We had an inkling that the fourth quarter smartphone sales crown was close: Last month, Strategy Analytics suggested it was a dead heat between Apple and Samsung. On Tuesday, research firm… Read more »
The big stories this week all seem to revolve around numbers. Apple sold a whopping 74.5 million iPhones sold last quarter, for example. Qualcomm shipped 270 million mobile processors for devices in the last three… Read more »
Samsung Electronics announced a fourth quarter earnings decline on Thursday, its first holiday season drop in three years. The earnings report wasn’t as gloomy as the past few quarters have been: Samsung made… Read more »
Xiaomi, the low-cost Chinese smartphone maker, plans to start testing four new smart home modules on Jan. 26 according to a presentation its executive made this weekend in Beijing. A Bloomberg… Read more »
Facebook considered investing in Chinese mobile conglomerate Xiaomi, according to sources that dished to Reuters. The deal didn’t pan out for a range of reasons, from political concerns to investment conflicts, but could… Read more »
Xiaomi has suddenly emerged as one of the world’s largest smartphone producers, but those phones generate razor-thin margins. The company’s ever-increasing footprint may give it a chance to build lucrative app… Read more »
Xiaomi reported only 347.5 million yuan in net profit last year on a regulatory filing which works out to USD $56 million — which means Xiaomi’s operating margin works out to… Read more »
The eight-core Nuclun application processor is LG’s first in-house effort, with a debut slated for this week in a South Korea-only handset called the G3 Screen. Read more »
Meizu, a handset maker focused on China, packs a 1152 x 1920 screen and a 20-megapixel Sony camera into its latest $300 smartphone, but it uses a less desirable MediaTek chip. Read more »
Number crunching leads to some not too surprising results for Microsoft’s Surface, which is increasingly looking like a boat anchor, pulling the company down. The company’s 8-K statement filed with the… Read more »