Android is, by far, the most popular operating system, running on 2.5 billion devices and more than 80% of smartphones around the world. It’s also pretty much synonymous with American tech giant Google, which bought Android in 2005.
Vivo working on its own chipset, leak shows
The world’s top three biggest smartphone companies all make their own mobile chipsets.
Xiaomi, Vivo withstand COVID-19 impact in Q1 2020
We got an email from a market-research firm earlier, revealing how smartphone brands performed in the first quarter of 2020.
Huawei hires Nvidia engineers for rumored entry into GPU market
In case you missed the Huawei P40 series announcement in China, Huawei now has a bank card of its own. And, yes, there’s also a physical card with NFC for contactless payments. Perhaps more impressively, the technology firm might also venture into the video game industry further down the line.
Huawei, China now lead global patent race — report
The World Intellectual Property Organization has published its performance report for 2019 with some interesting findings.
Exynos 990 as good as Snapdragon 865, Samsung claims
In a statement sent to SamMobile, which is a tech website covering all things Samsung, the Korean tech company has reaffirmed its stance that the Exynos 990 is just as good as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865.
Counterpoint: Phone market not crashing, Xiaomi No. 4 in Feb 2020
A new report by Counterpoint Research suggests that the smartphone market didn’t decline as drastically as another company put it.
Angkas now delivers food amid coronavirus ‘quarantine’
When you say “food-delivery services,” we think of Foodpanda, GrabFood, LalaFood, and the likes. Angkas? The first thing that comes to mind is its Twitter account, which is known to dish out funny, quick-witted posts.
Watch: 5G and 4G speed tests on the Huawei Mate 30 Pro
The Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G is now available in the Philippines, both through a telco and off-contract at local retailers.
Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi phones dominate 2019 rankings
Only smartphones from three brands made it to the latest lists of top global handsets, both in the last quarter of 2019 and in full year 2019.
How AppGallery fulfills Huawei’s vision for a reliable app ecosystem
“We believe technology should be open and available for everyone. Only then can we use technology to move the world forward and to make a better connected world.”
Realme biggest winner in PH smartphone market in Q4 2019
Global research firm Canalys has published its latest shipment estimates for the Philippine market. As expected, China-based companies Huawei, Vivo, OPPO, and Realme dominated the domestic smartphone industry, while South Korea’s Samsung was the only non-Chinese brand in the top five of the results last quarter.
Apple, Huawei biggest-winning phone brands in Q4, full year 2019
Apple dominated the global smartphone market in the fourth quarter of 2019, outperforming rivals Samsung and Huawei, according to the latest estimates from research firm Canalys.
POCO now an independent brand amid Pocophone F2 launch rumors
Great news, Pocophone fans. Xiaomi global VP Manu Kumar Jain today confirmed on Twitter that POCO will now be an independent brand in India.
Debunking myths: Huawei Mobile Services explained
While it’s unfortunate that Huawei can’t use Google Mobile Services because of an ongoing trade dispute between two of the world’s biggest economies, a world without Google hasn’t slowed down the second-biggest Android vendor on the global market.
Look! This is OPPO, Xiaomi, Vivo’s file-transfer tech in action
Remember the Peer-to-Peer Transmission Alliance, formerly known as the Inter-Transfer Alliance Group, which was formed by Vivo, Xiaomi, and OPPO to establish a cross-brand platform for sharing files from one device to another?
Vivo, Xiaomi, OPPO to roll out AirDrop-like feature soon
Back in August 2019, Vivo, Xiaomi, and OPPO announced a partnership called the Inter-Transfer Alliance Group, which is now called Peer-to-Peer Transmission Alliance. It will enable their devices to have an AirDrop-like file-transfer feature for wireless and seamless sharing of data at high speeds.
Lenovo PH teases Legion gaming phone, Z6 series models
Ever since confirming that Lenovo smartphones are making a comeback in the Philippines, the company has since posted three more teasers on Facebook.
Win phones, get freebies at Huawei’s 2nd AppGallery Festival
Are you a Huawei phone user based in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, or Thailand? Huawei is celebrating its 2nd AppGallery Festival the whole month of January 2020 to start the new year.
‘Huawei NovaBuds’ trademark filing hints at Nova wearables
Huawei might be venturing into launching Nova-branded wearables in the future.