KGI Securities’ Ming-chi Kuo has been highly regarded for his analyses and forecasts for upcoming Apple products. While many of them have indeed come to pass, they do sometimes sound too good, or too bad, to be true. While we’re still more than half a year away from a new iPhone, the ball has started rolling on what this year’s lineup will be like. The 6.-1 inch iPhone has already been suggested but now Kuo stirring things up again with a larger, 6.5-inch iPhone X Plus. The 6.1-inch iPhone is going to be odd in a few ways. First is its “Goldilocks” size of being in the middle of the regular iPhone X size and the new iPhone X Plus. Second is that it will only have one main camera instead of the iPhone X’s two. And finally, it will be using a LCD screen instead of OLED. RELATED POST: Apple iPhone Price Listing It’s not all bad. For one, the 6.1-inch iPhone will have a larger battery capacity than last year’s iPhone X despite using a rectangular battery rather than the ...

Sony’s innovation-backed dominance over the smartphone market was smothered by cheaper offerings and its inclinations towards non-mainstream features like 960 fps slo-mo video and 4K display on a skimpy screen. Now, the company is planning to turn its fortune around by focussing more on useful smartphone features . Sony showcased its latest lineup of mid-range Xperia phones – Xperia XA2, Xperia XA2 Ultra, and Xperia L2 – at CES 2018. The company’s first move in the direction of transformation was evident from the fingerprint sensor, which despite being in the mainstream for the past two years now, was not available on Sony’s budget phones. Sony also changed its placement from the power button on the side and to the back of the device . So it’s clearly listening to the market feedback and reviews. Talking at CES 2018, Sony Mobile’s North America VP, Don Mesa admitted that Sony might (a very shaky might, though) be considering taking a dive into the st...

Samsung Electronics has quashed rumors that it plans to launch the Galaxy S9 at CES this year. The South Korean tech giant will unveil its flagship Galaxy S9 at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in February, its mobile boss says. DJ Koh, president of Samsung's mobile business, said its first flagship smartphone of the year will be unveiled at the trade show in February with the sales date also announced at the event, at a press conference at CES in Las Vegas. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S8 last year at an Unpacked Event in March in New York and starting selling the device in April. The unveiling of the Galaxy S9 comes a month earlier and sales will likely begin in March this year. Koh also said that the company was planning to launch its fold-able phone sometime next year. Last year he told reporters in South Korea that the company was targeting a launch this year. He said UX was the biggest obstacle in commercialization and added that the company was ...