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 5.8%, reaching 1.23 billion units....
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 data from device services company...
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 shipments up 6.5% since the...
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 and wider coverage with the...
Rapid growth in technology has led to a boom in the telecommunications industry. New advancements pave the way as professionals connect with consumers and keep their businesses running. Whether a small business reaches out via email or pings an app, it all runs smoothly...
Oppo says that the AI model has three major technical characteristics: dialogue enhancement, personalization and cloud-device collaboration
Chinese handset manufacturer Oppo has furthered its commitment to generative AI (GenAI) with the launch of AndesGPT, a self-trained, an in-house large language model (LLM) designed to improve...
HMD Global is starting manufacturing in Europe with assembly of the 5G-capable rugged Nokia XR21
HMD Global has begun manufacturing smartphones in Europe, starting with assembly of the 5G-capable rugged Nokia XR21, which the company first unveiled in May and is designed for enterprise customers and...
The global smartphone market declined for the sixth consecutive quarter since 2022, according to the latest data from Canalys
According to the latest data from Canalys, the global smartphone market declined by 11% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2023, due to such low demand that even giants...
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Smartphones squeeze out...
The embedded SIM market is expected to grow from about $4.7 billion this year to $16.3 billion by 2027—representing 249% growth during the period, according to Juniper Research.
The total number of smartphones that use eSIM will jump from about 986 million this year to...
'Perfect fusion between the small size of a flip phone and ... advanced functions'
My wife Ashwini and I have been using and testing Galaxy Z Flip4 for over a month. My wife uses it as a daily driver, and I intermittently steal it from...
Celona has introduced a new device certification scheme to reassure customers that certain user equipment will work without a hitch on its local-area (LAN) private LTE and 5G systems. The scheme is for “cellular-native private wireless devices”, it said; it is the first of...
GSMA forecasts that 5G connections will represent 14% of total mobile connections in the APAC region by 2025
5G connections in Asia Pacific (APAC) are expected to reach 430 million in 2025, up from 200 million at end-2021, according to a recent report by industry...
The prominence and dominance of mobile devices in the world needs no intro. But what about the actions that are taken on those devices once purchased? Americans check their phones approximately 96 times a day equating to 4.8 hours daily, of which 88% is...
Google: 'Tensor was built for how people use their phones today and how people will use them in the future'
Blaming computing limitations of third-party options, Google announced that its newest smartphone series, the Pixel 6, will sport an in-house chip called Tensor. Critical to...
Company will shift focus to "growth sectors including EVs, IoT and B2B"
South Korea's LG Electronics is exiting the mobile phone market, planning to wind down its mobile phone business by July 31.
The company has been the number three player in the U.S....
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Smartphones drive mobile...
Could smartphone usage data reveal voter insights that political polling might not catch? It's possible, according to GWS.
GWS analyzed news consumption on smartphones from an opt-in consumer panel in the lead-up to the 2020 election and immediately after, and found that people in swing...
Apple was the top smartphone vendor, shipping 90.1 million devices in Q4
While the global smartphone market took a hit overall in 2020 — declining 5.9% compared to 2019 — the final quarter of last year showed significant improvement, with the market returning somewhat to...
Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies currently holds sufficient stock of chips for the company’s network equipment businesses to overcome supply chain obstacles raised by U.S. sanctions, rotating chairman Guo Ping said during a media rountable at Huawei Connect event in Shanghai, China.
The executive also noted...
IDC predicts that the global smartphone market will fully recover by 2022
According to International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the global smartphone market is forecast to decline 9.5% year over year in 2020 with shipments totaling 1.2 billion units, following a...
If you could only keep one product or service while staying at home during a pandemic, what would it be?
For most American consumers (45%), that one thing is their smartphone, according to a survey of 5,000 people by Global Wireless Solutions. Respondents' second most-popular...
A new Bluetooth specification is being developed so wearable devices can participate in existing smartphone-based coronavirus (COVID-19) notification systems, being deployed with Bluetooth technology.
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has said it is working to standardise extension of the Bluetooth-based Exposure Notification System (ENS),...
Analysts: 'Huawei’s smartphone market success an unexpected and remarkable result'
Huawei has had a tough go of it lately as the U.S. continues to box the Chinese company out of 5G network deployments. However, the company has experienced a few wins this week, securing a...
