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Apr 24, 2013

ZTE now gives Microsoft money for every Android device they sell

Stefan Constantinescu

Andy Rubin, the man who gave birth to the Android operating system, did so at a company he started up called Danger. Now everyone knows Andy works for Google, but not many people remember that

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 23, 2013

Analyst says Samsung made three out of every ten smartphones shipped in Q1 2013

Stefan Constantinescu

TrendForce, an analyst firm that doesn't exactly have the same notoriety as say Gartner or Strategy Analytics, has put out their Q1 2013 smartphone shipment data for all to see. They say that Samsung

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 22, 2013

DigiTimes: Acer to release a successor to the Iconia B1 in June

Stefan Constantinescu

Tablets running Android started out as high end devices meant to compete with the Apple iPad. Most of them, scratch that, all of them failed miserably. Manufacturers then thought to themselves that if they can'

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 19, 2013

ZTE celebrates 500 million phones sold, says they’ll focus on boutique devices from here on

Stefan Constantinescu

ZTE has just published a press release saying the company has sold more than 500 million mobile phones. The company has been making phones for 15 years, so it’s about damn time they

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 19, 2013

DigiTimes: 100 million cheap Android tablets are expected to be sold in China this year

Stefan Constantinescu

Cheap Android tablets, the kind you see for less than $149, are a runaway hit. The kind of people who buy them typically don't want all the whiz-bang features of higher end products,

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 17, 2013

The company that makes the iPhone for Apple is now paying Microsoft to make Android phones

Stefan Constantinescu

Hon Hai, better known as Foxconn, is the Taiwanese company that makes the iPhone for Apple. But they're also a company that makes smartphones for other handset makers. According to a report from Reuters,

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 16, 2013

DigiTimes: Demand for 3G enabled tablets growing, puts MediaTek in a great position

Stefan Constantinescu

I've always made the assumption that people buy tablets solely to use at home, but then I began realizing that every iPad owner I know has a model with cellular connectivity. According to a

video huaweis g510 is just 200 and its now available in the uk

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 15, 2013

Video: Huawei’s G510 is just $200, and it’s now available in the UK

Stefan Constantinescu

I'll never forget when Nokia launched the N95 in 2007. For 600 EUR, or roughly $785, you could buy yourself a phone with a 2.6 inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixel) screen, WiFi,

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 15, 2013

Irony: Huawei’s Head of Devices says he can’t compete with low cost Chinese vendors

Stefan Constantinescu

When ZTE and Huawei started picking up steam, companies like Nokia, which at the time built phones in Finland, Hungary, Germany, and several other European countries, were scared that they were going to have to

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 11, 2013

Oppo will launch a 6.13 mm thick smartphone, and chances are you’ll never get to see it

Stefan Constantinescu

Oppo is a Chinese company that likes to make smartphones that are quite a bit nicer than what their local competitors launch, but trust me, I've played with several Oppo smartphones during my travels

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 10, 2013

ZTE Geek: One of the first Android phones to use Intel’s new 2 GHz Atom Z2580 chip

Stefan Constantinescu

ZTE has just announced a phone in China called the "Geek". Not making this up. It has a 5 inch 720p screen (boo!), but what makes it special is the CPU: Intel's brand new

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 9, 2013

DigiTimes: ASUS shipped 3 million tablets in Q1, has a goal to ship 12 million in all of 2013

Stefan Constantinescu

ASUS, the company that gamers have known forever, but consumers are finally becoming familiar with thanks to the Nexus 7, has just revealed some shipment figures that are quite interesting. According to DigiTimes, ASUS shipped

29573 03 acer ready their iconia a1 810 to fight the ipad mini full

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 9, 2013

DigiTimes: Acer thinking about shaving $100 off their iPad mini clone to increase sales

Stefan Constantinescu

According to a report on the Taiwanese supply chain slash rumor website DigiTimes, Acer is thinking about cutting the price of the Iconia A1 to $149 from $249. Never heard of the Iconia A1? It&

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 9, 2013

Huawei wanted to ship 60 million smartphones last year, but they barely did half that

Stefan Constantinescu

Huawei is a Chinese network infrastructure vendor that once made cheap phones for operators, but then they decided to pull an HTC and promote their own brand. The company has had a lot of success,

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 3, 2013

Lenovo to pull a Samsung and start making their own chips

Stefan Constantinescu

Why are Apple and Samsung so healthy while everyone else in the handset business is barely getting by? Depending on who you ask you'll get a different answer, but for me it's all

ANDROID PHONES

Mar 25, 2013

Huawei is planning to launch a Samsung Galaxy S4 clone next month

Stefan Constantinescu

Huawei, the Chinese handset maker that seems to announce a new flagship smartphone every other month, is allegedly going to unveil a device in April that pretty much has the exact same specifications as the

CHINESE PLAYERS

Mar 22, 2013

Leak: Huawei Ascend G700: $300 will buy a 5 inch 720p screen and a quad core processor

Stefan Constantinescu

The anonymous Twitter account @evleaks just tweeted a photo of an unannounced Huawei smartphone called the Ascend G700. It allegedly has a 5 inch 720p display, quad core MediaTek MT6589 processor, 2 GB of RAM,