The G is Motorola's best - selling
smartphone line of all time, and for good reason: The shockingly low price of $ 179.99 gets you a surprisingly capable smartphone with specs and style that compete with much pricier handsets.
Especially when taking into consideration the competition the two Pixel 2 phones are up against, and how those competitive devices are part of a long
smartphone line of succession.
Samsung's Galaxy Note series is one of the most iconic
smartphone lines of all time.
The Google Pixel 3 is one of the most highly - anticipated
smartphone lines of this year, and leaks and rumors keep surfacing.
Not exact matches
The highlights
of 2011 are almost too painful to mention: the PlayBook, RIM's first tablet, was a flop; its latest
line of BlackBerry
smartphones was delayed; weak sales forced the company to issue a profit warning in the spring; its network was hit by a massive service outage in the fall; and it suffered the largest wave
of layoffs in its history.
There's a similar
smartphone threat as cheaper Google Android phones have overtaken the lower - end
of the mobile market and the top -
of - the -
line models have proven to be real iPhone rivals.
On a conference call to discuss RIM's fiscal third - quarter results in December, the co-CEOs revealed that their newest
smartphone line, dubbed BlackBerry 10, will not be available until the latter part
of the year.
Google's previous hardware forays were more concept products for Android; the new Pixel
line of smartphones is the real deal
Additionally, now there are fantastic apps for handling our bank accounts from our
smartphones (via the Internet,
of course), so waiting in a long
line at the bank just to make a small transfer is pretty much a thing
of the past.
Morken says he expects those improvements to attract more first - time
smartphone users — the college students, cost - conscious Millennials, bargain hunters and land -
line cord - cutters who comprise the bulk
of Republic's customer base.
That was chief executive Thorsten Heins's message at the annual shareholders meeting in Ontario today, as he tried to defend the company's trajectory after sales
of the new BlackBerry 10
line of smartphones fell well below analyst expectations.
The images show the front and back
of a black handset that looks very similar to the current Galaxy S8
smartphone, but
lines up with everything we've heard about the Galaxy S9 so far.
Opinion differs on whether Research In Motion, based in Waterloo, Ont., can buffer its bottom
line by establishing a significant beachhead in the increasingly lucrative tablet market to go along with its ever - growing
smartphone sales, or whether it should close up shop and get out
of the game while it still can.
& # 9660 Earlier this year, when Microsoft killed its new
line of Kin
smartphones in less than two months, its own employees were among the first to admit the Redmond, Wash. - based company had screwed up.
AT&T (t), Verizon (vz), and T - Mobile (tmus) are offering only about half price on a new iPhone with a trade in, while Sprint (s) has a full - price trade - in deal but only for customers who add a new
line and return one
of the five most recent
smartphones available.
I should note that I took out the larger models
of each
smartphone lines.
«Feel free to push the argument at the security
line that a keyboard, portable battery or any other piece
of electronics bigger than a
smartphone (whichever size
smartphone they decide upon) is considered a risk,» says Chris Roberts, a Chief Security Architect at security firm Acalvio.
Last month, Amazon also released a new
line of Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire tablets, and announced that it still had $ 83 million worth
of unsold inventory from its new Fire
smartphone.
Speaking
of, while we were in Shanghai at the Huawei Connect event, Huawei released a new
line of «nova»
smartphones at an event in Berlin, to go along with their world - class P9 phone and the recently announced Honor 8.
Apple's chief competitor in the
smartphone market, Samsung, has offered a digital stylus with its Galaxy Note
line of devices for years.
Google didn't make reference to new devices, but the show is rumored to play host to a new
line of Pixel
smartphones called the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL.
With more and more
smartphones equipped with near - field communication, a technology enabling contactless transactions, and radio - frequency identification tags becoming more widespread, several retailers have experimented with the concept
of skipping the checkout
line.
On Sunday, in a room filled with technology journalists in Barcelona, Samsung used the 2015 installment
of Mobile World Congress to announce the latest models
of its Galaxy
line of smartphones: the S6 and S6 Edge.
Apple's chief mobile rival released a whole series
of ads poking fun at the «exciting» «new» features
of the devices, pointing out that many are already staples
of Samsung's Galaxy
line of smartphones and wearables:
But it's hundreds
of dollars cheaper than other top -
of - the -
line devices — many
of the latest flagship
smartphones, including Apple's iPhone X and Samsung's Galaxy Note 8, cost more than $ 900.
