With 27 percent market share, Reliance Retail’s mobile handset brand LYF topped India’s overall mobile handset leader board in January 2018, followed by Samsung at 12 percent, and Itel …
Mobile Devices
Multi-play and SIM Only price plans tempt network switchers to MVNOs
The rise of SIM-Only deals and multi-play packages is boosting the popularity of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), according to a report from YouGov.Its latest report found that 12 percent …
HTC U12 leak points to the return of dual rear cameras
HTC’s return to dual cameras with the U11 Eyes (for selfies) this year wasn’t as “noteworthy” as it had claimed, but now it seems like we’ll finally have something mor…
Facial recognition could be revolutionized by new light-eliminating algorithm
Facial identification in images and video is heavily dependent on good lighting, or at least it has been up until now.A team of researchers working out of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has cre…
ASUS’ Zenfone 5Z flagship looks the same as its mid-range cousin
ASUS’s Zenfone 5 just made its first official appearance at MWC, and aside from overenthusiastic claims about its AI prowess, it’s still a solid little machine. It isn’t a flagshi…
BlackBerry calls 2017 a success amid reports of soft sales
TCL unveiled the Blackberry KEYOne at MWC 2017 and now, a year later, we have an idea of how well it sold as well as a glimpse into the company’s outlook going forward. IDC’s Francisco …
Huawei’s P20 smartphone may sport an iPhone-style notch
Whether or not you think iPhone X- and Essential-style screen notches are clever design flourishes or just abominations, it looks like they’re here for the long haul. Well-known leaker Evan B…
Nokia kicks off MWC with five new handsets, led by the Nokia 8 Sirocco
Four smartphones and a feature phoneThis time last year, Nokia seemed to be making up for lost time at MWC. Revealing no fewer than four mobile phones, this was a statement of intent. The Finnish g…
Samsung resumes Android O update for Galaxy S8
Well, that didn’t take long. After pausing the Android Oreo rollout on Galaxy S8s over a reboot glitch, Samsung has restarted the process in Europe. As SamMobile reports, it’s an altoge…
Android P will prevent apps from quietly hijacking your camera
The threat of someone hijacking your phone’s camera to spy on you unawares is sometimes overstated, but it’s definitely a possibility. Enough so, in fact, that Google is determined to d…