While BlackBerry may be out of
the smartphone handset business, the company also knows how to do security software, and not only for connected devices.
Not exact matches
BlackBerry Ltd. said on Tuesday it will stop making its Classic model, raising further doubts about the future of the
smartphone pioneer's money - losing
handset business as the company shifts its focus to software.
Even as it pivots to focus more on software and services, the company that gained fame for its
smartphones is not giving up on its
handset business — yet.
Apple owns
smartphone profits, Google owns
smartphone market share, and RIM has seen its
handset business decline in several key regions quarter after quarter.
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Acer bought its way into the
smartphone business last year with the acquisition of Taiwanese
handset maker E-Ten Information Systems.
For those who didn't know, TCL is the new company that owns and manufactures both Blackberry and Alcatel
smartphones since the latter officially pulled out of the
handset manufacturing
business last year.
Adept for socially connected consumers and packed with the tools
business customers love, the new
handset is the world's first
smartphone to combine a BlackBerry ® keyboard with a full touch screen experience.
Once the world's dominant phone maker, Nokia Corp failed to compete in touchscreen
smartphones and ended up selling its
handset business to Microsoft in 2014.
The
handset finds itself at the top of HTC's new lineup of One - series
smartphones, which the Taiwan - based vendor hopes will help it turn its sliding
smartphone business around.
With this fast, impeccably designed
smartphone, users can work more efficiently and free up valuable time to spend with friends, family and on personal pursuits,» said Kevin Ho, President,
Handset Business, HUAWEI Consumer BG.
«While our number three ranking for
smartphone shipments last quarter shows the increasing demand for our flagship
handsets including the HUAWEI Ascend P6, we still have a long way to go to build the HUAWEI brand among consumers globally,» said Colin Giles, Executive Vice President, HUAWEI Consumer
Business Group.
In fact, it was the relationship between Steve Ballmer and Stephen Elop that made Lumia
smartphones possible and led to the eventual sale of Nokia's
handset business to Microsoft.
In an interview with a German newspaper on Monday, Heins said RIM's ongoing strategic review could lead to the sale of its
handset business or the licensing of its software to rival
smartphone companies.
Sales of its
smartphones peaked a few years back and since then the company has been losing money in the mobile
handset business.
There is no mention of how its
handset business is doing since retreating from the game and licensing its brand, with the most notable Android - powered
smartphone being the TCL - made KEYone.
In an attempt at revitilizing its
smartphone business, LG is said to be contemplating if it's best to start anew this year by ditching the G and V
smartphone series and adopting new brands for its flagship
handsets.
HTC's 2017 flagship is an excellent
handset that sets the tone for the future of HTC's
smartphone business.
Apple's iPhone and Google's Android operating system launched the
smartphone wars, for example, killing previous leader BlackBerry and driving it out of the
handset business.
A day after denying rumours that it was leaving the
smartphone business, HTC has unveiled a new
handset - the HTC 10 Evo.
China's TCL knows a thing or two about rebranding various
smartphones for different markets and target audiences, basing a pair of touch - only BlackBerry DTEK designs on original Alcatel hardware before eventually taking over the struggling Canadian company's
handset business.
«In order to deliver more quality and excellent
smartphone experiences to consumers, Huawei will continue enhancing the integrated performance of our premium
smartphones,» said Kevin Ho, President,
handset business, Huawei consumer
business group.
The Beijing - based conglomerate is quite new to the
smartphone business, as the company introduced the first three
handsets Le 1, Le 1 Pro and Le Max last year in China.
The new move will not only change the operational structure of Nokia
handset unit but also result some major changes in the top - level management of both the companies as former Nokia President and CEO Stephen Elop will now report to Nadella and serve as executive vice president of the Microsoft Devices Group to oversee an expanded devices
business that includes Lumia
smartphones and tablets, Nokia mobile phones, Xbox hardware, Surface, Perceptive Pixel (PPI) products and accessories.
A concept image for Samsung «s foldable
smartphone, dubbed as «Galaxy X,» shows that it's a touchscreen
handset that can be folded out into a large tablet, as pointed out by
Business Korea.
When Microsoft bought Nokia's
handset business for $ 7.2 bn, it expected Windows Phone to be running on 15 percent of the world's
smartphones by 2018.
At the time it acquired Nokia's
handset business for $ 7.2 bn, Microsoft was betting Windows Phone would be running on 15 percent of the world's
smartphones by 2018.