Stealthy or direct price cuts on iPhones have cushioned the blow for Apple. It should go even further if it’s serious about changing its complexion.
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Apple generated less than half of its total quarterly revenue from sales of the iPhone for the first time since 2012 – a sign the company is entering life beyond its flagship product.
Apple is to acquire chip maker Intel’s smartphone modem division for $1-billion to bolster its attempt to build its own line of 5G chips and lessen its dependence on Qualcomm.
Samsung Electronics will begin selling its Galaxy Fold in September, resurrecting a device it pulled months ago after early reviewers reported defects in the gadget’s much-touted flexible screen.
Apple is negotiating to buy Intel’s struggling cellular modem unit, said a person familiar with the matter.
US President Donald Trump’s senior advisers have invited US technology companies to the White House to discuss a resumption of sales to blacklisted Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei.
Within four years, more than half of all phones shipped worldwide will support next-generation, superfast 5G networks, according to a new report from research and advisory firm Gartner.
The smartphone era is only just over a decade old, but the pocket-sized computers at the heart of that societal transformation are only really possible because of another technology: lithium-ion batteries.
Amazon.com is developing a higher quality version of the Echo speaker and ramping up work on its home robot.
A flaw found in the Apple Watch app could have allowed someone to listen to another person’s iPhone without consent.