HMD announces ambitions to make Nokia a top three smartphone brand by 2022

as mentioned in The company has much grander ambitions, though, and plans to be among the top three smartphone brands in the world within the next couple of years. According to company VP Ajey Mehta, HMD Global intends on making the Nokia brand one of the three biggest smartphone companies in the world within the next three to five years. Indeed, the new Nokia devices have gained a reputation for their build quality—a number of users claiming it to be almost as good as that of the Nokia of old. Another big attraction the current Nokia devices offer is software. This ensures that Nokia devices enjoy some of the best software support currently available on the market.

A legendary gadget brand is making a comeback with a plan to fight app addiction by making a smaller smartphone to go with your regular one

It's been eight years since the brand released its last line of phones, which featured the full Blackberry-style physical keyboard we all used to love. The idea, it seems, is that you carry around your smaller Palm phone, and leave your regular phone at home, thus combating your app addiction. The mini phone syncs with your regular smartphone (either Android or iOS), which means that the devices share the same number and both receive calls, text messages, and other alerts. Notably, while Palm bills this device as a companion device, it seems to be a fully-featured smartphone unto itself. That's a contrast to recent minimalist smartphones, which take on app addiction by stripping features down to just calling and texting.

From Apples to Oppos: which smartphone brand has the most loyal fan base?

referring to / © Apple InsiderAccording to the research, Huawei customers were the most loyal Android users with 54% indicating that they will stick with the Chinese manufacturer with their next device. Huawei is also the most likely destination for iPhone users planning on switching to Android, followed closely by Samsung. The Android brand with the least loyal fan base was Motorola, with just 11% of those surveyed saying that they intend to stick with the brand with their next smartphone. The Japanese manufacturer tends to attract some of the most loyal and vocal smartphone fans on the planet. Are you loyal to your current smartphone brand?

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