Canalys posted its latest research on global smartphone shipments. The report said 296.9 million units were moved in Q1 2025, just 0.2% up from the same period last year. Markets like Mainland China and the United States saw a healthy increase, which was offset by India, Europe, and the Middle East, where consumers approached the … Read More “Canalys: Global smartphone market stays flat in Q1” »
Canalys posted its latest research on global smartphone shipments. The report said 296.9 million units were moved in Q1 2025, just 0.2% up from the same period last year. Markets like Mainland China and the United States saw a healthy increase, which was offset by India, Europe, and the Middle East, where consumers approached the … Read More “Canalys: Global smartphone market stays flat in Q1” »
Following the launch of the Moto Edge 60 Fusion in India earlier this month, Motorola proceeded to introduce other members of the Edge 60 series – today, the Pro goes on pre-order. It’s the top dog of the series and stands out from the vanilla Edge 60 with a faster chipset (the Dimensity 8350 Extreme … Read More “Motorola Edge 60 Pro goes on pre-order in India, is a bit cheaper than last year’s Pro” »
HMD and Lava will both introduce smartphones that will receive broadcast TV without the need for internet or Wi-Fi. The devices will be showcased during the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025, which will take place between May 1 and 4 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, India. The technology is … Read More “HMD and Lava to launch phones with broadcast TV support” »
Spotify has added five million premium users in the first quarter of this year (between January and March), the company has just revealed. That’s a 12% increase compared to Q1 2024, and brings the total paying subscribers to 268 million. The streaming service has also reported a record quarterly operating income of €509 million (about … Read More “Spotify had a record quarter, now has 678 million users” »
MediaTek is working on its 2025 flagship chipset and it sounds like it’s going to be a monster, based on information shared by Digital Chat Station. The chip will be fabbed on TSMC’s N3P node (the 9400 and 9400+ are N3E) and will feature an all-large CPU core architecture, plus a significantly more powerful NPU. … Read More “Dimensity 9500 specs leak: all-big CPU cores, monster NPU and other improvements” »
According to a new rumor from the usual reliable Digital Chat Station over on Weibo, all four iPhone 17 models will sport 12GB of RAM, and the A19 Pro chip used for the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max will be made on TSMC’s 3nm process with significantly improved performance versus the A18 Pro. A … Read More “iPhone 18 models to get enhanced memory, iPhone 17 series to have 12GB of RAM” »
Sony Group might spin off the Semiconductor division into a separate business entity, Bloomberg reports. According to people familiar with the matter, the Japanese company is considering distributing the bulk of the chip business to shareholders, retaining a minority stake after the spinoff. The change might occur as soon as this year, but deliberations are … Read More “Sony might separate its camera sensor business” »
Oppo launched the Find X8 Pro in October, and so its successor is probably coming around the same month this year. Ahead of that, we’re now hearing that the Find X9 Pro will significantly alter its camera setup compared to its predecessor. According to a new rumor out of China, the Find X9 Pro will … Read More “Oppo Find X9 Pro will switch things up in the camera department” »
In what may be the weirdest promo in a few weeks at least, Samsung is now advertising its Galaxy S25 series and Galaxy AI by providing everyone with a free ride on The View Ferris wheel in Brussels, Belgium, on Place Poelaert. This normally costs €10 to ride, but from May 3 until May 18, … Read More “Samsung is making this Ferris wheel free for two weeks” »