Samsung, Huawei and Xiaomi drove majority of Q3 global smartphone shipment growth

Samsung dominated global smartphone shipments again during Q3 2017, followed by Apple, Huawei, OPPO and star performer Xiaomi.

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Xiaomi almost topped Samsung’s Q3 smartphone sales in India, the world’s second largest market

Pretty soon, Xiaomi is expected to surpass Samsung's smartphone shipment numbers in India, which has just become the world's second largest market.

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Lenovo touts 11 million smartphone shipments for the last quarter, 3 million Moto Z sales within a year

Lenovo is still hoping for mobile industry relevance after selling a total of 11 million own-brand and Motorola smartphones between April and June 2017.

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ZTE, yes, ZTE was the driving force behind the US smartphone market’s Q2 growth

Everybody knows Samsung and Apple are the most successful smartphone brands in the US, but what very few people realize is ZTE's own local popularity.

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Huawei’s smartphone numbers may have stopped growing, OPPO and Vivo are getting too ambitious

Yes, there might be such a thing as too much ambition, and Huawei, OPPO and Vivo probably need to calm down a little when it comes to sales targets.

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iPhone 6s rules best-selling 2016 smartphone list, followed by iPhone 7, 7 Plus and 6s Plus

Samsung's top-selling 2016 handset, the Galaxy S7 Edge, was only ranked fifth overall, according to IHS, behind four, count'em, four iPhones.

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iPhone 7 component orders step up, nonetheless falling short of 2015 6s numbers

With Apple going against tradition in keeping opening weekend iPhone 7 sales under wraps, as certain models got their initial inventories all depleted during the pre-order period, various financial analysts and industry insiders continue to scramble for

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Fitbit and Xiaomi both eclipse smartwatch king Apple in overall Q1 wearable sales

CEO Tim Cook may try to shine a bright light on Apple’s recent financial numbers, spinning them in such a way that sales decline signals forthcoming growth, and weak China penetration beats yesteryear’s even lousier box-office scores in the world’s largest smartphone market.Meanwhile, the Apple Watch is still considered a hit, and future generations ...

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