Xiaomi has confirmed plans to launch a Mi store in Europe, although it won’t be peddling smartphones. Instead, the Chinese electronics company wants to use the digital outlet to sell smartphone accessories on the continent. Xiaomi ...
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Honor has confirmed it is to bring its affordable Android phones to retail stores for the first time, with Three to act as the UK’s exclusive operator partner. An entirely online proposition until now, Honor has announced plans to ...
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Microsoft is going for the XL moniker to better highlight the large screen available on its phones. The Lumia 640 XL comes with a 5.7-inch HD IPS LCD screen with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels, Gorilla Glass 3 coating, and Glance screen ...
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Forget about the upcoming Galaxy S6 and HTC One M9, Huawei has introduced a new pair of entry-level handsets. Although far from the stars of this week’s MWC 2015 gathering, the wallet-friendly Huawei Y635 and Huawei Y360 are helping ...
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Global smartphone revenue grew 20% year-on-year to a record $115bn in fourth-quarter 2014 as unit sales rose 19% to almost 346 million (totalling over 1.2bn in full-year 2014), according to market research firm GfK. In Q4/2014, all ...
Tags: Smartphone shipments, Smartphone
LG has unveiled four new mid-range smartphones ahead of their full MWC 2015 showing. It's claimed that the LG Magna, the LG Spirit, the LG Leon, and the LG Joy have "design elements and features usually reserved for premium models," and ...
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MWC 2015: What to expect from Samsung, Sony , HTC, Huawei and the rest of the smartphone-making bunch The 2015 Mobile World Congress kicks off in Barcelona on March 2, and runs right through to March 5. It's the biggest annual mobile ...
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Motorola has spoken out to defend its Moto Maker programme following perceived criticism from Apple’s design guru Sir Jonathan Ive. In a well-publicised profile in the New Yorker this week, London-born Ive indirectly slammed Moto ...
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Samsung has dropped the biggest hint yet that the Samsung Galaxy S6 won't feature a removable battery. Many of the rumours surrounding the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 - and there are a fair few - suggest that it will launch on March 1 ...
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In 2000, when the combination of mobile phones and digital cameras for the first time, who would have thought a decade later, the camera is the most integral part of the phone. Do you have a bit little disappointed? Mobile opportunity! So ...
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As online shopping continues to grow at the expense of store visits, the premium in the future will be on creating unique, brand-defining experiences that keep customers coming back— whatever the channel, says global consultancy firm ...
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Sony has today announced a new addition to its Xperia smartphone series with the entry level Xperia E4. The device follows on from last year’s Sony Xperia E3, a budget 4G blower that proffered a low mark-up but suffered due to its ...
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Ford today revealed the all-new Focus RS, a high-performance road car that debuts Ford Performance All-Wheel Drive with Dynamic Torque Vectoring Control, which contributes to performance never before seen in a Focus RS. The all-new Focus RS ...
The Samsung Galaxy S6 could feature a new, curved design, newly issued invites to the company’s MWC 2015 press conference have teased. With the heavily rumoured Galaxy S6 widely expected to be heading for an MWC unveiling next ...
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