• One for All

    OnePlus Seeks to Break into the US with Carrier Support On Monday, at an event in New York City, OnePlus, a five-year-old smartphone maker from China, announced the availability of ...

  • Moto Maker

    Motorola Partners with iFixit for DIY Repair Kits Last week, Motorola became the first major smartphone manufacturer to supply official components to customers, allowing them to repair or update their ...

  • On the Cusp of 5G

    Plenty of Firsts and a Few Challenges This week I spent several days at Qualcomm's 4G/5G summit in Hong Kong. The event brings together all the major participants in the ...

  • eBay Launches Instant Selling of Used Smartphones

    Online Marketplace Looks to Break into Trade-In Business This week, eBay launched a new marketplace for second-hand smartphones. Called Instant Selling, the programme enables US customers to sell their smartphones ...

  • Flipkart and Amazon Square Off Again

    Online Retailers Hold Five-Day Shopping Festivals As the Diwali festival season arrives in India, so do online sales. Like every year since 2014, Flipkart and Amazon India are going head-to-head ...

  • Small Ambitions

    Is the Tiny Palm Phone the Start of a Big Trend? This week saw the unveiling of a diminutive Android-based smartphone designed to be used as a secondary device. The ...

  • Huawei Squares Up to Smartphone Rivals

    Adds New Mate 20 Series Devices to Its Arsenal I've attended many Huawei device launches and a few years ago, the seemingly blind optimism of Richard Yu, the charismatic CEO ...

  • The Feature Phone Challenge

    A Week of Digital Detox Last week, I took a short holiday after a busy few months. Taking a cue from my colleague Marina Koytcheva's presentation at our recent Predictions ...

  • India’s Shrinking Mobile Connections

    Wireless Operators Look to Data for Growth India has become the world's second-largest wireless telecom market with about 730 million unique subscribers and 1.1 billion connections at the end of ...

  • Pixie Dust

    Did Google Sprinkle Enough Magic on Its New Products? At a company event held in New York City on Tuesday, Google unveiled a series of new and updated hardware products. ...