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HISTORY OF iPHONE
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PHONE IS A LINE OF
smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. They run Apple's iOS mobile operating system. The first generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007. The most recent iPhone model is the iPhone SE, which was unveiled at a special event on March 21, 2016. The user interface is built around the device's multitouch screen, including a virtual keyboard. The iPhone has Wi-Fi and can connect to cellular networks. Though this was not a standard feature until the iPhone 3GS, an iPhone can shoot videotake photos, play music, send and receive email, browse the web, send and receive text messages. As well as following GPS navigation, recording notes, performing mathematical calculations and receiving visual voicemail. Other functions include video games, reference works, social networking etc can be enabled by downloading application programs. As of October 2013, the App Store offered more than one million apps by Apple and third parties and is ranked as the world's largest mobile software distribution network of its kind. By number of currently available applications. There are 9 generations of iPhone models, each accompanied by one of the nine major releases of iOS. The original 1st-generation iPhone was a GSM phone and established design precedents, such as a button placement that has persisted throughout all releases and a screen size maintained for the next four iterations. 1
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The iPhone 3G added 3G cellular network capabilities and A-GPS location. The iPhone 3GS added a faster processor and a higher-resolution camera that could record video at 480p. The iPhone 4 featured a higher-resolution 960Ă—640 Retina Display, a VGA front-facing camera for video calling and other apps and a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with 720p video capture. The iPhone 4S upgrades to an 8-megapixel camera with 1080p video recording, a dualcore A5 processor, and a natural language voice control system called Siri. iPhone 5 features the dual-core A6 processor, increases the size of the Retina display to 4 inches, introduces LTE support and replaces the 30-pin dock connector with an all-digital Lightning connector. The iPhone 5C features the same A6 chip as the iPhone 5, along with a new backsideilluminated FaceTime camera and a new casing made of polycarbonate. The iPhone 5S features the dual-core 64-bit A7 processor, an updated camera with a larger aperture and dual-LED flash, and the Touch ID fingerprint scanner, integrated into the home button, and fitness tracking facilities. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus further increased screen size, measuring at 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches, respectively. In addition, they also feature an A8 chip and M8 motion coprocessor. The iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, and iPhone SE all feature Apple's new dual-core 64-bit A9 chip, 2GB of RAM, a GT7600 (6-core) GPU. 3D Touch, a new feature that enables pressure sensitive touch inputs, is currently available exclusively on the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. As of 2013, the iPhone 3GS had the longest production run, 1,181 days; followed by the iPhone 4, produced for 1,174 days. The resounding sales of the iPhone, at the time, have been credited with reshaping the smartphone industry, and helping make Apple one of the world's most valuable publicly traded companies by 2011. The original iPhone was one of the first phones to use a design featuring a slate format with a touchscreen interface. Article From Wikipedia
SONY XPERIA
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PERIA IS THE BRAND NAME OF SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS FROM SONY
mobile. The name Xperia is derived from the word experience and was first used in the Xperia X1 tagline. Sony Xperia was previously known globally as Sony Ericsson before re-branding in 2012, as a result of the mobile phone manufacturer being taken over and solely owned by Son.
