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Samsung Acquires Connected Car Firm Harman for $8 Billion

Nov 16, 2016

Samsung has acquired connected car tech firm Harman for $8 billion in what is the South Korean company's largest ever acquisition. Harman produces various types of connected technologies for vehicles, and Samsung, which relies heavily on ...

Tags: Samsung, Connected Car

Smartphone Sales Increases to a Record $115bn in Fourth-Quarter 2014

Feb 27, 2015

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

Worldwide Sales of Samsung Smartphones Reaches 73.21 Million Units in The Third Quarter

Dec 17, 2014

Worldwide sales of Samsung smartphones reaches 73.21 million units in the third quarter, down 7 million units. Its market share declines 7.7% to 24.4% and still ranks first. Sales of iPhones grew 26 percent in the quarter, ranking ...

Tags: Samsung, smartphone

RF Micro Devices Reported Revenue of $256m

May 5, 2014

For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2014 (ended 29 March), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has reported revenue of $256m, down 11.3% on $288.5m last quarter and 8.8% on $280.6m a year ago. Fiscal Q4/2013 Q1/2014 Q2/2014 Q3/2014 ...

Tags: RFMD, Electrical, Electronics

A Smartphone That Can Recharge Itself by Light (Wysips Crystal)

Feb 27, 2014

TCL Communication (ALCATEL ONETOUCH and TCL) and Sunpartner Technologies today unveiled a smartphone that can recharge itself by light (Wysips crystal). Seen for the first time at Mobile World Congress 2014, the smartphone demonstrates ...

Tags: Wysips Crystal, TCL, Solar Smartphone, LiFi

Verizon Wireless Is Responding to Aggressive Pricing Moves by Rivals AT&T and T-Mobile

Feb 27, 2014

Bedminster, N.J. – Verizon Wireless is responding to recent aggressive pricing moves by rivals AT&T and T-Mobile. The carrier launched More Everything plans to add more data, more Cloud storage, and unlimited international ...

Tags: Verizon Wireless Q4, AT&T, T-Mobile, Competition

LED Prices for Lighting Applications Maintained a Slow Downward Slide

Nov 18, 2013

Although, mid and large sized LED backlight market was affected by the economic downturn, LED prices for backlight applications overall declined stably at 3-6% in 4Q13, according to LEDinside’s 4Q13 LED price trend report. LED prices ...

Tags: LED, TV Backlight

The New iPhones Have Convinced Only a Small Percentage of iPhone 5 Owners to Upgrade

Nov 12, 2013

The new iPhones have apparently convinced only a small percentage of iPhone 5 owners to upgrade. Polling 400 US phone customers that activated an iPhone between September 20 and October 20, research firm CIRP found that only 6 percent of ...

Tags: iPhone 5S, Prior Model

Nokia Has Announced an Increase in Sales of Its Lumia Windows Phone

Oct 30, 2013

Nokia has announced an increase in sales of its Lumia Windows Phone devices to 8.8 million units and posted a surprise €118m profit for its third quarter. However, Nokia's re-acquaintance with profitability was largely due to savage ...

Tags: Computer Products, nokia, smartphone

Anadigics Ntroduced Its Provantage Power Amplifier Product Family

Sep 9, 2013

GaAs-based broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA has introduced its ProVantage power amplifier (PA) product family. ProVantage solutions extend battery life and ensure high data ...

Tags: Anadigics, Electrical

There Were 90.39 Million Handsets Sold in The China Market During Second-Quarter 2013

Sep 8, 2013

There were 90.39 million handsets sold in the China market during second-quarter 2013, slipping 0.2% sequentially but growing 41.8% on year, and 77.11 million of the units sold were smartphones, increasing 2.4% sequentially and 56.8% on ...

Tags: Smartphone, China market

Microsoft Is to Acquire Nokia's Devices & Services Business

Sep 4, 2013

Microsoft is to acquire Nokia's Devices & Services business, which includes the smartphone and mobile phones businesses, and license the Finnish company's patents for a total of €5.44 billion (US$7 billion) in cash, the companies said ...

Tags: Microsoft, Nokia, Mobile Phones Business, Smartphones

Microsoft Is to Buy Nokia's Mobile Phone Business and License Its Patents

Sep 4, 2013

Microsoft is to buy Nokia's mobile phone business and license its patents in a deal worth $7.2bn (£4.6bn). Further reading Nokia whacked by another downgrade – Moody's rates Nokia four notches below investment grade Microsoft ...

Tags: Microsoft, Nokia, Mobile Business

EdiaTek Is Using Several Skyworks Front-End Solutions

Aug 16, 2013

Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA says that MediaTek (a fabless semiconductor firm for wireless communications and digital multimedia) is using several Skyworks front-end solutions in its dual-core MT6572 ...

Tags: Smartphone, semiconductor

Samsung Remains The Runaway Market Leader in Smartphones

Aug 16, 2013

Samsung remains the runaway market leader in smartphones, according to the latest figures from analysts at Gartner. It sold 71.4 million units in the second quarter to claim a commanding market share of 31.7 per cent, while Apple in ...

Tags: Samsung, Smartphone

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