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SAMSUNG
Samsung recently announced that 100 million Galaxy S and Note phones will ship in 2013. Figures show huge Samsung growth. Samsung also has won several CES innovations awards for the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch, Galaxy Note 10.1 2014, Galaxy Note 8.0, Galaxy Tab 3 8 and Samsung Galaxy NX, today.
Samsung in total has won 258 CES awards.
Verizon announced its new Edge device payment plan, with no contract where the smartphone full price is divided into 24 months and the first upgrade with trade-in can be made in six months as long as the 50% of the phone has been paid for.
Verizon reported:
The rate of new smartphone upgrades is declining. Which is why T-Mobile and AT&T most likely have developed new upgrade options and carriers are trying to find new ways to market their smartphones.
UBS reported that last year when about 68 million people upgraded their phones in the U.S., down more than 9% from a year earlier.
The latest stats from Gartner show a decline in PC shipments but overall increase in tablets, smartphones and ultramobiles.
The big movers will be tablets with shipments expected to grow 67.9 percent, with shipments reaching 202 million units in 2103.
"Welcome to the U.S. smartphone pool party, Samsung and Sony," a Kyocera PR rep wrote in an email, reminding the rest of the world that you don't have to pay a fortune for a rugged smartphone, that is water safe and strong.
Over the past few years, Kyocera has developed a reputation for being a leader in waterproof cell phones. From 2010's ultra-rugged Kyocera Taho flip phone to the prepaid, mass-market Hydro in summer 2012 and now the recently launched Hydro Series of smartphones, Kyocera has brought EIGHT unique, affordable waterproof handsets to the U.S. market including two 4G LTE smartphones, Kyocera Torque and Kyocera Hydro XTRM.