Samsung is looking better than Apple. Samsung has warned that its Q1 2019 performance will miss expectations which is most likely a sign of further weakness to come at one...
Apple needs 2.1bn paying subscribers to make it a services company. Apple will launch its new video service today, but it is very unlikely to ever be big enough to...
Apple is a bit closer to a killer use case. The latest data from Apple’s study with Stanford University is encouraging and I think represents a step closer towards...
The Chinese and Apple benefit from continued intransigence. I continue to believe that the best interest of Samsung and Google would be served by Samsung giving up software and Google...
No party means no hangover. MWC is almost over and while the stages have seen some confident predictions (eg Cisco: “hype is going to be reflected in the reality”), the...
The floor: software takes a back seat With the 5G cycle in full swing, MWC has gone fully back to its roots as an equipment show. Boxes with lots of...
ZTE has the best handset demonstration of 5G. Doing a round of the 5G demonstrations revealed a disappointing situation which also did not hold up well to close inspection or...
Everybody folds and 5G gets real-ish Folding bandwagon In what has unsurprisingly become a crowded space, there is a lot of variation but I think the most impressive demonstration is...
Samsung relaunches the Nokia Communicator. Samsung has resurrected the Nokia Communicator (Galaxy Fold) and launched a good iteration of the Galaxy series that is different enough to warrant an upgrade....
Richard is founder, owner of research company, Radio Free Mobile. He has 16 years of experience working in sell side equity research. During his 11 year tenure at Nomura Securities, he focused on the equity coverage of the Global Technology sector.
Huawei vs Samsung – Rivers of blood pt. VII.
Samsung margins unlikely to recover from Huawei’s predations. Samsung’s handset margins are unlikely to recover anytime soon thanks to a resurgent Huawei, but as ever in Android, it is Google...