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Report: iPhone shipments dropped 15% in Q3, Apple in 4th place for overall smartphone market share

August 6, 2019
When Apple announced its Q3 earnings last week we learned that the company’s iPhone revenue dropped, but the company doesn’t share data on unit sales for its products. IHS Markit is out today with its report on the overall smartphone market including its estimates on iPhone shipments. Last week we saw estimates from Strategy Analytics and Counterpoint Research pinning iPhone shipments as…
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Samsung Galaxy Note10+ 5G logistics box leaks

August 6, 2019
Samsung will unveil its Galaxy Note10, Galaxy Note10+ and Galaxy Note10+ 5G tomorrow but the leaks keep pouring in. Just today we saw a Galaxy Note10+ in a lifestyle shot and now we have the logistics box of the 5G Note10. The box reveals the model number SM-N976 and the…
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Sprint's next 5G phone is made by OnePlus

August 6, 2019
Sprint is adding another 5G phone to its (currently narrow) selection, and you might like who’s making it — though it won’t be great news for people on other networks. The carrier has announced that OnePlus is prepping a 5G device for the network, with…
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64MP quad-cam flagship to be called Realme 5, CEO confirms

August 6, 2019
Realme is expected to announce its 64MP quad camera smartphone soon. The company has scheduled an event in India on August 8 where it will showcase its camera, but we are unlikely to get more details about the phones until later. Many are assuming this 64MP quad camera smartphone will be called the Realme 4, but that’s unlikely to happen as Chinese smartphone brands skip the number four…
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Apple may soon hand special iPhones to security researchers

August 6, 2019
Apple will start providing security researchers special iPhones and will finally launch a bug bounty program for Mac, according to Forbes. Cupertino will reportedly announce those security measures at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas later this week in an…
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LG prepping another dual-screen phone for release at IFA 2019

August 6, 2019
LG has released an 8-bit style teaser video ahead of IFA 2019 that shows what appears to be a dual-screen phone slated for a September 6 launch date. If you cast your mind back to MWC 2019, you’ll remember the LG V50 ThinQ was unveiled with that dual-screen gaming attachment. This teaser hints at a follow-up to that phone with a second display — potentially the LG V60 ThinQ. As foldable…
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LG teases dual screen phone ahead of IFA 2019

August 6, 2019
While Samsung and Huawei are aiming to usher in the era of foldable phones with the Galaxy Fold and Mate X, LG has taken a slightly different approach. When the LG V50 ThinQ launched the company released an additional screen case which attached to the phone resulting in a…
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HTC stops selling phones in the UK after a patent dispute

August 6, 2019
HTC cannot catch a break with its smartphone business – in another unfavorable development the Taiwanese company is now blocked from selling its phones through major retailers in the United Kingdom after a patent dispute with Munich-based company Ipcom. The R&D entity claims it has licenses over a wireless technology developed for car phones and HTC has agreed to sell its devices with a…
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