March 2015 cell phone news

News Apple Patents New Camera for Smartphones

Apple patented a phone camera that splits light through a prism cube onto three sensors, aimed at accurate color in dim rooms.

News Smartwatches Even Less Safe Than Smartphones While Driving

UK Transport Research Laboratory tests found drivers reading a message on a smartwatch reacted more slowly than drivers reading a phone.

News Samsung Gets Patent for Flexible Smartphone

Samsung patented a phone built from linked segments that bend inward or outward like a snake while keeping every part powered.

News Apple SIM Card May Spur Price Competition Among Carriers

An Apple SIM in the iPhone, like the one in the iPad Air 2, would let you change carriers in seconds. What that would do to carrier pricing.

Phones Time Spent on Smartphones Up 60% in Two Years

Nielsen measured daily phone use rising from 53 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes in two years, a 60% jump, with video driving much of it.

Phones Study Shows Smartphone Use May Lead to Laziness

A University of Waterloo study of 660 people found intuitive thinkers lean on their phones instead of working problems out, and think less as a result.

Phones New BlackBerry Leap to Hit Shelves Next Month

BlackBerry's Leap, unveiled at Mobile World Congress, replaced the Z3 at about $275 and targeted the emerging markets where BlackBerry still sold.

Phones Smartphones Make Up 76% of U.S. Mobile Market

comScore put US smartphone penetration at 75.8% in January 2015, roughly 184 million owners, with Apple at 41.3% of handsets and Android at 53.2% of the OS market.

News Weekly Cell Phone News in Review–March 9, 2015

The week of March 9, 2015: Google confirms it will sell wireless service, Apple passes Samsung as the biggest phone maker, and flame retardants come under scrutiny.

Archive Only 21% of New Yorkers Have Dropped Their Landline Phone

Siena found only 21% of New York households were wireless-only, against 41% nationally, and the age and income splits behind the gap.

Phones The Neptune Smartwatch Could Replace Your Smartphone

The Neptune Hub inverted the smartwatch idea: the watch was the computer, and the phone-sized screen was a dumb display you carried when you needed it.

News Apple Accounts for 89% of Smartphone Profits in Fourth Quarter

Strategy Analytics put Apple at 89% of industry profit in Q4 2014, $18.8 billion against $2.4 billion for every Android maker combined.

News Weekly Cell Phone News in Review–March 2, 2015

The week of March 2, 2015: 911's missing location data, our growing dependence on smartphones, and a fight between consumer advocates and debt collectors.