Here is my collection of relevant trend for smart phones in 2019 (links to source on quetes::
Market: It seems that crazy growth times in smart phone markets are over at least for some time. Without Chinese brands, growth in the smart phone markets in 2018 would have been dramatically negative. Smartphone Shipments Expected to Rebound in 2019 article says that shipments of smartphones, the mainstay of the electronics industry, are expected to rebound, returning to low-single-digit growth in 2019, according to market research firm International Data Corp. (IDC). Shipments are expected to grow 2.6% in 2019 after falling by 3% to 1.42 billion units in 2018. It is expected that emerging markets, 5G, and new product form factors will help revive the smartphone market. Effect of the US-China trade-war is hard to define.
Faster mobile: Mobile networks are getting faster in many countries. Mobile networks are killing Wi-Fi for speed around the world. Average data speeds on mobile networks now outpace customer’s Wi-Fi connection, on average, in 33 countries. That’s the The State of Wifi vs Mobile Network Experience as 5G Arrives.
5G: It’s a bit tricky — after all, plenty of publications are going to claim 2019 as “The Year of 5G,” but they’re all jumping the gun. It is true that 5G is coming this year to some locations with some devices,but the number of devices and where you can use them is pretty limited. OnePlus and LG have committed to a handset and Samsung has since committed to two. You have to wait to 2020 for larger scale deployment and good device selection. It seems that Apple Will Wait Until at Least 2020 to Release a 5G iPhone. If you jump to 5G train, you’re going to be paying a hefty premium for a feature you barely use. So far, 5G is a mixed bag of blessings and curses. More on that at my 5G trends posting.
New chipsets: The Snapdragon 855 Brings 5G to Mobile Devices. Mediatek Helio P90 aims just below flagship handsets to China.
Duopoly market: Smart phone market is 2019 is practically duopoly with Android and iOS operating systems. Android is far and away the dominant operating system, with a global market share of about 77 percent (or more). US market is becoming a smartphone duopoly where Apple and Samsung dominate, while others are left behind. US Android market is consolidating, with companies such as Motorola and LG losing ground to Samsung. Other Android makers have marginal single-digit share. On other markets especially Chinese manufacturers are growing and there are many competing manufacturers.
Smart phones first to web: According to Ofcom, the PC has lost its place as the first device and platform for web browsing in UK. Almost half of the web browses the web with a smart phone, which places a requirement on all online services from shops to news sites.
Interchangeable devices: As the cloud becomes more secure and reliable, we’ll increasingly store less and less on the phone itself,at least on those markets with fast, cheap and reliable connections. In theory this could make our devices much more interchangeable.
More accurate positioning: IEEE 802.11mc (better known as Wi-Fi round-trip time, or RTT), which can increase accuracy to 1m while providing vertical (Z-axis) location information that has been long awaiting a solution. Wi-Fi RTT operates according to the Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) protocol within the IEEE 802.11-2016 standard that uses a variety of techniques to pinpoint the location of someone’s smartphone or tablet. Wi-Fi Alliance® calls the capability a “Wi-Fi Certified Location.”
Waterproofing: Waterproof products are a trend in the industry because users want to be able to take their devices with them wherever they go. The iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, Huawei’s high-end phones, and other mobile phones tout their water resistance as one of the attributes that consumers want. Such smart phones will need waterproof connectors and preferably only a one connector or less to waterproof. Waterproof USB Type-C connectors are emerging as the go-to solution for today’s consumer products. USB Type-C connectors with IPX8 waterproofing performance are becoming the new standard for a wide range of products because they deliver go-anywhere reliability, fast charging, and fast data transfers.
Phones without connectors: Phones are already doing away with ports (most notably, the headphone jack). In fact, all ports may soon be a thing of the past on some phones.
Bendable and foldable phones: Samsung’s Galaxy F (for foldable) is the first flexible phone that offers the benefits of a tablet and a smartphone in one device. Small enough to fit in your pocket, it unfolds to work more like a tablet when you need it. There are also other manufacturers that have showed foldable smart phones. The Royole is fascinating, but its execution leaves something to be desired. Of course these designs are going to come at a major premium.
