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China accounted for more than half of the top 50 Asia-Pacific (APAC) companies by market capitalisation in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a new report by global analyst firm GlobalData.

Chinese smartphone vendor Huawei is trying to sell its P and Mate flagship smartphone divisions, a report claims, adding that this move, if carried through, would mean the company's exit from the premium smartphone business. The company has denied it has any such plan.

Chinese smartphone vendor realme is pushing models that are suitable for students who need a smartphone for their use, pointing out that they have good features and are also much cheaper than many other brands.

With the ACMA's December 2020 study showing 46% of Australian children age 6 to 13 already using mobile phones, its clear that parents are buying them for their children, with sister companies Alcatel and TCL promoting a model each for this age group.

The global refurbished smartphone market saw a drop of 9% year-on-year in 2020, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, adding that the first half of the year saw a 16% fall before a rebound occurred in the latter half.

Xiaomi Corporation, the third biggest smartphone manufacturer, has become the latest Chinese company to be added to a US list of companies that are alleged to have connections to the Chinese military.

Sharing some B2B insights on Samsung’s just launched and most advanced S-series flagships yet, the S21, S21+ and S21 Ultra is Danny Mandrides, Head of Samsung Australia’s Enterprise & Government Mobile Business.

The annual battle for the best smartphone technology continues, with Samsung exerting its power as the maker of the most advanced Android-powered smartphones with Google Play on planet Earth, with three new S21 smartphones (with the Ultra getting S-Pen support), upgraded new Galaxy Buds with ANC - and new Tile-like Galaxy SmartTags and SmartTags+.

Phones with scrolling screens, home robots, UV-C office and classroom disinfection bots, giant 4K and 8K TVs, glasses that project a giant display in front of your eyes, a touchless video doorbell, super eye-friendly tablet displays, autonomous trucks and cars, backpacks with screens that can display emojis and so much more, the Consumer Electronics Show 2021 in underway in Las Vegas and as usual, it's wild.

With new 5G smartphones using NXTVISION 2.0 screen tech, a new tablet using NXTPAPER screens delivering “one of the most advanced eye protection displays on the market”, multi-screen collaboration and more, TCL should have a very successful 2021.

After having started Belkin in his garage nearly 38 years ago, Belkin founder Chet Pipkin created an amazing company that remains a market leader to this day, with products worthy of being featured in Apple iPhone keynotes, and now he becomes Executive Chairman of the Board as he appoints a 16-year veteran of Belkin to be its new CEO.

Worldwide shipments of used smartphones — both officially refurbished and used models — are predicted to come in at 225.4 million units for the year that just passed, the technology analyst firm IDC Says, adding that this would be an increase of 9.2% over the 206.5 million units shipped in 2019.

Qualcomm's 888 SoC is its flagship processor for flagship smartphones, with the 7-series for high-end models ,the 6-series for mid-range devices, the 4-series for low-end smartphones and the 2-series for the entry-level, so with 5G now on the new 480, 5G is sure to spread far and wide in 2021.

Chinese smartphone maker realme is offering prospective customers 20% off smartphone purchases and 50% off all its accessories during its Boxing Day sale.

It’s not just Nokia that has ZEISS as a camera collaborator, with vivo vividly celebrating its “strategic collaboration” to “co-engineer” with ZEISS “an imaging system for vivo’s premium smartphones”.

To meet strong demand for “superfine allow powders”, in which Epson is a leader, the company’s new production line uses a water-atomisation process to increase its total production capacity by 1.5 times to about 15,000 tons per year by 2025.

Android smartphones which have Qualcomm SoCs from the new 888 mobile platform onwards will receive three operating system version updates in addition to the version that comes with the device, under a new arrangement with Google.

Chris Althaus is CEO of AMTA, the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association, and before he steps down in early 2021 after over a decade and a half of service to the Australian telco industry and Australia consumers, he joined us for a chat about the industry's past, present and future, as well as his own.

Chinese smartphone vendor Huawei Technologies has announced the Australian release schedule for EMUI 11, the operating system based on the open-source version of Android that it uses on its smartphones.

When it comes to holiday time, we can let our guard down as we relax a little, with 2020 perhaps causing people to relax a little too much. Here's what Australian Mobile Telecommunications Australia CEO Chris Althaus says we should all be aware of this holiday season.