Samsung is now plotting to update the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 2 handsets with the recently-released Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system. Samsung Finland’s website has published a table featuring list of devices in line for the ...
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Samsung has confirmed it’s going to produce a limited edition range of Galaxy Alpha handsets touting snakeskin-style backs. The firm’s French website reveals four multi-coloured leathery rears, with brown, dark grey, burgundy, ...
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Samsung has successfully built new DRAM that can be packaged as a 4GB module for mobile devices. The new 8-gigabit LPDDR4 mobile DRAM is built using Samsung’s 20nm manufacturing process, and trumps the previous 4-gigabit DDR3 RAM ...
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Samsung has announced plans to shut down its ChatOn messenger app for good. The South Korean firm previously denied rumours that ChatOn was soon to be binned - speculation that we now know to be true. “Under changes in the ...
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If you’re a staunch mega-fan of this year’s Amazon Fire phone then we’ve got good news for you – the Amazon Fire phone 2 has been tipped by chatterbox insiders. If like most normal people, you were a bit ...
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Sony has pushed out a frustratingly abstract video in hopes of whetting consumer appetites for its wares ahead of CES. The lady-filled piece is largely a montage of what appears to be utter randomness The lady-filled montage appears to ...
Some Taiwan-based IC design houses have said that their sales will remain brisk in the first quarter of 2015 despite seasonal effects, due to replenishment orders from the supply chain and the roll-outs of new end-market devices prior to ...
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Microsoft has confirmed the Lumia Denim update for Windows Phone 8.1 devices will be rolled out across the world in early January. The update, which was announced in September, began to arrive in China this week for Lumia owners rocking ...
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The Federation Of Korean Industries (KFI) reported that China beats South Korea on the smartphone market share. 9 representative Chinese handset manufacturers have beat Samsung and LG's combined market share for 2014Q2. The representative ...
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The Galaxy Note 4 has just joined the Galaxy Alpha as devices that have been secretly harbouring Gorilla Glass 4 all along. While that might sound benign, it’s especially interesting because both handsets were released before ...
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A study has revealed that 58 per cent of people would rather ditch alcohol for a week than lose mobile internet. The figures come courtesy of Boston Consulting Group, which also highlighted that just under half of respondents surveyed ...
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A third version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 could soon be landing with Qualcomm’s most powerful chip at its core. The two current Galaxy Note 4 models make use of an Exynos 7 Octa processor and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor ...
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Samsung has issued a statement to deny reports it uses recycled AMOLED panels for the production of brand new devices. Purported evidence emerging from the company’s South Korean homeland claimed to show refurbished display panels ...
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Chinese smartphone market growth will slown down after the explosive growth in the past years due to mobile carriers' reducing subsidies and the gets-saturated market. The data shows Chinese smartphone deliveries reached 10.5 million ...
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Shipments of 4G LTE handsets will grow from 204 million units in 2014 to 676 million in 2015, forecasts market analyst firm ABI Research in its report ‘4G Subscribers, Devices, and Networks Market Data’ (part of the firm’s ...
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