Samsung versus Apple: Is a dead smartphone market the ultimate leveller?

as declared in Back then, Finland's Nokia had the lion's share of the world's mobile phone market. This week, both Samsung and Apple will unveil their second and third-quarter results, offering a fresh glimpse into who is winning the ferociously competitive global smartphone war. Old giants like Nokia and Blackberry saw their markets vanishOnce a spectacular source of rising profits, the smartphone market has stagnated recently – but remains enormously valuable. Smartphone sales declined for the first time in 2017, according to Gartner, suggesting that the frenzy has hit a peak. The market share of Samsung and Apple has plateauedApple's silence on the matter spoke volumes.

Huawei wants to beat Samsung to market with a foldable smartphone of its own

Whatever it is, the Samsung foldable is expected to launch in early 2019. But Huawei wants to beat Samsung to market, a new report from Nikkei Asian Review reveals. Huawei is going to partner with local display supplier BOE for the flexible OLED screen that would go inside this unnamed Huawei foldable handset. While Huawei wants to attract the attention of smartphone buyers, BOE is going after bigger fish. It's not like Samsung will provide foldable screens to any rival, especially Huawei before its foldable phone hits the market.

Samsung borrows from Chinese playbook in battle for India's smartphone market

referring to To be sure, Samsung has long dominated the premium end of the smartphone market in India and features like "chat over video", designed at its Indian R&D center, underscore its tech prowess. 2 smartphone market with about 400 million users and worth an estimated $20 billion annually. For Samsung, India is its biggest market outside the United States and one where it has invested heavily, opening the world's biggest smartphone factory outside New Delhi last month. But Chinese brands now account for every one in two phones sold in India with Xiaomi making the greatest strides. After its 2014 market entry, the "Mi" brand steadily gained share to knock Samsung from the top spot last December.

Samsung S Pen reflections: A differentiator in a saturated smartphone market

The S Pen gives me a quick and easy way to magnify exactly where I hover the S Pen. The S Pen gives me a quick and easy way to magnify exactly where I hover the S Pen. Screen off notes : The ability to pop out the S Pen and write a note on the display is a key function of the S Pen. : The ability to pop out the S Pen and write a note on the display is a key function of the S Pen. While I find the S Pen essential now, it looks like it will become more useful for more people soon.

Samsung or Xiaomi? It's a two-horse race for India's smartphone market

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