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JPMorgan’s Narci Chang said Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be considering a move towards an out-cell touch structure for the OLED iPhone in 2017. He believes Apple would adopt a structure similar to the film-based out-cell solution Samsung used for its Galaxy S Edge. TPK may be among the...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the largest public company in the world and the most widely-owned stock in the market. However, UBS analyst Steven Milunovich doesn’t believe that makes the company invincible. According to Milunovich, Apple faces three major threats to its business in coming...

JPMorgan’s Rod Hall said that Q4 smartphone sales growth was ahead of their estimate, but marked the slowest growth since 2008. Global smartphone sales came in at 403 million units, up 9.7 percent year-over-year, according to Gartner. In 2015, 1.4 billion units of smartphones were sold,...

Several important players in the Chinese smartphone space showed concerning numbers this week, an indication to some investors that demand in the Chinese smartphone market might be lagging. One of the largest Chinese smartphone manufacturers, Xiaomi, missed a $1 billion target for internet...

In multiple reports published Tuesday, Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley lowered his 2015 global smartphone estimates to 1.39 billion from 1.45 billion. The analyst also reduced his overall 2015 3G/4G unit total addressable market to 1.50 billion from 1.44 billion. Walkley noted that...

“In today's world, safety and protection are tantamount to the top priorities of life,” NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSSC) CEO, Richard Soloway told Benzinga. In part one of a two-part interview, Soloway, along with NAPCO SVP of operations and finance, Kevin Buchel...

Who will be the next Apple? What company with what disruptive idea will turn the world of technology upside down? In this series, Benzinga interviewed CEOs of several technology startups that are making waves today in hopes of making a difference tomorrow. "Data is sovereign," Trunomi...

Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) latest device is an ambitious, high-end smartphone that contains a plethora of new features -- including six cameras. But those bells-and-whistles features won't come cheap. Customers will pay $199 for the 32GB version. They will also be required to sign a two-...

When it comes to deciding between Android and the company’s in-house, Linux-based operating system, Tizen, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) is acting like a company hedging its bet, according to PC Magazine. That appearance arises from the fact the company seemed to be doing all it could to promote the...

At the rate things are going, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is fast becoming an optical specialty company. In addition to its Google Glass product and tear-monitoring contacts designed to help diabetics control their blood sugar, the Mountain View, CA tech giant has patented a smart contact lens with...

There are already indications that e-commerce giant, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s entry into the smartphone market could be disruptive. Just how disruptive is not known but based on some speculation, the answer might be “very.” For starters, according to BGR, the phone, which has been years in...

Shipments of wearable computing, especially of the functional and stylish variety, will exceed 19 million units in 2014, according to research from International Data Corporation released Apr. 10. In addition, IDC reported that by 2018 the worldwide market would grow to nearly 112 million units...