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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.
We tackled Apple earlier, and this time around, we take a look into Samsung’s 2016 prospects. First of all, the South Korean tech giant is one of the biggest electronics manufacturing companies in the world, so obviously, Samsung is not just about smartphones. But this year, the world has seen pretty how much the term mobile has expanded in scope way beyond the usual smartphones and tablet devices.
Samsung has decided to take its patent case against fierce rival Apple to the United States Supreme Court. Now, it is up to America’s justices to settle the long standing on court battle between two of the biggest mobile giants in the world right now regarding patents -- that is, if the Supreme Court will consider the case in the first place.
Two of the biggest mobile players in the world right now, Samsung and Apple, have finally settled on the amount of money to be paid by Samsung for damages in a patent case that has been going on for several years now. However, the legal battle rages on.
In terms of smartphone shipments across the globe, the third quarter of 2015 did really, really well, no doubt helped immensely by the worldwide release of Apple’s newest iPhone models (the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus), and strong sales from Chinese made smartphones, especially those built by Huawei.
The nightmare continues for Samsung. It appears that the South Korean phone maker will suffer its first ever decline in yearly volume of smartphone shipments. According to research firm TrendForce, shipments of Samsung’s smartphone devices are expected to decrease 1 percent compared to last year’s shipment volume.
This year, for the first time, Samsung will be launching a new smartwatch while another wearable device from its fierce rival, Apple, is already out in the market. The South Korean tech giant is expected by many to introduce its new Gear S2 smartwatch this week. Its newest wearable device offering will feature a round screen (its predecessor featured a rectangular watch face) and will run on Tizen, Samsung’s own mobile operating system.
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