Apple is no longer China’s favourite phone manufacturer. The Silicon Valley giant has dropped out of the top three best-selling phones in China, according to new reports compiled by market researchers International Data Corporation (IDC) and Counterpoint Technology Market Research. It was beaten by Huawei, Oppo and Vivo, but at No. 4 remains in the …
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Samsung is back on top. Even before the Galaxy S8 went on sale, the Korean electronics giant took back its place as the No. 1 smartphone maker, ahead of Apple, according to IDC’s quarterly report on smartphone market share. Samsung dominated the charts at 22.8 percent. That was despite the disastrous setback of its worldwide Galaxy Note 7 recall, which …
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Dual-cameras are quickly becoming a regular feature on smartphones. Last fall, Apple released the iPhone 7 Plus which notably had not one but two rear cameras. Other phone makers like LG, Huawei, Asus and ZTE also have phones with dual-cameras, and this makes me wonder: Will phone makers stop at two? Just the 2 of us I rolled my eyes …
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Xiaomi, the Chinese startup that’s made waves in Asia and South America, may finally come to the US. The Chinese manufacturer’s phone will launch in the US in “two years, if not sooner,” Wang Xiang, the new global chief, told CNET after the Mi 6 launch last week in Beijing. The new timeline, pushed back two years from a previous …
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We’ve speculated that Samsung was holding back a two-camera setup on the Galaxy S8, so it can introduce the design on the upcoming Galaxy Note 8. And apparently, we’re not alone. Apart from the Note family’s stylus, the dual camera mount on the Note 8’s back could be the most significant design difference from the S8 and larger Galaxy S8 …
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Huawei has scored a victory over rival Samsung in its home market of China. A Chinese court has ordered the South Korean giant to pay Huawei 80 million yuan (around $11.6 million) for patent violations, reports ZDNet. Both companies have been notified of the court’s decision. In a string of claims filed in California and Shenzhen, China, Huawei alleged that …
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The easiest password, and one of the most secure, is literally at the tip of your finger — that is, if your device has a fingerprint reader. Many new phones have integrated sensors that scan fingerprints, but only a few tablet manufacturers have embraced the idea. At this point, it’s still a deluxe feature you’ll only find on premium models. …
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Imagine if Siri and Google Now had an app store filled with 7,000 extra tricks you could teach them for free. That’s the promise of Amazon’s cloud-based Alexa assistant on a phone, which has debuted in the Amazon shopping app for the iPhone and iPad, and on Huawei Mate 9 phones in the US, through a specialized app. The integration …
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It’s not me, Google. It’s you. We had some great times together. Starting with the Galaxy Nexus all the way through the final Nexus phone, the 6P, I have owned three of Google’s flagship phones. Unlike phones from nearly all other Android vendors, Google’s Nexus phones came with an unskinned, crapware-free version of the operating system and they were the …
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Now playing: Watch this: The LG G6’s camera has a few new tricks 2:08 Hello, millennials? The phone world is calling with a bunch of Insta-worthy camera tech that it wants you to adopt right now. One of the quieter themes of this year’s Mobile World Congress, the biggest phone show on the planet, was the phone industry trying to …
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