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Smartphone sales are said to be dropping. No, we're not only talking about Samsung but also other OEMs like Xiaomi. The company previously on top of the mobile industry in China has seen some decrease in numbers. However, there's still good news because according to Xiaomi, its software and...

Of course everyone expected that Samsung will be suffering huge losses because of the whole brouhaha over the Galaxy Note 7’s exploding batteries, the subsequent recall and the eventual complete pull-out. What was not known is how much it will actually affect the business financially, not to mention reputation-wise....

So Samsung has taken a huge blow in the face when reports of Note 7 battery explosion started coming in. When the company announced the recall, there were only 35 reports but recently in the United States, we noted about 92 similar incidents. We don't know how many were...

Last week, India reportedly banned Xiaomi sales and imports because of a patent infringement issue. It was brought to the New Delhi court by Ericsson India who said Xiaomi was asked to license standard essential patents but to no avail. This was after all the good news came out:...

If you’re not a fan of the T-Mobile/Sprint merger, this news may not make you happy. Reuters is reporting that T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom has agreed to terms with Sprint parent company Softbank to sell T-Mobile. This would move Sprint and T-Mobile closer together, likely merging the two...

The Verizon Wireless Q1 2014 quarterly report is in and it looks like revenues are up year-over-year. Details from the report show the first quarter total revenues as $20.9 billion, which is a 6.9 percent year-over-year increase. Additionally, service revenues were $18.0 billion and that made for a 7.5...

Gartner has released a new study today, and they’re forecasting big mobile phone and tablet shipments for 2014. They believe that at the end of 2014, OEMs around the globe will have shipped 1.895 billion devices, a 4.6% increase over 2013. According to them, lower-end and mid-range devices are...

In the aftermath of Google’s Motorola sale to Lenovo, some are immediately questioning the monetary loss. Did Google just cost themselves $9.5 billion? Fortunately, no. While there is likely an immediate short-term loss, the longer play could prove fruitful for Google. When Google purchased Motorola, the final price was right...

Qualcomm, manufacturer of the Snapdragon chipset that powers so many smartphones, has released their Q3 2013 earnings. Officially, we find they are reporting $6.48 billion in revenue, a 33% increase over this time last year. That coincides almost directly with their rise in chipsets sold. Qualcomm notes they shipped 190...

Sony released their earnings for the third quarter, and they’re showing some promise. In Q3 2013, sony sold more phones than the previous quarter, or this time last year. While profits down, though, the growth is not as impressive as you’d like to think. Sony eked out about 10 million...

Amazon announced their Q3 2013 earnings today, and results are mixed. A huge jump in net sales helped the online retailer make an impact and bottleneck losses, but they’re still there. Though not as bad as in previous quarters, Amazon still takes a hit on their bottom line. With a...

The popularity of smartphones and other mobile devices do not always have positive impacts on society, such as the rising incidents of smartphone-related thefts. A US lawmaker is seeking to halt this wave by making it more difficult to get rid of stolen smartphones through the black market. Smartphones are...