The reality of a 5G phone is closer than you think. Mobile chip giant Qualcomm on Thursday announced a partnership with several of the largest Chinese phone manufacturers, including Lenovo (Motorola’s parent), Xiaomi, ZTE, Oppo (OnePlus’ owner) and Vivo, to build 5G phones as early as 2019. Under the “5G Pioneer” initiative, Qualcomm will help …
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Facebook will try to “get a billion people in virtual reality,” by appealing to a company in the world’s most populated country: China. Oculus’ VP of VR, Hugo Barra, at an Oculus event in 2017. James Martin/CNET In the middle of a Qualcomm press conference where tech jargon flew at a rat-a-tat rate, up jumped a familiar face in the …
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Qualcomm’s next mobile chip isn’t available yet, but it already has a big-name customer: Xiaomi. Lei Jun, CEO of the Chinese phone maker, joined Cristiano Amon, the head of Qualcomm’s chip business, at the chip maker’s tech summit Tuesday to talk about the importance of their partnership. Jun said the next premium smartphone from Xiaomi, currently in development, will run …
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Xiaomi’s still aiming for the US, but it’s not quite ready to make a move. Lei Jun, CEO of the fast-growing Chinese handset maker, on Tuesday said he’s “carefully evaluating the best timeline to come to the US” with its smartphones. By selling some of its other devices in the country, like the Mi Box set-top box, it’s able to …
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The top phone vendors all had a good third quarter. Global sales of smartphones in the third quarter of 2017 increased 3 percent over the same period last year, according to Gartner, totaling 383 million units. The top five vendors all achieved double-digit growth, except for Apple, which experienced a 5.7 percent increase. Xiaomi had the strongest growth in the …
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Xiaomi has created a new record. On Saturday, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun said on Chinese social media the company shipped more than 10 million phones in September alone, saying demand is so high that supply for some models remains tight. More Xiaomi reads Xiaomi’s slick Mi A1 offers a pure Android experience Xiaomi’s move into brick-and-mortar stores has paid off “We have …
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Apple has slipped into third place in the global wearable market in terms of units shipped, behind Fitbit and new world leader Xiaomi, according to a market research company. Overall the demand for wearable devices grew globally by 8 percent year-on-year in Q2 2017, with Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi leading the way, according to Canalys. Xiaomi had the highest number of …
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The gap in global phone sales between Apple and Huawei is smaller than ever. Apple, the world’s No. 2 phone seller by volume, sold 41 million iPhones in the second quarter. Huawei, the No. 3 global phone brand thanks to its popularity in China and Europe, sold 38.5 million phones during the same period, Counterpoint Research said Tuesday. Related stories LG’s flagship …
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Things are looking up for Xiaomi. The company has just announced a record high of 23.16 million phones shipped in the last quarter, an increase of 70 percent over the previous quarter. Xiaomi has taken quite a beating from its local competitors such as Oppo, Vivo and Huawei in China, so its shipment record comes as good news for the …
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Having shrunk the gap between premium and midrange phones, Qualcomm now wants to work on making budget phones snappier. It plans on doing that with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 octa-core chips. Built on a 14nm process, these new chips offer a load of performance improvements over its previous 435 processor, including longer battery life and quicker browsing and gaming …
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