Samsung’s latest budget 5G smartphone takes on the iPhone SE
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Barely a week after Apple unveiled its first budget 5G smartphone, Samsung announced a competing model that rivals it on price. At a brief virtual event on Thursday, Samsung showed off its new Galaxy A53 5G…
5G smartphone markets surpass 4G with iPhone at the top- 9to5Mac
New Counterpoint data is out and shows that 5G smartphone sales surpassed 4G for the first time in January 2022. Sales of 5G smartphones reached 51% in January. China, North America, and Western Europe were the driving forces of this increase. According…
OPPO Becomes First Smartphone Brand To Light Up Ain Dubai in Celebration of Reno7 Series Launch | News
DUBAI, UAE, March 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Global technology brand OPPO became the first smartphone brand to unveil a light show on Ain Dubai, the world’s largest and tallest observation wheel in celebration of the all-new Reno7 Series launch.…
5G smartphone record set, thanks to iPhone 13
A new 5G smartphone record was set in January, when fifth-generation mobiles accounted for more than half of all smartphone sales for the very first time. The iPhone 13 played a huge role in this milestone, accounting for more than a third of all 5G…
LG’s smartphone unit is no more, but the Velvet just received Android 12
David Imel / Android Authority TL;DR The LG Velvet has received Android 12 in Korea. There’s no word on wider availability just yet. The company previously promised that the Velvet would receive three OS updates. LG exited the smartphone business just…
Research team develops a smartphone app to calculate genetic risk for heart attack
Scientists at the Scripps Research Translational Institute developed the MyGeneRank mobile app that can provide study participants with their unique genetic risk score for coronary artery disease. Credit: Scripps Research A Scripps Research team has…
Beyond OLED: What’s next for smartphone displays?
Robert Triggs / Android Authority OLED displays have become a common sight in mid-range and even affordable smartphones over the past few years. And while not all screens are made equal, the technology has matured to the point that drawbacks such as…
Savvy Senior: Super cheap smartphone plans for scrimping seniors | News, Sports, Jobs
Dear Savvy Senior, Can you direct me to some really cheap wireless smartphone plans for seniors who don’t use much data? I use my smartphone primarily for texting and talking but need some data for checking my email and a few other…
Nabd and Transsion Partner to Provide Personalized Arabic News to Transsion Smartphone Users in MENA
Nabd and Transsion Partner to Provide Personalized Arabic News to Transsion Smartphone Users in MENA This powerful partnership with Transsion extends our existing strategic alliances with the world’s major smartphone manufacturers, and substantially…
Need a smartphone but not with an iPhone price tag? These are the best budget smartphones.
Just because a smartphone is cheap doesn’t mean it can’t be good. Samsung’s latest line of smartphones, the Galaxy S22, is available in three forms: the standard S22, the S22+ and the S22 Ultra, which is essentially the Galaxy Note…