There’s Now A COVID Test That Uses A Smartphone And Costs Just $7
This smartphone-based COVID-testing kit reduces the cost of each test to $7 and delivers results in 25 minutes with similar accuracy as RT-PCR. In new medical research, health experts demonstrated a system that relies on a smartphone’s camera to perform…
Samsung led smartphone shipments for 2021, beating out Apple
Samsung released the Galaxy S21 FE earlier this month. Lisa Eadicicco/CNET Companies shipped 1.35 billion smartphones in 2021, a 5.7% increase over the previous year, market researcher IDC said Thursday. However, supply chain issues meant that fewer…
Samsung and Apple dominated the smartphone market in 2021
Despite the supply chain issues last year, the smartphone market managed to grow year-over-year, according to a pair of reports from Counterpoint Research and Omdia. The overall winners of the market were the usual duo of Apple and Samsung, the reports…
Google is investing another $1 billion in India’s smartphone market
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Google is investing up to $1 billion in a major Indian telecom company, a move it hopes will drive down the cost of smartphones in a huge and rapidly expanding market. Google said in a statement Friday that it would invest…
Samsung tops the smartphone market in 2021 with 272 million shipments
Source: Nick Sutrich / Android Central Samsung shipped the most number of smartphones worldwide in 2021 with 272 million units sold that year, according to a new report from the International Data Corporation. The South Korean tech giant grabbed the top…
Developing a smartphone app for flu and COVID detection
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a potential game changer for COVID-19 pandemic control efforts, a new cell phone app and lab kit have transformed a smartphone into a COVID-19 / flu detection system. The detection system is among the most rapid,…
What We Learned About Pegasus, the Smartphone Cracker
It is widely regarded as the world’s most potent spyware, capable of reliably cracking the encrypted communications of iPhone and Android smartphones. The software, Pegasus, made by an Israeli company, NSO Group, has been able to track terrorists and…
Strategy Analytics: Apple iPhone Tops Global Smartphone Market in Q4 2021
According to new research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments fell -3% YoY to 365 million units in Q4 2021. Full-year smartphone shipments rose +5% YoY to 1.36 billion units in 2021. Apple iPhone topped the global smartphone market with…
Smartphone Shipments Declined in the Fourth Quarter But 2021 Was Still a Growth Year with a 5.7% Increase in Shipments, According to IDC
Worldwide smartphone shipments declined year over year in the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21) marking the second straight quarter of negative growth. Despite a challenging second half of the year, full-year shipments still grew thanks to a strong first…
Global smartphone shipment grew for first time since 2017: Counterpoint
New iPhone 13s are displayed at an Apple store on Jan. 27, 2022, in Corte Madera, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images The global smartphone market grew for the first time in four years — but the total number of devices shipped…