Apple widens lead with iPad in contracting worldwide tablet market
Apple and Huawei were the only tablet manufacturers reporting sales growth in the most recent quarter.
Huawei
Stephen Silver
Comparing the 13-inch 2018 MacBook Pro vs. MateBook Pro
Some reviewers are saying Huawei's MateBook X Pro is the closest you can get to a MacBook Pro without buying in to Apple's ecosystem — and with a starting price of only $1,200, it might actually be a viable alternative to the new 13-inch MacBook Pro, which is priced at a hefty $1,799. The MacBook Pro is, however, the best all-around 13-inch laptop we've seen so far, so let's put the two side-by-side and see if the MateBook X Pro lives up to the hype.
Vadim Yuryev
Apple maintaining iPhone sales volume in plummeting Chinese smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in China are continuing to drop year-over-year. Not only is Apple holding on to estimated sales volume in the country, but the iPhone X and iPhone 8 Plus are both on the list of top five smartphones sold in the country.
Huawei trying to beat Apple's iPhone shipments to become second-biggest smartphone company
Apple may lose its second-place spot behind Samsung in the global smartphone market in the future, after Chinese mobile device producer Huawei declared it will attempt to ship 200 million smartphones before the end of 2018.
Malcolm Owen
Apple's cheaper iPhones are not the volume sellers pundits predicted: iPhone 8, X are
It's not news that Apple is grabbing all the profits in the smartphone industry. But new data shows that Apple's most expensive new iPhone flagships are accomplishing this largely on their own, indicating that analyst chatter about smartphone users really wanting cheaper devices is totally delusional.
Daniel Eran Dilger
Huawei beats Apple in China-focused corporate reputation survey
An annual study released by the Reputation Institute on Thursday claims Apple's stature in China in slumping, with the iPhone maker falling behind a number of U.S.-based multinational tech companies and local telecommunications giant Huawei.
Mikey Campbell
iPhone X tops smartphone charts in slumping European smartphone market
While smartphone shipments overall dropped 6.3 percent in Europe in first quarter, Apple shipped 10.2 million units to the region representing a 5.4 percent year-over-year decline.
Qualcomm adopts cheaper licensing for 5G tech, hoping to appeal to Apple & others
Seeking to appease customers like Apple and Huawei — and government regulators as well — chipmaker Qualcomm has switched to a more affordable patent licensing model, particularly for makers of high-end and/or 5G-capable phones.
Roger Fingas
Data suggests China's smartphone decline worse than expected, Apple's iPhone pushed out of fourth place
The Chinese smartphone market was actually hit harder in the March quarter than a recent report suggested, dropping 21 percent year-over-year to 91 million units, according to a separate analysis.
Neil Hughes
Mike Wuerthele
