Made in China: Four horsemen of the iPhone apocalypse

Will modular handsets save the smartphone market, or destroy it?

ZDNet Mobility & Telecoms July 28, 2016

Made in China: Four horsemen of the iPhone apocalypse Today it's the $100 value handset. Tomorrow it will be the $200 premium smartphone. There's nothing left for the traditional device OEMs with those kind of margins. Huawei, ZTE, Xiaomi and Lenovo are coming, and Apple and Samsung can't stop them. READ FULL STORY

Forrester: Nearly 1 in 3 Americans will use a wearable device by 2021 READ FULL STORY Brick by brick: Will modular handsets save the smartphone market, or destroy it? READ FULL STORY

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Snowden iPhone case tells you in real time when you are being spied on The mobile device case will let you know when data is moving without your permission. READ FULL STORY

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