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Sep 23, 2013

Are Acer and ASUS going to merge?

Stefan Constantinescu

ASUS and Acer are two companies that I have an incredibly difficult time trying to understand. Their computers are fine, but their respective mobile divisions? In one year they'll each ship about as many

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Sep 23, 2013

Xiaomi teases an online store for Europe

Stefan Constantinescu

When one of the biggest faces of Android, Hugo Barra, left Google to join Xiaomi, there was a ton of confusion. Why leave one of the world's most beloved companies? Why start working for

CHINESE PLAYERS

Sep 23, 2013

Oppo unveils the N1 with a 206-degrees rotating camera module, O-Touch and more!

Rajesh Pandey

Oppo, a relatively unknown Android smartphone out of Asia, has just announced their flagship handset for the second half of 2013 - the N1. The handset comes with quite a few unique features, which makes it

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Sep 17, 2013

ASUS unveils the new PadFone Infinity with a Snapdragon 800 processor

Rajesh Pandey

ASUS, today, at an event in Taipei, unveiled a new handset - the PadFone Infinity. The handset has the same name as its predecessor, and nearly has the same design language as well. The only physical

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Sep 13, 2013

Must Read: Hugo Barra talks about Google, Android, Xiaomi, and his plans for the future

Stefan Constantinescu

Whatever it is you're doing, stop it and go read this AllThingsD interview between Kara Swisher and Hugo Barra. Who is Hugo Barra? He was the guy who introduced the world to the first

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Sep 5, 2013

Huawei licenses the ARMv8 architecture, could very well start designing their own processors

Stefan Constantinescu

ARM is the UK company that powers the mobile industry. They design chips and architectures that they then allow anyone and every to use, for a licensing fee. Whether you're talking Qualcomm, Samsung, Apple,

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Sep 2, 2013

Meizu MX3 unveiled with Exynos 5 Octa-Core processor, 128GB internal storage, and Flyme 3.0

Rajesh Pandey

Meizu, today, unveiled its new flagship handset for the second half of 2013, the Meizu MX3. The MX3 is better than the MX2 in nearly every aspect, including the size. The handset is bigger than

CHINESE PLAYERS

Aug 29, 2013

Hugo Barra leaves Google to join Xiaomi

Stefan Constantinescu

Hugo Barra is a name you should all be familiar with since he's the guy who introduced both Nexus 7 devices to the world, as well as the Google Play Edition Galaxy S4. Last

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Aug 19, 2013

Samsung is losing China to the Chinese

Stefan Constantinescu

According to The Korea Herald, Samsung Electronics recently published a regulatory filing for H1 2013. The numbers they focus on are sales in specific territories. The Americas is where the company makes their most money,

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Aug 15, 2013

Fun Fact: World’s largest PC maker now sells more smartphones and tablets than PCs

Stefan Constantinescu

Lenovo is a company that rarely elicits an emotional response. There was once a time where ThinkPads were seen as the defacto laptop to own, but these days nearly every member of the press core

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Aug 12, 2013

ZTE to debut their first mobile chip next month

Stefan Constantinescu

Samsung does it. Apple does it. Even Huawei does it. What am I talking about? Designing chips. It's one thing to be just another handset OEM, cobbling together parts from various vendors, putting said

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Aug 8, 2013

Chinese company shoves 5,000 mAh battery inside sub 9 mm phone with a 5.5 inch screen

Stefan Constantinescu

Advancing the state of chemistry is hard. Mass producing new discoveries is hard. So how does one solve the dilemma of smartphones kicking the bucket right around the time you leave the office? Brute force.

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Aug 6, 2013

Chinese brands hold a 20% share of the smartphone market, which is totally crazy

Stefan Constantinescu

Half a decade ago, which sounds like a long time, but it really isn't, you needed to be a huge company to make a dent in the smartphone market. You had to partner with

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Aug 2, 2013

DigiTimes: HP Android phone coming this year

Stefan Constantinescu

A long time ago, before smartphones were a thing, HP made some of the best personal digital assistants on the face of this planet. Technically they were manufactured by HTC, who wasn't even known

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Jul 23, 2013

Video: Chinese firm adds windows to Android

Stefan Constantinescu

You know Qualcomm, you know Broadcom, and you know MediaTek, but have you ever heard of Rockchip? Probably not, but that doesn't mean they're not a big player, at least in China. Anyway,

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Jun 19, 2013

Huawei’s Ascend P6 to cost 359 EUR in Finland

Stefan Constantinescu

I watched Huawei's Ascend P6 launch yesterday, and enjoyed most of it, that is until the very end. When the company said their new flagship phone was going to cost 449 EUR, I immediately

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Jun 18, 2013

Huawei P6: Android on a 4.7″ anorexic iPhone 4

Stefan Constantinescu

Picture an iPhone 4 in your head. Now imagine it with a 4.7 720p inch screen. That's exactly what Huawei's new flagship phone, the Ascend P6, looks like. The Chinese handset says

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Jun 17, 2013

ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih says wearables are a “critical sector” for the company’s future

Stefan Constantinescu

ASUS, the company that made the first Nexus 7, and who will probably make the next Nexus 7, and who has no trouble copying Samsung's product names, says that wearables are going to be