BROWSING: Smartphone
China’s mobile shipments surge 19.7% y-o-y in October: Report
Total mobile shipments in the January-October period surged 4.2% year-on-year to 230 million units
China's mobile phone shipments surged 19.7% year-on-year to over 29.16 million in October, local press reported, citing data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT).
According to the report,...
Samsung reveals generative AI model, targets 2024 launch
Samsung said its AI model is coming 'early next year,' suggesting it might be included in its Galaxy S24 lineup
Samsung Electronics this week announced Galaxy AI, which the company described as “a comprehensive mobile AI experience” in a blog post. According to the...
Some 31 million users in India could upgrade to 5G this year: Study
Ericsson highlighted that 5G users in India stand out for their high daily engagement with apps, such as streaming HD video, video calling services, mobile gaming and AR
Nearly 31 million users in India could upgrade to 5G phones in 2023, according to a report...
Lenovo buys Japanese smartphone brands from FCNT
Lenovo will use the Rakuraku and arrows brands to create a new company under its mobile business group
Lenovo has completed the purchase of FCNT Ltd’s assets, which include the arrows and Rakuraku smartphone brands in Japan. Lenovo will use these new assets to create...
Deutsche Telekom launches its own 5G phones in Germany
Deutsche Telekom said the new devices were developed based upon the expertise and economies of scale created by T-Mobile US’s own brand “REVVL” line of smartphones
German carrier Deutsche Telekom has launched its own 5G smartphones in its home market with the aim of increasing...
Global smartphone market sees worst performance in nearly a decade: Report
Fewer than 1.2 billion smartphones were shipped worldwide in 2022
According to a recent report by analyst firm Canalys, 2022 was one of the worst years for global smartphone shipments in nearly a decade, with global shipments dropping roughly 11%. The highest drop was...
China’s 5G mobile shipments reach 173 million from January to October
In October, shipments of 5G mobile phones in China neared 19.52 million
Chinese 5G mobile phone shipments reached 173 million in the first 10 months of this year, down 17.7% from the same period last year, state news agency Xinhua reported.
In October, shipments of 5G...
Four million smartphones users in Canada plan to upgrade to 5G
Mobile operators in Canada already provide 5G coverage to 75% of the population
Four million smartphone users in Canada are expecting to upgrade to 5G services over the next 12-15 months, according to a recent survey carried out by Ericsson.
This figure represents 17% of...
Well, technically… carriers need to participate in the app economy: ironSource’s Melissa Zeloof (Ep. 83)
What is the app economy? And what role do service providers play in it? Tune in to hear Melissa Zeloof, VP of marketing at ironSource, answer these and other questions.
Deutsche Telekom set to launch its own 5G smartphone in Europe
Deutsche Telekom aims to make the 5G smartphones available in Germany in early 2023
German carrier Deutsche Telekom said it aims to launch its own 5G smartphones across its European footprint with the aim of increasing the consumer access to 5G.
The T Phone 5G smartphone...
Huawei sees slower revenue decline in H1
Huawei said that revenues from its Carrier Business Group grew 4.24% to CNY 142.7 billion in the period
Chinese vendor Huawei reported overall revenues of CNY301.6 billion ($44.7 billion) in the first half of the year, down 5.9% year-on-year.
In the first quarter of the year,...
Ericsson ‘flips the coin’ on network slicing with end-user application
The network slicing app is unique in the market and offers a viable way for CSPs to monetize the new capabilities of 5G
Earlier this week, Ericsson announced an end-user application that allows a business user or consumer to dynamically boost mobile connectivity via network...
Samsung Galaxy S will be made from plastics found in discarded fishing nets
Discarded fishing nets are a significant threat to marine life and the planet at large
Days ahead of its Galaxy Unpacked event, Samsung announced that its high-end Galaxy S smartphone will be made from a “new material” comprised of plastics found in discarded fishing nets.
While...
Supply chain constraints finally caught up to the smartphone market: IDC report
The latest IDC report revealed that global smartphone shipments are down 6.7% as a result of the ongoing chip shortage
Despite a double-digit annual growth rate in the first half of 2021— 25% in the first quarter of 2021 and more than 13% in the second...
Nokia releases new private 5G devices for Industry 4.0 ‘teams and machines’
Nokia has released a new range of industrial 5G devices to go with its twin DAC and MPW private wireless products, and its newly bundled MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) edge portfolio. New ruggedized 5G SA devices include a smartphone, field routers, and a 5G...
Smartphones get the high score in gaming revenue, according to report
Smartphones account for the biggest source of gaming revenue — 43% of total revenue from all devices
Smartphones appear to be dominating the global gaming market, according to new data presented by 123scommesse. In 2020, the global gaming market generated an estimated $177.8 billion, 43% — or...
Huawei expects U.S restrictions to remain in place for a long time: chairman
Chinese vendor Huawei is not expecting the Biden administration to remove the company from the Entity List, the company’s rotating chairman, Eric Xu, said during a session with journalists at the Huawei Global Analyst Summit 2021.
“We believe that we will need to continue working...
If 5G device shipments hit 2021 expectations, 5G can claim ‘mainstream’ status
LitePoint exec: 'When compared to 4G, 5G attach rates are one to two years ahead'
LitePoint, a wireless device testing company, saw a 10x increase in 5G mobile phone shipments last year, according to the company’s Director of Marketing Adam Smith.
“We went from 20 million...
Kagan: Smartphone addiction takes life out of living
We have a very serious problem which I fear will have a long-term impact on our society. As an analyst, you know I love the world of smartphones, wireless, telecom and technology. That being said, I have learned that smartphones have two sides. One...
From routers to smartphones, Wi-Fi 6 devices are here today
Wi-Fi 6 devices are in-market with more on the way
Developed in response to the ever-growing number of connected devices worldwide, Wi-Fi 6, based on the IEEE 802.11ax standard, is the next generation of Wi-Fi technology, and offers improved speed, capacity, coverage and performance of connected devices. ...
Vodafone connects 5G phones to live 5G networks in Madrid and Barcelona
The company plans to test 5G speeds in Barcelona’s streets during Mobile World Congress next week
Vodafone claimed to be the world's first operator to connect 5G smartphones to its live 5G network in the Spanish cities of Madrid and Barcelona, the carrier said in...
Owning the smartphone: OEMs and carriers are missing the disruption opportunity
Some of the most significant media disruptions have come from using a physical device to create friendlier and more frictionless access to media. Think of the Tivo, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Echo and Fire Stick, even the Apple Watch. These innovations OWN the user...
Qualcomm, Vivo fit 5G mmWave antenna in smartphone
Qualcomm engineers test Vivo's 5G mmWave antenna in commercial form factor
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo and U.S. semiconductor company Qualcomm have integrated a 5G millimeter wave antenna array into a commercial-sized smartphone and measured its performance over the air, the companies announced.
The design integrates a 28 GHz mmWave antenna array into a cellphone-sized form factor that also uses sub-6 GHz technologies,...
Carpe diem, carriers: The shift to a smarter smartphone might be in YOUR hands (Reader Forum)
Carriers have been smart when it comes to data plans — they’ve adapted plan offerings to consumer usage. It’s time for their phones to follow suit.
Consumers no longer think about how much data their game or video meme is eating up in the moment...