Bad news for Apple 

Global smartphone shipments for calendar Q3 falling to their lowest quarterly rate in eight years, which is bad news for companies who have touted expensive flagship models.

Claims Samsung copied them

Fruity cargo cult Apple is still peddling the myth that it invented the touchscreen smartphone by claiming that Samsung copied them.

Market share jumped

China's market share in the Russian smartphone market jumped significantly in May as Western manufacturers paused new sales in in Tsar Putin’s kingdom.

Galaxy Z Flip3 holds the crown

Foldable smartphones did well in Q1, according to DSCC, reaching 2.22 million shipments, up by 571 percent compared to the same quarter last year.

Comment: The one-year business model is a cruel industry joke

For years smartphone makers like Apple and Samsung have encouraged users to upgrade their phones to the latest model every year, however, the technology has not moved much in ages.

Mobile revolution grinds to halt

Third quarter smartphone sales are stalling due to decelerated production schedules, Gartner beancounters reported.

Pandemic shrugged off

China's smartphone shipments increased more than threefold in February 2021 from a year ago, government data published on Thursday showed.

5G is the cause

Beancounters at analyst outfit Gartner have been consulting their Tarot cards and rattling their collective bones to divine that there is a recovery underway for the smartphone market.

Nothing to do with too many notifications

A study has poured cold water on the notion that smartphone users are distracted by too many notifications.

Game changing 400+ objective measurements

After great success with the scientific approach and standardization in camera testing, DXOMARK has decided to start testing mobile phone displays. There was a big debate for years how to accurately do that, and so far, no media house managed to stand out as the task is time and budget intensive.