Global smartphone shipments to grow 4.5 percent in 2017
AMOLED will be big hardware focus next year
Next year, smartphone production volume is expected to grow by 4.5 percent to reach 1.4 billion units, according to the latest market forecast.
Apple planning new 10.5-inch iPads
Bigger tablets are more popular with enterprises
Apple looks set to launch a 10.5-inch iPad in 2017, because businesses and schools want them – apparently.
Smaller Xiaomi Mi MIX Nano is not real
Officially from Xiaomi
There were plenty of leaks showing a smaller version of the earlier unveiled Xiaomi Mi MIX smartphone but now it appears that such a product does not exist, according to Xiaomi at least.
Apple still makes most of the smartphone profit
As if that is a good thing
The Tame Apple Press is running a story patting its favourite toy maker on the back for making the most profits.
Samsung SDI tries to prove its batteries are safe
Fallout from the Note fiasco
Although widely scape-goated for the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco, Samsung’s battery division is quietly reassuring anxious clients which ironically include Apple that its batteries are safe.