Daily News: Samsung is facing a difficult time in 2016, Huawei records the highest growth on smartphone shipments and more..

Today latest news around the world of smartphones, from their makers to the specs inside it. It will be compiled into one big news.

Here are they:

Samsung is facing a difficult time as 2016, is slow start for their smartphone and other gadget

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The South Korean Tech giant Samsung warns about the slow start for the sales their smartphone and other gadget, as they enter 2016. The tech giant’s warning came a day after Apple announce about it. Apple experience the biggest drop down sales in two years, consider to be the number company in the world, they forecasted there down on sales in a first quarter for the last 13 years.

China’s slow down market growth and weaker emerging currencies are cutting the sales of electronics and gadgets, ranging from television to personal computers troubles the tech giant Samsung and Apple, also the other small gadget makers.

Samsung profited about $5.05 billion on their October-December operation. The Mobile Division of Samsung profit slipped of 7.3% for the third quarter to 2.23 trillion won, consider to be the weakest result in the last four quarter. According to Samsung, there first-quarter profit will be improve by the launch of new smartphones, but they expected that shipments on this will be in declined.

Also, the tech giant sell its 37.5% stake in Samsung Card Co. Ltd. To Samsung Life Insurance Co Ltd for about $1.3 billion, these funds will be use for the new business.

Samsung and Apple leads the race of Smartphone; while according to IDC, Huawei records the highest growth in shipments

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Samsung and Apple, the world’s largest and second-largest smartphone makers by shipments, both of them retained there spot. Apple has increased there global market share in 2015 to 16.2% from 14.8% in 2014. Apple saw the emerging markets in growth with the sales in India for up to 76% per year and 18% in China, respectively.

On the other hand, Samsung stayed on the top of the chart, it finished 2015 with about 86 million of smartphone alone being shipped around the world. Samsung Electronics are mixed up of shipments of gadget with just about 2.1% per year over year. This is due the emerging competition of low to mid-range smartphone makers in China while it compete also with the high-end smartphones of Apple.

According to IDC report, 2015 was the years where smartphones are everywhere, Chinese manufacturer’s Huawei and Lenovo are the best gainers in the year. Huawei shipments has been rising, a 44.3% in 2015. This stats, helps Huawei to 4^th mobile phone maker to ship 100 million units, joining the elite groups, this include Apple, Samsung and Nokia. Also, Lenovo records the second fastest-growth in global shipments of smartphone in 2015 about 24.5%.

The Chip maker Qualcomm, also hit by slow demands of Smartphones

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Smartphone are becoming necessity not a wants anymore, and Qualcomm is riding the tide. During the release of first quarter earnings, Qualcomm reported that there revenue is down by 19% over year at $5.77 billion.

About 10% down in the shipments of chip for the quarter, the same the quarter last year with 242 million units shipped.

The company now is resolving any patent disputes over its wireless technology with the smartphone makers in China during in the recent month, having to about $975 million fine to Chinese government about antitrust allegations. Xiaomi, Huawei, ZTE, Haier and others have an agreement with Qualcomm. While Lenovo, consider to one of the top 5 Chinese phone makers to have holding agreement with Qualcomm.

After Qualcomm settling those dispute, they will yet face another problem slow growth of global market for smartphones. Even, Apple experience the slow market of iPhone.

But with the release of the new flagship processor, Snapdragon 820, it may feel better than last year’s Snapdragon 810, filled with of problems regarding with performance and overheating. The company has more than 100 phone wins at this time, but it will not ensure them a strong demand of smartphones with the slowdown of global market.