Amazon's tablet shipments grew 99.4 percent in 2016
Shipments double to 11 million units
While research groups like IDC and Gartner have shown an overall 15.6 decrease in worldwide tablet shipments in 2016, the market has not gone entirely belly-up, as Amazon continues to pull ahead with a phenomenal 99.4 percent increase in annual tablet growth during the same period.
Xiaomi Mi 6 could come in two versions
With FHD and WQHD screens
Xiaomi's upcoming Mi 6 smartphone has been rumored for quite some time but now it appears that it will be available in two versions, with FHD and WQHD screens.
HTC gives up on budget Android phones
Too much competition and low margins
HTC has confirmed that it is giving up on budget Android phones beginning this year. Instead, the company will focus on premium devices, which have a higher profit margin.
MediaTek’s Helio X30 10nm suffers lower demand
Key customers were not interested
MediaTek is planning a Helio X30 in 10nm later this year but news from Taiwan indicates that some key customers didn’t order the new flagship 10 core chip.
SoftBank ready to sell Sprint to T-Mobile
For US market share
Last Friday, an exclusive report from Reuters noted that the SoftBank Group in Japan is financially prepared to give up control of recently acquired Sprint and hand over the keys to Deutsche Telekom AG’s brand in America, also known as T-Mobile USA.