Wireless charging: No Need to Wait for the “Best” Wireless-Charging Solution—Qi Is It article says that there are now more than 360 companies (including Apple) supporting Qi and no other competitors, it’s game over. Qi is the go-to solution for most of the industry.
Security: Android 9 Brings Significant Security Advancements, Google Says. The latest Android iteration brings along a great deal of security improvements, including better encryption and authentication. The Android Keystore provides application developers with a set of cryptographic tools that are designed to secure their users’ data.
Smaller card standards: NM Card (Nano Memory Card) has been launched and used by Huawei. The NM card is 45 percent smaller than MicroSD. The capacity of the NM card, the reading speed and, in fact, the price, are already at the level of MicroSD cards. If you think NanoSIM is the last physical SIM card size, then the NM card has a good seam to get to the standard position. Huawei works with JEDEC to standardize the NM card.
eSIM: The term “eSIM” simply means an embedded SIM card. eSIM is backed by the GSMA. It seems certain that future smartphones will adopt electronic SIM cards – essentially removing the need to have a physical SIM card (and SIM slot). California based Apple has turned to eSIM. Google Pixel 2 and 3 series phones also support eSIM. eSIM needs to be supported by the network or carrier and enabled by them and not all networks supoort eSIM as yet. More carriers to support Pixel 3 eSIM as Google helping build more eSIM Android phones.
Notched displays: There will be more phones with notch in the front to accommodate the front camera and sensors in order to maintain a full-screen profile. Practically everyone has embraced the cutout in an attempt to go edge to edge.
Camera under display: Two smartphone-makers have unveiled handsets featuring a “hole-punch” selfie camera, which is is intended to be less obtrusive than a “notch” – as popularised by Apple and later by many Android smartphone manufacturers.
Sensors under display: Biometric identification in electronics is gaining momentum, and in smartphones, the latest trend is to plant a fingerprint sensor underneath the screen. Qualcomm announces 3D Sonic Sensor, a new under-display fingerprint sensor for smartphones that uses sound waves to map fingerprints.
Touch-free technology: All major phone manufacturers are researching “in-air gesturing technology” that would let you control your phone without actually touching it.
Better cameras: Huawei debuts Honor View 20 with a 48MP rear camera. Smartphone cameras are pretty good across the board these days, so one of the simple solutions has been simply adding more to the equation. For example Nokia 9 Pureview has five camera sensors and LG has patented a camera with up to 16 lenses. In addition to adding more cameras, Companies will also be investing a fair deal in software to help bring better shots to existing components (a little AI and ML can go a long way on image processing).
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Tomi Engdahl says:
iFixit’s Galaxy Fold teardown reveals its biggest design flaw
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/24/18511692/samsung-galaxy-fold-teardown-ifixit-hinge-gaps-dust-dirt-debris-broken-screen
Mind the gaps
iFixit’s teardown analysis seems to reveal a fundamental design tradeoff Samsung had to make — one that may have doomed the phone.
Tomi Engdahl says:
iFixit pulls Galaxy Fold teardown at Samsung’s request
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/25/18516875/ifixit-takedown-samsung-galaxy-fold-teardown
The drama is unfolding with increasing strangeness
What in the world is going on over at Samsung in the wake of the Galaxy Fold delay?
By requesting that iFixit pull the teardown, Samsung is apparently willing to risk the Streisand effect
it’s not a great look to issue a takedown request in any situation.
Internet Archive’s version of iFixit’s Samsung Galaxy Fold teardown right here
https://web.archive.org/web/20190425075411/https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+Fold+Teardown/122600
Tomi Engdahl says:
Is the Samsung Galaxy Fold a bad omen for foldables?
https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/26/is-the-samsung-galaxy-fold-a-bad-omen-for-foldables/?tpcc=ECFB2019
Tomi Engdahl says:
Apple, Intel, Q’comm Keep Their Secrets
https://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1334575
The tech industry talks about the values of openness and collaboration, but it thrives on secrecy and self-interest, as the recent mobile shenanigans of Apple, Intel, and Qualcomm show.
The patent disputes between Apple and Qualcomm opened a door to what the two companies and their handset and chipset rivals were doing. Court documents revealed details of their strategies and deals.
