As we've mentioned earlier, September 2013 was a milestone month as far as smartphones are concerned, and
saw flagship launches from the likes of Samsung, Sony, LG and Apple.
Not exact matches
2012 to 2013
saw the
launch of the Roland Mouret shoe, bag and bridal collections, as well as the continued development of its successful eyewear line, and in 2014 the brand
launched its second
flagship boutique at 952 Madison Avenue in New York, bringing the designer's iconic pieces to the US.
The new generation of hybrid assisted V12 Ferraris will likely not be
seen until an all new
flagship is
launched in around 2020.»
Next year will
see the
launch of the BMW i8 Roadster, followed in 2019 by a fully electric MINI; in 2020, by the electric version of the BMW X3 and in 2021 by the brand's new technology
flagship, the BMW iNext, which will combine electro - mobility with autonomous driving and new interior connectivity options for the first time in a series - production model.
Mahindra's upcoming
flagship SUV, the rebadged Ssangyong Rexton G4, has been
seen undergoing hot weather and off - road testing in the deserts of Rajasthan ahead of its
launch sometime later this year.
Last week we
saw both Nokia and HTC
launch flagship handsets, where if rumours hold any weight we're likely to
see something big from BlackBerry next week and we're also possibly weeks away from Windows Phone 7
launching.
Sony at the
launch had claimed to have designed the camera inside its new
flagship using the same technology that's
seen in its Alpha range of interchangeable lens cameras.
Last year
saw the
launch of the Xbox One S — a slimmer, enhanced iteration of the company's
flagship gaming system — and this year, Microsoft
launched the beefy Xbox One X.
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.
It's been a year since the Lumia 950
launched, meaning it's time to revisit Microsoft's latest
flagship and
see what's improved... and what hasn't.
This year's MWC has
seen the
launch of some impressive
flagship phones and it is but obvious for you to b...
The Honor 10 will mostly continue the glass sandwich design
seen on the earlier
launched Honor
flagship smartphones.
Other rumors suggested that the upcoming
flagship phone could simply
see tight availability after its debut in September, but that the device would
launch right alongside the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus, two devices that are also rumored to
see the light of day in September.
Rumors indicated we might
see the S9 Plus
launch at well over $ 1,000 as the Apple iPhone X was possibly pushing
flagship prices over this psychological level.
Straight from the Huawei P9
launch: meet the new dual - camera
flagships, and
see how both the P9 and P9 Plus give users great control over photo - taking.
It is priced at $ 800, which is reasonable for a high end
flagship when we
see the top of the line models
launching between $ 900 and $ 1,150.
If we are going to
see a
flagship phone
launch, then it might be the LG G7 (if that's what it's called) as LG looks to get ahead of everyone else, but we'd say it's very much an outside bet.
Well, it is weird to
see that Nokia is finally
launching a high - end
flagship with such specifications that we wanted to
see in 2017.
They pack a tremendous amount of power into a wonderfully elegant design, even though that design is a spitting image of last year's Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 +... It's certainly not as exciting as
seeing a
flagship phone
launch with a brand new design, but the Galaxy S8 and S8 + are still two of the most stunning smartphones in the world.
In the last one month, we have
seen new
flagship Android smartphone
launches from all of the major manufacturers.
It is a well - known fact that Samsung
launches its
flagships in some nice color options and this time, we are going to
see the same.
It's great to
see Android
flagships all
launching today with nearly the same high - end specifications.
However, we've
seen OnePlus
launch mid-cycle upgrades to its
flagship models within four to six months.
For the past few years, Samsung has introduced a rugged version of their Galaxy S
flagship a few months after the former
launched so it came as no surprise to
see the Galaxy S7 receive the same treatment.
WinFuture's Ronald Quandt claims Huawei plans to
launch its P11 during the end of first quarter of 2018, meaning there's a solid change to
see the
flagship device being introduced at the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.
