July, 2013

• 26 July

  Samsung profits lower than expected despite S4 selling fast

  

  Samsung isn’t doing as well as expected: the company behind the Samsung Galaxy S4 only made £5.5bn profit this spring. Jeez Samsung, is that all? Samsung made 9.5 trillion won profit between April and June, 500 billion won shy of the results industry experts were expecting. Samsung’s hugely popular Galaxy range of Android phones drive …

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• 26 July

  Gadgets galore: Droid Maxx vs. Galaxy S4; Nexus 7 vs. iPad Mini

  

  It doesn’t look like Motorola and its parent company, Google, got the memo that there is supposed to be a lull in device introductions during the summer. This week Motorola introduced not one, but three new smartphones, exclusive to Verizon Wireless. And Google, which now owns Motorola, took the wraps off the latest version of its Android software, plus two …

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• 26 July

  Samsung overtakes Apple as world’s most profitable phone maker

  

  Apple has lost another battle in its ongoing war with Samsung. Research firm Strategy Analytics proclaimed Friday that for the first time in four years, Apple is no longer the most profitable handset maker in the world. That honor now belongs to Samsung. Related stories Best Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 Cases TV in the Bathroom: Technically Doable but a …

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• 26 July

  First cases for new Nexus 7 begin to appear

  

  Whenever a new iPad is announced, it’s quickly followed by a flood of accessory manufacturers announcing new cases for it. With the new Nexus 7, the number of case announcements is more of a trickle, but we expect to see lots more in the coming weeks. Of course, plenty of sleeve-style cases for the old Nexus 7 will fit the …

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• 26 July

  New Nexus 7 could pop up at your local Best Buy today

  

  Consumers should be able to snag the new Nexus 7 from Best Buy stores starting today. A spokesperson for the electronics retailer told CNET that the new Nexus 7 is now available at Best Buy, both online and at retail stores. Initially, the tablet wasn’t scheduled to start selling until Tuesday, July 30. Online preorders for the Nexus 7, which …

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• 26 July

  Samsung Galaxy S4 and Note 8 drive record profits

  

  Samsung made a record profit in the three months between April and June, the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 8 helping the Korean company trouser £4.52bn profit. The hotly-anticipated S4 hit shops in April. After a slow start to the year, boffo business on the new flagship Android phone returned Samsung to its record-beating ways after posting record profits throughout …

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• 26 July

  Samsung still smartphone king despite market share dip

  

  Samsung kept its firm lead over Apple in the smartphone arena last quarter, though both companies saw their shares drop. For the second quarter, Samsung’s slice of the global smartphone market inched down to 30.4 percent from 32.2 percent a year ago, IDC said in a report released Thursday. However, shipments jumped to 72.4 million from 50.3 million over the …

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• 26 July

  Analyst: Samsung phones dominate as iPhone declines

  

  A third of phones sold are Samsung phones. New figures saw the Galaxy S4 and its ilk continue to dominate the mobile world, as the iPhone’s slice of the pie shrank to its smallest in three years. New figures from industry numbercrunchers Strategy Analytics reveal that 33 per cent of phones sold between April and June were Samsungs, up from …

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• 26 July

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  Consumers will be able to pick up a new iPhone or Galaxy S4 phone through T-Mobile with zero dollars down. Starting Saturday, the carrier’s new summer promotion offers a variety of 4G LTE smartphones, feature phones, tablets, and mobile hotspots with no upfront cost and regular monthly payments. For example, you could get Apple’s 16GB iPhone5 for $27 a month, …

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• 26 July

  SpiritClips streams family

  

  Sometimes I feel like I’m losing the fight to protect my kids from bad language, extreme violence, and the other inappropriate content that crops up in a lot of today’s movies. And because they know how to access the Netflix account, it’s increasingly hard to filter out the stuff I don’t think they’re ready for. SpiritClips, recently acquired by Hallmark, …

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