Samsung has revealed that they are on schedule to start mass production of 10nm SoCs in the fourth quarter of 2016. This should put have things ready for the next flagship system on a chip from both Samsung as well as Qualcomm (if they choose to go with Samsung again). We also learn that Samsung Pay will be launching in China, UK and Spain later this year.
The latest shipment report from Strategy Analytics suggests there were over 1.44 billion smartphones shipped in 2015. In 2014, this number tipped over the 1.2 billion mark so this year sets a new all-time record. We also learn that Samsung sits on top with 319 million smartphones shipped, Apple comes in second with 231 million, Huawei in 3rd with 107 million, Lenovo in 4th with 73 million, and Xiaomi in 5th with 72 million.
LG is ready to release the LG K4 and LG K10 smartphones on a global scale. The company has just announced that these two devices will be available across Europe and in the Commonwealth of Independent States. LG says this rollout will continue with these two devices being available in Latin America, the Middle East and Asia “in the coming weeks”.