OnePlus 6 is supposed to
launch in the May - June timeline and we are
seeing quite a few leaks take place around the upcoming
flagship.
We have already
seen the
flagship smartphone
launches from the major manufacturers like Samsung, LG, and Sony.
OnePlus really loves adding new colors to its
flagships and
launching them separately and we have
seen this a lot of time in the past.
Earlier this year, the company skipped
launching the
flagship Mi 6 smartphones after
seeing very less demand for the premium Mi 5 smartphone.
Despite the
launch of its G6
flagship phone in April, the South Korean company has yet to
see improvement in terms of phone sales.
We've
seen Microsoft
launch its latest
flagships, the Lumia 950 and 950 XL, and players such as LG, Motorola and others aren't standing still either.
The Chinese company did recently tease the
launch of its third «full screen»
flagship, but it's actually the Mi 6 that's turning one year old soon, unlike the Mi MIX 2, which barely
saw daylight last fall.
We've also
seen flagship devices from HTC, Huawei, and a (so far) Japanese only
launch of Sony's Xperia Z4
flagship.
Even as we have
seen quite a few reports about Xiaomi
launching a new
flagship phone at MWC 2018, it looks like there will be no
launch event for any product by the company at the tech show that opens February 26.
The year 2017 has already
seen the
launch of LG's high - end
flagship, the G6, the Samsung Galaxy S8
launches Wednesday and the iPhone 8 is expected to
launch in the fall.
South Korean smartphone manufacturer Samsung
launches new Galaxy S series
flagships in February and March, but a new report says that the displays being used in the Galaxy S9 will be ready by November which would mean that we will be
seeing the device in January or early February.
Some industry watchers previously speculated that the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 Plus will
launch with Daydream support out of the box
seeing how their hardware is already in line with Google's requirements and the two companies have been jointly developing VR technologies for a while now, and it's currently unclear whether the hiatus between the release of Samsung's
flagship series and the rollout of its Daydream support is intentional or necessary.
While it almost goes without saying that
launching a new
flagship phone without the latest version of Android would be a big mistake, we were glad to
see Nougat running smoothly on the Galaxy S8 back in the spring.
When it comes to power, both phones are running the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset that performs particularly well on a series of
flagship phones we've already
seen launch this year.
This week, the first curved phone landed, two new Chromebooks
launched, we feasted on Kit Kat leaks, we finally
saw a Mini
flagship phone, we learned about Android TV, and we heard some...
The latest turn of events is in line with Wednesday developments which
saw a new billboard advertising the upcoming
launch of Google's next - generation Android
flagships.
Apart from these
flagship devices, we also expect to
see several affordable smartphone
launches in the month of October.
In the short - term, Samsung is planning to increase shipments of its mid-range smartphones in Q1 2017 but is expecting to
see slightly weaker phone profits as its
flagship devices with largest profit margins likely won't
launch until the second quarter of the year.
The official
launch is still months away, and we're going to
see a lot of rumors and leaks about Samsung's upcoming
flagship devices as time goes by.
For two years now, Sony has been doing two
flagship launches each year as
seen in the way it
launched the Xperia Z and Z1 in 2013 and the Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z3 in 2014.
Despite
launching formidable
flagship phones this year, Samsung could
see a decline in its market share next year.
Just as 2015's GS6 Marshmallow beta foreshadowed the UI we would eventually
see on the Galaxy S7 at
launch, the GS7 Nougat update gives us a few clues about what to expect from the Korean company's 2017
flagship.
As
seen with the earlier
launched flagship Huawei smartphones, we also expect to
see the Porsche Design limited edition variant of the Huawei P20 on the
launch stage.
The OnePlus 5T
saw record
launch sales, OnePlus revealed a few weeks ago, although there were plenty of OnePlus 5 buyers unhappy that they purchased the wrong OnePlus
flagship this year.
It would have been really nice to
see this phone
launch with Android Nougat, considering that in just a couple of months the first
flagships with the next major version of Google's mobile OS will be
launching.