Manufacturers - 32 - Mobile News

Huawei targets global smartphone dominance within five years

Chinese manufacturer targets number one spot by 2021 and will overtake Sony in the UK by next year

Manufacturers - James Pearce

Wileyfox Sparks new life into smartphone market with “killer priced” range

New trio of Spark devices go on sale from next month. British manufacturer is targeting two million sales by next year, up from 250,000 in its first

Manufacturers - Michael Garwood

Ex-Nokia employees launch tracking device for kids

Haltian have developed Snowfox Trackerphone, which gives two way audio to a smartphone and GPS tracking

Manufacturers - James Pearce

New offices and growth goals for Bluechipworld

Accessories manufacturer moved into new Cannock base with 30,000Sqft warehouse last month

Manufacturers - Paul Withers

Xperia XA now available from operators and retailers

The handset was launched in February at Mobile World Congress in February

Manufacturers - Alex Yau

‘Rose Gold’ Sony Xperia XA now exclusively available at Carphone

Sony’s latest flagship was first unveiled at Mobile World Congress in February

Manufacturers - Alex Yau

HTC confirms Peter Chou exited company in September

Chou resigned as HTC CEO in September last year, with Cher Wang taking over the role

Manufacturers - Alex Yau

Huawei invests £10m to boost brand awareness in UK with P9

The figure was revealed to Mobile News by UK and Ireland managing director James Jie

Manufacturers - Alex Yau

BlackBerry CEO gives one year deadline for handset profitability

Speaking at Canadian manufacturer’s Annual General Meeting, Chen said handsets alone would not be enough to secure BlackBerry’s future

Manufacturers - James Pearce

Honor unveils “state of the art” 5C smartphone

The device is available from today (June 20) priced at £149.99

Manufacturers - Michael Garwood

Nokia’s back from the dead, but for how long?

Former Nokia executives join forces to resurrect iconic brand in £240 million agreement

Manufacturers - Michael Garwood

Vertu CEO Watson welcomes Solarin to the “luxury” market

Israeli firm’s new £9,500 handset is to provide Vertu with true competition for the first time

Manufacturers - Michael Garwood

Vodafone Smart platinum 7 now available to purchase

The flagship smartphone comes bundled with a free virtual reality headset

Manufacturers - Alex Yau

Alcatel and Barclaycard team up for contactless payments on POP 4

Free sticker attaches to first 20,000 of the smartphone at Carphone Warehouse and links to a digital wallet in the phone

Manufacturers - Paul Withers

Alcatel-parent TCL sees May shipments jump 11pc to 6.1m

Group saw overseas sales grow 24pc to 5.8m while overall shipments for first five months of 2016 were up three per cent to almost 28 million

Manufacturers - James Pearce

O2 offering £120 off Samsung Galaxy S7 edge

The promotion is running until July 29 and also applies to the Samsung Galaxy S7

Manufacturers - Alex Yau

Doro backs Nokia’s faith in feature phones

UK and Ireland boss Chris Millington insists the market is not exclusively all about smartphones

Manufacturers - James Pearce

Samsung ramps up investment in B2B channel

Manufacturer spending “millions” to boost operator and dealer relationships after admitting it “could do better”

Manufacturers - Paul Withers

Bullitt Group to fire up sales with Our Perspective appointment

Rugged phone-maker will work with former Data Select pair Kemp and Taylor’s new branding firm to drive sales of CAT and JCB phones in UK

Manufacturers - Paul Withers

Wileyfox set to launch new handset on June 28

UK-based manufacturer will unveil follow-up to last year’s award-winning Swift and Storm devices at London Event

Manufacturers - James Pearce

OnePlus unveils “fan inspired” OnePlus 3 smartphone

Third generation device goes on sale today following virtual reality press event last night (June 14)

Manufacturers - James Pearce

Data Select dismisses latest sales suggestions

Owner Peter Jones is understood to have made unsuccessful attempts to sell the business in recent years

Manufacturers - Michael Garwood

Huawei sponsorship of Arsenal reaches full time

Official smartphone deal with Premier League side will not be renewed as manufacturer switches branding strategy

