Manufacturers - 23 - Mobile News

Huawei chooses Westcoast for B2B distribution deal

£60 million sales projection as manufacturer aims to ‘pull the UK in line’ with European markets

September 24, 2018

Rugged mobile industry expected to double sales to 59m in three years

New research from CCS Insights shows that rugged devices are expected to double in sales by 2021

September 24, 2018

Crowds gather at Regent Street Apple Store as iPhone XS and XS Max goes on sale

Customers were queuing since 6am coming from all over the world

September 21, 2018

Budget IMO Q2 Plus and Q3 Plus lands exclusively on Vodafone

The Q2 Plus will cost £45 on PAYG but the Q3 Plus has yet to be confirmed with a price

September 17, 2018

iPhone Xs, Xs Max and Xr will be ranged by all major operators

New handsets announced today will be available on the swap plans

September 12, 2018

Apple unveil three new iPhones in Cupertino

Details of iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone Xr were revealed at the Steve Jobs Theater

September 12, 2018

Nokia-branded phones come top of survey for Android-based business customers

HMD Global report gets to grips with what decision makers want from their devices

September 11, 2018

Mobile industry holds its breath in anticipation of latest Apple launch

Launch in matter of days has seen the industry pause

September 10, 2018

‘Education’ from manufacturers needed on terminology confusion

Confusion can be avoided through education and better communication according to survey

September 7, 2018

Apple on top as global wearables soar 5.5pc

Huawei grew the most with 118.1 per cent year-on-year increase to go fourth

September 6, 2018

IFA 2018: TCL unveils BlackBerry Key2 LE

The mid-range device will cost £349 slate, champagne and atomic

September 3, 2018

IFA 2018: Huawei celebrates 10 million shipped P20s and launches Mate 20 Lite

Huawei is targeting to ship 20 million in the P20 range by April next year

September 3, 2018

IFA 2018: Sharp re-enters European smartphone market

The UK will receive the smartphones at a later date compared to the rest of Europe

August 31, 2018

IFA 2018: Honor confirms top range Play and sliding Magic 2 smartphone

The Honor Play will retail for £279.99 from today, while the Magic 2’s release date is to be confirmed

August 30, 2018

IFA 2018: Sony takes wraps off AI infused Xperia XZ3 smartphone

The XZ3 will cost £699 SIM-free and release in September

August 30, 2018

HTC announces ‘Notchless’ U12 Life with release expected in September

U12 Life is ‘Notchless’ as HTC made ‘deliberate choice not to follow the trend’

August 30, 2018

LG G7 One: LG announce first Android One smartphone

Both smartphones will be on display at IFA in Berlin with pricing and release dates to be confirmed

August 28, 2018

Gartner: Huawei surpass Apple to become second biggest manufacturer in the world

Latest stats from the analysis firm show that overall smartphone sales grew two per cent in Q2, reaching 374 million

August 28, 2018

Industry pressure forced Lenovo to make P30 and iPhone X ‘lookalike’

Lenovo was pushed to emulate the design of the iPhone X in the widely slammed Motorola P30 according to an industry expert. Motorola brand holder Lenovo launched the Motorola P30 smartphone on August 15, only to be the target of criticism for allegedly copying the design of the notch-less Apple flagship device. In defence of

August 28, 2018

Samsung Likely to Suffer most as Huawei heads for top spot

Chinese challenger closes in on world leader and is targeting to hit number one within a year

August 28, 2018

Vodafone confirms Huawei Mate 20 Lite

The smartphone will come on Vodafone Red Entertainment plans

August 23, 2018

Lenovo slammed for iPhone X clone Motorola P30

The smartphone will cost around £275 in China

August 17, 2018

Is the world ready for the new arrival from another Planet?

Planet Computers are hoping writers and bloggers will get flirty with its QWERTY-toting device

August 16, 2018

TCL says 5G and AI will be at forefront of 2019 drive

TCL global marketing general manager Stefan Streit made the announcement on during a webcast

August 15, 2018

Samsung release its most expensive smartphone yet in the Note 9

The Note 9 is available to pre-order from Vodafone

Huawei targets top spot by end of 2019

Huawei originally made the ambitious target for end of 2021 when announced in 2016

Apple is first public tech company to be valued $1 trillion

Apple bought back $20 billion worth of shares which also drove up the price

IMO announce three new smartphones as pre-paid drive continues

The three devices will be available in September with prices ranging between £40 to £100

Samsung launches Galaxy Tab S4

The tablet DeX which allows it to operate like a computer, it will cost £599 to £649

Canalys: Huawei overtake Apple to take second biggest vendor in Q2

Chinese manufacturer sees strong sales of the P20, P10 and P9 devices to leapfrog the Californian giant

Sony sees mobile shipments drop to two million in Q1 results

Sony revised its yearly shipment forecast from 10 million to nine million for 2018

O2 mid-market business head Davis moves on after 13 years

Davis spent almost 13 years at O2 working a variety of roles

Huawei announces 15pc YoY growth in H1 to £36.25bn

It marks the second year in a row the manufacturer has improved revenue for H1 by 15 per cent

Wilkin wilks-out of Honor for ‘new challenge’

Wilkin Lee joined Honor in 2o13 and has also worked for Huawei and Nokia

Poor S9 performance sees Samsung revenue slump

South Korea firm took KRW 4.45 trillion (£3.02Bn) less in the mobile sector in the second quarter compared to Q1

STK launches Android powered One Max

Amazon launch price for the device is £119.99

LG post record high 2018 first-half figures despite decline in smartphone sales

Slow global smartphone market has seen quarterly sales decline year-on-year

Honor sold three million Honor 10 smartphones

From January to April 2018, Honor sold 18.07 million units in China and saw sales revenue reach £2.96 billion

Nokia 3.1 now available in a number of UK retailers

Nokia 3.1 joins the Android One family and will receive regular security updates

Google slapped with ‚¬4.3bn fine from EC

Google parent company Alphabet will face a fine of five per cent of daily global revenue if it does not fix up in 90 days

Vodafone introduces three new products to its V range

Parents can set ‘safe zones’ on new V-Kids watch and track when their children enter or leave these areas Vodafone is expanding its V range with the introduction of two new wearables and a smart home hub. All three products has been designed to make smart living a reality for the average family, focusing on

KEY2 success for Data Select as it reveals new BlackBerry deal

Data Select head of vendor relations Kelly Cowan-Johnson said BlackBerry remains important to the channel

Analysts united Huawei can keep hold of third position

The manufacturer controls 8.1 per cent of the UK mobile market

Energizer banks on big battery power of its new range to help spread the word to the UK market

Still in the ‘getting to know you’ phase, the company’s new range puts power and value first

Alcatel’s Paterson looks to the future as he celebrates 30 years in telecoms

Paterson joined Alcatel in 1998 as country manager overseeing the French manufacturer’s charge in the UK

Huawei to release graphics update for smartphones

First to get the update is the P20 and Mate 10 ranges next month (August)

Onecom signs IoT partnership with Sony

Hampshire-based Onecom will sell Sony tracking solutions exclusively and launch further IoT solutions in future

iPhone 8 most sold smartphone worldwide in May

Apple has three devices in top five for worldwide smartphone sales in May