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 »
Many of the new phones coming to the United States are big enough to demand two-handed usage. Consider this your guide to high-end smartphones that can still fit into a pair… Read more »
In less than three years, “phablets” have gone from a laughable name to the fastest growing handheld segment and they’re not done yet. Look for nearly 200 million shipments this year… Read more »
Given the prior litigation between Samsung and Apple, it’s interesting that the latter has patents on the radial menu design used by the former. Let’s see if the Galaxy Note 4… Read more »
Amazon’s Local Register has a lot in common in Square’s Reader, but Amazon is hoping to set itself apart from its rival by dropping its transaction fees to 1.75 percent for… Read more »
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 »
Add a metal, chamfered edge to a Samsung Galaxy phone and what do you get? The purported Galaxy Alpha, which has a very familiar-looking casing if you’ve ever seen a recent… Read more »
Production challenges for a 5.5-inch handset could see Apple launch just a single new iPhone model this year says one analyst. That’s not necessarily a problem: Apple may not need to… Read more »
Taiwanese semiconductor giant is shipping chips to Apple for inclusion in the upcoming iPhone, according to the Wall Street Journal. Previously, Samsung was the Apple’s sole iOS semiconductor partner. Read more »