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- Samsung launches the Galaxy A3 and A5
- Samsung slumps to four year smartphone low
- Apple loses US market share despite record sales
- True cost of Verizon device trials
- Xiaomi chews in Samsung, now the third biggest smartphone seller
- Motorola is now a Lenovo company
- Microsoft Band is the company's first wearable
| Samsung launches the Galaxy A3 and A5 Posted: 31 Oct 2014 04:15 AM PDT  Samsung has just rolled out two new smartphones, the Galaxy A3 and the Galaxy A5, a couple of handsets that the company says are the thinnest smartphones it has ever made (more on that in a moment). These handsets have been much rumoured over the last two months and were inspired by the all-metal Galaxy Alpha, a spin-off of sorts to a full range of smartphones. Read the full story here. |
| Samsung slumps to four year smartphone low Posted: 30 Oct 2014 01:04 PM PDT Samsung announced its third quarter financial results yesterday and the news is not good for the company, with the gloomy predictions coming true. The Korean giant raked in $3.9 billion in profit through the period, a figure that would delight most companies but represent a huge slide for Samsung, the second quarter in a row where profits have tumbled. Read the full story here. |
| Apple loses US market share despite record sales Posted: 30 Oct 2014 09:53 AM PDT  Apple operates in a unique way inside the smartphone market and that has been proven as the company's market share fell in the United States during September, but iPhone sales broke records. Over 39 million iPhone units sold through the last quarter helped Apple to bumper financial results while the company's shares have been trading at all-time highs. Read the full story here. |
| True cost of Verizon device trials Posted: 30 Oct 2014 09:09 AM PDT  Ever wanted to take advantage of a trial period? These carrier deals let you test a device and network for a limited amount of time before deciding whether to jump on board and buy the handset or join the carrier. Sounds like a pretty good deal doesn't it, but a MobileBurn investigation shows that it is actually a very costly thing to do; so much for a free trial. Read the full story here. |
| Xiaomi chews in Samsung, now the third biggest smartphone seller Posted: 30 Oct 2014 06:36 AM PDT  Lenovo tied up the acquisition of Motorola today and the Chinese giant said the partnership would be the third biggest smartphone brand in the world and will shift 100 million units in 2015. For the time being though third place as been occupied by another Chinese company, Xiaomi, passing LG for the first time to become the third biggest handset seller in the world. Read the full story here. |
| Motorola is now a Lenovo company Posted: 30 Oct 2014 05:52 AM PDT  Despite recently becoming more closely linked than ever, Motorola has finally been sold off by Google to Lenovo, months after the deal was first announced. In the deal, Google will retain Motorola's patents, although the company can license them even though it is now under Chinese company Lenovo's wing. Read the full story here. |
| Microsoft Band is the company's first wearable Posted: 30 Oct 2014 05:27 AM PDT  No big press event, no showbiz style launch, but Microsoft has entered the wearable market today, although don't call its "Microsoft Band" a smartwatch. Interestingly, Redmond has avoided the urge to compete with Android Wear and the Apple Watch with a full wrist accessory and is instead targeting the fitness crowd with the Microsoft Band. Read the full story here. |
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