Apple may have no choice but to make sure that its next model sports a larger display. According to research firm Canalys, more than a third of smartphones shipped in Q1 2014 sported a display measuring at least 5 inches. Underlying their growing popularity, while the smartphone market gew 29% year-over-year, those with 5-inch or more displays grew 369% over […]
Smartphones
Poll: Will your next smartphone be waterproof?
Flagship smartphones are increasingly touting their water-resistant or waterproof capabilities. Sony kicked off the trend in early 2013 with the Xperia Z and each subsequent flagship smartphone, including the new Xperia Z2, has been water-resistant. Now other manufacturers, such as Samsung and LG, are jumping on and starting to offer similar capabilities on their flagship devices. The Samsung Galaxy S5 […]
Waterproof entry- and mid-range smartphones coming by 2015?
Sony kicked off the water-resistant smartphone trend back in early 2013 with the Xperia Z. Its flagship devices, including the recently launched Xperia Z2, have been water-resistant since then. Other manufacturers have since slowly been adding this capability to their smartphones. Samsung jumped on the bandwagon with the Samsung Galaxy S5 and others, including LG with the LG G3, are […]
After MWC 2014: What to expect in mobile for the rest of the year
Two of the biggest mobile technology tradeshows, the Consumer Electronics Show and Mobile World Congress, are now well behind us for another year. With a raft of announcements in the history books, now is a good time to pause and ponder what these events can tell us about what we can expect for the rest of 2014. Two key trends […]
Infographic: How much area does your smartphone’s display take up?
A rumour that surfaced a few days ago suggested that the LG G Pro 2 would have a 5.9-inch display that would take up 77.2% of the phone’s front panel thanks to very thin bezels (perhaps as thin as 0.4 millimeters). As impressive as the number sounded, it was hard to put into meaningful context. Fortunately, @somospostpc has put together […]
Apple continues to dominate U.S. smartphone market with 42% share
Samsung may be the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer it remains a distant second to Apple in the U.S. smartphone market. According to market research firm Comscore, Apple took nearly 42% of the U.S. smartphone market in the last three months of 2013 with Samsung following with a 26.1% share. Motorola, LG and HTC closed out the top five but showing […]
Canalys: Android accounts for 80% of smartphones shipped in 2013
Nearly 8 out of 10 smartphones shipped in 2013 came with Google Android, according to market research firm Canalys. It found that 998 million smartphones were shipped in the fifty countries it tracks (just shy of the billion reported by IDC earlier this week) with Android accounting for a staggering 785 million of those. Android’s market share grew from 68% […]
IDC: 2013 worldwide smartphone shipments top one billion
IDC’s prediction has come true: Over a billion smartphones were shipped across the world for the first time ever in 2013. According to the latest instalment of IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, worldwide smartphone shipments hit 1,004.2 million units last year. It’s an impressive increase of 38.4% over 2012 when 725.3 million smartphones were shipped. “The sheer volume and […]