Oppo A3s Exclusive To JB Hi-Fi For $279
Chinese newcomer Oppo has cuddled up to JB Hi-Fi, by quietly launching its new A3s handset, exclusively to the local retailer for... Read More
Apple Halts iPhone XR Supply Over Weak Demand
Recent reports claim Apple has halted supplier production for its ‘affordable’ iPhone XR, citing lower-than-expected demand. According to the Nikkei Asian Review, Apple has... Read More
Google Admits to Memory Problem Promises to Fix Pixel 3
Google will roll out an update to Pixel 3 to fix memory management issues “in the coming week” according to a statement... Read More
Apple Slashes iPhone XR Productions As Retailers Slash Apple Inventory
Apple is facing a new crisis with carriers telling ChannelNews that they have minimised the risk of the new iPhone XR by... Read More
Q3 Smartphone Shipments Slump 6% YoY
Latest IDC numbers reveal the global smartphone market notched its forth straight quarterly decline in Q3Y18, with vendors shipping less units than... Read More
Reports Apple 5G iPhone Arriving 2020
5G has been a hot topic in the news with wireless and broadband services awaiting the arrival of 5G connectivity. Phone manufacturers... Read More
Huawei An OK 5G Vendor: Spark
The CEO of New Zealand telco Spark has come out in support of Chinese telco manufacturer Huawei as a potential supplier of... Read More
Telstra To Consider Compensation After Weekend EFTPOS Outage
Adding fuel to Telstra’s fire over a series of outages recently, the telco was hit by another gap in its EFTPOS and... Read More
Mini-LED Backlit LCDs To Take On OLED Phones
Research from Taiwanese trade publication, DigiTimes, claims suppliers have already begun production of mini-LED backlit LCD screens, as they seek to combat demand for... Read More
REVIEW: Samsung Galaxy Tab S4, A Swiss Army Knife For Busy Executives
On the outside it looks like any bog standard tablet a tad thin, lighter than an iPad but when you tap into... Read More
Shares Slump, Sales Down Now Apple Refuses To Reveal How Many iPhones They Are Selling
When Xbox sales slumped Microsoft stopped telling the market how many they had actually sold, now Apple is taking a leaf out... Read More
Apple Shares Dive 7%, Won’t Report iPhone Unit Sales Again
Shares in Apple dived over 7% following Q4 earnings, and a light holiday sales forecast. The Californian giant has also advised it... Read More
iPad Pro Buyers Stung For New Apple Pencil
Buyers of Apple’s new iPad Pro are set to be stung an extra couple of dollars to upgrade, after discovering the tablet... Read More
ZTE Nubia X Trades Notch For Dual Screens
While Apple has created a digital notch bar, Samsung are engineering a below the surface front camera, and Google have issues with their... Read More
Apple Pay Fails To Meet Expectations
Digital wallet and mobile platform, Apple Pay, has reportedly struggled meet expectations (especially in the United States), with the service only beginning... Read More
Samsung Banking On 5G & New Smartphone Designs To Boost Flagging Mobile Sales
Samsung who yesterday reported a record profit is now getting set to shake up the 5G handset market with a dual screen... Read More
Google Wins Roy Morgan Best Mobile Brand, Again
Latest research from Roy Morgan has ranked Google the nation’s most satisfied mobile customers, snaring the top spot for the second straight... Read More
Boost Mobile Boost Data Plans for Summer
Boost Mobile has announced a host of new bonus data includes across their $30+ plans, and have also introduced a new $70 plan... Read More
Don’t Protect NBN From 5G Services, ACCC Chief Warns
ACCC chief Rod Sims has urged the Morrison Government against any move to protect NBN Co’s network against the approaching tsunami of... Read More
Facebook Q3 Earnings Miss Analyst Forecasts, Users Slip
Facebook has post lower-than-expected Q3 revenue, notching US$13.73 billion versus US$13.77 billion analysts expected. The social media giant has continued to shed... Read More
Apple Wants Consumers To Dig Deep With Some Very Expensive New Gear Revealed
Apple has launched new hardware including a seriously expensive MacBook Air, a dusted-off Mac Mini, new iPads, however the launch could spell... Read More
Snap Loses 5 Million Daily Users
Snap shares have plunged 14 percent after the Snapchat-owner posted its second straight quarter of user losses and forecast further declines. Snap’s... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Online Retailers Give ATO Two Finger Salute Over GST
An exclusive investigation by ChannelNews reveals that Australian consumer electronics and appliance retailers are now having to compete online, up against questionable... Read More
Budget Gaming Phone Nokia 5.1 Plus Coming To Oz For $379
Nokia’s parent company, HMD Global, are releasing the Nokia 5.1 Plus, marketed as the “gaming companion” geared towards gamers in Australia on... Read More
Oz Post To Try Again With Robot Deliverer That Needs A Minder
Australia Post has said it is contemplating new trials of its controversial parcel-delivering “robot”, despite the widespread derision of a previous trial... Read More
