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Smartphone Sales Fall 20.4 Pct Globally Amid Pandemic

Smartphone Sales Fall 20.4 Pct Globally Amid Pandemic
Smartphone Sales Fall 20.4 Pct Globally Amid Pandemic
August 25, 2020  |  Mobile

Smartphone sales around the world dropped 20.4 percent in the second quarter, research and advisory firm Gartner said in a Tuesday (Aug. 25) press release....

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Nokia Phone Licensee HMD Global Notches $230M In Funding
Nokia Phone Licensee HMD Global Notches $230M In Funding
August 11, 2020  |  Investments

HMD Global, the exclusive licensee of the Nokia brand for tablets and smartphones, notched a $230 million investment from some of its leading strategic partners...

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Apple iPhone Sales Could Plummet 30 Pct With WeChat Ban
Apple iPhone Sales Could Plummet 30 Pct With WeChat Ban
August 10, 2020  |  Retail

President Trump’s threatened bans on ByteDance’s TikTok and Tencent Holdings’ WeChat, both based in China, could significantly slash Apple’s sale of iPhones, per indications from a...

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Google Takes On Apple With New Pixel 4a Smartphone
Google Takes On Apple With New Pixel 4a Smartphone
August 03, 2020  |  Mobile

Move over, Apple – there’s a new smartphone from Google on the way. On Monday (August 3), Google unveiled its new Android phone, the Pixel...

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Apple Buys Mobeewave For $100M
Apple Buys Mobeewave For $100M
August 02, 2020  |  Mobile Commerce

Apple has purchased Canadian company Mobeewave, which will allow it to create mobile pay hubs out of iPhones, Bloomberg reported. The deal went down for...

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China’s iPhone Sales Skyrocket In Q2
China’s iPhone Sales Skyrocket In Q2
July 29, 2020  |  Mobile Commerce

One day before Apple Inc. is set to release its latest earnings report, third-party figures reveal that its China iPhone sales increased by 225 percent...

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Smartphone Demand Plummets In China By 16 Pct
Smartphone Demand Plummets In China By 16 Pct
July 13, 2020  |  Mobile

As China’s economy rebounds from COVID-19, smartphone sales have not been part of the recovery. Shipments of the devices in China fell 16 percent in...

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