Global smartphone unit demand increased 7% in Q1. The sales reached 310 million units, with growth down from 19 percent year-on-year in Q4 2014. For the second quarter of 2015, the actual number of units sold globally amounted to 302.1 ...
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IC orders for PCs have remained slow thus far in 2015, whereas orders for handsets and consumer electronics devices are picking up prior to the third quarter peak season, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses. PC-related ...
China Unicom and handset vendor Xiaolijiao have jointly launched an ultra-low priced 4G smartphone, the Honglajiao, in China, which is likely to trigger a new round of price-cut competition for 4G models in the market, according to sources ...
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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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The Samsung Galaxy J1 has just been outed, with a full spec sheet for the device in tow. The team over at Sammobile have had a sneak peek at the handset’s details, unveiling it as the first entry into Samsung’s new J-series. ...
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China makers' shipments of touch panels used in smartphone, tablet and notebook applications are expected to grow 7.1%, 3.6% and 10% respectively on quarter during the third quarter of 2014, according to Digitimes Research. Tablet ...
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Hisense’s 6.8-inch 4G smartphone can be paired with a Bluetooth handset to make voice calls. Related Smartphone Smartphone Growth Slowing; Apple Growth Slowing Faster Smartphone NPD: Apple, Samsung Consolidate U.S. Smartphone Share ...
Tags: Smartphone, Bluetooth handset to make voice calls., sales channels
Motorola announced Tuesday that its flagship Moto X smartphone is heading for Europe. Moto X will arrive in France, Britain and Germany with the start of February, according to the Google-owned firm. "At Motorola our roots are deep in ...
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Huawei has revealed its Ascend Mate2 4G smartphone at CES 2014. The 4G LTE-enabled phone has a 6.1-inch IPS screen, long-lasting 4050 mAh battery, 13-megapixel BSI rear-facing camera, 5-megapixel front-facing camera, and 2.0 aperture. ...
Huawei, China's largest cellphone manufacturer, is releasing a phone that can be thought of as the inflight refueling system of the mobile world: it can be used to recharge other phones. The Ascend Mate2 has a 6.1-inch (15.5-centimeter) ...
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Chinese cellphone maker ZTE is heading to next week’s International CES with a number of firsts for the company, including its first phablet, first voice-unlocking smartphone, first smart watch, and first phone to display two apps ...
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China Mobile has held its Global Partners Conference in Guangzhou, which started on December 17 with the Main Forum on December 18. At the conference, China Mobile officially released its 4G business development plan and commercial main ...
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Fabless envelope tracking (ET) semiconductor firm Nujira Ltd of Cambridge, UK and specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc ...
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Fabless semiconductor firm Nujira Ltd of Cambridge, UK has released details of test results that demonstrate how its envelope tracking (ET) technology can unlocks the potential of RF CMOS power amplifiers (PAs) for high-end 3G and 4G ...
Nujira says the first 4G LTE smartphones to use its power efficient RF technology will be on the market next year. “In the past it was an aspiration to get envelope-tracking (ET) technology designed into volume handsets, now we know ...
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