Apple Take 3rd Place in Global Mobile Market
New data from market intelligence firm IDC this week places Apple as the third largest manufacturer of mobile phones, in a fourth quarter of 2011 which overall showed surprisingly little growth on the same period of 2010.
Apple’s latest model, the iPhone 4S, was partly responsible for a jump of almost double the number of units shipped over the last calendar year compared to 2010, increasing from 47.5 million to 93.2 million in a jump of over 96%.
With Apple gaining so much ground in the smartphone race for market share, there had to be losers and the primary victim of the surge was LG, whose reported drop of almost 25 percentage points in smartphone sales between the end of 2010 and two months ago has badly affected shareholder confidence.
The Korean manufacturer’s overall market share is only down from 8.4% to 5.7%, though considering the huge amount of smartphones purchased in that year (nearly one and a half billion, up 11.1% on 2010), LG’s growth has certainly slowed compared to the iPhone’s success story.
The top two mobile makers remained unchanged with Samsung in second after near one-fifth growth year-on-year, whilst leaders Nokia, who also reported a loss of ground to Apple maintain top spot despite sales down from 453 million during 2010 to 417 over the last calendar year.
Apple Take 3rd Place in Global Mobile Market
New data from market intelligence firm IDC this week places Apple as the third largest manufacturer of mobile phones, in a fourth quarter of 2011 which overall showed surprisingly little growth on the same period of 2010.
Apple’s latest model, the iPhone 4S, was partly responsible for a jump of almost double the number of units shipped over the last calendar year compared to 2010, increasing from 47.5 million to 93.2 million in a jump of over 96%.
With Apple gaining so much ground in the smartphone race for market share, there had to be losers and the primary victim of the surge was LG, whose reported drop of almost 25 percentage points in smartphone sales between the end of 2010 and two months ago has badly affected shareholder confidence.
The Korean manufacturer’s overall market share is only down from 8.4% to 5.7%, though considering the huge amount of smartphones purchased in that year (nearly one and a half billion, up 11.1% on 2010), LG’s growth has certainly slowed compared to the iPhone’s success story.
The top two mobile makers remained unchanged with Samsung in second after near one-fifth growth year-on-year, whilst leaders Nokia, who also reported a loss of ground to Apple maintain top spot despite sales down from 453 million during 2010 to 417 over the last calendar year.
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Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD Specifications
Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD Specifications
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SIZE |
height*depth*width |
- |
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weight |
- | |
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MEMORY |
Phone memory |
16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM |
|
External Memory |
Micro SD card up to 32 GB | |
|
Phone Book |
Practically unlimited with photo call | |
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CAMERA & VIDEO |
Pixel |
8 Mega Pixels with Auto Focus and LED flash, Front 2 Mp Camera |
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Digital/Optical Zoom |
Yes | |
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Video Recording |
Yes, 1080p@30fps | |
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Features |
Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization | |
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BATTERY PERFORMANCE |
Talk time |
- |
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Standby |
- | |
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ENTERTAINMENT |
Ringtones |
MP3 Ringtones |
|
Music player |
MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player | |
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Radio |
NO | |
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TV |
No | |
|
Gaming |
Yes + Downloadable | |
|
Screen savers, Themes |
Yes | |
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CONNECTIVITY & NETWORKS |
Bluetooth “technology” |
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR |
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Infrared |
No | |
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USB |
microUSB v2.0 | |
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Wi-Fi |
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot | |
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Network support |
2G – GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900. 3G – HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 4G – LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 |
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Browser |
HTML5, Adobe Flash | |
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Band |
Quad band | |
