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1 week ago | 
lightreading.com | Kelsey Kusterer Ziser
Research group IDC has lowered its growth forecast for the global smartphone market for 2025 due to tariffs and macroeconomic conditions. But, recent legal developments and device promotions from carriers could bring brighter days. The recent rush on smartphone purchases due to tariff concerns apparently won't be enough to boost the smartphone market for 2025.
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1 week ago | 
lightreading.com | Kelsey Kusterer Ziser
Apple's new mid-range smartphone, the iPhone 16e, didn't make it onto Counterpoint Research's top-ten list of best-selling smartphones for Q1. The launch timing for the phone and increased price over the iPhone SE might have impacted the 16e's ranking. While the iPhone 16 ranked first on Counterpoint Research's list of the top ten best-selling smartphones for Q1 this year, the iPhone 16e was missing from the leaderboard.
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1 week ago | 
lightreading.com | Kelsey Kusterer Ziser
Apple fell from President Donald Trump's good graces last week when he announced that the company needs to manufacture the iPhone in the US or face a 25% tariff. But many telecom industry analysts say it's highly unlikely that smartphone manufacturing would ever move to the US, and if it did, the process would take years.
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2 weeks ago | 
lightreading.com | Kelsey Kusterer Ziser
Among the AI technologies available in Extreme Networks' Platform One networking and security platform, AI Canvas is front-of-mind for managed service providers (MSPs) that require a simplified approach to designing dashboards and reports for their enterprise customers. As much as managed service providers (MSPs) strive to simplify IT operations for their enterprise customers, they also require a straightforward approach to running their services.
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3 weeks ago | 
lightreading.com | Kelsey Kusterer Ziser
In an effort to get ahead of US tariffs, smartphone makers are wasting no time in driving up device shipments. Apple, in particular, is taking no chances with tariffs – its smartphone shipments to the US increased 42% year-over-year (YoY) in March, according to a report by Counterpoint Research. Overall for March, total smartphone shipments to the US increased 30% YoY, with devices coming from countries including China, India and Vietnam, Counterpoint Research said.
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3 weeks ago | 
lightreading.com | Kelsey Kusterer Ziser
Samsung has a new take on convincing customers to upgrade their devices. After launching the Galaxy Club program for device upgrades earlier this month, Samsung is now ramping up promotion of it to coincide with this week's launch of the Galaxy S25 Edge, reported TechRadar. While it's not uncommon for smartphone vendors to have their own device promotions, Samsung is upping the ante with the Galaxy Club plus additional promotions such as free streaming services with the purchase of the S25 Edge.
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3 weeks ago | 
lightreading.com | Kelsey Kusterer Ziser
Verizon is the neutral host Distributed Antenna System (DAS) provider for the new Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, home of the Buffalo Bills NFL team and their loyal fans, the "Bills Mafia."The new stadium is scheduled to be completed by next season's kickoff, in fall of 2026. It will be able to seat 60,000 fans with the option to add capacity for hosting special events.
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1 month ago | 
lightreading.com | Kelsey Kusterer Ziser
Samsung is coming out with a thinner version of its flagship Galaxy S series at a time when consumers are flocking to upgrade their devices. Whether the upgrade trend is due to carrier promotions or tariff worries remains unclear, according to industry analysts. Samsung is slimming down its flagship model smartphone with the upcoming launch of the Galaxy S25 Edge on May 12.
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1 month ago | 
lightreading.com | Kelsey Kusterer Ziser
The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, Samsung's latest Galaxy S-series smartphone, performed best on T-Mobile's network, according to Ookla's Speedtest data for March 2025. While examining whether it's worthwhile for Samsung S21 Ultra smartphone users to upgrade to the newest model, Ookla's Speedtest data revealed that the S25 Ultra performed best on T-Mobile's network for median download and upload speeds for March of this year.
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1 month ago | 
lightreading.com | Kelsey Kusterer Ziser
While Samsung garnered 20% of smartphone market share, the global smartphone market overall experienced nominal growth of 0.2% in Q1 of this year, according to Canalys. Samsung, followed by Apple, led the smartphone market in Q1, according to research group Canalys. Samsung maintained its lead among smartphone vendors in Q1 with 60.5 million units shipped and 20% market share, ahead of Apple's 55 million units shipped and 19% market share.
