The Chinese
phone makers claim that the merger would create a monopoly in smartphone chips.
That's an admittedly low bar to cross, but
the phone maker claims that even compared to heavyweights like the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, the Style's camera stands among «one of the top 3 cameras in the world.»
The phone maker claims that because it is using plastic - OLED, the edges of its device's display can be curved ensuring a more ergonomic grip and better feel in the hand.
Not exact matches
Similarly, Microsoft has said that Windows
Phone 7 handset
makers sold 1.5 million
phones to wireless carriers in the first six weeks — actual useful information that can be used for at least ballpark comparisons with other stats such as Google's
claim of 300,000 Android activations per day.
So says the marketing chief in the
phone maker's Italy division, Maurizio De Palma, in the company's Facebook page, who
claimed that, unlike SE's rivals, it will offer updates for all of its 2011 smartphones.
As the name suggests the
phone is quite bulky, but the
makers claim that it can easily fit in a pocket.
A $ 930 million verdict against South Korean
phone maker Samsung that
claimed its Galaxy
phone infringed patents held by Apple could be knocked down by as much as...
Microsoft has also successfully sought licensing fees from many Android
phone makers,
claiming that their devices infringe upon MS patents.
While these
claims against Chinese
phone makers aren't completely without precedent, there's nothing in Huawei's to suggest that it is installing software on its
phones to spy on its U.S. customers.
The difference is that none of those other devices come from Samsung, a manufacturer that, despite some recent struggles, has still staked its
claim in more pockets than any other
phone maker in the world.
But it's based on the chip
maker's technology that lets you charge a
phone faster (up to 75 % per their
claim).
Although Apple's sales are booming in China, up 71 percent in the most recent quarter, Samsung is being pressed there by a variety of Chinese
phone makers, and Xiaomi
claims it was the No. 1 smartphone
maker in China last year.
While the
phone maker was also considering listing its stock in New York, it's more likely to opt for Hong Kong as its IPO host, as
claimed by numerous sources in recent months.
Budget
phone brand BLU is back in hot water after a security company has
claimed that it found spyware on some of the
maker's
phones.
HMD, the
maker of new Nokia - branded
phones,
claims the new 3310 will last 31 days on standby with 22 hours of talk time.
However, Evan Blass, who is popularly known for his leaks through @evleaks Twitter account,
claims that Huawei's Nexus
phone will have a 64 - bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset that the chip
maker has announced earlier today.
ZDNet's sister site CNET got the chance to test the Snapdragon 845 on a Qualcomm reference
phone to check if it met the chip
maker's
claim of a 25 percent speed increase over the Snapdragon 835, the chipset that powered most of 2017's Android flagships.
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.
To make matters worse, the Google employee said nothing about what could be the cause of the frequent shutdowns despite
claiming the company had investigated the matter with the
phone's
maker, Huawei.
The sources
claim Samsung Pay will be brought to the
maker's non-premium
phones including its budget offerings in emerging markets, starting with India.
The Note 7 owner in that latter incident
claims to have also gotten a text message from Samsung that suggests the
phone maker was looking to downlplay the incident.
Apple addressed Bloomberg's
claim in particular which stated that the
phone maker had «relaxed» its stringent specifications for the FaceID to speed up the testing process of completed modules.
But apparently prototypes of the folding
phone have already been shown off behind closed doors at CES 2018, which took place in January, while Samsung's Q4 2017 financial results included
claims that foldable OLED panels and
phones could be a big money -
maker for Samsung in 2018 and beyond - which is yet more evidence that the Galaxy X is coming soon.
Long - running reports
claim that Apple is already working on a foldable iPhone alongside LG Display, but ETNews believes the company has joined forces with China's largest display
maker, BOE, for the foldable
phone.
The
claims surfaced on the OnePlus forum last Thursday (11 January) from a user who said two cards used on the
phone maker's website showed signs of misuse.
Following the upgrade to Android Marshmallow, the Sony
phone makers had removed the STAMINA mode that set the Sony handsets apart with its «two - day battery life»
claim.
Alcatel
claims that by leveraging the manufacturing expertise from parent company and big time TV
maker TCL, all new Alcatel
phones can sport extra-wide screen displays.
The HTC U11 Life has also been the subject of numerous rumors in recent months and was presumed to be launching alongside the high - end device but Blass's Saturday comment marks the first time that the upcoming product event was
claimed to only be related to the next mid-ranger from the struggling
phone maker.
Some initial Active models didn't quite live up to all of Samsung's
claims of water resistance, though the
phone maker seems to have resolved those problems.