History The Xperia X1 was the first phone to be released in the Xperia range. Released in 2008, it featured a high resolution display and was intended to fill the widening gap of smartphones as other competitors were producing high-end smartphone devices such as HTC and Apple. 3
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The X2 was released in the following year, which included an 8.1 MP camera and included Wifi and GPS. By this time there was a clear shift towards the smartphone end of the spectrum. An exception was the Xperia Pureness, a translucent phone without camera that was sold by selected retailers in selected cities. The Xperia X5 Pureness is based on Sony Ericsson’s proprietary operating system. The X10 was released at the start of 2010. It was the first in the Xperia line to feature the Android operating system, where previous models ran on the Windows Mobile OS. The phone was praised on its design, but its downfall was the outdated version of Android which was 1.6 at a time when competitors were on 2.1. There was a great delay in the update of the firmware, due to the heavily skinned OS, as well as Timescape and Mediascape which needed to be reprogrammed every time an update was made. The phone also lacked pinch to zoom, but this was added later as well as HD video recording. The X10 Mini and the X10 Mini Pro were, as the name suggests, miniature versions of the X10. These were welcomed with good response and proved to be very popular as there were no other smartphones on the market at that time which were as small as the two. Article Taken From Wikipedia
SAMSUNG
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AMSUNG IS A SOUTH KOREAN MULTINATIONAL CONGLOMERATE COMPANY
headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It comprises numerous subsidiaries and affiliated businesses, Most of them are united under the Samsung brand and forms into the largest South Korean chaebol. Samsung was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company. Over the next 3 decades, the group diversified into areas including food processing, textiles, insurance, securities and retail. Samsung entered the electronics industry in the late 1960s and the construction and shipbuilding industries in the mid-1970s. These areas would drive its subsequent growth. 5
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Following Lee's death in 1987, Samsung was separated into 4 business groups as in Samsung, Shinsegae, CJ and Hansol Groups. Since 1990s, Samsung has increasingly globalized its activities and electronics, particularly mobile phones and semiconductors – have become its most important source of income. Notable Samsung industrial subsidiaries include Samsung Electronics - the world's largest information technology company measured by 2012 revenues, and 4th in market value. Samsung Heavy Industries the world's 2nd-largest shipbuilder measured by 2010 revenues and Samsung Engineering and Samsung C And T –- respectively the world's 13th and 36th-largest construction companies. Other notable subsidiaries include Samsung Life Insurance (the world's 14th-largest life insurance company. Samsung Everland - operator of Everland Resort, the oldest theme park in South Korea – and Cheil Worldwide - the world's 15th-largest advertising agency measured by 2012 revenues. Samsung has a powerful influence on South Korea's economic development, politics, media and culture and has been a major driving force behind the Miracle on the Han River. Its affiliate companies produce around a fifth of South Korea's total exports. Samsung's revenue was equal to 17% of South Korea's $1,082 billion GDP. As Global iPhone Brand In first quarter of 2012, Samsung Electronics became the world's largest mobile phone maker by unit sales, overtaking Nokia, which had been the market leader since. On 21 August's edition of the Austin American-Statesman, Samsung confirmed plans to spend 3 to 4 billion dollars converting half of its Austin chip manufacturing plant to a more profitable chip. The conversion should start in early 2013 with production on line by the end of 2013. On 14 March 2013, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S4. On August 24, 2012, nine American jurors ruled that Samsung had to pay Apple $1.05 billion in damages for violating six of its patents on smartphone technology. The award was still less than the $2.5 billion requested by Apple. The decision also ruled that Apple did not violate five Samsung patents cited in the case. Article Taken From Wikipedia
LG
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G CORPORATION IS A SOUTH KOREAN MULTINATIONAL CONGLOMERATE
corporation. It is the fourth-largest chaebol in South Korea. Headquartered in the LG Twin Towers building in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. LG makes electronics, chemicals, and telecom products and operates subsidiaries. Such as LG Electronics, Zenith, LG Display, LG Uplus and LG Chem in over 80 countries. History LG Corp. established as Lak-Hui Chemical Industrial Corp. in 1947. In 1952, Lak-Hui became the first Korean company to enter the plastics industry. 7
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As the company expanded its plastic business, it established GoldStar Co. Ltd. (currently LG Electronics Inc.) In 1958, both companies Lucky and GoldStar merged and formed Lucky Goldstar. GoldStar produced South Korea's first radio. Many consumer electronics were sold under the brand name GoldStar, while some other household products (not available outside South Korea) were sold under the brand name of Lucky. The Lucky brand was famous for hygiene products such as soaps and HiTi laundry detergents, but the brand was mostly associated with its Lucky and Perioe toothpaste. Even today, LG continues to manufacture some of these products for the South Korean market, such as laundry detergent. In 1995, to compete better in the Western market, the Lucky-Goldstar Corporation was renamed LG. The company also associates the letters LG with the company's tagline "Life's Good". Since 2009, LG has owned the domain name LG.com. Structure And Financial Position LG Corporation is a holding company that operates worldwide through more than 30 companies in the electronics, chemical, and telecom fields. Its electronics subsidiaries manufacture and sell products ranging from electronic and digital home appliances to televisions and mobile telephones, from thin-film transistor liquid-crystal displays to security devices and semiconductors. In the chemical industry, subsidiaries manufacture and sell products including cosmetics, industrial textiles, rechargeable batteries and toner products, polycarbonates, medicines, and surface decorative materials. Its telecom products include long-distance and international phone services, mobile and broadband telecommunications services, as well as consulting and telemarketing services. LG also operates the Coca-Cola Korea Bottling Company, manages real estate, offers management consulting, and operates professional sports clubs. Article Taken From Wikipedia
