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A survey of 1000 Australians has found that about half (48 percent) are now using their smartphones to make payments, either through use of an app — including mobile banking — or else through other functionality.

Chinese smartphone vendor OPPO has teamed up with Japanese industrial design studio nendo and come up with two new design concepts for smartphones and music devices.

Here are the Australian Mobile Telecommunication Association’s best ways to buy mobile devices this holiday season, with AMTA’s guide a great one to also share with friends and family.

South Korean smartphone maker Samsung Electronics has announced the official launch of its One UI3 skin for Android 11, with users of Galaxy S20 5G, Galaxy S20+ 5G and Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G in the US to be the first to get the update.

Aspera Mobile has launched two new low-cost models ahead of the Christmas peak buying season, with one being the AS6 smartphone for $149 and the second being the F42 flip phone with pre-loaded social media apps for $99.

Qualcomm’s answer to Apple’s A14 processor, and those of Huawei, Samsung and others has arrived, with the lucky-numbered 888 5G Mobile Platform delivering what Qualcomm claims are giant leaps in AI, the most advanced 5G platform, a tripling down on computation photography, unrivalled gaming speed, the fastest Wi-Fi and more!

Taking up the fight to Optus’ price match scheme, Telstra has started one of its own, so that “If you find a better price for an Australian retailer on a huge range of post-paid phones within 7 days of receipt of the phone, we’ll credit your bill”.

Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies will start using liquid lens technology, for which it obtained a patent earlier this year, in its flagship P50 smartphone next year, a report claims.

IIt's Black Friday Fri-yay, with Cyber Mon-yay due in 3 days, as Vodafone "offers a range of savings for customers across its Postpaid, Prepaid and device ranges", with "up to 50%" savings on devices with massive bonus data, from 24 to 30 November

Samsung, Apple and Xiaomi fared much better than other smartphone brands in the Western European market during the third quarter, the technology analyst firm IDC says, adding that total shipments decline 6.5% year-on-year to 28.8 million units.

The smartphone market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa cast off its coronavirus blues in the third quarter, registering growth of 2.1% year-on-year, the technology analyst firm IDC says, adding that the total volume of shipments was 93.1 million units.

Chinese smartphone makers OPPO and realme have announced a number of deals on phones, watches and ear buds for the Black Friday shopping bonanza.

Chinese smartphone vendor OPPO has unveiled what it claims is the first Android Colour Management System which can support full DCI-P3 wide gamut and 10-bit colour depth from capture to storage and display.

Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies has sold its budget smartphone business, Honor, to Shenzhen Zhixin New Information Technology for an unspecified sum.

The demand for 5G smartphones will increase next year with 39% of users indicating that their devices "must support 5G", with the figure going up to 58% for those who planned to upgrade, the telecommunications analyst firm Telsyte says.

Global mission-critical communications provider Motorola Solutions has launched in Australia its next-generation radio designed to help public safety personnel meet challenges like those they have continued to face during the national lockdown.

Global semiconductor, services and software firm Qualcomm Technologies has received permission from the US Department of Commerce to sell some of its products to Chinese telecommunications equipment provider Huawei Technologies, a report says.

About 75% of all new cars that are sold in the next five years are expected to be connected, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, adding that roughly 270 million vehicles will be shipped between 2020 and 2025.

The US smartphone market rose by 31% quarter-on-quarter during the third quarter of 2020, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, adding that, however, this was still down 6% year-on-year.

Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies is likely to sell its budget smartphone unit, Honor, to a group which is led by Digital China and the Shenzhen Government, a report claims.