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THE SMARTPHONE MARKET has gone flat. Worldwide, smartphone makers shipped 334.9 million handsets in the first quarter of 2016, according to market research firm IDC. That marks a measly 0.2 percent increase over the same period last year, the smallest...

Being the “it” smartphone sure doesn’t last long. New data from IDC finds that Xiaomi now trails several of its less well known Chinese rivals when it comes to global market share. Overall, there were 334.9 million smartphones worldwide in the first quarter...

Following the promising guidance offered earlier this month, Samsung’s first quarter results have answered many of the short-term questions that were being asked of the South Korean company’s mobile division. But it also shows the gamble the company is...

Multiple reports have said that Google is already working hard on a couple of new Nexus handsets, undoubtedly the successors of the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P. But rather than have LG and Huawei make them, Google supposedly hired HTC, the same company that...

Samsung is working on a new camera sensor with advanced next-gen specs and features Samsung has produced some fantastic camera setups in the last few years aboard such gems as the Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S7, all of which have delivered consistently...

Samsung Display Co. will begin supplying Apple with OLED display panels starting in 2017, reports The Korea Herald . According to the terms of the deal, which is worth $2.59 billion, Samsung will provide Apple with 100 million units of 5.5-inch OLED panels...

With Samsung’s Galaxy S7 already in the hands of reviewers and early adopters, the excitement around the device’s launch is starting to die down. And instead of speculating about the S7, the ever-active Samsung rumor mill is now talking about the Galaxy...

Uploaded by Tom Warren on 2016-04-14. Microsoft is bringing its excellent Windows Phone keyboard to the iPhone. The software giant first revealed its plans to bring Word Flow to iOS back in January, but a new sign up page has revealed that beta testers...

Apple Watch version 2.0 may come sooner than expected. Originally thought to be launched in September with an iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, analysts now believe we’ll see a refresh much sooner, perhaps even at WWDC. In a research paper written following a tour...

Motorola probably won’t refresh its smartphone lineup until sometime this summer, but the Lenovo-owned company is already testing a new device in secret. A recent listing spotted on Zauba, an Indian shipping database, reveals plans for something called...