HUAWEI
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UAWEI TECHNOLOGIES IS A CHINESE MULTINATIONAL NETWORKING AND
telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong. It is the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world, having overtaken Ericsson in 2012. Huawei was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former engineer in the People's Liberation Army. At the time of its establishment, Huawei was focused on manufacturing phone switches, but has since expanded its business to include: 1. Building telecommunications networks 2. Providing operational and consulting services and 3. Equipment to enterprises inside and outside of China. As well as manufacturing communications devices for the consumer market. 9
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Huawei has over 170,000 employees as of September 2015, around 76,000 of whom are engaged in research and development It has 21 R and D institutes in countries including China, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, France, Belgium, Germany, Colombia, Sweden, Ireland, India, Russia, and Turkey. In 2014, the company invested $6.4 billion USD in R&D, up from $5 billion USD in 2013. In that year, Huawei also recorded a profit of 34.2 billion CNY (5.5 billion USD). Its products and services have been deployed in more than 140 countries and it currently serves 5 of the world's 50 largest telecoms operators. Telecom Networks Huawei offers a variety of network technologies and solutions to help telecommunications operators expand the capacity of their mobile broadband networks. Huawei’s core network solutions offer mobile and fixed softswitches, plus nextgeneration home location register and Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems (IMS). Huawei assists content service providers looking to migrate from copper to fiber with solutions that support xDSL, passive optical network (PON) and next-generation PON (NG PON) on a single platform. The company also offers mobile infrastructure, broadband access and service provider routers and switches (SPRS). Huawei’s software products include service delivery platforms (SDPs), BSSs, Rich Communication Suite and digital home and mobile office solutions. Global Services Huawei Global Services provides telecommunications operators with equipment to build and operate networks as well as consulting and engineering services to improve operational efficiencies. These include network integration services such as those for mobile and fixed networks; assurance services such as network safety; and learning services, such as competency consulting. In 2010, Huawei won 47 managed services contracts to help improve network performance and efficiency for customers, as well as reducing the costs of network operations and maintenance. Its global services revenues also grew from 28.6% to US$4.82 billion. Article From Wikipedia
APPLE
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PPLE WAS FOUNDED BY STEVE JOBS, STEVE WOZNIAK AND RONALD WAYNE
on April 1, 1976, to develop and sell personal computers. It was incorporated as Apple Computer Inc. on January 3, 1977 and was renamed as Apple Inc. on January 9, 2007, to reflect its shifted focus toward consumer electronics. Apple joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average on March 19, 2015. Apple is the world's largest information technology company by revenue, the world's largest technology company by total assets and the world's second-largest mobile phone manufacturer. At the Macworld Conference And Expo in January 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the longanticipated iPhone, a convergence of an Internet-enabled smartphone and iPod. 11
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The first-generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007 for $499 (4 GB) and $599 (8 GB) with an AT and T contract. On February 5, 2008, it was updated to have 16 GB of memory, in addition to the 8 GB and 4 GB models. It combined a 2.5G quad band GSM and EDGE cellular phone with features found in handheld devices, running scaled-down versions of Apple's Mac OS X. It was dubbed iPhone OS, later renamed iOS), with various Mac OS X applications such as Safari and Mail. It also includes web-based and Dashboard apps such as Google Maps and Weather. The iPhone features a 3.5-inch (89 mm) touchscreen display, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. In November 2014, in addition to being the largest publicly traded corporation in the world telecommunications by market capitalization, Apple became the first U.S. company to be valued at over US$700 billion. The company employs 115,000 permanent full-time employees as of July 2015 and maintains 478 retail stores in seventeen countries as of March 2016. It operates the online Apple Store and iTunes Store, the latter of which is the world's largest music retailer. There are over one billion actively used Apple products worldwide as of March 2016. Apple's worldwide annual revenue totalled $233 billion for the fiscal year ending in September 2015. To put this into perspective this revenue generation accounts for approximately 1.25% of the total United States GDP. The company enjoys a high level of brand loyalty and, according to the 2014 edition of the Interbrand Best Global Brands report, is the world's most valuable brand with a valuation of $118.9 billion. By the end of 2014, the corporation continued to receive significant criticism regarding the labor practices of its contractors and its environmental and business practices, including the origins of source materials. Article Taken From Wikipedia
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