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Samsung has today launched its new flagship Galaxy S8 and S8+ phones at dual events in Lincoln Center in New York and Olympic Park in London. The potential rival for Apple’s forthcoming iPhone 8 needs to be a huge success for Samsung in the wake of the exploding Note7 recall debacle last year...

According to new figures from independent research company Strategy Analytics, via MacRumors, Apple has just overtaken Samsung as the world’s largest smartphone vendor in Q4 2016, with total shipments reaching 439 million units. Strategy Analytics says that global smartphone shipments grew by...

AppleInsider reports that according to TechRepublic, the UK Military of Defence (MoD) has chosen to use the iPhone 7 for secret communications, rather than the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 handsets that were initially used by the program. “As more and more development and testing was done, the...

MacRumors reports that according to a new report in DigiTimes, sources in Apple’s Taiwan supply chain say that Samsung Display is rumoured to be Apple’s exclusive supplier of 5.8-inch OLED displays for next year’s top-of-the-range iPhone. We’ve been hearing similar rumours at various points...

According to a new report from The Korea Herald, via MacRumors, not just some, but all of the OLED displays of the forthcoming iPhone 8 will be curved. The Korea Herald’s source said “Apple ordered all plastic OLED—not glass—from Samsung Display.” The source went on to say that Samsung is able...

AppleInsider reports that Samsung looks set to follow in Apple’s footsteps and get rid of the headphone jack in its forthcoming Galaxy S8, despite ridiculing Apple’s decision to remove the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 at the time. Maybe next time Samsung won't be so quick to poke fun at...

According to a new report from BusinessKorea, via 9to5 Mac, Samsung and Apple are locked in a “do-or-die” fight to wrestle OLED display orders from Apple for forthcoming iPhones. Both companies are said to be investing a total of approximately $11.6 million this year in the production of...

According to highly credible KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, via MacRumors, both Apple and Huawei are set to profit from Samsung’s withdrawal from sale of the Galaxy Note 7. Kuo says that both companies can expect to see their orders increased due to previous Note 7 customers wanting to...

According to reports in DigiTimes, via AppleInsider, Apple is set to gain ground on Samsung as the market leader in smartphone sales, although Samsung is still expected to be the number one smartphone vendor on into 2017. Apple will continue to have the highest-number of high-end device sales...

According to a new report on WCCF Tech, based on news coming out of Hong Kong today, it’s possible that the iPhone 7 will be facing more supply issues than first thought due to problems with one of Apple’s major RAM suppliers, SK Hynix. The original report, on DRAMeXchange, said that SK Hynix...

According to a report in Nikkei Asian Review, via 9to5 Mac, Apple could be using Intel chips in iPhones instead of Samsung or TSMC chips as soon as 2018. The prediction was made by semiconductor analysts who think that Intel’s newfound interest in producing ARM-based chips as well as chips...

According to a new report from Nikkei, via MacRumors, Apple intends to release three iPhone models in 2017, one of which will be a high-end model with a 5.5-inch, or bigger, OLED display that will be curved on both sides, much like the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge. It’s possible that this will have...

Samsung is understandably proud of its new Galaxy Note 7, and the reviews have certainly been rapturous as always, but as BGR writes, despite Samsung's latest phablet's much-touted many bells and whistles, it still isn’t as fast as the year-old iPhone 6s. PhoneBuff performed a simple...

Yesterday was a big day for Samsung with the launch of the Galaxy Note7 in New York. And despite this being a big event for the company, MacRumors reports that Samsung just couldn’t resist the chance to poke fun at its rival’s rumoured decision to remove the 3.5 mm headphone jack from the...

According to Military.com’s DoDBuzz, via MacRumors, the U.S. Army Special Operations Command is planning to switch to using iPhones instead of Samsung-branded Android phones for its Tactical Assault Kits. Apparently the reason for the switch is because the Samsung Android phones are simply not...

According to a report in ETNews, via MacRumors, Samsung will be supplying Apple with NAND flash memory chips in 2017, five years after it last supplied Apple with the chips, for the iPhone 5 back in 2012. Apparently Samsung stopped making the chips for Apple because it wasn’t willing to comply...

AppleInsider reports today on a new report from Nikkei that says that Apple plans to launch a range of iPhones with OLED display technology in 2017, which would be a year earlier than previous rumours have stated. The sources for this recent rumour, who are familiar with Apple’s business...

MacRumors reports that Samsung Display is about to sign an agreement with Apple to supply flexible OLED displays for forthcoming iPhones. In order to fulfil this contract, Samsung is expected to invest up to $7.47 billion in OLED manufacturing equipment. According to the original source of...

It’s looking increasingly likely that Apple is set to start using organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology for its iPhone screens, with Reuters reporting today that both South Korea’s LG Display and Samsung Electronics’ panel-making unit are in talks with Apple to supply OLED screens for...

Last week Apple spoke about the supposed superiority of the battery life of the Samsung A9 chip used in some iPhone 6s and 6s Plus in comparison with the TSMC A9 chip, after a Geekbench battery test was reported to have shown the Samsung chip beating the TSMC chip by a large margin. At the...