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  • Apple smartphone sales mark significant growth in Asia markets

    Apple smartphone sales mark significant growth in Asia markets

    A recent study on Apple’s smartphone sales, carried out by Counterpoint, reveals a surprising level of success in various Asian markets. It turns out that ever since the California tech-giant ushered into the phablet market last September it has been steadily gaining ground in China, Japan and South Korea.

  • Samsung dominated smartphone shipments in 2014

    Samsung dominated smartphone shipments in 2014

    In the year 2014 the world saw an increased number of smartphones shipped but overall little change in the top three vendors. Samsung has been the leader for some time now but is seeing its market share slowly reduced by the likes of tough competition.

  • Beastly Snapdragon 820 and 815 specifications leak

    Beastly Snapdragon 820 and 815 specifications leak

    With the Snapdragon 810 still not completely out of the woods in regards to the recently debunked, presumable overheating issues and yet to make it into an actual mass-produced device all eyes are on Qualcomm to handle the situation gracefully and insure its future well-being. Weather or not the 810 SoC is problematic and could…

  • Korean analysts believe the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge will have 4GB of RAM

    It was only in 2013 that we saw the first smartphone to feature 3GB of RAM, and while it’s not a standard yet, manufacturers have begun moving towards 4GB of RAM for their flagships. Xiaomi and ASUS announced the Mi Note Pro and the ZenFone 2 with 4GB of RAM earlier this month, and according…

  • Samsung reportedly ditches Snapdragon 810 for Galaxy S6

    In a couple of months Samsung is due to show off its upcoming flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6, and it was a common assumption that this smartphone will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor. However recent reports have suggested that the new processor from Qualcomm is facing overheating issues. A few months back…

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