Topic: mobile-phones

Fears of peak iPhone sales rattle Asian Apple suppliers

Fears of peak iPhone sales rattle Asian Apple suppliers

Jess Macy Yu and Heekyong Yang, Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 06:47 PM

Shares in Asian suppliers and assemblers for Apple Inc fell on Tuesday after several component makers warned of weaker than expected results, leading some market watchers to call the peak for iPhones in several key markets. Read more »

Xiaomi back in Philippines with phone under P5,000

Xiaomi back in Philippines with phone under P5,000

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 14 09:01 AM

Xiaomi, the world's fourth largest smartphone vendor, is back in the Philippines after a two-year absence, launching on Tuesday twin handsets that challenge its fellow Chinese competitors in terms of price. Read more »

Philippines is world's top social media user: study

Philippines is world's top social media user: study

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 05:30 PM

For the third year in a row, the Philippines emerged as the country that spent the most time on social media, according to a report by creative agency We Are Social and social media management platform Hootsuite.   Read more »

The rush for iPhoneX

The rush for iPhoneX

Bobby Yip, Reuters
Posted at Nov 03 05:34 PM

A man pays to buy new iPhone Xs from those who just bought at Apple Stores, on a street in Hong Kong, China on Friday. Read more »

OPINION: Regression amid progress

OPINION: Regression amid progress

Tin Bartolome - Hopechest
Posted at Oct 27 02:22 PM

Mobile phones and similar gadgets are communication instruments, but they can become the emotional walls we build around us that hinder real connections from forming. Read more »

Cellphones and Bilibid drug cells

Cellphones and Bilibid drug cells

Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 10:53 AM

Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II says mobile phones are to blame for the resurgence of the narcotics trade in the New Bilibid Prison, despite the watchful eye of the police Special Action Force (SAF). Read more »

LOOK: 20-year collection of mobile phones

LOOK: 20-year collection of mobile phones

Kim Kyung-Hoon, Reuters
Posted at Jul 06 07:56 PM

A man using a smartphone walks past an electronic shop's wall decorated with old cell phones which its owner Watanabe Masanao had collected over 20 years is pictured in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday.  Read more »

ADDA: Caught in the act

ADDA: Caught in the act

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 04:32 PM

A motorist is caught using his mobile phone on live-streaming video as a staff at the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) metrobase monitors violators of the Anti-Distracted Driving Law. The law seeking to curb road accidents because of the use of electronic gadgets took effect Thursday.  Read more »

Ombudsman counters Judy Syjuco's motion to dismiss cases

Ombudsman counters Judy Syjuco's motion to dismiss cases

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 06:25 PM

MANILA - The Office of the Ombudsman has opposed the motion that former Iloilo Representative Judy Syjuco filed in a bid to dismiss graft and malversation cases against her for the alleged "ghost" acquisition of P6.25-million worth of mobile phones in December 2004.   Read more »

Samsung PH to replace units of Galaxy Note 7 owners

Samsung PH to replace units of Galaxy Note 7 owners

Alex Villafania, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 10:32 PM

The Philippine office of Samsung says that it will “voluntarily replace” the units of customers who have bought the Galaxy Note 7. This comes after the Korean electronics giant’s recall of its latest flagship mobile device, which is reported to be suffering from faulty batteries. Read more »

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