With eye-catching foldable devices on the market like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Motorola Razr, Americans are seemingly quite interested in ditching their standard smartphones for more innovative gadgets. Half of US consumers are either very (16%) or somewhat (34%) interested in buying a foldable phone as their next device, according to a …
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Apple became the world’s top phone maker in the fourth quarter of 2020, Gartner reported Monday, with the launch of the 5G iPhone 12 helping it beat Samsung for the first time since 2016. It sold 79.9 million iPhones in that period, a 14.9% increase year-on-year. Samsung sold 62.1 million phones in that quarter, a decrease of 11.8% compared to …
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The pandemic-caused lull in demand for phones appears to be over, at least for Samsung. The company on Wednesday reported its highest ever quarterly revenue, thanks to “significant increase in consumer demand” for its smartphones, computers and other products. The company reported its third-quarter operating profit soared 59% from the previous year to 12.35 trillion won ($10.9 billion), while its …
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Adobe’s PDF technology can’t match quantum computing’s revolutionary potential. But a lot more of the digital world revolves around the lowly Portable Document Format than the newfangled machines, which is why you should take note that Adobe is modernizing it for the smartphone era. The company is adding a new AI technology, Liquid mode, to its Acrobat software to reformat …
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T-Mobile has unveiled its new Revvl budget smartphones, the Revvl 4, Revvl 4+ and Revvl 5G. The 5G-enabled smartphone announced Thursday will be available Sept. 4 on both postpaid and prepaid, according to T-Mobile. It’s also coming to T-Mobile’s Metro wireless service. The Revvl 5G is also priced at $200 when you switch or add a line. Its low price …
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Global smartphone sales dropped 20.4% in the second quarter of 2020, according to a Tuesday report by Gartner. The coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the phone industry, the research firm says, with worldwide sales dropping to 295 million units. Out of the top five smartphone vendors, Samsung saw the biggest drop in sales. The company sold around 55 million smartphone in the second …
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You don’t need a crystal ball to get a glimpse of what the future holds for phones. You just need to take a closer look at the glass. Corning’s new Gorilla Glass Victus promises better protection against drops and scratches and gives us a few more clues about what the next generation of iPhones and Galaxy phones could feature. Better …
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In the year 2020, a smartphone is seen more as a necessity than a luxury — going without one means missing out on the many advantages to be had with internet connectivity in your pocket. But for billions of people around the world, owning a smartphone is still prohibitively expensive. According to a survey published Thursday by the Alliance for …
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