Here is my collection of relevant trend for smart phones in 2019 (links to source on quetes::
Market: It seems that crazy growth times in smart phone markets are over at least for some time. Without Chinese brands, growth in the smart phone markets in 2018 would have been dramatically negative. Smartphone Shipments Expected to Rebound in 2019 article says that shipments of smartphones, the mainstay of the electronics industry, are expected to rebound, returning to low-single-digit growth in 2019, according to market research firm International Data Corp. (IDC). Shipments are expected to grow 2.6% in 2019 after falling by 3% to 1.42 billion units in 2018. It is expected that emerging markets, 5G, and new product form factors will help revive the smartphone market. Effect of the US-China trade-war is hard to define.
Faster mobile: Mobile networks are getting faster in many countries. Mobile networks are killing Wi-Fi for speed around the world. Average data speeds on mobile networks now outpace customer’s Wi-Fi connection, on average, in 33 countries. That’s the The State of Wifi vs Mobile Network Experience as 5G Arrives.
5G: It’s a bit tricky — after all, plenty of publications are going to claim 2019 as “The Year of 5G,” but they’re all jumping the gun. It is true that 5G is coming this year to some locations with some devices,but the number of devices and where you can use them is pretty limited. OnePlus and LG have committed to a handset and Samsung has since committed to two. You have to wait to 2020 for larger scale deployment and good device selection. It seems that Apple Will Wait Until at Least 2020 to Release a 5G iPhone. If you jump to 5G train, you’re going to be paying a hefty premium for a feature you barely use. So far, 5G is a mixed bag of blessings and curses. More on that at my 5G trends posting.
New chipsets: The Snapdragon 855 Brings 5G to Mobile Devices. Mediatek Helio P90 aims just below flagship handsets to China.
Duopoly market: Smart phone market is 2019 is practically duopoly with Android and iOS operating systems. Android is far and away the dominant operating system, with a global market share of about 77 percent (or more). US market is becoming a smartphone duopoly where Apple and Samsung dominate, while others are left behind. US Android market is consolidating, with companies such as Motorola and LG losing ground to Samsung. Other Android makers have marginal single-digit share. On other markets especially Chinese manufacturers are growing and there are many competing manufacturers.
Smart phones first to web: According to Ofcom, the PC has lost its place as the first device and platform for web browsing in UK. Almost half of the web browses the web with a smart phone, which places a requirement on all online services from shops to news sites.
Interchangeable devices: As the cloud becomes more secure and reliable, we’ll increasingly store less and less on the phone itself,at least on those markets with fast, cheap and reliable connections. In theory this could make our devices much more interchangeable.
More accurate positioning: IEEE 802.11mc (better known as Wi-Fi round-trip time, or RTT), which can increase accuracy to 1m while providing vertical (Z-axis) location information that has been long awaiting a solution. Wi-Fi RTT operates according to the Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) protocol within the IEEE 802.11-2016 standard that uses a variety of techniques to pinpoint the location of someone’s smartphone or tablet. Wi-Fi Alliance® calls the capability a “Wi-Fi Certified Location.”
Waterproofing: Waterproof products are a trend in the industry because users want to be able to take their devices with them wherever they go. The iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, Huawei’s high-end phones, and other mobile phones tout their water resistance as one of the attributes that consumers want. Such smart phones will need waterproof connectors and preferably only a one connector or less to waterproof. Waterproof USB Type-C connectors are emerging as the go-to solution for today’s consumer products. USB Type-C connectors with IPX8 waterproofing performance are becoming the new standard for a wide range of products because they deliver go-anywhere reliability, fast charging, and fast data transfers.
Phones without connectors: Phones are already doing away with ports (most notably, the headphone jack). In fact, all ports may soon be a thing of the past on some phones.
