Xiaomi overtook Samsung to become the largest smartphone vendor in China during the second quarter. Duplicating that success in outside its homeland will be difficult, but Xiaomi’s success provides some important… Read more »
Facebook is reportedly planning to launch a payments offering that will surely include mobile phones. Rather than focusing on proximity mobile payments, though, the social network appears to be developing a… Read more »
Apple’s decision not to compete in the low end of the smartphone market has preserved its highly polished image in emerging markets. But it risks tarnishing that image with a cheaper,… Read more »
Firefox OS is unlikely to ever challenge Android or iOS on a global level, but it has a chance to become a major platform in some big emerging markets. Which is… Read more »
Handset manufacturers and OS providers are taking aim at the low end of the smartphone market, as the opening day of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona demonstrated. That ultra-competitive market won’t… Read more »
Apple’s share of the booming Chinese smartphone market enjoyed a modest bump in the fourth quarter of 2013, and strong demand for the iPhone in Russia has carriers rethinking their strategies. Read more »
While we have yet to see any worldwide sales figures for Firefox OS, the web-based mobile platform appears to be making modest progress in a few emerging markets. It will be… Read more »
IDC reported this week that growth in the massive Chinese smartphone market slowed late last year for the first time since early 2011. We’re likely to see sales rebound in 2014,… Read more »
Ericsson predicts LTE usage will explode over the next few years in North America, supporting a whopping 85 percent of all mobile subscriptions by 2019. But near-term growth in most other… Read more »
The low end of the smartphone market is blowing up, and Nokia and Samsung are reaping the rewards. Here’s what that increasing trend means for handset vendors, OS providers and app… Read more »