Smartphone

  • IDC: Global smartphone shipments to fall nearly 12% this year

    Global smartphone shipments are expected to fall nearly 12 percent year-over-year to 1.2 billion units in 2020 as the novel coronavirus crisis takes its toll on the economy, leading to lower consumer spending, according to a report released Wednesday by market research firm IDC.

  • Playing with your phone before bed may make you more prone to depression

    What do you usually do before you go to bed? If you're always watching TV or staring at your computer or phone for long periods of time, then the following research paper, just published online in Nature-Neuroscience, might give you some health reminders.

  • Global smartphone sales slump 20% in Q1, Huawei suffers most

    A total of 299 million smartphones were shipped worldwide in the first quarter of 2020, down 20.2% year-on-year, according to market research firm Gartner.

  • Vivo X50 series phones released, prices from 3,498 yuan

    Vivo launched the Vivo X50, X50 Pro, and X50 Pro+ smartphones at its live online launch today.

  • Redmi 10X released, debuts MediaTek Dimensity 820 chip

    Redmi today released the Redmi 10X series of phones which debuts the MediaTek Dimensity 820 chip. 

  • Chinese users say Samsung phone system crashes with black screen, reboot

    A large number of Samsung phone users today said on Weibo that their Samsung devices are experiencing black screen and reboot problems. The affected phones include Galaxy S8, S9, S10 and even S20 models.

  • New Huawei phone with MediaTek processor appears in Geekbench

    The Geekbench platform has seen a new Huawei phone modeled DVC-AN00, powered by MediaTek's MT6873 SoC, also known as the Dimensity 800.

  • Xiaomi smartphone sales up 4.7 percent in Q1

    In the first quarter of 2020, Xiaomi's smartphone sales reached 29.2 million units, up 4.7 percent year-on-year, the company's first-quarter earnings report released today showed.

  • In-screen fingerprint sensor market grew 8 fold in 2019

    Global shipments of in-screen fingerprint sensors (FoD) grew nearly eightfold in 2019, according to data from technology market research firm Omdia.

  • Doctor says blue light hazards of electronic devices exaggerated

    At present, there are a lot of anti-blue light glasses on the market, and mobile phones also have anti-blue light mode, is this effective in protecting eyesight and preventing myopia?