The iPhone SE is causing a headache for low-cost Chinese OEMs. Photo: Apple
Apple’s affordable 4-inch iPhone SE is causing a major headache for Chinese makers of low-cost Android phones.
Supply chain manufacturers in Taiwan and China are reportedly becoming more conservative about building up inventories of smartphone components from companies including Huawei, Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo as the iPhone SE squeezes the competition.
3D Touch in action on iPhone 6s. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android
Google’s upcoming Android N upgrade will bring native support for iPhone-like pressure-sensitive displays.
The move should make “3D Touch” screens more popular on Android, and will make it easier for app developers to take advantage of them.
Pretty and powerful. Photo: Huawei
As smartphone makers really start stepping up their camera game, Huawei is reinventing it.
The Chinese company’s new P9 series boasts two Leica cameras, laser autofocus, a 5.2-inch display, and an attractive aluminum unibody design.
Priv could have been a great phone. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android
It seems not even Android can save BlackBerry’s falling hardware business.
The Canadian company has confirmed that it sold just 600,000 smartphones during its fourth fiscal quarter, despite the launch of Priv last November. The new handset clearly hasn’t been the savior many fans were hoping for, then — but we’re not surprised.
Get a Huawei Watch for under $270 today only. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android
Huawei Watch, arguably the prettiest and best Android Wear watch money can buy today, has had its price reduced significantly for one day only.
Thanks to Amazon, you can pick one up for as little as $269 with a leather strap, and for just $279 with a stainless steel link band.
