Locked-down smartphone users in the UK are sitting on 165 million gigabytes of unused mobile data worth a staggering £165 million, study claims Consumers stuck at home due to COVID-19 are using their WiFi instead of data Data use among non-essential workers has fallen from 2.4 to 1.9 GB a month More than two-thirds of users … Read more
Global smartphone shipments have fallen by 16.8 percent due to worldwide lockdowns to stop the spread of coronavirus, reports analyst firm Omdia. Phone vendors such as Apple, Samsung and Huawei are feeling the pinch from production shutdowns at factories, product launch delays and stunted consumer demand. In the first quarter of the year – from … Read more
An NHS contact-tracing app would only completely stop the spread of coronavirus if 80 per cent of current smartphone owners use it, researchers have warned. The team from the University of Oxford simulated how COVID-19 might spread in order to support the development of contact-tracing apps across Europe. However, a previous survey of potential contact-tracing … Read more
An NHS contact-tracing app would only completely stop the spread of coronavirus if 80 per cent of current smartphone owners use it, researchers have warned. The team from the University of Oxford simulated how COVID-19 might spread in order to support the development of contact-tracing apps across Europe. However, a previous survey of potential contact-tracing … Read more
China could retaliate against America for its treatment of Huawei in a number of devastating ways – the most likely would be to targeting US companies that do business in the region, such as Apple. Greater China ranks third among the regions that generate the most revenue for the company, behind the US and Europe. … Read more
Smartphone shipments tumbled 38 percent in February, the biggest single month decline in the industry’s history – driven by factory shutdowns in Asia and growing consumer anxiety about the coronavirus pandemic Smartphone makers shipped 37 million fewer units in February 2020 than 2019 The 38 percent decline was the biggest single month fall in history … Read more
A foldable phone made headlines last year that pulled inspiration from the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and the company behind the device is back with a next-generation model – the Escobar Fold 2. Designed by Roberto Escobar, Pablo’s brother, the smartphone claims to be a ‘real Samsung killer’ at a fraction of the … Read more
Smartphone users who suffer from regular headaches and migraines use more painkillers but find less relief, study shows Researchers surveyed 400 people who get headaches or migraines regularly The team asked the participants to detail their device and painkiller usage Smartphone users tend to take nearly twice as many pills as non-users However, they appear to … Read more
A smartphone app that accurately predicts if pregnant women are at risk of giving birth prematurely could save lives, the British inventors say. QUiPP v2 helps doctors quickly calculate the likelihood of an early delivery on a scale of zero to 100. This score is based on a number of clinical symptoms, the woman’s childbirth … Read more
Millennials are more likely to become agitated and aggressive when forced to wait without their smartphone, study shows Experts explored how concrete and abstract thinking changes our perception They made people wait various lengths for a delayed meeting with a person Those prompted to think about something concrete passed the time more easily However, the team … Read more