BROWSING: Smartphone

With next Apple iPhone, 'I expect the headphone jack to disappear' Just like every other year, Apple has absolutely nothing to say about the next iPhone. However, there is plenty we already know if we look back at the last several years. And more if...

According to The Telegraph, Google is in talks with mobile network operators Technology giant Google is considering a move into the highly competitive smartphone market with its own branded handset, according to a new report in The Telegraph, which cites "sources familiar with the discussions." Google...

Cries that the Apple iPhone market is saturated are overblown, with opportunities in new markets, new technologies and new software set to spur growth It has been reported in the press that Apple has reached its peak of market adoption since the sales of the...

Google’s Android platform is a powerhouse around the world, which Jim Patterson said could be set for even more growth at the expense of Apple Back when we wrote the first “Android World” column a few years ago, the thesis was that Google’s commitment to...

Microsoft bought brand in 2013, now Nokia licensing owned by HMD with Foxconn acquiring manufacturing/distribution rights After the Nokia smartphone unit was purchased by Microsoft in 2013, the brand slowly faded away, a big departure from the days when the brand dominated the market. But,...

The smartphone market will grow at a 7% CAGR between 2015 and 2020, according to new study A total of 2.04 billion mobile phones will be shipped globally this year, according to a new study by U.K.-based research firm CCS Insight. The study revealed smartphone sales...

Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and Apple’s iPhone 6 highlight the near convergence in camera technology with DSLR cameras Smartphone cameras today are as good as most point-and-shoot cameras. They can also capture video in 4K – four times the resolution a high-definition TV can display. The...

We've all been there. The agonizing moment as you fumble your phone and it lands squarely in the pool or a pitcher of margaritas. In fact, according to a new study conducted by Verizon Communications and KRC Research, 49% of us have been there. The...

China to account for 24% of smartphone shipments Total smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.5 billion units this year, representing a 5.7% compared to 2015, according to a report from IDC. The research firm said total smartphone shipments hit 1.44 billion units last year,...

India surpassed the US smartphone user base Smartphone shipments in India totaled more than 100 million units during 2015, representing an increase of 23% compared to the previous year, according to a recent report by Counterpoint Research. By the end of 2015, the smartphone user base...

IDC smartphone tracking shows Apple, Huawei and Xiamoi had year-over-year growth in smartphone shipments For smartphone shipments around the world, 2015 was a good year. IDC reports smartphone sellers moved nearly 1.433 billion units last year. That breaks down to smartphone sales of 399.5 million units in the...

WASHINGTON – The Russian-made YotaPhone, which that country's president, Vladimir Putin, has called his nation’s answer to the Apple iPhone, has stalled in its sales, but the company behind it is hopping to find more fertile ground in China. Despite an optimistic target of 1 million...

AT&T NumberSync platform taps IMS core to sync phone number across multiple devices AT&T is set to tackle multidevice integration with its NumberSync service that it said will use network technology to sync a single phone number across multiple mobile devices. AT&T said the platform taps...

Consortium of trade groups, carriers and device makers updating anti-theft guidelines WASHINGTON – CTIA – The Wireless Association, along with several major carriers and smartphone manufacturers including Apple, AT&T, BlackBerry, Google and Huawei, announced a new effort to update the smartphone anti-theft agreement, which aims...

Announced in earnings report to investors; Priv slated for launch in late 2015 In an earnings report published on Sept. 25, BlackBerry announced a new Android smartphone called Priv, which is designed to emphasize security and productivity. “We are focused on making faster progress to achieve...

Former Wireless Zone exec provided insider knowledge on BlackBerry woes A former wireless retailer executive was sentenced to five months in prison after being found guilty of selling insider information about device-maker BlackBerry in 2013 to an analyst. That information was reportedly used as the...

LAS VEGAS – With smartphones becoming ubiquitous, carriers and device retailers are finding it increasingly difficult to get repeat business. The trade-in market for handsets so far has done little to help. At this week's CTIA Super Mobility event, Inhance Technology debuted a cloud-based solution...

Cavendish Kinetics, maker of tunable radio frequency micro-eletromechanical systems, has closed on $36 million in funding that it expects to use for advancing its technology a generation and developing RF switches for a more efficient, simplified RF front end that can support the numerous bands that...

Last month there was speculation about Nokia getting back into the handset business. Now, there is solid evidence that the company is indeed heading in that direction. Nokia is reportedly looking for sales partners and testing new products that indicate a return to the mobile...

Motorola Moto X Style and Moto X Play run on Qualcomm chipset Motorola this week held simultaneous events in New York, London, Mexico City and Sao Paulo to unveil the latest flagship smartphones, the Moto X Style and Moto X Play. The Moto X Play will hit...

Corporate blog post suggests return to device market with come via brand-licensing model With building speculation, a Nokia spokesman addressed rumors about the Finnish networking gear – and former device – powerhouse returning to the lucrative smartphone market. Last year Nokia sold its smartphone market for...

Ericsson Mobility Report: As the decade ends, 90% of the globe will have access to mobile broadband networks In the mobile technology landscape, 2020 is poised to be a big year. The latest Ericsson Mobility Report projects that by the end of the decade, 70%...

There has been no shortage of news affecting the telecom and wireless industries. First, as many expected, a three-way merger among Charter, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks was announced last Tuesday. Many, if not most, of you are versed on the details of...

Report: Record-setting sales represents an 8% year-over-year increase Market analytics firm GfK reports record-setting smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2015; consumers spent some $96 billion on smartphones, an 8% increase over the same quarter in 2014, according to the analysis. GfK, which based its...