Category: smartphones
The smartphone market is growing again
It’s taken a while but the smartphone market appears to be growing once again. IDC (International Data Corporation) has announced that handset shipments reached 385.9 million in the final quarter of 2020, up 16 million year-over-year. It’s an impress… Source
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Apple says iOS 14.4 fixes three security bugs ‘actively exploited’ by hackers
Apple has released iOS 14.4 with security fixes for three vulnerabilities, said to be under active attack by hackers. The technology giant said in its security update pages for iOS and iPadOS 14.4 that the three bugs affecting iPhones and iPads “may have been actively exploited.” Details of the vulnerabilities…
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Augmented reality’s awkward phase will be long and painful
Howdy friends, this is the web version of my Week in Review newsletter, it’s here to entice you to sign up and get it in your inbox every week. Last week, I showcased how Twitter was looking at the future of the web with a decentralized approach so that they…
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The Galaxy S21 Ultra packs two telephoto lenses and supports the S Pen
In the world’s least surprising news today, Samsung has unveiled its latest flagship phones — the Galaxy S21 Ultra, S21+ and S21. Like last year, the Ultra model is the highest specced version and packs features like a 6.8-inch 120Hz AMOLED screen an… Source
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TrendForce expects the smartphone market to slowly recover in 2021, but Huawei won’t benefit
After a dismal year, the global smartphone market will slowly start recovering in 2021, predicts TrendForce. But Huawei won’t benefit and, in fact, will fall out of the research firm’s list of the world’s top six smartphone makers. In 2020, global smartphone production dropped 11% year-over-year to 1.25 billion units.…
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Samsung will reveal its next flagship smartphones on January 14th
Samsung confirmed today that its latest Galaxy Unpacked event — and its first major smartphone launch of the year — will take place virtually at 10AM Eastern/7AM Pacific on Thursday, January 14th.“Over the past year, mobile technology has taken cen… Source
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