In this sunshine, we learned that Qualcomm was charging 5% of the value of a handset in exchange for a license to its 130,000 patents. We learned that Huawei’s objections to the costs drove a regulatory process in China that hammered the fees down to about 3.5% for handsets sold there.
Now, the litigation is largely over.
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Ju-min Park / Reuters:
Samsung posts a profit of $5.4B in Q1, down 60% YoY, as its semiconductor and mobile businesses post a 64% drop and a 40% drop in operating profits respectively
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-samsung-elec-results-idUSKCN1S52C8
Tomi Engdahl says:
Breaking Screens Force Samsung to Delay the Galaxy Fold
A design flaw has forced Samsung to indefinitely delay the release of its highly-anticipated foldable smartphone.
https://www.designnews.com/electronics-test/breaking-screens-force-samsung-delay-galaxy-fold/47551560260687?ADTRK=UBM&elq_mid=8389&elq_cid=876648
Tomi Engdahl says:
Once a major name in smartphones, LG Mobile is now irrelevant — and still losing money
https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/01/lg-mobile-still-losing-money/?tpcc=ECFB2019
Tomi Engdahl says:
EEVblog #1204 – Samsung Galaxy Fold Failure – Analysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq14Cn13dBw
The new Samsung Galaxy Fold a folding OLED smartphone has failed spectacularly in the hands of early reviewers!
What went wrong?
Also, a rant about the pressures on reviewers from the manufacturers, Dave questions why Marques Brownlee won’t show his failure footage.
3M Flexible OLED testing presentation:
https://www.oled-a.org/uploads/9/6/8/6/96867108/20171010_3m_-_beagi_cummins_-_doe_ssl_3m_meeting_presentation_10-9-17.pdf
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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
IDC: 310.8M smartphones were shipped in Q1, down 6.6% YoY; Samsung was the top vendor with 23.1% marketshare, followed by Huawei with 19% and Apple with 11.7%
IDC: Smartphone shipments declined 6.6% in Q1 2019, Huawei overtakes Apple again
https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/30/idc-smartphone-shipments-q1-2019/
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Satyajit Sinha / Counterpoint Research:
Global smartwatch shipments up 48% YoY in Q1 2019: Apple Watch grew 49% YoY for a 35.8% market share, followed by Samsung’s 127% YoY growth for an 11% share — Top nine brands contribute to 75% of the market shipment. Samsung, Fitbit, and Huawei grew exponentially in Q1 2019
Global Smartwatch Shipments Grew 48%YoY in Q1 2019 with One in Three Being an Apple Watch
https://www.counterpointresearch.com/global-smartwatch-shipments-grew-48yoy-q1-2019-one-three-apple-watch/
Top nine brands contribute to 75% of the market shipment. Samsung, Fitbit, and Huawei grew exponentially in Q1 2019
Tomi Engdahl says:
Q’comm Booking $4.5B in Apple Deal
Windfall comes amid continuing smartphone weakness in China
https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1334640
Qualcomm will book a whopping $4.5-$4.7 billion in third quarter revenues as part of the litigation settlement it struck with Apple in mid-April. The funds include both past due patent royalties Apple will pay and Qualcomm’s release from obligations to the iPhone designer and its contract manufacturers.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Why Removable Batteries Are NEVER Coming Back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ai4efIWDYA
Why don’t phones have removable batteries anymore?
Comments:
Phones with swappable batteries make less money overall because we tend to keep them longer. THATS the reason.
I don’t buy it. It’s planned obsolescence plain and simple. The Samsung S5 had a removable battery and a headphone jack and the water resistance was great. It’s just greed and waste.
Let’s be honest.