‘Twisted Light’ To Deliver Internet Feeds 100 Times Faster
Researchers at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) have developed new fibreoptic technology claimed to be able to harness “twisted” light beams... Read More
In The Car with Cygnett
The power-charging powerhouse has everything you need to keep your power levels up while on your journey. Car Chargers Keep the power... Read More
Latest Leaks On Samsung’s Foldable Phone and Galaxy S10
Bloomberg has reported that Samsung is planning on launching three new Galaxy S10 models and the long-anticipated foldable phone early next year,... Read More
Apple Owes Qualcomm $9 Billion Court Hears
Qualcomm is claiming that the royalty clock is still running and that Apple now owes them over $9 Billion dollars.The information came... Read More
Carriers & CE Retailers Banking On New Cheap iPhone XR, After “Poor” Demand For Pricey iPhones
Australian retailers who have told ChannelNews that the recently released Apple XS and XS Max iPhones have “failed to excite” consumers are... Read More
Amaysim Exits Broadband After $3 Million Sale
Amaysim has exit the fixed line broadband business after 18 months, selling its customer base for $3 million, in a bid to... Read More
LG Q3 Operating Profit Up 45% YoY
LG Electronics has post a notable 45% year-on-year jump in Q3 operating profit to 749 billion won ($657.83 million), meeting the company’s former... Read More
Huawei Launch Mate 20 with Epic Light Show On World’s Tallest Building
Huawei lit up the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa, with an epic light show in Dubai last night to launch their hotly anticipated... Read More
Vodafone NZ Users To Avail Of Telstra Cyber Security Platform
Vodafone’s corporate and government clients in New Zealand will be able to use new Telstra’s cloud-based security platform after the company’s New... Read More
Samsung And Apple Fined For Slowing Down Phones
An anti-trust watchdog group, Italian Authority for Market and Competition, has issued Samsung and Apple a €5 million fine each ( approx.... Read More
Telstra Boss Claims NBN Pricing Sending Industry Broke
Telstra Chief Executive, Andy Penn, claims the NBN’s pricing structure is sending the industry broke, rejecting the stance of NBN CEO Stephen... Read More
Amazon-Backed Smart glasses Startup Raises $130 Million
Amazon-backed startup, North, has raised over a whopping US$130 million, to launch a pair of ‘wearable’ smart glasses named ‘Focal’. The smart... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Huawei Tipped To Enter TV Market Along With Oppo
Smartphone makers LG and Samsung are known for selling top end TV’s, now Chinese smartphone maker Huawei and Oppo are set to... Read More
Xiaomi Take On Razer with 10GB RAM Gaming Phone
Xiaomi has announced the Black Shark Helo, a follow-up to the Black Shark gaming phone that improves on the original with Snapdragon 845,... Read More
Ericsson Wins Telstra 5G Contract After Huawei Ban
Telstra has appointed Swedish telco Ericsson its key 5G technology partner, as its seeks to emerge a market leader in Australia’s 5G... Read More
HTC’s Blockchain Phone Available For Pre-Order With A Catch
HTC’s blockchain-powered smartphone, the Exodus 1, is now available for early access pre-order, but there’s a catch. You can only preorder it using Bitcoin... Read More
AMS Profit Surges On New iPhones
Austrian chipmaker AMS posted a 49 percent lift in its third-quarter core profit and gave an upbeat forecast for the next period... Read More
Australian Outfits Not Ready For Industry 4.0, Says Optus
Optus has published a white paper based on a survey of 285 Australian enterprises, saying it shows them to be under-estimating the... Read More
Groundbreaking Samsung Galaxy S Technologies Leaked
Samsung held a private event for a small number of its business partners at the Shenzhen Marriott Hotel in China where a... Read More
Huawei Won’t Sell “iPhone Killer” In America
Chinese-based Huawei has confirmed it will not sell its “iPhone killer” – the new Mate 20 series – in the United States,... Read More
Google’s Pixel 3 Plagued By Issues
Since its release, the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL have been plagued by issues and user complaints, from memory faults, buzzing... Read More
New Cygnett Power Bank Charges 3 Devices At Once
Aussie accessories manufacturer, Cygnett, has expanded its portable charger portfolio, by launching its new 27,000 mAh USB-C power bank ($179.99), which claims... Read More
Kogan Unveils Agora 9 with 4,000 mAh Battery for $169
Kogan.com has unveiled the latest addition to their smartphone range, the Agora 9, featuring a long battery life and numerous other features... Read More
Apple Boss Demands Retraction
Apple CEO Tim Cook has called on business news site Bloomberg to retract a story alleging Chinese spyware had been implanted in... Read More
OPPO Caught Cheating in Benchmarks
OPPO is the latest smartphone manufacturer to come under fire for fudging their benchmark results. They are accused of using their AI... Read More