Bendable and foldable phones: Samsung’s Galaxy F (for foldable) is the first flexible phone that offers the benefits of a tablet and a smartphone in one device. Small enough to fit in your pocket, it unfolds to work more like a tablet when you need it. There are also other manufacturers that have showed foldable smart phones. The Royole is fascinating, but its execution leaves something to be desired. Of course these designs are going to come at a major premium.
Wireless charging: No Need to Wait for the “Best” Wireless-Charging Solution—Qi Is It article says that there are now more than 360 companies (including Apple) supporting Qi and no other competitors, it’s game over. Qi is the go-to solution for most of the industry.
Security: Android 9 Brings Significant Security Advancements, Google Says. The latest Android iteration brings along a great deal of security improvements, including better encryption and authentication. The Android Keystore provides application developers with a set of cryptographic tools that are designed to secure their users’ data.
Smaller card standards: NM Card (Nano Memory Card) has been launched and used by Huawei. The NM card is 45 percent smaller than MicroSD. The capacity of the NM card, the reading speed and, in fact, the price, are already at the level of MicroSD cards. If you think NanoSIM is the last physical SIM card size, then the NM card has a good seam to get to the standard position. Huawei works with JEDEC to standardize the NM card.
eSIM: The term “eSIM” simply means an embedded SIM card. eSIM is backed by the GSMA. It seems certain that future smartphones will adopt electronic SIM cards – essentially removing the need to have a physical SIM card (and SIM slot). California based Apple has turned to eSIM. Google Pixel 2 and 3 series phones also support eSIM. eSIM needs to be supported by the network or carrier and enabled by them and not all networks supoort eSIM as yet. More carriers to support Pixel 3 eSIM as Google helping build more eSIM Android phones.
Notched displays: There will be more phones with notch in the front to accommodate the front camera and sensors in order to maintain a full-screen profile. Practically everyone has embraced the cutout in an attempt to go edge to edge.
Camera under display: Two smartphone-makers have unveiled handsets featuring a “hole-punch” selfie camera, which is is intended to be less obtrusive than a “notch” – as popularised by Apple and later by many Android smartphone manufacturers.
Sensors under display: Biometric identification in electronics is gaining momentum, and in smartphones, the latest trend is to plant a fingerprint sensor underneath the screen. Qualcomm announces 3D Sonic Sensor, a new under-display fingerprint sensor for smartphones that uses sound waves to map fingerprints.
Touch-free technology: All major phone manufacturers are researching “in-air gesturing technology” that would let you control your phone without actually touching it.
Better cameras: Huawei debuts Honor View 20 with a 48MP rear camera. Smartphone cameras are pretty good across the board these days, so one of the simple solutions has been simply adding more to the equation. For example Nokia 9 Pureview has five camera sensors and LG has patented a camera with up to 16 lenses. In addition to adding more cameras, Companies will also be investing a fair deal in software to help bring better shots to existing components (a little AI and ML can go a long way on image processing).
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TSMC seeing chip orders for Android devices ramp up
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20190319PD203.html
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has started seeing chip orders for Android devices ramp up recently, with its fabless clients including HiSilicon, MediaTek and Qualcomm stepping up their pace of orders, according to industry sources.
In particular, the sources continued, TSMC has seen orders placed by HiSilicon for the second quarter outpace those placed by its other mobile SoC customers. HiSilicon is expected to provide as high as 70% of total smartphone chips demanded by Huawei.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/DigitalTrends/status/1107710762959683584
Digital Trends Twitter: “On the new #GalaxyS10, it can be unlocked with an image of your face–using another phone. https://t.co/5VdDqyf5lw” / Twitter
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Kent Walker / The Keyword:
Google says it will start asking Android users in Europe to choose their preferred web browser and search apps in response to EU Commission antitrust concerns
Supporting choice and competition in Europe
https://www.blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/supporting-choice-and-competition-europe/
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4G-liittymiä jo neljä miljardia
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9250-4g-liittymia-jo-nelja-miljardia
Globaalisti LTE:n osuus kaikista kännykkäliittymistä oli vuodenvaihteessa 47 prosenttia.
