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Samsung – A good day.

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....

5G – Rotten race.

A race not worth winning. With Mobile World Congress just around the corner, the focus for the next week or so will be back on 5G as this will be...

Huawei – Rivers of blood pt. VI.

The main beneficiaries are Samsung and Ericsson. Just as Huawei is on the edge of casing Samsung real problems, it has a host of troubles that could completely destroy almost...

Xiaomi – Under the wire.

Xiaomi finally in range. The noise and bustle of CES have distracted many commentators from the dreadful performance at Xiaomi which is now starting to be properly priced into the...

Apple FQ1 19 – Much ado about nothing.

An echo of Nokia between 2003 and 2006. Apple has ensured an exciting start to the year with its first profit warning for more than 10 years that I think...

Google – Toothless in Europe pt. V.

Better products, not ineffective regulation needed. The regulations being imposed upon Google by a seemingly hapless EU appear to be having the opposite effect to that intended in yet another...

Apple vs. Qualcomm – Pressure cooker pt. II

The injunction has teeth. In a surprising admission of weakness, Apple has admitted that if the injunction remains in force, it will be forced to settle with Qualcomm which I...

Qualcomm vs. Apple – Pressure cooker

Chinese injunction will increase pressure on Apple. Qualcomm has won a good victory in China with an injunction on the sale of a good number of Apple’s products which will...

Samsung vs. Huawei – Rivers of blood pt. V.

Samsung needs hardware differentiation more than ever. I think Samsung is undergoing a flurry of display innovation with its Infinity-O screen and it’s new folding screen form factor because it...

Google Pixel – Damage done pt. II.

Google is still not a hardware company. Unnecessary problems with the latest Pixel device are a repeat of the issues that hampered the appeal of the Pixel 2 in 2017...