When we think of the several giant smartphone manufacturers in Taiwan, it is HTC that we see as the standout company, the one that has delivered the best smartphones on a consistent basis. However, in its homeland HTC is actually far from being the number one company in terms of value, with that honor going to ASUS.
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Chinese companies are revamping their mid-range line ups by making their handsets metal. Meizu was first out of the blocks with the M2 Blue Charm Metal, while LeTV launched the metal Le 1s this week. Next up is Xiaomi, the leading smartphone manufacturer in China, with a metal variant of its Redmi Note 2.
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The most celebrated gaming company of them all, Nintendo, is about to release its first ever smartphone game tomorrow. Nintendo has been making its first strides in the market, working with DeNA to port games to mobile technology. By March Nintendo plans to have five titles on the market, and the first game will land tomorrow.
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Samsung has officially announced its massive Galaxy View tablet today, arguably the biggest bona fide slate on the market. Perhaps highlighting the current decline in the tablet market, Samsung did not hold a major event for the product, letting out the news quietly.
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It seems that HTC's new "flagship" One A9 will be available across the four major carriers in the United States. The device was already confirmed for AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile and now Verizon has stated that it will be carrying the new smartphone too.
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Huawei is releasing plenty of new smartphones in the coming weeks, and the latest is the Mate 8, which will be launched on November 5 according to an invitation found on Chinese social media website Weibo. We know the Mate 8 will probably be flagship quality because Huawei is advertising it as the device that will carry the company's new Kirin 950 chipset.
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Chinese brand Oppo has announced a new smartphone, the latest to come with a nice design, low specs, and a low price tag. The handset in question is called the Neo 7 and it is a device that is unlikely to appeal to those who want at least some exciting hardware.
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Samsung is rolling out a software update for the Galaxy S6 Edge+, the first that the handset has received since being launched three months ago. The handset is getting the upgrade just after its sibling of sorts, the Galaxy Note 5, got its first update.
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If you want to grab the HTC One A9 at its introductory price of $399.99 (directly from the company) then you will need to be quick. That's because the price will apparently go up a full $100 to $499.99 by November 7, which is eleven days away.
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T-Mobile enjoyed another successful three months through the third quarter of 2015 as the company announced 2.3 million net customers for the period ending September 30. The Magenta Network is actually making a profit these days, with income flowing finally on the back of plenty of growth and market buzz.
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Huawei has officially announced its Honor 5X smartphone, the latest affordable handset that offers surprisingly good specs and the tinge of premium build. As we have become used to however, the Honor 5X will only be available in Huawei's China homeland, at least initially.
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Google has rather quietly changed its app price limits around the world, meaning that the ceiling for the most expensive apps on the Google Play Store is now higher. The obviously results in consumers potentially paying more for the high end applications, but it is also good news for developers and users alike.
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We have heard plenty about Samsung's aspirations to release a smartphone with a fully foldable screen. Starting as Project YOUM, the company was the first to offer curved glass on a handset, then the first to bend a screen (the EDGE handsets) and will now the first to launch a real folding device. That has been the rumor for the last couple of months, and right now it is looking like the real deal.
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