Eniten LTE-liittymiä on suhteellisesti Yhdysvalloissa, missä 4G kulkee mukana 82 prosentilla kuluttajista. Aasiassa LTE:n osuus liittymistä on 67 prosenttia ja Länsi-Euroopassa 52 prosenttia.
Vuoden 2017 lopulta viime vuoden lopulle LTE-liittyminen määrä kasvo globaalisti miljardilla. 4G onkin ollut tähän asti nopeimmin yleistynyt mobiiliverkkotekniikka.
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Aiheuttaako nappikuulokkeiden säteily syöpää?
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9238-aiheuttaako-nappikuulokkeiden-sateily-syopaa
250 tutkijaa on allekirjoittanut vetoomuksen YK:lle, jossa ilmaistaan ”äärimmäinen huoli” Bluetooth-nappikuulokkeiden mahdollisesta säteilyvaarasta. Samainen vetoomus on lähetetty myös maailman terveysjärjestö WHO:lle.
YK:lle ja WHO:lle jätetyn vetoomuksen suurin ongelma on tietysti Bluetooth-nappikuulokkeiden säteilyn taso. Nappien RF-teho on 0,01 wattia, kun esimerkiksi älypuhelimen säteilyteho liikkuu 0,1-1 watin välillä.
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OUR THOUGHTS ON USING REACT NATIVE TO BUILD MOBILE APPS
https://blog.taiste.fi/en/our-thoughts-on-using-react-native-to-build-mobile-apps?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=promotedpost&utm_campaign=website&utm_content=reactnativepost
React Native has become our go-to technology for developing multi-platform mobile apps. It has effectively replaced Xamarin, our former tool of choice, almost completely.
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Katsaus mobiilikehityksen eri toteutusmalleihin
https://vierityspalkki.fi/2019/03/18/katsaus-mobiilikehityksen-eri-toteutusmalleihin/
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What’s Next for Human-Machine Interface: Touchless Control
https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1334460
There’s a race on to market the first devices with touchless / gesture control. LG led the pack at MWC, and Google and Apple appear very close on its heels. Those two could possibly introduce products featuring this kind of human-machine interface (HMI) before 2019 is out.
The two latest trends in HMI technologies are voice activation and touchless or gesture control. Voice-controlled products received a lot of attention at Embedded World in Nuremberg
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How Cell Towers Work: Hands-On!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct0wFde9XcI
Come along as I scope out not one, but two cell sites: one hidden in the steeple of a church, the other perched high atop the tallest mountain in the Northeast. In the process we’ll learn about RF energy, what happens when the power goes out, and why the term “tower” isn’t always accurate.
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Inside China’s Silicon Valley: From copycats to innovation
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/22/tech/china-tech-innovation-shenzhen/index.html?utm_source=fbbusiness&utm_medium=social&utm_term=video&utm_content=2019-01-22T08%3A04%3A05
At the Huaqiangbei Market in Shenzhen, you can build a smartphone from scratch in a couple of hours.
Spread over several floors and covering hundreds of thousands of square feet, the market is home to vendors selling the parts that make up your standard phone — cameras, motherboards, frames, screens and so on. All you have to do is buy the right bits and know how to put them all together.
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Real-time Language Translation for Mobile Phones
https://innovate.ieee.org/innovation-spotlight/real-time-speech-translation-service/#utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Innovation&utm_content=speech%20translation?LT=CMH_WB_2019_LM_XIS_Paid_Social
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Why Mobile Voice Quality Still Stinks—and How to Fix It
https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/why-mobile-voice-quality-still-stinksand-how-to-fix-it
Despite their ubiquity and decades-long existence, cellphones still make for pretty poor phones.
How can that be? After all, today’s smartphones are incredible feats of engineering. Packing the processing power of a mid-1980s supercomputer into a sleek, pocket-size slab, they can take photographs, play music and videos, and stream tens of megabits of data to the palm of your hand every second. But try calling your boss in rush-hour traffic to say you’re running late, and there’s a good chance your message won’t get through.
