The innovations that will drive smartphone sales in 2019

Device manufacturer, Tecno Mobile has over the last ten years acquired over 25 per cent market share in Kenya and African markets including Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Egypt and Cameroon.

Huawei Technologies Co. pulled ahead of Apple Inc. to claim the No. 2 position in global smartphone shipments in the second quarter just behind Samsung Electronics Co. Bloomberg Opinion's Alex Webb assesses the impact of Chinese competitors on Apple and other challenges facing the iPhone maker on "Bloomberg Markets: European Open."

Bloomberg Intelligence's John Butler discusses the factors that will drive smartphone demand in 2019 with Bloomberg's Selina Wang on "Bloomberg Technology."

The U.S. trade war with China is spreading uncertainty for Apple, Huawei, and every other big global technology company.

Samsung’s new folding phone was supposed to break the mold. Turns out it’s just broken. But how damaging will the postponed launch of the Galaxy Fold ultimately be for the South Korean tech giant?

Smartphone slowdown hits Apple & Samsung

Africans are increasingly using smartphones. Chinese providers in particular benefit from the boom. The African companies that are pushing their way onto the market are having a hard time competing with Chinese prices.

We know our digital devices are logging our every move, yet we still trust in Apple, Facebook and Android. What if we "unGoogled" ourselves and took back control of our data? Two startups hope we will do just that.

For the first time ever, China's electronics giant Huawei sold more smartphones than the South Korea's Samsung in the last quarter, according to an industry tracker. Still, Huawei faces trouble on the global market.

ZTE is currently working on launching the world's first smartphone an under-screen camera on September 1. The Axon 20 5G will be the first “mass-produced” smartphone with the new in-display selfie camera. That means the phone will have no notch or punch-hole cut-out, making the device bezel-less.

Apple has unveiled its latest iPhone - the first major redesign of the company's flagship product since 2017. The iPhone 12 will join offerings from rivals in what the industry is hoping will be a spending spree on new phones as next-generation 5G mobile networks are rolled out. Also in today's business round-up, why the United States and the European Union are calling for talks to resolve a long-running trade dispute over subsidies to Airbus and Boeing.

The Nokia 9000 Communicator — "the office in your back pocket" — was a smartphone even before the word was invented. It has been 25 years since it revolutionized the market.