The crisis at mobile phone maker Nokia is intensifying as sales of its once-bedrock feature phones fell by more than 21 per cent in the first quarter, according to the company's latest financial report. Feature phones have kept the ...
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Smartphones using the Android platform boosted their US market share in recent months, extending their lead over Apple's iPhone, a new survey shows. Android, the free mobile operating system from Google, accounted for 51.2 per cent of US ...
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South Korea's Samsung Electronics says it expect to earn an operating profit of 8.7 trillion won ($7.4 bn) in the first quarter of 2013, up 52.9 per cent from a year earlier. Samsung, the world's largest technology firm by revenue, was ...
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Samsung expects a rise in operating profit of 8.7 trillion won (£5.05bn) in the first quarter of 2013, a 53 per cent year-on-year increase. In the first quarter of 2012, the South Korean firm made an operating profit of 5.7tn ...
In his first year as Sony CEO, Kazuo Hirai has remade the company, cutting thousands of jobs, selling off large businesses and core properties, and moving divisions around the world. Now comes the hard part, selling electronics. Hirai ...
According to data released last weekend by the U.S. market research firm Strategy Analystics, in 2012, Samsung smart phones in China sold 30.06 million smartphone and ranked 1st. Throughout 2012, Samsung smartphone sales in China grew ...
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PC industry may not escape the recession fate, but Lenovo holds optimistic expectations, predicting that its PC sales will grow by 10%, and smartphone sales will grow by 5% to 10% compared to last year. Lenovo plans to reach 50% of group ...
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According to the IDC report released today, global smartphone sales will surpass feature phones, mainly because smartphone prices fall and 4G networks becomes widespread. IDC estimates that 2013 smart phones shipments will be 918.6 million, ...
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Sharp-cornered and thinner than a pencil at 8.4 mm, the company said it can achieve speeds of 150 Mbps, fast enough to download a two-hour high-definition movie in less than five minutes. The mobile, which has a 4.7-inch, high definition ...
Chinese handset maker ZTE said it will consider releasing smartphones built with eight-core processors in the future as the company prioritizes the high-end market this year. ZTE plans to launch before mid-year in China so-called "super ...
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Huawei Technologies has expanded its device portfolio with the LTE-equipped Ascend P2 as the company hopes to climb upwards in the smartphone market. The phone supports the latest version of the high-speed LTE data networking system ...
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LG Electronics Mobile Communications department heads Park Jong-seok, said on the eve of the 2013 Mobile World Congress (MWC), as part of the out of basic mobile phone strategy, the company plans to sell 40 million smartphone in 2013. Last ...
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Global smartphone sales skyrocketed by 38% in the fourth quarter year over year. Meanwhile, Samsung ended 2012 in the top position for both smartphone sales and overall mobile phone sales, Gartner reported Wednesday. Even with the ...
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Huawei is now the world's third biggest smartphone maker after a strong fourth quarter, according to Gartner. Should the UK share US fears over Chinese tech firms? Apple iOS watch with smartphone features reportedly in development ...
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Global smartphone sales went up by 38 percent in the fourth quarter year over year, Gartner reported on Wednesday, with Samsung ending 2012 in the top position for both smartphone sales and overall mobile phone sales. Even with the ...
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