Manufacturers - Michael Garwood

Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for £18.3bn

Software giant to acquire professional network in its biggest ever cash deal

Manufacturers - James Pearce

Job cut fears at Microsoft UK

Sources claim staff numbers in its handset team could fall from 40 to 10

Manufacturers - James Pearce

Tech Data Mobile now distributing Moto G4 smartphone

Tech Data expecting fourth generation Moto device to become a top 10 selling device in the UK

Manufacturers - Alex Yau

Lenovo unveils world’s first Project Tango phablet

Phab 2 Pro uses Google’s Project Tango technology to enable augmented reality on a handset

Manufacturers - James Pearce

Sony launches Xperia X ad campaign with Channel 4

Adverts feature Paul Chowdhry, Steve Jones and James Buckley promote camera on the manufacturer’s latest flagship smartphone

Manufacturers - Paul Withers

EE launches official Glastonbury 2016 app and on-site charging

Official comms and tech partner for music festival unveils free app and on-site swap service for Juice Tube Power Bank

Manufacturers - Paul Withers

24 Seven national roaming SIM compatible with Xperia X and XA

Jump SIM, which runs on EE, O2 and Vodafone, switches to the next available network when signal is lost

Manufacturers - Paul Withers

Worldwide smartphone sales to slow in 2016

Market set to grow by 7pc to 1.5bn units, according to Gartner, significantly slower than 2010’s record growth of 73pc

Manufacturers - James Pearce

HTC sales drop 37pc YOY to £143m for May

May was best month so far in 2016 for manufacturer, who has reported revenue of £587 million from January to end of May

Manufacturers - James Pearce

Exertis signs new distribution deal with Swann

Distributor is offering home security cameras, motion triggered cameras and video doorbell systems from Swann

Manufacturers - Alex Yau

Exertis now distributing Huawei MediaPad M2 10

The tablet is available in both 10-inch and eight-inch variants

Manufacturers - Alex Yau

Nokia completes ‚¬170m acquisition of Withings

Digital Health business unit established to offer wide range of connected products from trackers to blood pressure monitors

Manufacturers - Paul Withers

SIRIN LABS claims £10k SOLARIN smartphone is “most secure in the world”

The Israeli manufacturer launched the device in front of 200 journalists at an event in London today (May 31)

Manufacturers - Michael Garwood

Samsung partners with Warner Bros for special edition S7 edge

Galaxy S7 edge Injustice Edition comes with Batman-inspired design and is a nod to mobile came “Gods of Injustice”

Manufacturers - James Pearce

ZTE unveils new “S7-beating” Axon 7 flagship

Taiwanese manufacturer claims the new device is more powerful than the Samsung Galaxy S7

Manufacturers - James Pearce

Grey Huawei P9 Plus now exclusively available from Vodafone

The flagship device, also available in two smaller variants, was launched last month

Manufacturers - Alex Yau

Honor introduces 60-day money back guarantee

The guarantee is available only on Honor 5X and 7 devices purchased from the vMall online store

Manufacturers - Alex Yau

Exclusive: John Lewis to stock latest Doro smartphones

Retailer will expand its range of Doro products to include the Liberto 825 and Doro 8030

Manufacturers - James Pearce

Microsoft to axe 1,850 jobs as smartphone business shrinks further

Latest round of cuts to be completed by July 2017 at a cost of $950 million

Manufacturers - Paul Withers

Huawei sues Samsung over patent dispute

Chinese manufacturer has filed legal papers in California and Shenzhen accusing Korean rival of breaching its IP

Manufacturers - James Pearce

Pebble announces new line of fitness wearables

Pebble Core is a standalone fitness watch, while US manufacturer has also announced Pebble Time and Pebble Time 2

Manufacturers - James Pearce

Lenovo teases return of iconic Moto Razr phone

Motorola Razr V3 is the ninth best-selling mobile of all time, with Moto posting a teaser video to YouTube hinting the brand might make a comeback

Manufacturers - James Pearce

Smartphone sales up 3.9pc to almost 350m in Q1

Huawei saw shipments grow by more than 10m YOY, while Oppo doubled market share to secure fourth spot

Manufacturers - James Pearce

Acer unveils new child-friendly Iconia One 7 tablet

The device will be available in June priced from £79.99

Manufacturers - Alex Yau

Microsoft to offload feature phone business in £240m deal

Foxconn subsidiary FIH Mobile has agreed to buy the assets as part of a deal with HMD Global, which could see return of Nokia to feature phone market

Manufacturers - James Pearce