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Smartphone maker Samsung Elect Ltd (OTC: SSNLF) is expected to release a smartphone with a foldable screen in the near term, but one factor makes the achievement less impressive, an analyst said: the steep price tag. The Analyst CLSA's senior analyst Sanjeev Rana discussed ...

Smartphone users waiting patiently for an unbreakable screen won't have to wait much longer: Samsung announced Thursday that it's invented an "unbreakable smartphone panel." What Happened Samsung said in a press release its recently developed unbreakable smartphone panel has...

One of the fastest growing areas of interest throughout 2017 was artificial intelligence and 2018 will likely see new AI-themed products hit the market. What You Need To Know Many consumers aren't aware of the extent to which artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies already...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s Google unit introduced this week multiple new hardware products that has some investors wondering how this fits in with the company's strategy. Google's hardware strategy is to combine artificial intelligence capabilities in its software and...

GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) soared more than 15 percent Thursday after the company said it will lower its headcount by around 270 jobs to reduce expenses. Speaking to CNBC, GoPro CEO Nick Woodman explained the company's game-plan moving forward. Woodman said the company has strayed away from its...

BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY), formerly known as Research In Motion, was once the undisputed king of the cell phone market. But that was a full decade ago and now BlackBerry's market share of the smartphone market rounded to one decimal point is 0.0 percent. As noted by Statista, BlackBerry...

Mobile payment volume is expected to increase tenfold by 2021. While credit/debit card payments beat surpassed cash payments for the first time in history in 2016, the adoption of mobile payments has been slower than many have expected. According to a report from Statista, 35 million...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) introduced the iPhone to the market for the first time 10 years ago. Needless to say, the iPhone has seen scores of upgrades over the years, but as CNBC's Jim Cramer said on Thursday, the iPhone is an "old product." The CNBC host's remarks follow Peter Thiel's interview...

PC shipments have been on the wane for the eighth consecutive quarter, marking the longest duration of decline in the history of the PC industry. A release on market research firm Gartner's quarterly PC tracker survey showed that third quarter PC shipments fell 5.7 percent year-over-year, a faster...

It seems hard to believe, but Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has yet to battle Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the smart phone market — until now. While Google's Android operating system has indeed competing against Apple's iOS operating system, the two industry titans will now...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s Google Pixel phone has everything users could have wanted from the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. Therefore, tough competition between the two big firms is in the cards. Baird Equity Research pointed out that the new Pixel phone would have a...

One of the most contentious issues between business and government this year revolved around whether law enforcement should be granted a so-called “back door” to unlock password-protected devices, most notably the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. Earlier this year, Apple opposed an...

Google doesn't manufacturer its own smartphone. The closest thing to a Google-branded phone is the Nexus smartphone line. These devices, led by the flagship 6P model, runs Google's Android software but the hardware device is outsourced to other manufacturers. This may change very soon,...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) investors appear to be preparing for the possibility of declining iPhone sales in the near term. The question that the broader investment community continues to ask is if the prospect of declining smartphone sales is a problem related only to Apple or is it an industry-...