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Smartphone CPU maker Qualcomm has announced a new version of its Snapdragon 7 chipset series - the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Mobile Platform - which the company says builds on the 7-series momentum of bringing enhanced capabilities to the mid-range smartphones market.

The next generation of Google Pixel phones are on their way, with preorders availabe now. The lineup includes the first and only Google foldable phone, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, as well as three other Pixel phones - Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, and Pixel 9 Pro XL. A new Pixel watch and Pixel buds will follow soon.

Oppo is launching the next model in its Reno line, with the Reno12 Pro and Reno12 to be offered for sale in Australia from 11 July. Both phones will be available for pre-sale from 27 June.

Global smartphone shipments will rise by 4% this year to a total of 1.21 billion units, the technology analyst firm IDC predicts.

iPhone sales in China, the world's biggest smartphone market, fell 19.1% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says.

About 11% of the smartphones sold during calendar year 2024 will be capable of using GenAI, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says. adding that this estimate was higher than an earlier one made in December 2023. The figure was predicted to rise to 43% by 2027.

Global smartphone shipments have risen by 7.8% year-on-year in the first three months of 2024 to 289.4 million units, the technology analyst firm IDC says.

Consumers are embracing Artificial Intelligence in the smartphone market, with preliminary data suggesting that successfully messaging and marketing ‘halo’ AI features in devices can help influence consumer behaviour, according to the latest Worldpanel ComTech study from marketing data and analytics company Kantar.

The total mobile service revenue in Australia is poised to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.5% from $8.7 billion in 2023 to $10.8 billion in 2028, supported by growth in mobile data service revenues, according to data and analytics company GlobalData.

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Chinese smartphone vendor Oppo has signed a 5G patent cross-licensing agreement with Finnish phone firm Nokia and says all legal issues between the two companies will be sorted out.

Apple has grabbed the top spot in global smartphone shipments for 2023, the first time it has done so and also the first time that a company other than Samsung has taken that position since 2010, the technology analyst firms Canalys and IDC report.

The Aspera range of low-budget smartphones have one characteristic in common: each model emphasises certain features. The rest of the features common to smartphones these days are also present – but at an acceptable level.

Australian smartphone shipments in the third quarter of 2023 fell by 9.3% year-on-year, the technology analyst firm IDC says, adding that the 1.81 million units shipped marked a fourth consecutive quarter of declines.

Global smartphone shipments will drop to 1.2 billion units in 2023, the lowest level in almost a decade despite a 3% year-on-year increase to 312 million units in the final three months of the year, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research predicts.

A new study zooming in on how smartphones influence our photography habits found Australians aged 20 to 40 years old take more selfies than teenagers and older Australians, according to research from RMIT University and the Pathshala South Asian Media Institute.

Budget smartphone vendor Aspera Mobile has released its latest rugged smartphone, the R10, which boasts much better specs than the previous model, the R9, which was released three years ago.

The global smartphone market cooled further in the third quarter of 2023, with technology analyst firm Canalys saying it had undergone a fall of 1% year-on-year.

French government agency Agence nationale des fréquences has told Apple to pull its iPhone 12 model from sale in the country due to what it claims are higher radio-frequency emissions than are allowed in the EU.

Apple's new iPhone 15 range comprises the base model iPhone 15, the iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. As expected, they all include USB-C connectors - but not all USB ports are created equal.