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Online customers in Asia prefer Asian-made smartphones
Online customers in Asia prefer Asian-made smartphones most of all according to findings made by analysts. Read more…
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E-waste dystopia isn’t science fiction – it’s reality
Chinese SF author warns #RISEConf that e-waste is an urgent issue that’s going to get worse if everyone keeps treating it as someone else’s problem. Read more…
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Vietnam’s Vingroup new factory to produce 125m smartphones
Vingroup, Vietnam’s biggest listed firm by market value, has started work on a second smartphone factory with a capacity to produce 125 million units a year. Read more…
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For Sony smartphones are losing money but indispensable
Sony Corp sees the smartphone business as indispensable to its brand portfolio, bucking calls to scrap the money-losing business. Read more…
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LG Electronics to stop producing smartphones in South Korea
LG Electronics Inc said on Thursday it would stop producing smartphones in South Korea Read more…
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Indian parties blitz smartphones with political cartoons
Smartphones have made it a lot easier for Indian political parties to get out their message to more voters with political cartoons aimed at youth market. Read more…
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The future of smartphones is flexible, foldable – and expensive
Cheers were followed by gasps when the Huawei revealed its eye-watering 2,299 euros ($2,600) price tag, although that includes a 5G connection. Read more…
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Sony tries to climb smartphone ladder with movie screens
Sony aims to capitalise on its movie pedigree with new devices featuring 21:9 ratio screens, the dimensions used to film blockbusters. Read more…
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Vietnam’s Vingroup plans worldwide launch of smartphones
HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) – Vingroup, Vietnam’s top listed firm by market value, underlined its technology ambitions on Friday with the launch of its first smartphones, which it plans to sell around the world. Read more…
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Apple to subsidize iPhone XR price cuts in Japan: WSJ
(Reuters) – Major Japanese wireless carriers are planning to cut the price of Apple’s iPhone XR as early as next week, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The iPhone Read more…