“Mobile companies have rather lost the focus on a smartphone also being a telephone,” says Jeremy Green, now a tech-industry analyst at Machina Research, in Reading, England—on a cell connection that keeps dropping words.
Laboratory tests by Broadcom confirm that it’s not just my aging ears: Even in the best conditions, including a quiet environment and a strong wireless signal, users consistently rate voice quality lower on a cellphone than on a landline.
For example, engineers at Nokia found that when they compressed voice data to 5.15 kilobits per second, which cellphones do automatically when a tower connection is weak, user ratings fell from “good” to “fair.” When the engineers decoded and then recompressed the data, which happens when a call travels through the backbone network to another cellphone, the ratings dipped lower still.
A couple of technologies already exist that can circumvent these choke points—or at least lessen the damage. Many new smartphones have one or both built in. But for you to use these enhancements to their full potential, carriers will have to make major network upgrades, which will take time and money.
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http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9268-sharpilta-erilainen-taivutettava-puhelin
https://nl.letsgodigital.org/smartphones/sharp-opvouwbare-telefoon/
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Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
Talk of wearables and fashion has gone quiet since the lead up to Apple Watch’s 2014 debut, as many fashion brands now market tech wearables as niche products
Is Apple Saying Goodbye to Fashion?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/fashion/apple-wearables-fashion.html
When Apple introduced the Apple Watch five years ago, the whole tech industry began to flirt with style. But interest in wearables has cooled.
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The Apple Card is a perfect example of Apple’s post-iPhone strategy
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/26/18282946/apple-card-credit-post-iphone-strategy-services-business-digital-wallet-payments
Apple is building its ecosystem not by reinventing the wheel, but by sprucing up traditional, boring products
Among the most tangible announcements at Apple’s services event yesterday was also its most interesting: a credit card, aptly called the Apple Card, with both a physical and digital version that gives you up to 3 percent cash back. The product is, on the surface, a way for Apple to sell its brand on another everyday object you likely already own.
In this case, Apple has decided that it needs a traditional product, even one with the dubious moral baggage of a credit card, to promote Apple Pay.
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Susan Decker / Bloomberg:
US trade judge finds that Apple infringes a Qualcomm patent, says she will be recommending an import ban on some iPhones — – Qualcomm is seeking leverage in Apple patent-royalty fight — Two cases are before trade agency; Second decision due later — Apple Inc. infringes …
Apple Dodges One Import Ban in Qualcomm Fight, Faces Another
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-26/apple-infringes-qualcomm-patent-judge-recommends-iphone-ban
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Vlad Savov / The Verge:
Huawei unveils 6.47-inch P30 Pro with a quad-camera system and up to 10x lossless zoom, Kirin 980 processor, 8GB RAM, and 4,200mAh battery, starting from €999
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/26/18281466/huawei-p30-pro-price-release-date-specs-camera-photos
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Apple v. Q’comm Cases and Impacts
https://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1334473
An analyst describes the many cases between Apple and Qualcomm and their potential impacts for the companies and the cellular industry.
By some accounts, there are more than 70 trials globally between the two mobile giants.
Qualcomm vs. Apple and its contract manufacturers trial for breach of contract started in 2017.
Apple asked its contract manufacturers–such as Foxconn, Pegatron, and others–to withhold license fees due to Qualcomm. Apple also promised its contract manufacturers it will cover legal and other expenses they may incur for not paying the license fees. Qualcomm sued Apple for illegal interference and sued the manufacterers for breach of contract.
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http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9277-xiaomi-puhelimen-akku-tayteen-17-minuutissa
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Sertifiointitilastot: 5G lähdössä liikkeelle, GSM katoaa
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9276-sertifiointitilastot-5g-lahdossa-liikkeelle-gsm-katoaa
5G on lähdössä liikkeelle samalla, kun GSM hiipuu pois.
