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A new study by GSMA Intelligence shows that smartphones will represent two-thirds of mobile connections in China by the end of the year. Smartphone adoption in the country was at 62% by the end of Q1’15 – ahead of Europe’s 55%. The increasing popularity of international brands, as well as domestic vendors, is driving the … Read more
Statista has released a chart that demonstrates the poor decision that Microsoft made on buying Nokia. As well as letting go of almost 7% of its global workforce (Microsoft to Cut 7,500 Jobs) – mostly in Finland – Microsoft is also restructuring its phone business in a $7.6 billion move.
Seeking Alpha has written an article discussing the dominance of the iPhone – over Apple’s own products. In the introduction, the website notes, ‘From a financial and business perspective, the iPhone is the only product that matters. The iPhone is amassing so much power at Apple, it is difficult to imagine any product being able … Read more
Field tests of ATSC 3.0 signals are taking place in Cleveland, USA, over the summer. An experimental broadcast licence has been granted to Tribune Broadcasting’s WJW-TV by the FCC. WJW-TV will provide a transmitter, tower and 6MHz channel for the tests, which began in May, by LG, Zenith’s R&D lab and GatesAir. So far, the … Read more
Offices across the USA can now compete in ZTE’s “Ugliest Conference Room Makeover” contest, with a grand prize of a $50,000 room redesign. To enter, people can submit a photo of their ugly conference room, with a description of how a makeover would benefit them. The contest is being run to promote ZTE’s Spro 2 … Read more
The Wall Street Journal claims that Samsung will introduce the Galaxy Note 5 before its traditional IFA launch date. Instead, the phablet will be launched in mid-August. The move will apparently be taken to have more time on the market before Apple’s next iPhone refresh. The iPhone 6 was unveiled just six days after the … Read more
Shipments of Android tablets with Intel processors will fall to 10.8 million units this year, from 14.23 million in 2014. The prediction comes from ET Mag. The site has also said that Android smartphones with Intel processors will pass 10 million this year. Overall, the source says, Intel-based mobile device shipments will climb to 43.2 … Read more
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) recorded its second-highest quarterly revenue in the company’s history in Q2, 8.6% higher than Q1 and 19.8% higher than the second quarter of last year at NT$70.2 billion ($2.2 billion). ASE’s sales in June grew 6.3% month on month and 27.4% year on year to NT$24.8 billion ($796.7 million), bringing sales … Read more
The Korean government has initiated a project called EnDK, which aims to develop a mobile display with 11k resolution and 2,550 ppi. That would be, roughly, a 5.9″ screen with 11520 x 6480 resolution. The world’s current highest-density display is Sharp’s 5.5″ UltraHD IGZO screen, with 806 ppi (Sharp UltraHD Mobile Display – Yes)Samsung Display … Read more
The WSJ (Wall Street Journal) today reported Apple is getting the lion’s share (a whopping 92%) of all profits in the booming smartphone industry. The chart on the right shows global operating profits in Q1-15 of the world’s top eight smartphones including rivals Samsung (now at 15%), and money losers in the space Microsoft (formerly … Read more
Both Samsung and LG have confirmed their exhibit space for IFA 2015, says Germany’s Invidis. For the second time, Samsung has hired the CityCube, taking 6,000m² of show floor. LG, meanwhile, has moved from Hall 11.2 to Hall 18, with a 4,000m² stand.
Smartphone shipments in the MEA region will reach 155 million units this year, says IDC, after a 66% YoY rise in Q1’15 (to 36 million units). 63% of handsets shipped in the Middle East in Q1, and 47% in Africa, were smartphones. Feature phones have been declining quickly at the same time, with roughly a … Read more
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