• China Fires Starting Gun on 5G Scale Game

    Operators switch on 5G services in China Last week, on 1 November, China's three main mobile operators — China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom — switched on their 5G ...

  • Samsung’s Foldable Future

    Foldable devices spark new wave of design excitement Once upon a time in the handset industry there was real excitement going into each new product launch. Would the phone slide ...

  • A Mobile Species

    Has the smartphone become a basic human right? In a growing number of countries, smartphones are not just a convenience, but an expectation. They've moved beyond critical mass, becoming a ...

  • Steep Development for 5G Phones in 2020

    Sales will rocket as prices tumble Commercial 5G networks are currently available in more than 20 countries in Western Europe, North America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. The big ...

  • Survey Reveals Early Consumer Appetite for 5G

    FDM CCS Insight finds healthy interest in 5G networks In August FDM CCS Insight surveyed more than 2,000 consumers in the US and the UK to discover their attitudes to ...

  • Surface Noise

    Microsoft's dual-screen Android phone was a surprise Last Wednesday, at an event devoted to its range of Surface devices, Microsoft teased a new, dual-screen Android smartphone called the Surface Duo. ...

  • Predictions for 2020 and Beyond

    FDM CCS Insight tips exciting developments in the connected word Yesterday in London, FDM CCS Insight drew more than 400 delegates from around the globe and notable figures from the ...

  • The Dark Night

    Phone-makers combine algorithms with optics for imaging magic When Google introduced Night Sight capability with its Pixel 3 phones, we called it one of the few "wow" features to appear ...

  • A Key Device

    F(x)tec releases a smartphone with a pop-out qwerty keyboard Android phones with physical keyboards are like buses: you wait ages for one, then three come together. I've covered Planet Computers' ...

  • Have Flagship Smartphone Prices Peaked?

    Apple's lower pricing for the iPhone 11 may suggest so Smartphone makers have been testing the economic rule of supply and demand for the past decade, seemingly defying conventional wisdom ...