Apple And Samsung Still Control The Smartphone Market: Can Any Other Brand Take The Crown?
Canalys has released its latest statistics for the smartphone market, and it’s great news for Apple and Samsung. Apple came in first place with 22% of worldwide shipments in Q4 2021, while Samsung came in second place with 20%. Unfortunately for other…
The real reason LG’s smartphone brand died off
Once a major manufacturer of Android smartphones, LG disappointed fans when it announced it would exit the smartphone business, effective July 31, 2021. The announcement followed months of speculation that LG was looking to sell or offload its smartphone…
Watchdog report finds Chinese Olympic smartphone app has glaring security flaws
RICHMOND, Va. — A smartphone app that’s expected to be widely used by athletes and others attending next month’s Winter Games in Beijing has glaring security problems that could expose sensitive data to interception, according to a…
Most popular smartphone brand in Q4 2021 was Apple- 9to5Mac
The holiday quarter usually sees the iPhone named the most popular smartphone lineup as its latest flagships drive sales, and that was again the case last year. Global supply constraints made things tighter than usual, however … Canalys says that Apple…
‘It’s not like buying a smartphone’
JURGEN KLOPP insisted tying Mo Salah down to a new contract is ‘not like buying a smartphone’. And the Liverpool manager hinted a lot of the complications surrounding the deal are down to the player’s agent. 2 Mo Salah has just 18…
Can a Smartphone Camera Help Track Blood Pressure?
Binai.ai, a web-based health platform, says its app can check someone’s blood pressure simply by focusing a smartphone camera at the person’s face. Experts remain doubtful, however. What to know: Scientists and researchers have tried for…
The Morning After: What is Sony’s smartphone plan?
I’m not sure what’s in Sony’s playbook when it comes to selling its phones in the US. Take the Xperia 5 III. After launching in other regions last year, the phone is only now available stateside for $1,000. This is its middle-ish high-end phone, with the…
How to keep your smartphone NFCs safe
If you have a smartphone purchased in the last few years, it almost certainly came with NFC capability. The technology allows you to make contactless payments, share digital content, connect one device with another and a list of other options that gets…
Sony brings a compact, flagship smartphone to the US
Enlarge / The Sony Xperia 5 III, in green. Sony is bringing a $1,000 flagship smartphone, the Xperia 5 III, to the US market. Calling the device “new,” however, is a bit of a stretch, as the phone was announced nine months ago. As you’d…
What Age Should You Buy Your Child a Smartphone?
When there is so much technology in our lives, it isn’t easy to figure out when and how to let your kids start using it. Do you go early and give them devices from a young age? Or do you hold off and teach them about responsibility first? For most,…