GCF:n mukaan sertifioitujen laitteiden määrä kasvoi viime vuonna 23 prosenttia edellisvuodesta. LTE- eli 4G-radio oli mukana 548 laitteessa eli 85 prosentissa kaikista laitteista.
Keskimäärin jokainen mobiililaite tuki viime vuonna 17,3 taajuusaluetta ja 2,6 eri mobiilitekniikkaa (kuten GSM, 3G, LTE tai 5G).
Tomi Engdahl says:
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9280-huawein-uusin-houkuttaa-5-kertaisella-zoomilla
Huawei on julkistanut uudet P30- ja P30 Pro -älypuhelimet Pariisissa järjestetyssä tilaisuudessa.
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HMD Global vastaa tietovuotoepäilyihin: taustalla Nokia-puhelimen virheellinen aktivointikoodi
https://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/hmd-global-vastaa-tietovuotoepailyihin-taustalla-nokia-puhelimen-virheellinen-aktivointikoodi-nain-varmistat-saaneesi-turvapaivityksen-6762232
”Olemme tutkineet Nokia 7 Plus -tapauksen perusteellisesti, ja voimme vahvistaa, että mitään yksittäiseen henkilöön yhdistettävää tietoa ei ole mennyt kolmansille osapuolille”, yhtiö toteaa tiedotteessaan.
”Tutkimuksessamme kävi ilmi , että yhdessä Nokia 7 -puhelinmallimme toimituserässä oli mukana puhelimia, joissa on virheellisesti ollut Kiinassa myytävien puhelinten ohjelmistopakettiin kuuluva aktivointikoodi.
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Liz Lee / Counterpoint Research:
Counterpoint: global wireless “hearables” market hit 12.5M units in Q4 2018, with AirPods at 60% market share, but low and mid-tier brands gaining
Global True Wireless Hearables Market Reaches 12.5 Million Units in Q4 2018
https://www.counterpointresearch.com/global-true-wireless-hearables-market-reaches-12-5-million-units-q4-2018/
The size of the global market for true wireless hearables stood 12.5 million units in Q4 2018, according to the findings of Counterpoint Research’s Hearables Market Tracker. North America was the largest market, accounting for 24% of the volumes, followed closely by the Asia Pacific region excluding China and Europe.
In terms of brands, Apple was the clear leader with a 60% market share. However, its share was dented as customers waited for the new generation of AirPods, scheduled for launch in Q1 2019.
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Vlad Savov / The Verge:
When it comes to low-light photography, Huawei’s P30 Pro is markedly better than a Pixel 3 with Night Sight, preserving far more detail
The challenge of low-light photography is dead, and Huawei killed it
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/1/18290215/huawei-p30-pro-camera-night-low-light-mode-photos
The P30 Pro is somehow even better than Google’s Night Sight
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1st mobile phone call is made, April 3, 1973
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4411258/1st-mobile-phone-call-is-made–April-3–1973?utm_content=bufferbed84&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
The call was made on a prototype of the DynaTAC (dynamic adaptive total area coverage) 8000X, which, 10 years later, would become the first such phone to be commercially released. In 1973, it weighed 1.1 kg and measured 22.86 cm long, 12.7 cm deep, and 4.44 cm wide.
Tomi Engdahl says:
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9314-oppo-patentoi-liukunayttopuhelimet
https://nl.letsgodigital.org/smartphones/oppo-mobiele-telefoons/
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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Google debuts Android Q Beta 2 with multitasking overlay elements called Bubbles, foldables emulator, and precise audio recordings with zoomable microphone API — Google today launched the second Android Q beta with multitasking Bubbles, a foldables emulator, zoomable microphones, and more.
