Even though Samsung did not unveil their Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus flagship
smartphones at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, we've seen plenty of great tech there.
This handset seems to be different than the phone that got certified recently, the one without a 3.5 mm headphone jack, which suggests (even though it's not related) that Sony may actually introduce more than one
smartphone at this year's -LSB-...]
However, unlike the past few years, it won't unveil its flagship
smartphone at this year's Mobile World Congress.
Motorola has finally taken the wraps off its new Moto G5
smartphone at this year's Mobile World Congress.
Huawei chose not to lift the lid on its latest high - end
smartphone at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Huawei chose not to lift the lid on its latest high - end
smartphone at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, preferring a standalone event in the French capital.
Intel will be introducing two processors from its Merrifield and Bay Trail brands for tablets and
smartphones at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
ZTE had announced three new
smartphones at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC), and we're here to take a closer look at these smartphones.
Sony took the wraps off of two new high - end
smartphones at this year's MWC.
ZTE has just announced two new
smartphones at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, the ZTE Blade V9 and Blade V9 VITA.
Gionee had introduced the Gionee A1
smartphone at this year's Mobile World Congress last month, and the company has just announced it in India as well.
This handset seems to be different than the phone that got certified recently, the one without a 3.5 mm headphone jack, which suggests (even though it's not related) that Sony may actually introduce more than one
smartphone at this year's -LSB-...]
Sony is expected to introduce its new flagship
smartphone at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, but until that happens, the Xperia XZ1 is still the company's most powerful smartphone.
Not exact matches
For instance, a keyboard model will be the first
smartphone to emerge under the Foxconn agreement after the failed attempt
at the touchscreen BlackBerry Z10 earlier this
year.
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.
«We had opened them about 12
years ago,
at a time when the penetration of
smartphones was very low, so this was a great growth opportunity.
According to Verizon's paper Bring Your Own Device: The Facts and the Future published earlier this
year, over 60 % of workers report using a personal device
at least once a day in their work, with 44 % using a personal
smartphone in their job.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal (first reported on by ZDNet), Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun spoke about the company's foray into the US, saying that the first
smartphones might arrive as early as the end of this
year, or in early 2019
at worst.
After Intel was late to
smartphones and tablets in recent
years, Chief Executive Brian Krzanich has been determined to make sure the top chipmaker is
at the forefront of future trends in mobile computing.
«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.
For this
year's Super Bowl, «The average load time for advertiser sites on a
smartphone was nearly 20 seconds, and only six sites came in
at less than 10 seconds,» Keynote noted on its blog.
The
smartphone you carry in your pocket is more powerful than the computer Vogt and his team
at MIT used to make their F - 150 self - drive 10
years ago.
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.
A legion of Canadian corporations recently acquired new CEOs: Guy Laurence joined Rogers (which owns this magazine) last December, one month after BlackBerry brought in turnaround artist John Chen to fix its ailing
smartphone business;
at TD Bank, Bharat Masrani spent a
year (some might say his entire career) preparing to take over for Ed Clark, while across the street
at CIBC, internal candidate Victor Dodig was given just six weeks before he replaced Gerald McCaughey.
Highlights
at this
year's Pepcom: A solar - powered phone charger, an ewaste recycling kiosk that gives you money, and (yes) a
smartphone for dogs.
The data, which looks
at worldwide
smartphone and tablet use, found that usage among «phablet» owners, or those who have a large - screen
smartphone, was up 334 percent
year over
year.
The once fast - growing
smartphone market has slowed this
year, especially
at the high end, with worldwide shipments forecast to increase less than 2 %, according to IDC.
In the U.S. market, the vast majority of
smartphones are
at a price heavily subsidized by wireless carriers, along with a two -
year service contract — which further obscures the effect of licensing fees on phone prices.
«During the first eight months of 2016, Apple saw its
smartphone market share remain
at a record low compared to the last few
years,» Counterpoint research director Jeff Fieldhack wrote.
Smartphone sales fell 3 percent in the March quarter compared with a
year earlier, as consumers in developed countries such as the U.S. and China balk
at upgrading to more expense phones.
The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL were launched
at an event in San Francisco on Wednesday, each featuring improved cameras, specs and water resistance compared to the first Google Pixel
smartphones — the Pixel and the Pixel XL — one
year ago.
It was a similar refrain from several other analysts covering Samsung, including Kim Hyun - yong
at Etrade Securities, who said that expectations of a cheaper iPhone launching this
year have caused «overall growth prospects for Samsung's
smartphone business [to] have dimmed.»
The five -
year - old company which lets people summon rides
at the touch of a
smartphone button is valued by investors
at nearly $ 51 billion, making it the world's most richly valued private company.
According to Google,
smartphones are
at the heart of online interactions while IAB says that mobile advertising is now a $ 7 billion dollar a
year business.
Meanwhile,
smartphone sales are forecast to continue to grow
at about 7 % per
year.
The company blamed reduced
smartphone unit volumes in the second half of its fiscal
year for the lackluster results, as well as a negative impact from the sale of lower - priced components
at key Android OEMs.
Getting back into the consumer market, Kodak recently released the Ektra, a photography - first
smartphone, and
at CES this
year announced the return of the Super 8 camera and film.
The legal maneuvers come amid a slowdown in
smartphone sales, which are growing
at about 1 percent after several
years of double digit annual growth, according to industry research firm International Data Corp..
ZTE
smartphones were on display
at the Mobile World Congress trade show earlier this
year in Spain.
The deal would likely create new opportunities for
AT&T to increase
smartphone penetration and data revenues, potentially
at Verizon's expense, as well as result in about $ 3 billion in annual synergies within three
years of the transaction closing.
Growth in
smartphones and tablets is also outpacing aggregate growth
at 28.6 %
year - over-
year to $ 18.90 billion.
The slowing growth in the
smartphone market means global
smartphone AP shipments will only grow
at a mild pace in the next few
years, reaching 1.77 billion units in 2021.
In addition to this, it was also reported that among the female gamers who played on their
smartphones or tablets for
at least one hour daily, 71 % were Caucasian, 62 % were married and 46 % were aged between 40 and 64
years old.
These are the main results of the research carried out on a sample of 350 young girls and boys representing the Italian population aged 9 - 17
years old «
Smartphones, social network and instant messaging services: challenges for children, parents and teachers» presented today in Rome
at the «Global Trends in Online Safety: Creating a National Framework» conference, an event developed and co-hosted by the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) and TIM.
Even if you find a deal that offers a
smartphone at a greatly reduced cost, you will find yourself locked into both a cell and a data plan for
at least one
year.
Motorists
at all 85,000 metered parking spots in the city will be able to pay the meter from their
smartphone by the end of this
year, de Blasio plans to announce in his State of the City address.
Park - goers can now use their laptops,
smartphones and tablets to surf the web free of charge, thanks to an initiative started last
year by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and
AT&T that will provide free Internet access
at 26 park locations across the city.
State Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr. uses his
smartphone before the start of this
year's first day of session
at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
Motorists
at all 85,000 metered parking spots in the city will be able to pay the meter from their
smartphone by the end of this
year, Mayor de Blasio plans to announce in his State of the City address.
In Spain, a third of
smartphone users will have installed
at least one health application this
year, according to a report from The App Date.