The primary reason for removing the swappable battery feature was more control over its product life span.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Energizer’s 18,000mAh phone-battery monster is an Indiegogo flop
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/4/30/18522236/energizer-huge-battery-phone-p18k-pro-indiegogo-price-fail
Avenir Telecom asked the world for $1.2 million in funding, but it received only $15,005
Tomi Engdahl says:
Here’s Why It Feels Like You Have No Free Time, In One Chart
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/heres-why-it-feels-like-you-have-no-free-time-in-one-chart/
Tomi Engdahl says:
With “Leapfrog” Technologies, Africa Aims to Skip the Present and Go Straight to the Future
https://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/drones/with-leapfrog-technologies-africa-aims-to-skip-the-present-and-go-straight-to-the-future
By 2022, forecasters estimate that sub-Saharan Africa will have nearly 1 billion mobile phones—enough for the vast majority of the projected 1.2 billion people who will live there.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Taksin sisällä vilkkuu tabletti ja DNA:n M2M-liittymä
https://www.dna.fi/yrityksille/blogi/-/blogs/taksin-sisalla-vilkkuu-tabletti-ja-dnan-m2m-liittyma?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=linkad&utm_content=referenssi_taksin_sisalla_vilkkuu_tabletti_ja_dnan_m2m_liittyma&utm_campaign=yr_jatkuva_some_19
Toiminnan ytimessä on välitysjärjestelmä, joka on kuskien käytössä tablettien ja DNA:n M2M-liittymien kautta.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Vain Huawei kasvaa kännyköissä
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9431-vain-huawei-kasvaa-kannykoissa
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Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
What to expect at Google I/O 2019: midrange Pixel 3a and 3a XL, Nest Hub Max, a 10-inch smart display with a Nest Camera, Android Q updates, and more
What to expect at Google I/O 2019: Pixel 3a, Android Q, and more
https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/03/what-to-expect-at-google-i-o-2019-pixel-3a-android-q-and-more/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.wired.com/story/diagnosing-and-dealing-with-your-low-battery-anxiety/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Redmi Note 7 flies to space, takes photos, and returns without a scratch
https://m.gsmarena.com/redmi_note_7_flies_to_space_takes_photos_and_returns_without_a_scratch-amp-36902.php
To prove the ultimate quality of build, Redmi actually sent a unit in space, the phone took pictures at 31,000m altitude, before falling to the ground without any major damage.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Android developers can now force app updates
https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/android-developers-can-now-force-app-updates/?tpcc=ECFB2019
Tomi Engdahl says:
Kotlin is now Google’s preferred language for Android app development
https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/kotlin-is-now-googles-preferred-language-for-android-app-development/?tpcc=ECFB2019
Tomi Engdahl says:
Google Lens can translate foreign language text in photos and read it back to you
https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/google-lens-can-translate-foreign-languages-in-photos-and-read-the-text-back-to-you/?tpcc=ECFB2019
Tomi Engdahl says:
The headphone jack is back for the Google Pixel 3a
https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/the-headphone-jack-is-back-for-the-google-pixel-3a/?tpcc=ECFB2019
Hardware manufacturers have been a bit more hesitant to drop the technology of budget and mid-tier devices, due to the added cost of asking users to upgrade to either Bluetooth headphones or USB-C models.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Google Boosts Handset AI, Privacy
Pixel smartphones poised for better voice interface
https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1334670
Google expanded its use of deep learning in new smartphones, home displays and Web services. It also revealed more tools, and made pledges for securing user privacy.
Google has “a deep sense of responsibility to create things that improve people’s lives…and benefit society as a whole,” said Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive in his keynote at Google I/O, the company’s annual developer conference.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Google finally updates Android distribution dashboard, Pie passes 10%
https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/07/google-finally-updates-android-distribution-dashboard-pie-passes-10/
After more than six months of no updates, Google has finally updated its Android distribution data. Android Pie, the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system, has passed the 10% adoption mark.
The Android developer website hosts a distribution dashboard that details the adoption of Google’s mobile operating system versions. With over 2.5 billion active Android devices out there, this is useful information that Google used to update on a monthly cadence.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Google Duplex is less creepy assistant and more autofill on steroids
There was little mention of the human-sounding assistant.
https://www.cnet.com/news/google-duplex-is-less-creepy-assistant-and-more-autofill-on-steroids/
Last year, Google stoked intense controversy when it announced Duplex, a technology that uses eerily human-sounding artificial intelligence software to book restaurant reservations and hair appointments. Immediately, the project spurred a debate over ethics in artificial intelligence and generated fear over a robot’s ability to deceive people.
Now Google is unveiling its follow up — and it’s a lot less disturbing.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Google expands its Flutter mobile app SDK, previously focused on Android and iOS, to the web, desktop, and embedded devices — At its I/O 2019 developer conference today, Google launched version 1.5 of Flutter, its open source mobile UI framework that helps developers build native interfaces for Android and iOS.
