Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top semiconductor buyers in 2015, representing 17.7 percent of the market, according to Gartner, Inc. Samsung Electronics and Apple together consumed $59.0 billion of semiconductors in 2015, an increase of $0.8 billion from 2014 (see Table 1). "Samsung Electronics...

Virtual reality (VR) was among the top trends identified at CES 2016 in Las Vegas earlier this month. This industry interest reaffirms the potential of VR, which with its wide-ranging applications is not only transforming entertainment, gaming and business, but is transporting people to places they would...

Digital brands dominate seven places in the UAE’s top 10 most positively perceived brands for 2015 following new entries from WhatsApp and YouTube, according to the 2015 BestBrand Rankings, launched today by global market research company, YouGov. The BestBrand Rankings are compiled using YouGov’s...

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd has announced the launch of the latest Galaxy A smartphones that combine premium design and enhanced camera features. The 2016 Galaxy A Series incorporates Samsung’s latest in innovative design and technology, giving consumers the ability to express their individuality....

Innovation is all about choice. When companies race to put out new cloud technologies, faster gaming consoles, and even apps that hail cars or deliver food, they are engineering options for how people live, work and communicate. But consumers who trade up to a new mobile may actually end up with less...

Tablet technology has improved so much that they are guaranteed to power you for days and live longer than the average mobile device. This is where we are seeing an industry tipping point for manufacturers. A victim of their own success, manufacturers like Samsung are facing pressure to differentiate...

Samsung Gulf Electronics Co. Ltd. will appear at Abu Dhabi Electronics Shopper (ADES) with new products and competitive promotions. From November 24 to November 28 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Samsung will serve up exclusive promotions with its top-range electronics, from mobile devices...

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) has announced it is supporting consumer payments with the new Samsung Galaxy S6. Eligible consumers in the U.S. will be able to make secure Visa payments with Samsung Pay, Samsung’s new payment service scheduled to launch this summer. Visa is already an Apple Pay supporter. Samsung...

“Sales of feature phones declined 25 percent in the third quarter of 2014 because the difference in price between feature phones and low-cost Android smartphones is reducing further,” said Roberta Cozza, research director at Gartner. In the third quarter of 2014, smartphones accounted for 66 percent...

According to a report by TechSci, “UAE Smartphone Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2019”, the smartphone market in UAE is forecast to reach US$ 9.3 billion in 2019. The market has been segmented into smartphones featuring display below 5 inches, and phablets with display size above 5 inches....