OEM Designs Inspire Bullish Smartphone Forecast
Smartphones supporting 5G will leap from 37 million this year to 525 million in 2023, said IHS Markit
More Memory Required for 5G to Compute
5G not only represents a vast leap in communications compared to the flip phone days of 3G, it’s also going…
Touchless Control Next for Smartphones
There is a race to market for the first devices with touchless/gesture control. Contenders at MWC Barcelona include LG, Google,…
Wind of Change for Cloud Computing
It feels like the winds are shifting in cloud computing. Better bring your umbrella.
Who Pays for the Data Plan?
Every chip company selling modem ICs into cellular IoT devices must worry how their customers -- device manufacturers -- expect…
India Smartphone Market Defies Global Decline
Whilst global sales flounder, Online-focused brands are the highlight of 2018 after exponential growth helps India ship 142.3 million units.
Smartphone Shipments Predicted to Fall Again
After declining for the second straight year in 2018, smartphone sales appear to be poised to fall again this year…
Embracing Innovation in Smartphone Storage
Although automotive and the IoT are targets for emerging memory technologies, the smartphone market leads the innovation charge on the…
MediaTek Launches India-specific SoC, Vows Smartphone Design Support
Indian handset manufacturers are striving to move beyond the ODM model, and MediaTek and Qualcomm are here to help them…
Smartphones: Have NFC Will Travel
Vendors of smartphones - both Android and iPhone - are putting an NFC reader in the hands of consumers, making…