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 »
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 »
After several false starts, Samsung has launched a phone running its Tizen OS. The Z1 goes on sale Wednesday in India. The Z1 is on a low-spec device sold at budget prices –… Read more »
Samsung still enjoys a healthy lead atop the Android smartphone heap, but competitors such as LG and Motorola have shown they are starting to find ways to penetrate its market dominance. 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 »
Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest smartphone maker by volume, has had a string of disappointing quarters, mostly due to declines in its mobile division. Now it looks like mobile head and… Read more »
Samsung continues to struggle to become a major provider of mobile software services in a world dominated by Android and iOS. So the company hopes to use Tizen to build vast… Read more »