Bank of America Merrill Lynch
said the smartphone maker is working with its Asian partners on a foldable phone.
Motorola seems to be giving in to the trend of dual cameras, as recent leaks of the Moto X4 and Moto Z2 Force
say the smartphone maker will equip the phones in question with two rear - facing sensors.
Not exact matches
«If we were at the thickness that was introduced with the first
smartphone, your phone wouldn't break in a normal drop event,»
said John Bayne, vice president and general manager of Gorilla Glass at Corning, the 167 - year - old glass
maker whose Gorilla 5 offering runs about 0.4 mm to 1.3 mm thick.
Anshuk Gandhi, an associate with McKinsey & Co.,
says that because so many products are standardized today (even different
smartphone makers offer similar hardware and features), brands end up competing on price, damaging their own profit margins.
«Proving that a device is durable is essential to convince people to pay more for a phone,»
said Francisco Jeronimo, senior research director for European mobile devices at IDC, which in 2016 surveyed phone
makers, retailers and repair centers around the world about
smartphone issues.
The world's biggest
maker of semiconductors, televisions and
smartphones replaced the leaders of its three main businesses, named CFO Lee Sang - hoon as the likely new board chairman, and
said veteran co-CEOs J.K. Shin and Yoon Boo - keun would resign.
Analysts have
said Nintendo «s family - oriented game titles compete with
smartphone games more directly than titles from rival console
makers Sony (sne) and Microsoft (msft), which focus on high - end graphics targeting core gamers.
HTC, the Taiwanese
smartphone manufacturer and
maker of the Vive VR headset,
said Monday that it has partnered with Tate Modern on an upcoming exhibit featuring the works of painter and sculptor Amedeo Clemente Modigliani that will be accompanied by a new VR project.
But in a letter to Congress last month, Pai
said he shared the concerns of U.S. lawmakers about espionage threats from Huawei, the world's third - largest
smartphone maker.
WASHINGTON, March 23 - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai
said he shares the concerns of U.S. lawmakers about espionage threats from Chinese
smartphone maker Huawei Technologies Co and plans to take «proactive steps» to ensure the integrity of the U.S. communications supply chain.
Apple shareholders Jana Partners and the California State Teachers» Retirement System are urging the
smartphone maker to take steps to address what they
say is a growing problem of young people getting addicted to Apple's iPhones, Jana partner Charles Penner
said.
To compete, Amazon needs more than an expected 3 - D viewing feature, which has been tried before by
smartphone makers like HTC and LG, Llamas
said.
China's Xiaomi Technology Co Ltd, the world's third - largest
smartphone maker, which also uses the Singles» Day festival to boost turnover,
said on its official Weibo account its sales had so far surpassed 1.2 billion yuan, selling more than 853,000 phones.
The Taiwanese
smartphone maker said on Monday that its first quarter sales plummeted 64 % to roughly $ 455 million — its fourth straight quarterly decline.
Chinese
smartphone makers Huawei, Oppo, BBK, and Gionee all sold more phones in the fourth quarter than in the prior quarter, Gartner
said.
Motorola plans to launch a new, made - in - the - U.S.
smartphone, CEO Dennis Woodside
said on Wednesday, confirming speculation the cellphone
maker intends to make a comeback.
The report
says Lenovo has «has signed a non-disclosure agreement to look at the
smartphone maker's books.»
The
smartphone maker (TSX: BB) issued a statement
saying the location in suburban Bedford would be shut down as of Jan. 10, affecting more than 350 employees.
(Reuters)- John Chen, the man charged with breathing life into struggling BlackBerry Ltd,
says he has no intention of killing the money - losing BlackBerry handset as he looks to turn around the
smartphone maker.
Google might be in the final stages of acquiring
smartphone maker HTC, reports
said.
Samsung, the world's biggest
maker of
smartphones, is developing a wristwatch, the company
said in March.
BlackBerry has been struggling to stay relevant in an increasingly - competitive
smartphone market, but T - Mobile CEO John Legere
said the Canadian
smartphone maker was «on a comeback.»