Google expands Flutter mobile app SDK to the web, desktop, and embedded devices
https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/07/google-expands-flutter-mobile-app-sdk-to-the-web-desktop-and-embedded-devices/
At its I/O 2019 developer conference today, Google launched version 1.5 of Flutter, its open source mobile UI framework that helps developers build native interfaces for Android and iOS. But that’s no longer true: The mobile framework is now a multi-platform UI framework, supporting the web, desktop, mobile, and even embedded devices. Flutter’s mission has expanded to building “the best framework for developing beautiful experiences for any screen.”
Google today released the first technical preview of Flutter for the web, designed for building “highly interactive, graphically rich content.”
Flutter for desktop is no longer an experimental project — it has graduated into the Flutter engine. The targets are not production-ready yet, but Google has published early instructions for developing Flutter apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
https://flutter.dev/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google launches Android Studio 3.5 beta with speed and stability improvements, support for Chrome OS 72 and high-end x86-based Chromebooks, and more
Google’s latest Android Studio release focuses on speed and stability
https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/google-latest-android-studio-release-focuses-on-speed-and-stability/
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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Google announces 10 new libraries for Android Jetpack, its set of components to accelerate app development, and JetPack Compose, an unbundled Kotlin toolkit
Google adds 10 libraries to Android Jetpack, unveils Kotlin toolkit for UI development
https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/07/google-adds-10-libraries-to-android-jetpack-unveils-kotlin-toolkit-for-ui-development/
At its I/O 2019 developer conference, Google announced 10 new libraries for Android Jetpack, its set of components, tools, and guidance designed to accelerate app development. The company also unveiled Jetpack Compose, a new unbundled Kotlin toolkit.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Google Pixel 3a review: great price with an excellent camera and a 3.5mm headphone jack but a slower processor, no wireless charging, and isn’t water resistant — At $399 and $479, respectively, the Pixel 3A and 3A XL are great deals — I am going to break an unwritten rule of tech reviews …
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/7/18530449/google-pixel-3a-xl-review-photos-video-specs-price-release-date-features-io-2019
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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
First look at Android Q: dark mode, better gestures, Live Caption, improvements to OS security updates via Project Mainline, Focus Mode, and more — It isn’t about what’s new, it’s about what’s better — A full release is expected this fall, but Google is announcing new major features …
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/7/18530599/google-android-q-features-hands-on-dark-mode-gestures-accessibility-io-2019
Tomi Engdahl says:
Google Cloud Blog:
Android’s “security key” feature, allowing Android 7.0+ devices to be used for 2FA to login to Google accounts, is now generally available
Now generally available: Android phone’s built-in security key
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/now-generally-available-android-phones-built-in-security-key
Tomi Engdahl says:
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google says Android now has 2.5B+ active devices, compared to 2B+ it had in May 2017
https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/android-now-has-2-5b-users/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Scott Stein / CNET:
Google Lens coming to Google Search; some search results to include 3D models for an AR view of what you searched for; Lens translation coming to low-end phones — Imagine you’re thinking about chairs, and you Google up some to try out in your living room.
Google brings AR and Lens closer to the future of search
https://www.cnet.com/news/google-brings-ar-and-lens-closer-to-the-future-of-search-io/
Exclusive: While we wait for the technology to show up in smartglasses, Google is making AR a lot more useful for phones.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Richard Nieva / CNET:
Google says its next-gen Assistant is 10X faster and includes more app-specific functionality, coming to Pixel phones later this year — After three years, the voice-activated helper gets its biggest update yet. And it shows just how much Google already knows about you.
Google Assistant is 10x faster and knows where your mom lives
https://www.cnet.com/features/google-assistant-is-10x-faster-and-knows-where-your-mom-lives/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Google I/O 2019 event in 13 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm2v6IpKXI4
At Google I/O 2019, the company announced the Pixel 3A and 3A XL, along with a new Nest Hub Max smart display that has a camera, and updates coming to Android Q and Google Assistant. In addition, Google is bringing the new Live Caption feature to videos and audio.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Redmi Note 7: Out of This World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhVD4_lhWHA
How did we take #RedmiNote7 out of this world? Check out this video to unearth all the mysteries behind the #SpaceMission
Tomi Engdahl says:
Google Pixel 3A review: a $399 phone with a great camera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH88jkuzICU
Google’s Pixel 3A or Pixel 3A XL is the best phone under $500, and it’s actually competitive with more expensive phones in one very important way. The Pixel 3A has a great camera. While it has many of the same compromises you usually make when you buy a cheap phone, the photos it takes are nearly indistinguishable from what comes out of a Pixel 3.
