Xiaomi beats Samsung and is best-selling smartphone brand in Europe
The Chinese smartphone brand Xiaomi is fast climbing the ranks in the smartphone industry and recently overtook Apple to become the second-largest smartphone vendor globally.
According to new figures, it has also become the number one smartphone brand by the number of sales in Europe.
The num... Read more
New foldable phones and watches to debut at Samsung launch event
Samsung Electronics is all set to debut new foldable smartphones on the 11th of August amid rumors of a massive leak of design and color variants.
The date for the launch is no surprise, Samsung hosted an unpacked event around the same time last year when debuting its Fold 2 smartphone. This yea... Read more
LG closes down its smartphone branch
The Korean electronics company LG has announced that it is closing down its smartphone branch. The company saw no future in the increasingly competitive smartphone market and will focus on other branches.
The announcement states that the company's board has approved the decision. From now on, LG... Read more
OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro revealed: cameras much improved
Smartphone maker OnePlus has unveiled its latest flagships. The OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro feature cameras developed in collaboration with camera manufacturer Hasselblad.
The two devices are similar in terms of hardware specifications and differ only in terms of their camera and display. For ex... Read more
LG Electronics is at a crossroads with its smartphone business
The company is reviewing what to do with the smartphone business unit.
LG Electronics is still wondering what to do with its money-losing mobile business. At least, this is what industry insiders told the Korea Herald this week. Meanwhile, there are rumors flying that the South Korean tech giant... Read more
Samsung announces new Galaxy A52 and A72 smartphones
Samsung has announced its latest mid-range phones in the A-line. Besides improved specifications compared to their predecessors, Samsung has also extended the software support by one year.
Three new phones have been announced: the Galaxy A52, A52 5G and A72. The devices offer various features th... Read more
Microsoft’s Surface Duo arrives in Europe next week, $400 cheaper
Microsoft's foldable Surface Duo device prices have been reduced to $999 and will be launching in Canada and Europe next week. The Surface Duo will be available to buyers in Germany, France, the UK, and Canada on February 18th.
This will be the first time the dual-screen Surface Duo has been ava... Read more
Rumour: LG selling smartphone business
For a while now, rumours have been circulating in various media that LG is considering selling its loss-making smartphone branch. Those rumours have become a lot more concrete after an internal e-mail from LG CEO Kwon Bong-seok.
In response to the rumours, Kwon wrote in an email to LG employees ... Read more
‘Xiaomi and Google working on foldable smartphones’
The companies Xiaomi, Google, Oppo and Vivo, may introduce foldable smartphones to the market this year. What these devices will look like exactly, is not yet clear.
The rumours originate from a report by Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC). The report identifies ten developments that the co... Read more
Qualcomm’s new chipset brings 5G to budget phones
Snapdragon 480 aims to accelerate global 5G Commercialization and deliver enhanced features to the lower-cost Smartphone market.
Qualcomm this week announced the Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 480 5G Mobile Platform. The company claims the 480 is the first 4-series mobile platform equipped with 5G.
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