There might not be many special features in the Pixel 2
line, but reports say Google is planning to offer a «squeeze» feature that will activate certain software functions when users squeeze the sides
of its
smartphones.
The company plans to aggressively upgrade its existing corporate clients to the latest
line of BlackBerry 7
smartphones, and push the adoption
of its Mobile Fusion platform.
Despite a plethora
of coupon apps and coupon websites available, it still amazes me how many shoppers I see pay full - price in front
of me in
line, while I pull out my
smartphone to access a discount.
In past years, it began investing heavily to branch out from its online retail roots, delving into Hollywood - style content production as well as developing a
line of tablets,
smartphones and set - top boxes to accelerate the sale
of digital content.
Its new
line of smartphones fell flat, and earlier this month the company announced 4,500 job cuts and a nearly $ 1 - billion writedown on unsold inventory.
RIM promises its new devices will be faster than previous
smartphones, and will have a large catalogue
of applications, which are crucial to the success
of any new
line of smartphones.
Since you don't know how much
of the subject
line will be viewable from a
smartphone, it's important to put the most important information at the beginning.
WhatsApp leads globally and in countries with expensive SMS rates like India;
Line dominates in Japan; KakaoTalk has been downloaded by 93 %
of South Korea's
smartphone users; WeChat has a near monopoly in China.
Smartphones are clearly time sucks, but we also tend to view them as overall productivity boosters - think
of how you can check your email while you're waiting in
line at the grocery store, call a cab with a couple
of clicks, or Google that one key piece
of information in an instant.
According to the report, 81 per cent
of Canadian wireless subscribers have a
smartphone, a number in
line with what the carriers have reported in their previous earnings.
If you really can't be bothered to go and hunt down and switch off every location setting one fairly crude action you can take is to buy a faraday cage carry case — Silent Pocket makes an extensive
line of carry cases with embedded wireless shielding tech, for instance — which you can pop your
smartphone into when you're on the move to isolate it from the network.
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.
A customer passes a local branch — even with their
smartphone off — and the bank's staff can tell if their mortgage soon needs renewing, or whether they might like a new credit card or appreciate a
line of credit.
In its
smartphone business, Samsung plans to focus on increasing sales
of premium products, while holding the
line on mid-range to low - end products.
At the same time these social applications are moving on -
line, digital platforms (tablets and
smartphones) are becoming available to hundreds
of millions.
Knowles has grown rapidly over the years as consumers demand higher acoustic features in each new generation
of smartphones and hearing aids, and we expect this trend to continue, which should drive above average top -
line growth.
Best Buy (BBY) blows away the earnings and revenue estimates — stock up 15 % — Best Buy beats by $ 0.14, beats on revs; guides Q3 EPS in -
line, revs above consensus; raises FY17 profit guidance (32.80)-- Is this possibly due to lack
of smartphone buying — people have money to spend on something other than iPhone?
Some product
lines and businesses have already shifted much
of this information onto 2D QR codes that can be scanned by a consumer's
smartphone and hold significantly more information than the slowly disappearing 1D barcode.
On a shuttle bus, as I look at the floor, a man moves his
smartphone into my
line of sight.
At lunch with a group
of Palestinian politicians the following day, we realised that the data
line on our
smartphones had died.
If you walk around as a user and your
smartphone or tablet moves out
of the light antenna's
line of sight, then another light antenna takes over.
It's a strong contender for the geekiest video ever made: a close - up
of a
smartphone with
line upon
line of numbers and symbols scrolling down the screen.
The study by The Associated Press - NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also found that while almost all teens — 91 percent — use the regular text messaging tool on their mobile phones, 40 percent
of teens also use messaging applications like Kik, WhatsApp, or
Line on a
smartphone.
In a recent study now on
line, Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers describe the relatively simple technique
of fundus photography in human and rabbit eyes using a
smartphone, an inexpensive app for the
smartphone, and instruments that are readily available in an ophthalmic practice.
Inside
of the bag is silk
lining, two small pockets for
smartphone and one zipper pocket for wallet.