Devices

A laptop you can fall in love with, but with some minor quirks Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge is a premium laptop among over 20 Copilot+ PCs announced on May 20th, 2024. Powered by the high-performance Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite platform …

All iPhone 16 models will also support sub-6 GHz and mmWave 5G is the U.S. It was initially suggested by the Apple rumor mill that Wi-Fi 7 would only be available on the iPhone 16 Pro models; however, end users …

Huawei said its net profit rose 17.8% year-on-year to CNY54.9 billion Chinese vendor Huawei recorded revenues of CNY417.5 billion ($58.8 billion) in the first half of the year, surging 34.3% year-on-year. In a brief statement, Huawei also said its net …

IDC revised down slightly the expected growth rate of gen AI devices, but it’s still more than 340% YoY International Data Corporation (IDC) has upped its smartphone forecast for worldwide smartphone shipments from growth of 4% for the year, to …

Starting this fall, some Verizon customers will be able to use emergency messaging and location sharing Verizon has partnered with California-based Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) communications provider Skylo to enable direct-to-device messaging service for the carrier’s customers using “certain” smartphones. Starting …

iPhone 11 has been number one device turned in from upgrade programs, for nine quarters Consumers continue to hold on to their current smartphones, particularly their iPhones, for increasingly long periods before upgrading: Nearly 4 years, now, according to new …

Extreme and Intel are helping organizations leverage network data in conjunction with unique device data from PCs Extreme Networks and the Intel Connectivity Analytics Program have formed a co-innovation alliance to enhance native AI capabilities within its Extreme Labs solution …

Global data usage has skyrocketed since the launch of the first smartphones. In 2010 the figure stood at just 2 ZB. Fast forward to now and it has reached 120 ZB and this figure is predicted to increase by a …

Mid-range gen AI smartphone shipments are expected to take off in 2026 According to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) forecast, global generative AI (gen AI) smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 363.6% year over year in 2024 to 234.2 …

Since the announcement on May 20th, 2024, the PC industry has been abuzz with the new generation CoPilot+ PCs. Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x laptop was among over 20 models launched in June 2024. These PCs have started shipping as we …

Ericsson and Oppo will also work together on several 5G-related projects, including device testing and marketing Ericsson and Oppo have entered a multi-year cross-licensing patent agreement that covers patents related to standards for cellular technologies, including 5G. Per the agreement, …

Demand ‘remains challenged in many markets,’ IDC said; gen AI smartphones expected to grow rapidly The second quarter of 2024 marked the fourth consecutive quarter of growth for the smartphone market, according to preliminary quarterly data from IDC, with global …

GSMA says smartphone affordability is the most significant connectivity barrier for those living in low- and middle-income countries Mobile operators and vendors, the World Bank Group, ITU and several other institutions have joined a new global coalition spearheaded by the …

Smartphone users are consuming and creating short-form videos at astonishingly high rates Vodafone Group and Meta Platforms are deepening their network traffic optimization partnership by addressing the capacity needs of short-form video on 11 of the carrier’s European mobile networks. …

Consumers dislike current device options and worry about social perception and privacy when it comes to XR, according to a report from Ericsson Consumer Lab Options and adoption of augmented, virtual and mixed-reality devices, applications and services are moving more …

EchoStar said that the estimated value of the program with all yearly options is up to $2.7 billion over 10 years EchoStar announced it has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract as part of the U.S. Naval Supply …

Samsung’s Galaxy S24 provided ‘statistically significant’ improvement in 5G download speeds across seven out of 15 countries, according to Ookla testing Samsung’s newest Galaxy models provide faster median 5G download speeds in about half of the global markets in recent …

Docomo and the other three Japanese companies have been jointly conducting R&D on sub-terahertz devices since 2021 Japanese companies NTT Docomo, NTT Corp., NEC and Fujitsu jointly announced the development of a 6G wireless device capable of 100 Gbps transmissions …

Qualcomm continuously delivering technology upgrades to its XR platform as glasses gradually become next-generation mobile compute devices The long arc of Extended Reality (XR)—a term that covers augmented, mixed and virtual reality—is toward standalone glasses and headsets that deliver mobile, …

Apple is not ‘making its own products better,’ says Attorney General Merrick Garland, but ‘other products worse’ The U.S. Department of Justice and 16 state and district attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of …

ZTE recently launched a set of 5G-Advanced products at MWC 2024 Chinese vendor ZTE said it has recorded an operating revenue of CNY 124.2 billion ($17.27 billion) during 2023. In a release, the company said its net profit amounted to …

Vodafone, Qualcomm and Xiaomi achieved peak upload speeds of up to 273 Mbps in this recent test Vodafone, Xiaomi, and Qualcomm Technologies said they have successfully tested a new 5G technology that will enable customers to get faster upload speeds …

During a CES keynote, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger predicted “at least” a 10-year AI super cycle as automation is brought into different industries AI everywhere—that’s the new tagline from Intel as it optimizes its silicon for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, …

LAS VEGAS–As you’d expect, CES was dominated by positioning, presentations and products designed to capitalize on the (hopefully durable) moment generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) is having. As to how this opportunity maps generally to the mobile industry and specifically …

Juniper expects that Apple’s move to support RCS will boost business RCS messaging revenues by 500% in just two years With Apple set to begin supporting Rich Communications Services (RCS)-based messaging late this year, Juniper Research estimates that the shift …