smartphone

Did You Know the Trick to Charging Your Phone Faster?

Posted: June 12, 2019 at 6:40 am

Smartphone batteries have one nagging problem. When they run down, it can take three hours to recharge them. The number is better than several years ago. However, there is a ...
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A Third of Teens Check Mobile Devices Overnight

Posted: May 29, 2019 at 5:02 am

Mobile devices, particularly smartphones, have become part of daily life. People carry them everywhere, and often keep them by their bedside, or even in bed, overnight. New research shows that ...
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How High Huawei Ranks Among Smartphone Producers

Posted: May 28, 2019 at 11:00 am

For the first quarter, the Chinese telecom firm Huawei ranked as the world’s second largest smartphone vendor, according to the research and advisory firm Gartner. This is despite facing a ...
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Is the Worst Over for Apple?

Posted: May 25, 2019 at 9:10 am

At this point, the Huawei ban in the United States and its ripple impact have been front and center, the "poster child" for the U.S.-China trade war. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Low-Income Americans Still Lag in Internet, Smartphone Adoption

Posted: May 8, 2019 at 10:43 am

Nearly a third (29%) of Americans with household incomes below $30,000 a year do not own a smartphone, and 44% do not have home broadband service, while 46% don't own ...
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Why Wall Street Now Sees Even More Upside for Apple

Posted: May 1, 2019 at 12:20 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) did it yet again this quarter and knocked its fiscal second-quarter earnings out of the park. Of course, analysts were quick to jump on Apple and ...
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How Apple Did It Again in Q1

Posted: April 30, 2019 at 5:01 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported fiscal second-quarter financial results after markets closed Tuesday. The iPhone giant said that it had $2.46 in earnings per share (EPS) and $58 billion in ...
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Is Samsung’s Galaxy Fold Broken? Will That Undermine Sales?

Posted: April 18, 2019 at 6:35 am

Samsung recently released its Galaxy Fold, which is a great step forward in a smartphone industry that has been short on innovation recently. Some experts say that the phone has ...
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This Company Has the Fastest Mobile Network Speed

Posted: April 12, 2019 at 12:47 pm

By now, all four major U.S. mobile wireless carriers have either launched or announced launch dates for their first fifth generation (5G) networks. 5G networks may be capable of download ...
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Why One Apple Analyst Is Cautious on Devices and App Store Growth

Posted: April 3, 2019 at 1:55 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has made some serious headway over the past month, begging the question whether the stock has run too much. One analyst thinks so. Nomura released a ...
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Wedbush’s Apple Predictions for March 25

Posted: March 12, 2019 at 12:10 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) made waves on Monday when the iPhone giant said that it will be officially announcing its break into the streaming video service on March 25. With ...
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10 Reasons Merrill Lynch Is Now Bullish on Apple

Posted: March 11, 2019 at 9:10 am

While Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock has more or less kept pace with the broad markets so far this year, the six-month and one-year charts are disappointing, to say the ...
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Smartphone Maker Launches First $2,600 Handset

Posted: February 25, 2019 at 6:35 am

Apple sells its iPhone XS for as much as $1,499 apiece. Samsung's new Galaxy S10 has a price as high as $1,599.99. Each is as fully featured as any recently ...
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How to Get a Smartphone for $0 a Month

Posted: February 22, 2019 at 11:40 am

Samsung's new folding smartphone, the Galaxy Fold, will set buyers back $1,980. The phone was announced earlier this week and will be released in the United States on April 26. ...
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Apple’s Smartphone Problems May Be Worse Than Expected

Posted: February 21, 2019 at 6:40 am

New data about global smartphone shipments in the final quarter of last year show two things. First, the overall global shipments have stopped rising, which threatens the entire industry. And ...
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