15.5 Percent up on last year

Smartphone sales soared 15.5 percent in the third quarter of 2015 compared to this time last year.

Richtek acquisition was a good deal

MediaTek posted record quarterly results yesterday thanks partly to its purchase of analogue IC specialist Richtek Technology.

5.0-incher with Snapdragon 801 SoC

As OnePlus hinted during the launch of their flagship OnePlus Two smartphone, the company has now officially launched its second smartphone in 2015, the OnePlus X.

5.0-incher with Snapdragon 617 SoC and Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS

During its event, HTC has officially announced its latest One-series smartphone, the HTC One A9. Based on unibody full-metal design and a 5.0-inch AMOLED Full HD screen, the HTC One A9 will be the first smartphone to run on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 617 SoC and Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS.

MediaTek SoC pushes HDR picture

We spent some time with Sony X9005C TV which is the first TV to be powered with the Android 5.0. The latest updated version was released yesterday and upgraded this model and a few other Android TV's from Sony to Android 5.1.1

But investors are unlikely to cheer

Samsung is expected to announce its first annual increase in quarterly profit in two years following a dismal third quarter in 2014, but word on the street is that things are not going well.

Smartphone trademark world war cools

The world war between companies fighting over patent infringement connected to smartphones is starting to die out as all sides collapse of legal exhaustion.

40 million heading to Western Europe

MediaTek is winning market share in all territories as the outfit moves to challenge Qualcomm. . 

My next smartphone is coming at the beginning of October.

Lenovo has listened to my repeated requests and has cooked up two amazing smartphones. While that sentence isn't entirely accurate, the fact is, Lenovo Vibe P1 and P1m are amazing and come with huge batteries, just the way I like.

Increasing capacity

Lenovo is ramping up the capacity rates of its handset production facilities by stepping into the OEM handset business.