The world's top
smartphone maker said it had asked all global carriers to stop sales of the Note 7s and the exchange of original devices for replacements.
Elected officials from Philadelphia have joined New York, San Francisco and London in calling for
smartphone makers to come up with a quick and easy way to dismantle their devices, Schneiderman
said.
Elected officials from Philadelphia have joined New York, San Francisco and London in calling for
smartphone makers to come up with a quick and easy way to dismantle their devices, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
said on Monday.
The information comes from a regulatory filing made public on Tuesday, in which Laziridis
said he won't pursue a bid to buy the company, and as a result had cut his stake to roughly 4.99 percent of the ailing Canadian
smartphone maker.
Personal computer
maker Lenovo Group
said Wednesday its quarterly profit rose 34 percent to a record high on strong sales of
smartphones and tablet computers.
Chinese
smartphone makers racked up big gains as the global market for Internet - linked handsets grew to record levels in the second quarter, International Data Corp
said Tuesday.
PARIS (Reuters)-
Smartphone maker HTC plans to roll out a range of different tablet computers to gain a foothold in the fast - growing market, a company executive
said on Tuesday.
(AP)-- Canadian phone
maker Research In Motion has begun showing its new BlackBerry
smartphones to wireless carriers around the world, but the struggling company
says it is still months away from starting to sell them.
Motorola will upgrade its popular Droid X
smartphone to Google's Android 2.2 operating system in early September, the phone
maker said on its support forums.
BlackBerry
maker Research In Motion
says it's now testing its much - delayed BlackBerry 10
smartphones with 50 wireless carriers around the world.
Google's Android operating system gained US
smartphone market share in the quarter which ended in July while Blackberry
maker Research in Motion, Apple and Microsoft lost ground, digital tracking firm comScore
said.
Wednesday: BlackBerry
maker Research In Motion
says its BlackBerry 10
smartphones are now being tested by 50 wireless carriers around the world.
BlackBerry
maker Research In Motion, losing ground rapidly in the
smartphone wars, needs to take bold steps to revive its fortunes and compete with iPhones and Android devices overwhelming the market, analysts
say.
Chinese handset
maker Coolpad on Thursday launched «Coolpad A1» and «Coolpad Mega A4» budget
smartphones in India, almost a month after it
said that it is set for a new innings in the country.
Motorola will upgrade the Droid X
smartphone to Google's Android 2.2 operating system in early September, the phone
maker said on its support forums.
Google's Android has surged past Blackberry
maker Research in Motion to become the leading
smartphone platform in the United States, market tracking firm comScore
said Monday.
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.
BlackBerry
maker Research in Motion is now in a struggle for survival after its latest quarterly report underscoring its deteriorating position against other
smartphone makers, analysts
say.
The Canadian
smartphone maker said it plans to release at least one Android phone this year.
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Hewlett - Packard Co., which bought
smartphone maker Palm Inc. this month,
said it plans to produce a tablet device that runs on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.
Research in Motion, the
maker of the BlackBerry
smartphones and tablet,
said Monday that it will cut its workforce by about 2,000 jobs and move some executives into new roles in an effort to battle the continued growth of Google's Android and Apple's iPhone.
Huawei, the world's third - largest
smartphone maker says that it will no longer release Windows Phone devices because it simply can't make any money on it.
The struggling Canadian
smartphone mogul
said that it has agreed to a settlement with Typo that will see the accessory
maker permanently...
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say, anyone who can't access their Galaxy device and doesn't have a Samsung account linked to it will have to talk things through with the
smartphone maker's customer support.
LeTV,
maker of
smartphones, connected TVs, and media, could support Faraday Future's efforts to develop content for consumption in autonomous cars, Morris
says.
Lei Jun, founder of Chinese
smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc,
said on Wednesday night that the company's Mi 7
smartphone will host the under - display fingerprint scanner, a desired function for many users.
Its reputation tarnished, the world's biggest
smartphone maker by market share nevertheless decided to retain the Note brand after a survey showed 85 percent of 5,000 Galaxy Note users expressed brand loyalty, Koh
said.