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According to a preliminary report published by market research firm IDC, mobile manufacturers around the world shipped a whopping 1.43 billion units of smartphones last year. This is a new record for the worldwide smartphone industry, representing an improvement of more than 10 percent compared to the previous record holder, the year 2014.
Apparently so, according to a Bloomberg report. Ever wonder how Google the creator of the Android mobile operating system, rival to Apple’s own iOS, manages to have its search engine inside iPhone and iPad devices? Well, it turns out that Google has paid Apple a whopping one billion dollars just to have it search engine included in the iOS environment.
But wait -- these banned devices are not actually available in the market anymore -- well, mostly. United States District Judge Lucy Koh has decided that Samsung will not be allowed to sell specific models of its smartphones in the US. These handsets were found to be infringing on patents owned by rival phone maker Apple, who had filed for a motion for permanent injunction against a certain number of Samsung smartphones.
The Apple Watch, the first and only wearable device so far from Apple, has captured 52 percent of all shipments of smartwatch devices around the world for the year 2015, according to estimations made by Juniper Research. This is quite an achievement for the iPhone maker’s smartwatch considering that the device was only released in the market in April of last year.
Not many may realize this, but Skype, one of the most popular chat messaging platforms existing in the world today, is actually not a decade old. To celebrate its birthday, the company has revealed that it will be offering group video calling on mobile devices powered by Android, iOS, and even Windows 10 for Mobile, absolutely free of charge.
Like Hulu, yet another third party is trying to turn the Apple Watch into more than just a wearable device. Peel, a manufacturer of smart remotes, has just debuted a universal remote control mobile app designed to be used on Apple’s one and only smartwatch (so far).
It has been reported that for 2016, Apple is planning to produce fewer smartphones. Some industry watchers are now saying that this may be a sign that the iPhone maker might be having some sales related woes.
It is no secret that mobile users in India are not exactly as financially flexible as those based in other smartphone markets such as the United States or the United Kingdom. Apple must have realized this because it has decided to reduce the prices of its newest flagship devices, the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus.
In 2016, two of the most high profile mobile payment systems existing today -- Apple Pay and Samsung Pay -- are set to duke it out Chinese market, widely considered the biggest smartphone market in the world right now. Indeed, both mobile giants have made it known just this week that they have separately inked partnerships with the China UnionPay bank which should allow their respective users based in China to start adding credit or debit cards to their mobile payment systems.
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