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According to market research firm IDC, the growth rate of smartphone shipments in the world is expected to decrease to 5.7 percent in 2016. This is a far cry from the 10.4 percent increase that global smartphone shipments posted in terms of growth rate in the previous year. This is a further sign that worldwide, the market for smartphones are indeed slowing down.
Ever since it was launched in the United States market back in September of last year, Samsung Pay has achieved faster growth than Apple Pay, as reported by Bloomberg.
Carolina Milanesi, chief of research at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, has released a report saying that smartphone ownership in major smartphone markets around the world have now reached full saturation levels. In other words, Milanesi thinks that the global smartphone industry is now at its peak, in terms of growth.
You may have already heard by now that Samsung has finally formally introduced its flagship devices for this year. A day before the annual Mobile World Congress is set to start in the city of Barcelona in Spain, the South Korean tech giant has unveiled its Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge devices.
The Mobile World Congress (MWC) is the biggest annual tech conference in the world that focuses on all things mobile. Like last year, this year’s event will take place in the beautiful city of Barcelona in Spain, and will host more than 250 tech companies and almost 800 wireless carriers. So what can we expect to find in this year’s MWC? Here is the rundown.
Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) TextNow Wireless presents a couple of treats for its customers. Firstly, the wireless carrier is now selling one of Samsung’s flagship devices, the Galaxy S6 Edge, for a price of only $299.99 refurbished. And secondly, the mobile service provider is also launching its free international calling service.
In December of last year, Samsungfiled a request with the United States Supreme Court, urging America’s highest court to examine and review the rulings made in the series of patent violation cases that Apple had brought against the Sou
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.
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.
Samsung has published its financial projections for the last quarter of 2015, and it appears that the South Korean tech giant is still continuing to recover. However, its latest numbers did not do well enough to meet expectations set by industry analysts. In its report, the company stated that it is expecting to post a profit in the amount of $5.1 billion on total revenues of $44 billion for the final three months of 2015.
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