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Samsung reportedly looks to rely more on Taiwan-based touch panel makers

Samsung Electronics is reportedly looking to place more orders with Taiwan-based thin-film touch panel makers Young Fast and J Touch for its smartphones in 2013, as supply from some of its other existing suppli    

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Sharp sees shortage of 5-inch Full HD panels on Aquos Phone sales; to release new IGZO smartphone in 2013

Sharp is reportedly witnessing a shortage of its in-house produced 5-inch Full HD handset panels due to explosive sales of its Aquos Phone SH930W in Taiwan, according to industry sources.    

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Ubuntu for phones announced, arrives in early 2014

Canonical has unveiled the mobile version of their Linux-based Ubuntu operating system. Ubuntu for phones uses the same basic kernel and drivers as Android but has a brand new UI and navigation. For starters, U    

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Looking for refurbished iPhone buyer
Jan 02, 2013 (Updated Jan 03, 2013) Echempower Inc, United States, TX - Echempower

Looking for genuine iPhone buyrers. We can supply 200-500 refurbished iPhone 4S weekly, 50-100refurbished iPhone 4 weekly. We also have iPhone 3GS. All come in with full functions, factory unlocked and original     8 comment(s)

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GSMArena's top 10 most popular news and reviews in 2012

2012 was a busy year for the smartphone industry, which worked pretty hard to produce some pretty good products we've ever seen. As expert reviewers we also had our hands full, trying to cover as many of t    

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Entry-level smartphone sales expected to stay strong in China throughout 2013

Entry-level smartphones in China are expected to see increasing sales in 2013 due to an expected domestic economic heat up as well as to China-based handset vendors planning to continue releasing CNY$700 (US$11    

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Samsung says it will ship 510 million phones in 2013

Boosted by what has undoubtedly been a spectacular sales year, Samsung is predicting an even stronger 2013. The Korean giant expects to ship a total of 510 million handsets this year.Of that total, some 390 mil    

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Apple to replace Samsung with TSMC for the A6X chips

We got new reports of Apple working towards breaking the ties with Samsung. The company is reportedly moving the production of quad-core A6X chips out of Samsung's factories. It's no secret th    

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Smartphones trending toward larger displays and quad-core applications, say sources

Smartphones with quad-core processors and displays of 5-inch or above will the mainstream technologies staged at the upcoming CES and MWC (World Mobile Congress) trade fairs, according to industry sources.    

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Arima Communications looks to ship 12-14 million smartphones in 2013

Arima Communications is expected to ship 12-14 million smartphones in 2013, with NEC and Sony Mobile Communications together taking up over 60% of the shipments, according to an industry estimate.    

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