24

Apr

2013

LG reveals smartphone sales of over 10 million during the last quarter

Author: The Fonecast

LG Electronics has published results for the first quarter of 2013, revealing that it shipped a new record of 10.3 million smartphones during the three-month period.

Revenue was up 6.8% year-on-year to KRW 14.1 trillion (£8.3 billion), largely due to the performance of the mobile business.

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24

Apr

2013

Ofcom research reveals online security risks

Author: The Fonecast

The new Adults’ Media Use and Attitudes Report 2013 from Ofcom shows that most UK smartphone owners have adopted security for their devices, with 75% using a screen lock and 50% having a SIM PIN.

Non-smartphone users are less security conscious; just 40% have a screen lock and only 20% protect their SIM card with a PIN code.

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23

Apr

2013

NASA PhoneSat project puts three Android-powered smartphone satellites in space

Author: The Fonecast

US space agency NASA has launched three smartphone-powered satellites into orbit around the earth.

Each satellite uses a standard HTC Google Nexus One handset, which runs the Android operating system, although they’ve been given an external battery and a more powerful radio.

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22

Apr

2013

Almost half of all new smartphone sales will be low-cost devices within next 5 years

Author: The Fonecast

ABI Research says shipments of smartphones costing under $250 will increase from 259 million this year to 788 million in 2018.

That’s an increase in smartphone market share from 28% in 2012 to 46% by 2018.

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18

Apr

2013

Nokia quarterly results show shipments down on last year

Author: The Fonecast

Nokia’s interim report for the first quarter of 2013 showed shipments of its Lumia smartphones were up 27% on the previous quarter to 5.6 million units. It’s expecting even greater sequential growth of these Windows Phone smartphones in the next quarter.

Total smart device shipments were down 49% year-on-year to 6.1 million and other mobile phone volumes were down 21% year-on-year to 55.8 million units.

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