Smartphones

The global smartphone race is now between Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. (KRX:005935), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and an assortment of Chinese firms. As smartphone shipment size continues to swell in Asian and African countries, the local brands are gaining market share at the expense...

After the first quarter of 2014 where smartphone manufacturers managed to ship 281.5 million units globally, smartphone shipments in Q2 2014 reached 295.3 million units, resulting in 23.1% of year over year growth. Earlier this year, IDC estimated that...

Every once in a while, there comes a revolutionary product that changes everything. The Xiaomi Mi3 has been all the rage in recent times and has been touted as the revolutionary high performing low-priced Smartphone by enthusiasts and purists...

As the date for the release of the new Nexus device is nearing, the rumors have started flowing once again. However, the latest one is about a device from Motorola instead of the much-speculated LG Nexus device. The latest confirmation...

Right from its early days, Android has been constantly battered and bruised around due to its software and hardware fragmentation problems. As per the latest numbers, even after 9 months of its release, there are only 8.5% of smartphones...

In the run up to the imminent launch of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone 6 it appears as if rumor mills are working over-time. There have been tons and tons of claims about the supposed technical specifications, configurations and...

LG Electronics, Inc. (KRX:066570) is all set to introduce its new flagship phablet smartphone, or largely addressed as Phablet, LG G3 in India. A power-packed device with improved performance and enhancements, LG G3 would directly challenge its own predecessor...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) unveiled the iPhone 5S almost seven months ago, yet it remains the best-selling smartphone in the world, as of May 2014. The last flagship smartphone Galaxy S5 from Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. (KRX:005935) came in second place while...

The Fourth of July did not bring much good news for the smartphone vendors in the United States of America. As against the popular belief, there is still room for the smartphone vendors to expand their business in the...

It is being speculated all along that Windows Phone has already lost the smartphone market to iOS and Android, but I think that we should show slightly more confidence in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) smartphone platform. As per IDC with...