Buying a low-cost rugged device? Approach with caution One of the oldest economic sayings, "caveat emptor", Latin for "let the buyer beware", should be top of mind for people eyeing ...

JioPhone Next targets millions of 2G feature phone users A couple of weeks ago, at Reliance Industries' 44th annual general meeting, Reliance Industries unveiled its much-anticipated JioPhone Next, an Android-based ...

Phones with e-SIMs are increasing. Should operators be afraid? For over a decade, the wireless industry has been preparing for a whole host of devices armed with reprogrammable embedded SIM ...

New survey charts the post-pandemic market for connected devices The connected consumer has changed a lot over the past year. The pandemic caused a long and deep disruption to lives, ...

Trustonic survey reveals upside to increased 5G device security Recently I came upon some interesting research from mobile technology company Trustonic, which has done customer survey work in three areas: ...

Phone-makers tap its mid-range platforms to cater to untapped segments In a study of recent mid-tier 5G smartphones featuring Qualcomm's Snapdragon 690 and Snapdragon 750G 5G system-on-chip (SoC), we noted ...

Should a handset-maker ever double as an operator? Last week, HMD Global, the Finnish company that makes phones using the Nokia brand, announced plans to introduce a mobile virtual network ...

But one in three phones sold this year will support 5G The mobile phone market will grow in 2021, but shipments will remain well below their pre-pandemic level until 2022. ...

Was the component shortage the final straw for LG? Yesterday, LG Electronics officially announced that it was exiting the handset business. Its decision to pull the plug on its smartphone ...

Smart tech ownership grows relentlessly Consumer tech products have proven hugely successful in capturing people's imaginations and, importantly, making them open their wallets. Ten years ago, most people even in ...