Google launches Android Q Beta 2 with multitasking Bubbles, foldables emulator, and zoomable microphones
https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/03/google-launches-android-q-beta-2-with-multitasking-bubbles-foldables-emulator-and-zoomable-microphones/
Google today launched the second Android Q beta with multitasking Bubbles, a foldables emulator, zoomable microphones, and more. If you’re a developer, this is your second Android Q preview, and you can start testing your apps against this release by downloading it from developer.android.com/preview. The preview includes an updated SDK with system images for the Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, and the official Android Emulator. If you’re already enrolled in the beta and received the Android Q Beta 1 on your Pixel device, you’ll automatically get the update to Beta 2.
Tomi Engdahl says:
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9317-mika-on-paras-alypuhelinkamera-katso-itse
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College students allegedly scammed Apple out of nearly $1M in iPhone replacements
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/4/18295920/apple-iphone-scam-oregon-replacement-counterfeit-chinese-phones
Two Chinese engineering students in Oregon allegedly scammed Apple out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in iPhone replacements
Beginning in 2017, the two men allegedly smuggled thousands of counterfeit iPhones into the US from China and then sent them in for Apple to repair or replace, claiming the knockoffs wouldn’t power on. In many cases, Apple did replace the counterfeit goods with real iPhones, which cost the company an estimated $895,800.
According to federal complaints, both Jiang and Zhou claim they didn’t know the original phones were counterfeits.
Jiang allegedly submitted 3,069 warranty claims and Apple granted 1,493 replacement iPhones as a result.
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Watch Samsung fold the crap out of the Galaxy Fold
https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/27/watch-samsung-fold-the-crap-out-of-the-galaxy-fold/
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Samsung’s upcoming Q1 earnings are going to be ugly
https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/04/samsung-q1-2019-earnings-profit-drop/?tpcc=ECFB2019
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Genres, Publishers, Brands and Features: All You Need to Know About the Chinese Mobile Games Market
http://www.gamerefinery.com/need-know-chinese-mobile-games-market/
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How iFixit Became the World’s Best iPhone Teardown Team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx-9LkVIdz0
The most important thing that happens when a new iPhone comes out is not the release of the phone, but the disassembly of it. The iPhone teardown, undertaken by third-party teams around the world, provides a roadmap for the life of the iPhone X: Is it repairable? Who made the components inside it? The answers to these questions shift stock markets, electronics design, and consumer experience.
Every year there’s a race to become the first to tear down the phone, with teams from around the world flying to Australia—where it’s first released—to compete to be the first to look inside the world’s most coveted new phone.
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
With Snap Kit, Snap moves on from being a “Camera company” and becomes a camera platform, enabling developers to embed, not copy, its best features — Evan Spiegel has finally found a way to fight back against Mark Zuckerberg’s army of clones. For 2.5 years, Snapchat foolishly tried …
To stop copycats, Snapchat shares itself
https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/07/rise-of-the-snapchat-empire/
Snapchat’s plan is to let other apps embed the best parts of it rather than building their own half-rate copies.
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Xiaomi’s founder Lei Jun receives £735m bonus
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47871582
The founder of Xiaomi has been given a “reward” worth more than £735m by the Chinese smartphone-maker.
The payment was confirmed in the firm’s 2018 annual report.
recognition of his eight years of “devotion” to the company.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Police detectors to warn mobile phone-using drivers
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-47896472
Mobile phone detectors are to be used by police to find drivers using devices at the wheel.
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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
As the key trial between Apple and Qualcomm starts on Tuesday, a report details the increasingly acrimonious relationship between the company CEOs — The legal battle between Qualcomm and Apple has grown increasingly tense since it began in early 2017.
WSJ report details Apple and Qualcomm relationship, hostile meeting between CEOs
https://9to5mac.com/2019/04/13/apple-qualcomm-ceo-meeting/
The legal battle between Qualcomm and Apple has grown increasingly tense since it began in early 2017.
According to today’s report, Mollenkopf suspected that Apple had supported Broadcom’s hostile takeover attempt of Qualcomm
Part of the issue in the relationship between Cook and Mollenkopf, the report says, is that they have “so little personal connection.” Because of this, Apple’s top executives reportedly “don’t think it’s possible” that there’s any chance of Qualcomm and Apple being able to reach a deal.
