential
Phone was launched last year on May 30, and the company is continuously rolling out updates for the phone, whether they are Android updates or security upd
Phone was
launched last year on May 30, and the company is continuously rolling out updates for the
phone, whether they are Android updates or security upd
phone, whether they are Android updates or security updates.
Last year, LG wasn't fortunate enough to get Snapdragon 845 for its G6 smartphone, so the company had to
launch the
phone with 2016's Snapdragon 821.
Samsung Galaxy J7 2016 was officially
launched in March
last year, and after more than a
year, the
phone has finally received the official Android Nougat update.
Last month, we got to know via a teaser that Nubia is also going to
launch its bezel-less
phone this
year and guess what, today the company disclosed the official
launch date of the device via its Weibo account.
Huawei had
launched the Honor 5X in China way back in October
last year and now the
phone has finally been
launched in the Indian market as well.
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.
If you bought Samsung's most expensive
phone or 2017, you could be forgiven for feeling left out as the Galaxy S9
launches, and
last year's S8 gets its own Oreo update in many countries.
The Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus just
launched and it's the most advanced big
phone you can buy today thanks to its oversized screen and superb cameras, even if it all looks identical to
last year's S8 Plus.