Tomi Engdahl says:
The NEW Folding Flip Phone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0inmw5q6kk
With Samsung Galaxy Fold problems in mind, these are my thoughts on the upcoming Motorola RAZR – A folding flip phone with a completely different kind of hinge.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Samsung launches 64MP image sensor for smartphones
https://m.dpreview.com/news/8169619356/samsung-launches-64mp-image-sensor-for-smartphones?utm_source=Facebook-share&utm_medium=mobile-social-bar&utm_campaign=social-sharing
The ‘megapixel wars’ on smartphone cameras stopped some time ago but recently we are seeing an uptick in smartphone image sensor pixel counts, not because consumers demand higher resolution images but because many modern sensors use Quad-Bayer technology which combines four pixels into one, for better detail, lower noise levels and increased dynamic range.
Tomi Engdahl says:
React Native
Build native mobile apps using JavaScript and React
https://facebook.github.io/react-native/
Kotlin JavaScript Overview
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/js-overview.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/kotlin-is-now-googles-preferred-language-for-android-app-development/amp/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Android app completely in python
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49955489/android-app-completely-in-python
Tomi Engdahl says:
Supreme Court rules Apple can face antitrust lawsuit over iPhone apps
https://outline.com/pj33tU
more than 2 million apps are sold through the App Store.
iPhone users who must purchase software for their smartphones exclusively through Apple’s App Store filed the suit.
Apple keeps 30% of the sales price, where it is set
“‘There’s an app for that’ has become part of the 21st-century American lexicon,”
Tomi Engdahl says:
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9472-oneplus-haluaa-nyt-enemman-ja-on-valmis-ottamaan-riskeja
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Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
OnePlus 7 Pro unveiled with upgraded fast charging, a telephoto lens, a 90Hz edge-to-edge screen, and a retractable camera, launching for $669 in the US — If you’ve shopped for an Android phone within the past six years, chances are you’ve come across OnePlus.
OnePlus 7 Pro boasts a 90Hz screen and a retractable camera
https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/14/oneplus-7-pro-boasts-a-90hz-screen-and-a-retractable-camera/
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Takashi Kawakami / Nikkei:
Samsung and Huawei have agreed to settle their three-year dispute over smartphone patents, likely to refocus their energies on the global slowdown in demand — Move to settle patent dispute comes as global sales slow — GUANGZHOU — Samsung Electronics and Huawei Technologies …
Samsung and Huawei drop lawsuits in latest smartphone truce
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Samsung-and-Huawei-drop-lawsuits-in-latest-smartphone-truce
Move to settle patent dispute comes as global sales slow
Tomi Engdahl says:
You can finally buy the first 1TB microSD card
If you have $450 to spare for SanDisk’s model, that is.
https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/15/sandisk-1tb-microsd-card-available/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGVjaG1lbWUuY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADchscvLRH1PJzpAPAXt7t4IkWIAZMNNZnBKTX-AK2oVLKPD3YrTeE4cb3FErhq3wmVjzeAOJIbkiYZa-jRVkbtdxCUl-_w5Zo7IRC2uFGNiIvaK59svpXWX_ucLdvpSpkjFY-FPYIqvNByH4pakcDPV30xVj4xLqNy6KUvcSHFh
Tomi Engdahl says:
Samsung reportedly readying Galaxy Fold for release after finding ‘fix’
https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/16/samsung-reportedly-readying-galaxy-fold-for-release-after-finding-fix/
Samsung has apparently found fixes for the two primary problems.
The protective cover will remain, but the edges will be tucked away, making it much more difficult to remove. As for the issue with matter falling through cracks in the hinge and getting wedged behind the display, Samsung’s apparently just making the holes in smaller.