Sentences with phrase «smartphone industry shift»

ABI Research notes a major smartphone industry shift towards reference designs since they speed time to market, and estimates that more than 400 million reference design smartphones will be shipped in 2014.

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It's part of an ongoing shift in the industry in how consumers pay for their service, with more people actually opting to pay for their own smartphones because it can lead to lower monthly charges down the line if you stick with the same device after two years.

In the smartphone industry having the sleekest thinnest device is everything; but over the last few years there has been a dramatic shift in conventional design.

While the death of plastic in smartphone construction is something we won't miss too much (especially the cheap, glossy plastic used by Samsung and LG in the past), the slow and looming death of unibody aluminium construction is a real cause for concern as this industry - wide shift occurs.

The Cupertino company is reportedly developing its own MicroLED in - house for its future products, which could cause a seismic shift in the smartphone industry.

While Apple has arguably played a large part in ensuring that this is a self - fulfilling prophecy, it's worth noting that other smartphone manufacturers from Motorola to HTC have also opted to drop the 3.5 mm port which suggests the mobile industry as a whole has caused this shift, rather than just Apple.