The legal battle between Qualcomm and Apple will go to trial this coming week
original iPhone in 2007
Apple would pay Qualcomm $7.50 per iPhone.
When Cook became CEO in 2011, however, he is said to have found that agreement “egregious”
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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Samsung Galaxy Fold hands-on: feels much more stable and polished than expected and while you can see and feel the crease, it’s perhaps worth the trade-off
Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Fold: more than just a concept
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/15/18311109/samsung-galaxy-fold-photos-video-foldable-screen-phone-hands-on-impressions
The folding screen is good, as long as you don’t stare at the crease
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Samsung’s Galaxy Fold is breaking before it’s even out
https://qz.com/1598094/the-samsung-galaxy-folds-display-seems-to-have-problems/amp/
Samsung’s latest smartphone, the $2,000 Galaxy Fold, isn’t out yet—it’s set to be released on April 26—but it seems that the device it’s called “the future” is falling flat before it’s even hit customers’ hands
Tomi Engdahl says:
Your Android phone can now double as a security key
An extra layer of security never hurt anybody, and now you can turn your phone into a physical security key
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2019/04/16/android-phone-security-key/
Google has announced that any smartphone running Android 7.0 (Nougat) or later can now be used as a hardware security key for two-factor authentication (2FA).
Available in beta at the moment, the new feature is intended to provide an additional authentication factor and keep Google account users safe from phishing scams and other attacks that attempt to steal people’s login credentials. It can be used to protect your personal Google accounts, as well as Google Cloud Accounts at work.
The ultimate account security is now in your pocket
https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/your-android-phone-is-a-security-key/
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Huawein huippuluuri purettiin – kamera on nerokas
http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9360&via=n&datum=2019-04-15_15:50:04&mottagare=30929
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Vaarallisissa paikoissa älypuhelimelta vaaditaan aika lailla enemmän
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9380-vaarallisissa-paikoissa-alypuhelimelta-vaaditaan-aika-lailla-enemman
Tomi Engdahl says:
The inside of the Samsung Galaxy Fold is marvelously messy
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/19/18508023/samsung-galaxy-fold-inside-screen-battery-hinge-mechanism-open-foldable
An early dissection of the first foldable smartphone
The Samsung Galaxy Fold doesn’t release until April 26th, but if you’ve been eagerly awaiting a glimpse under the hood, a pre-production version of the folding phone has already been disassembled and laid out piece by piece in photos.
Tomi Engdahl says:
AT&T is now telling customers the Galaxy Fold will ship on June 13th
It’s hard to know if that’s accurate, though
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/23/18513435/samsung-galaxy-fold-att-ship-date-revised-delay-june-13-2019
Tomi Engdahl says:
Theresa May defies security warnings of ministers and US to allow Huawei to help build Britain’s 5G network
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/04/23/theresa-may-defies-security-warnings-ministers-us-allow-huawei/
Tomi Engdahl says:
A week with the Samsung Galaxy Fold
https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/23/a-week-with-the-samsung-galaxy-fold/?tpcc=ECFB2019
Tomi Engdahl says:
Samsung delays its $2,000 folding phone after test units break
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/22/samsung-galaxy-fold-launch-delayed.html?__source=facebook%7Cmain
Tomi Engdahl says:
Fixit:
Samsung Galaxy Fold teardown reveals a fragile build that lacks adequate protection against the ingress of debris between the OLED screen and the bezel — A teardown of the Samsung Galaxy Fold performed by iFixit in April of 2019.
Samsung Galaxy Fold Teardown
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+Fold+Teardown/122600
Tomi Engdahl says:
Inside Of A Chinese Click Farm (10,000+ phones)w
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NXvzhYnlTU0
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/19/18263844/apple-iphone-prototype-m68-original-development-board-red