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SCREEN & USER INTERFACE |
Screen |
Super AMOLED Plus Touchscreen, 16M colors |
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Screen size |
3.65 inches 320 x 480 pixels | |
|
User Input |
Full Touchscreen display | |
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COMMUNICATIONS |
Messages |
SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM and Instant Messaging |
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Access to easy mail with attachments | |
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SOFTWARE & APPLICATION |
Operating system |
Android OS, v2.3.5 Gingerbread |
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ENVIRONMENTAL |
- | |
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OTHER SPECS |
3.5 mm Audio jack, SNS integration, JAVA enabled with MIDP, Document editor, Image editor, Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD Features
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Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD Specifications
Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD Specifications
|
SIZE |
height*depth*width |
- |
|
weight |
- | |
|
MEMORY |
Phone memory |
16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM |
|
External Memory |
Micro SD card up to 32 GB | |
|
Phone Book |
Practically unlimited with photo call | |
|
CAMERA & VIDEO |
Pixel |
8 Mega Pixels with Auto Focus and LED flash, Front 2 Mp Camera |
|
Digital/Optical Zoom |
Yes | |
|
Video Recording |
Yes, 1080p@30fps | |
|
Features |
Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization | |
|
BATTERY PERFORMANCE |
Talk time |
- |
|
Standby |
- | |
|
ENTERTAINMENT |
Ringtones |
MP3 Ringtones |
|
Music player |
MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player | |
|
Radio |
NO | |
|
TV |
No | |
|
Gaming |
Yes + Downloadable | |
|
Screen savers, Themes |
Yes | |
|
CONNECTIVITY & NETWORKS |
Bluetooth “technology” |
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR |
|
Infrared |
No | |
|
USB |
microUSB v2.0 | |
|
Wi-Fi |
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot | |
|
Network support |
2G – GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900. 3G – HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 4G – LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 |
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Browser |
HTML5, Adobe Flash | |
|
Band |
Quad band | |
|
SCREEN & USER INTERFACE |
Screen |
Super AMOLED Plus Touchscreen, 16M colors |
|
Screen size |
3.65 inches 320 x 480 pixels | |
|
User Input |
Full Touchscreen display | |
|
COMMUNICATIONS |
Messages |
SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM and Instant Messaging |
|
|
Access to easy mail with attachments | |
|
SOFTWARE & APPLICATION |
Operating system |
Android OS, v2.3.5 Gingerbread |
|
ENVIRONMENTAL |
- | |
|
OTHER SPECS |
3.5 mm Audio jack, SNS integration, JAVA enabled with MIDP, Document editor, Image editor, Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD Features
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iPhone 4S Rival Alert : Nokia Lumia 800 Now Down To £360
The price of the SIM Free/Unlocked version of the Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone smartphone has dropped to £360 at Ebuyer, a 10 per cent shortly after the handset officially went on sale.
It is not known whether the price drop could be due to the newly launched US-bound Lumia 900 which has a bigger screen and a front facing camera.
We did notice however that the cheaper Nokia Lumia 710 was on sale at O2 for just under £200 making it the cheapest Windows Phone Mango handset on the market; that is a third off its original suggested retail price (although the one from O2 is locked).
The Lumia 800 comes with a 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED capacitive ClearBlack touchscreen, a single core Qualcomm Snapdragon clocked at 1.4GHz, an eight megapixel camera with flash and HD recording capabilities, 512MB RAM, 16GB onboard storage and an array of Nokia and Microsoft services.
These include Microsoft Office Mobile, Internet Explorer 9, Nokia Drive, Nokia Maps, Nokia Music, Mix Radio as well as Xbox Live, Zune and Marketplace.
Nokia will have a press conference on Monday February 27th at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and we suspect that they will unveil one new handset.
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iPhone 4S Rival Alert : Nokia Lumia 800 Now Down To £360
The price of the SIM Free/Unlocked version of the Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone smartphone has dropped to £360 at Ebuyer, a 10 per cent shortly after the handset officially went on sale.
It is not known whether the price drop could be due to the newly launched US-bound Lumia 900 which has a bigger screen and a front facing camera.
We did notice however that the cheaper Nokia Lumia 710 was on sale at O2 for just under £200 making it the cheapest Windows Phone Mango handset on the market; that is a third off its original suggested retail price (although the one from O2 is locked).
