CR: Chinese market accounted for nearly half of all 5G smartphones sales in 2019

According to the latest report from Counterpoint Research China accounted for 48% of all 5G smartphone shipments in 2019. Huawei (including Honor) captured 74% of 5G smartphone sales in China while Samsung was the global leader with a 40% market share. In addition, the overall smartphone sell-through (percentage of devices sold by retailers) declined … Read more

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra has the most color accurate screen Display Mate has ever tested

Display Mate just published its findings on the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra’s display and long story short, the new panel set or matched 12 performance records, earning an A+ grade. It received a “visually indistinguishable from perfect” mark on 5 out of the 12 records. The new display is 14% brighter than that of … Read more

Apple issues revenue warning due to slowdown in China

Apple posted an update to its quarterly guidance to investors from January, informing them to expect lower revenues and slower iPhone business. Due to the health response to the outbreak of the Coronavirus, iPhone manufacturing factories are working slower than usual. The factories have re-opened, but are yet to ramp up production to meet … Read more

Nubia cancels MWC 2020 plans, Red Magic 5G to be announced domestically

MWC 2020 isn’t happening, this much is clear by now. Companies dropped out one by one and ultimately the event’s governing body canceled it altogether – an unfortunate consequence of the raging novel coronavirus outbreak in China. One of the last remaining participants to announce it will be pulling out of the congress, Nubia … Read more

Samsung sells a limited number of Galaxy Z Flip units ahead of official launch

Samsung held an exclusive sale of a limited number of Galaxy Z Flip phones in its Digital Plaza stores in Seoul, prior to the official release of the phone (in Korea, pre-orders are supposed to start shipping tomorrow). Only 900 units were available, but they were all sold before the end of the day, … Read more