Imagination Tech Warns on Profit as Smartphone Market Softens Imagination Tech, the British company whose graphics technology powers some Apple devices, warned on profit on Tuesday, saying it had been hit by a slowdown in semiconductor and smartphone markets. The company swung to an operating loss of 7.3 million pounds for the six months to end-October, from a profit of ... Read More »
Samsung Brand Mystique at Risk After Death of Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone Samsung is corporate royalty in South Korea. It’s also a company recognised for its marketing smarts and engineering savvy worldwide, so much so that consulting firm Interbrand ranked it as the world’s seventh most valuable in its 2016 survey, ahead of Amazon and Mercedes-Benz. So how is it ... Read More »
MirrorLink Car Smartphone Network Has Vulnerabilities, Claim Researchers A system of rules that allow vehicles to communicate with smartphones may be vulnerable to hacking, a new study suggests. Many of today’s automobiles leave the factory with secret passengers: prototype software features that are disabled but that can be unlocked by clever drivers, researchers said. In what is believed to be ... Read More »
Oppo has announced the launch of its next selfie-focused smartphone, the Oppo F1s, for next month. The handset successor to the Oppo F1 that was launched earlier this year, not much else is known about it right now. On Wednesday, Oppo Mobile India tweeted an August 3 launch announcement for the Oppo F1s, tipping availability of the smartphone in the ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS The Small Fresh 4 has been priced at roughly Rs. 11,000 It will go on sale in China later this month It packs a fingerprint scanner on the back panel ZTE has unveiled its new Small Fresh 4 smartphone in China. Priced at CNY 1,090 (approximately Rs. 11,000), the new ZTE Small Fresh 4 will go on sale in ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 4 is said to sport dual-rear camera set-up The smartphone is said to sport metal builds Redmi Note 4 is said to features Snapdragon 652 SoC Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has started teasing an upcoming launch event on July 27 where the company is rumoured to launch its next Redmi smartphone. The teaser invite shared on ... Read More »
Creo has just posted a video revealing the Mark 1 smartphone on its social media feeds. While specifications aren’t forthcoming at this point, judging by the video, the Mark 1 phone has a contemporary look with a curved metallic rim and slim glass back, and is about the size of an iPhone 6 Plus. Rather than compete on specifications or ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Lenovo Phab 2 Pro is the first Tango smartphone It features 4 cameras for a seamless AR experience. The Lenovo Phab 2 and Phab 2 Plus were also announced. At the Lenovo Tech World 2016 event in San Francisco, Yang Yuanqing – Chairman and CEO of Lenovo – announced the first consumer facing Project Tango smartphone during the keynote ... Read More »
Huawei still isn’t a household name in every corner of the world, despite having ousted Microsoft last summer to become the world’s third-largest smartphone manufacturer. The company might not have the pedigree of LG, Sony and others, but there are few greater endorsements than being recruited by Google to deliver a Nexus device. That was more than six months ago, ... Read More »
While Oppo hasn’t managed to break the smartphone market the way a few other Chinese brands have recently, it does have a relatively strong fan following of its own. And those fans are about to be in for a treat soon. The company launched a new quick charging technology yesterday at MWC 2016, called Super VOOC Flash Charge, that is ... Read More »
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