The Lumia 800 comes with a 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED capacitive ClearBlack touchscreen, a single core Qualcomm Snapdragon clocked at 1.4GHz, an eight megapixel camera with flash and HD recording capabilities, 512MB RAM, 16GB onboard storage and an array of Nokia and Microsoft services.
These include Microsoft Office Mobile, Internet Explorer 9, Nokia Drive, Nokia Maps, Nokia Music, Mix Radio as well as Xbox Live, Zune and Marketplace.
Nokia will have a press conference on Monday February 27th at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and we suspect that they will unveil one new handset.
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Apple Remove Products From Sale In Germany
Apple has been forced to remove its iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and 3G iPad 2 devices from the German online Apple store following a patent battle with Motorola Mobility, according to a report from Business Week.
The dispute is centred on a patent license held by Motorola concerning a GPRS module that it believes is being infringed upon by Apple in their older Infineon chipset devices. As a result of the action, a German court has taken the decision to suspend sales through retail channels in the country until the patent issue is resolved. As the iPhone 4S is powered by a Qualcomm baseband chip, it is exempt from the ban.
Apple has rejected the injunction on the grounds that Motorola refused to license the patent on a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) basis, and have gone on to state that the products in question will still be available in Apple stores and via authorised dealers.
The dispute is one of several court cases currently being fought by the Californian tech giant – an unrelated case involving patents concerning the iCloud service, also involving Motorola, was recently lost by Apple in the same Mannheim court.
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Apple Remove Products From Sale In Germany
Apple has been forced to remove its iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and 3G iPad 2 devices from the German online Apple store following a patent battle with Motorola Mobility, according to a report from Business Week.
The dispute is centred on a patent license held by Motorola concerning a GPRS module that it believes is being infringed upon by Apple in their older Infineon chipset devices. As a result of the action, a German court has taken the decision to suspend sales through retail channels in the country until the patent issue is resolved. As the iPhone 4S is powered by a Qualcomm baseband chip, it is exempt from the ban.
Apple has rejected the injunction on the grounds that Motorola refused to license the patent on a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) basis, and have gone on to state that the products in question will still be available in Apple stores and via authorised dealers.
The dispute is one of several court cases currently being fought by the Californian tech giant – an unrelated case involving patents concerning the iCloud service, also involving Motorola, was recently lost by Apple in the same Mannheim court.
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Samsung Star 3 Duos Price
Samsung Star 3 Duos Price
Samsung Star 3 Duos is the name of the latest dual SIM card support full Touchscreen display mobile phone comes with best features. It has 3.15 Mp Camera with digital zoom, WiFi facility and more features.
Samsung Star 3 Duos Price in India is Rs. Coming soon
Samsung S5222 Duos Features
- Camera – 3.15 Mega pixels
- Video recording
- Stereo FM Radio with RDS
- 3.5 mm Audio jack
- Micro SD card – 32 GB
- Dual SIM with dual standby
- Display – 3 ” TFT Touchscreen
- SNS integration
- Document viewer
- Downloadable Games
- GPRS / EDGE enabled
- Wireless LAN WiFi
- Bluetooth / USB connectivity
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus Telus Price
Samsung Galaxy Nexus Telus Price
Samsung Galaxy Nexus Telus is a one of the 3G supporting Android OS mobile phone launched by Samsung comes packed with impressive features. It has 16 GB internal storage, A-GPS support, and more features.
Samsung Galaxy Nexus Telus Price in India is Rs. Coming soon
Samsung Galaxy Nexus Telus Features
- Display – 4.65 ” Super AMOLED
- Multi touch input method
- Camera – 5 mega pixels
- Front 1.3 Mp Camera
- Wireless LAN WiFi
- GPS with A-GPS support
- GPRS / EDGE enabled
- 3G connectivity
- HTML / Flash browser
- Document viewer
- Google applications
- Li-ion 1750 mAh battery
- Document viewer
- Running on Android v4.0
- Email, Push Email, IM and RSS support
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