Tablets, smartphones take over CE market

In a dramatic sign of how consumer tastes have shifted to new, more exciting wireless products, global factory revenue for smartphones and tablets this year will rise to become larger than revenue for the entire consumer electronics (CE) market – the first time...

LG G2 smartphone to launch in South Africa

LG Electronics has unveiled its LG G2 flagship smartphone to the South African market at a launch event held in Sandton. The LG G2 is the first smartphone introduced under LG’s new “G” Series for premium devices and will be available to the South African market from 1...

Smartphone sales overtake feature phones

Worldwide mobile phone sales to end-users totalled 435-million units in the second quarter of 2013, an increase of 3,6% from the same period last year, according to Gartner – and smartphone sales overtook feature phones for the first time. Smartphone sales to...

Apple slips, Android gains in smartphones

Despite beating Wall Street expectations in terms of shipment volumes, Apple’s share in the worldwide smartphone operating system market posted a year-over-year decline during the second quarter of 2013 (2Q13). Meanwhile, Android and Windows Phone both managed...
Smartphones get more competitive

Smartphones get more competitive

With most of the top brands introducing new flagship smartphones in the first half of 2013, consumers now have more choices than ever, helping smartphone shipments to double from 2012 to 2017, according to a new Mobile and Wireless Communications report from...