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Smartphone sales fall further
Mobile revolution grinds to a halt
Number crunchers at IDC have been looking at the figures for fourth quarter 2022 and declared them to be a disaster.
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Smartphone sales drop in China
Numbers at their lowest
Sales in China dropped sharply in second quarter by 14.2 per cent over last year, according to number crunchers at Counterpoint.
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Boffins worry that smartphones stuff up your mental health
Use Google Health App to prove it
The University of Oregon in the US have partnered with Google to launch a research on how smartphone use impacts mental wellbeing.
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Smartphones blamed for teen angst
In my day it was television, later it was video games
A new study is blaming smartphones for teen loneliness.
According to the Journal of Adolescence, smartphone use is the most likely candidate for a sharp rise in teen angst in 36 out of 37 countries between 2012 and 2018.
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Sales of smartphones fall in India
Coronavirus dents smartphone sales
One of the world's largest smartphone markets has been dinged by a coronavirus wave.
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LG thinking of getting out of smartphones
Competition too much
After losing around $4.5 billion over the past five years, LG is considering exiting the smartphone market in 2021.
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Huawei might work its way around US chip ban
If it is prepared to wait a bit and scales back on high end phones
Huawei might have a way to avoid some of the worst consequences of tightening US trade restrictions, provided it’s willing to wait a while.
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Huawei shipped more smartphones than anyone else
Despite American bans
For the first time, Huawei has shipped more smartphones worldwide over a quarter than any other company, according to a report from analyst firm Canalys.
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Honor X10 Max specifications and renders appear
Launch soon
Honor X10 Max specifications and renders are starting to appear with the first details appearing on the China Telecom website.
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Honor gets a temperature sensor
Welcome to the 21st century
The Honor Play 4 Pro smartphone is set to ship with an infrared temperature sensor.