Huawei

According to Gartner (NYSE: IT), a leading information technology research and advisory firm, worldwide mobile phone sales totaled 455.6 million units in the third quarter of 2013. This represents an increase of 5.7 percent from the same quarter last year. Sales of smartphones represented 55...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) could be forced to build lower-cost phones if Huawei and other Chinese manufacturers continue to build cheaper (but comparable) devices. "I wouldn't be so sure [that] Apple will be a huge force in the mid-term," said Andrew Henderson, Editor-at-Large of Nomad Capitalist. "I...

Earlier this week it seemed that the next-generation iPhone -- or at the very least its low-cost companion -- would finally inspire China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) to sign a deal with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). The Chinese telecommunications giant has been reluctant to sell the iPhone for a couple of...

Samsung's beloved iPhone competitor might not be the smash hit that the company anticipated. </p> The South Korean tech giant took a beating last week after an analyst claimed that Galaxy S4 shipments would decline in July. While that assessment was not as grim as it sounded (Samsung...

While Samsung, LG and other manufacturers attempt to make their phones as big as possible, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is hanging onto the four-inch format. BlackBerry's (NASDAQ: BBRY) new phone, the Z10, is only slightly bigger at 4.2 inches. Thus far, Samsung has pushed the boundaries of smartphone...