This has been a tough year for the smartphone industry globally. This has been especially true in China, where strict COVID lockdown measures have repeatedly stifled the economy. According to a recent report from Counterpoint Research, smartphone sales declined 14.2% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2022. The last time sales were this low, the …
About a month ago, the Oppo Find N arrived to challenge the Galaxy Fold 3. Samsung’s biggest foldable handset is currently the standard in the industry, and the device should see increased competition this year. The Honor Magic V is one such device, coming from the former Huawei brand that spun off into its own …
Former Huawei subsidiary Honor announced on Wednesday a phone that looks remarkably similar to the Android flagship that Huawei can’t yet launch, at least when it comes to rear camera design. Seen above, the Huawei P50 series was teased recently, with Huawei saying it’s working on making it available to buyers. The company hinted at …
Former Huawei subsidiary Honor launched the first affordable flagship phone of 2021, the View 40 5G. This might be the first Honor phone to avoid the US sanctions that forced Huawei to remove all Google apps, including the Play Store, from its high-end smartphones. The US ban impacted Huawei’s mobile division’s ability to compete against …
MWC might have been canceled, but the avalanche of new smartphone announcements continues. Sony and Realme already unveiled their own alternatives to the Galaxy S20 series: the Xperia 1 II and the Realme X50 Pro. Both are 5G phones, and both offer high-end specs, just like Samsung’s flagships. The X50 Pro, however, is going to …
The Galaxy S10 should hit stores at some point in early March, according to recent reports, which gives Samsung’s biggest Android rival some two months to sell phones featuring almost the same Galaxy S10 design. A brand new flagship phone just launched, sporting top specs in addition to that brand new screen design, as well …
Last year, Apple made waves in the smartphone design world when it made all-screen phones with notches socially acceptable. Although we’ve come around to the notch — it’s certainly better than big bezels — it’s clear that the notch is only a stop-gap, a temporary measure taken while phone companies work on getting a truly …
