Over the past year, Google has made it a point to communicate the wins of their Android platform. On a daily basis, Android is experiencing 1.3 Million unique activations, Android phones account for 68% of the smartphone market, and the top OEM handset manufacturer, Samsung, has benefited greatly from sales of its Android based Galaxy SIII models…. Read more
Earlier today, Sony Mobile made an announcement pertaining to their intention to streamline operations and reduce their overall costs. Sony has stated it will do so by reducing it’s workforce by around 15 percent, leading approximately 1,000 jobs to be in jeopardy. As part of these latest changes, Sony Mobile HQ will move from Lund, Sweden to Tokyo,… Read more
HTC’s recent troubles continue as their newly reported numbers from the third quarter of 2012 show as much as a 23 percent drop in overall revenue, with only the Chinese market showing any signs of growth. HTC, now the industries number 5 smartphone maker, is a well-known name but has been hurt by competition from Samsung and Apple, sees overall… Read more
Sprint announced earlier this morning their second quarter 2012 financial results and while we hope it’s ready for a bright future, the present isn’t so positive. Sprint reported a net loss of $1.4 billion, compared to a net loss of $847 million in the second quarter of 2011. Sprint did gain 263,000 postpaid net additions in the quarter, the eighth such… Read more
HTC announced their second quarter 2012 financial results amidst a 57.8 percent net profit drop, which still shows the company's financials improving over the first quarter of this year. Combining weaker than expected European sales, along with customs issues in the US played a large role in financial numbers that are still well down from the same time… Read more
Sprint released their first quarter 2012 numbers this morning reporting a net loss of $863 million dollars, while adding more than 1.1 million new customers to their network. Sprint’s new subscriber growth netted 263,000 postpaid customers in the first quarter of 2012 alone. Sprint said they are still on track with their LTE network, expected to launch… Read more
AT&T announced their first-quarter 2012 earnings this morning among record sales numbers for smartphones. All totaled, AT&T sold a record 5.5 million smartphones, 78% of them were iPhones, however. That leaves just 1.2 million Android and Blackberry smartphones to make up the difference. AT&T didn’t give a breakdown of non-iPhone sales but we… Read more
HTC’s first quarter results for 2012 were decidely less than stellar, fortunately they came too early to see any impact from the start of sales for HTC’s new “One” line of products. According to Reuters, HTC is predicting their revenues will leap up by 55 percent in the second quarter of this year. A 55 percent jump in revenue would equal around $3.56… Read more
A brief bit of news out of the Verizon Wireless camp this morning as they release their fourth quarter 2011 financial results. During their morning call, Verizon took the time to tout their 4G LTE network. Nothing they sold 2.9 million LTE devices which includes smartphones, tablets, and portable hotspot and data devices, that’s a 22 percent… Read more
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