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Global smartphone market fell 9% in Q3 2022
Canalys: In Q3 2022, the global smartphone market recorded its third consecutive decline this year, dropping 9% year-on-year, marking the worst Q3 since 2014. The gloomy economic outlook has led consumers to delay purchasing electronic hardware and prioritize other essential spending. This will likely continue to dampen the smartphone market for the next six to…
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus unlocks with the video of the owner’s face
Dan Seifert reported for The Verge about the unlocking features of Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus. But it’s not as fast or reliable as the traditional, capacitive fingerprint scanner on the back of the S9. The target area for the reader is rather small (though the lockscreen will show you a diagram of where to place…
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus Review: A $1,000 Smartphone With Compromises
Brian Chen wrote for The New York Times about Samsung Galaxy S10,a $1,000 Smartphone With Compromises. My bumpy experience with the print sensor firmed up one conclusion: Face recognition is a more convenient method for unlocking phones, and Samsung is behind Apple in this area. There are some cons to using FaceID but the pros…
Samsung Electronics fourth-quarter profit drop 29%
Reuters reported that Samsung Electronics says weak chip demand sent fourth-quarter profit well below market estimates. Samsung Electronics surprised the market on Tuesday with an estimated 29 percent drop in quarterly profit, blaming weak chip demand in a rare commentary issued to “ease confusion” among investors already fretting about a global tech slowdown. This comes…
People aren’t that into the Galaxy S9, Samsung’s earnings show
Hayley Tsukayama wrote for The Washington Post that people aren’t that into the Galaxy S9, Samsung’s earnings show. The summer is always a bit quiet for smartphone makers as they prepare to launch new phones for the fall. But sales for Samsung were down even for the traditionally low-key quarter, as its flagship phones struggled…
Samsung’s anti-iPhone X ads show why it keeps losing to Apple
Rado Slavov wrote for PhoneArena about why Samsung keeps losing to Apple. Instead, Samsung decided to focus on the negative marketing and go after its rival. What’s happening is Samsung is trying to play a finite game here – its objective is to win the battle of this smartphone generation, which comes at the expense…
New Samsung ad ignores performance benchmarks
AppleInsider reported that the new Samsung ad attacks iPhone X download speed, ignores performance benchmarks. Regardless, the ad clearly doesn’t step into other, arguably more crucial, areas of phone performance where our tests had iPhone X in a clear lead. Looking at the Geekbench results, iPhone X completely destroys the S9+, especially in single core…
A bug in Samsung’s default texting app is sending random pics to other people
Gizmodo reported that a bug in Samsung’s default texting app is sending random pics to other people. According to user reports, the problem stems from Samsung Messages, the default texting app on Galaxy devices, which (for reasons that haven’t been determined), is erroneously sending pictures stored on the devices to random contacts via SMS. One…
The Smartphone Endgame: Who wins once shipment volumes peak?
AppleInsider wrote about The Smartphone Endgame: Who wins once shipment volumes peak?. For decades, market research firms have been confidently asserting that the “winners” in PCs, tablets, smartphones and other consumer electronics are not firms that are profitable or even sustainable, but merely those shipping the largest volumes at any given time. This has enabled…
Xiaomi Stops Disclosing Phone Sales Figures
John Gruber wrote about Xiaomi ceasing disclosure of phone sales figures. Which companies other than Apple still release their phone sales numbers? Samsung stopped way back in 2011, and as far as I can tell, never started again. How to avoid criticism of slowing or poor sales? Don’t reveal your sales numbers.