Samsung Galaxy S IV Preview

The latest addition to the Samsung galaxy S series, the S IV, was unveiled on the 14th of March, in New York City. The new smartphone is sure going to prove a big challenge to other smartphone makers especially Apple. By January 2013, 40 million units of its predecessor, the S III had been sold and  the S IV is expected to create an even larger disturbance in the smartphone market this year. The S IV is much larger and Faster than its predecessor and comes with some more exciting features. Pre orders began on March 29 in the UK, and will begin on April 16 in the US.

Take a look at the preview below.

                                     

2012 statistics for smartphone market shares.

Check out the top players in the smartphone market as of 31st December last year.

2012 FULL YEAR SMARTPHONE SALES STATISTICS

Rank . Brand . . . . 2012 units . . Share

1 (2)  . Samsung  . 215.0 M . . . 30.9% 

2 (1)  . Apple  . . . . 135.8 M . . . 19.5% 

3 (8)  . Huawei  . . . . 55.2 M . . . . 7.9%

4 (3)  . Nokia . . . . .  35.0 M . . . . 5.0%

5 (10) . ZTE . . . . . .  34.9 M . . . . 5.0% 

6 (4)  . RIM . . . . . . . 33.2 M . . . . 4.8%

7 (6)  . Sony . . . . . . 31.9 M . . . . 4.6%

8 (5)  . HTC  . . . . . . 31.5 M . . . . 4.5%

9 (7)  . LG  . . . . . . . 27.6 M . . . . 4.0%

10 (-) . Lenovo  . . . . 24.9 M . . . . 3.6%

Other . . . . . . . . . . . 70.4 M . . . 10.1%

TOTAL . . . . . . . . . 695.4 M  

2012 FULL YEAR OPERATING SYSTEM MARKET SHARES

Rank . . OS . . . . . . . .  2012 units . . share

1 (1) . .  Android  . . . . . 452 M . . . . . 65%

2 (2) . .  iOS . . . . . . . . 136 M . . . . . 20%

3 (4) . .  Blackberry . . . . 33 M  . . . . . .5%

4 (3) . .  Symbian  . . . . . 19 M . . . . . . 3%

5 (5) . .  bada . . . . . . . . .16 M . . . . . . 2%

6 (6) . .  Windows Phone .16 M . . . . . . 2%

Others  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 M . . . . . . 2%

TOTAL  . . . . . . . . . . . . 695 M  

Source: TomiAhonen Almanac 2013

RLG's Uhuru - another milestone in ICT advancement in Ghana

The budding Ghanaian ICT company RLG finally launched the long awaited Uhuru tablet-notebook hybrid a couple weeks ago. The product name, "uhuru" is the swahili word for freedom.  The hybrid device has been priced at GH¢ 1950, and it comes with the following specifications:

3G | Windows 8 OS | Ivy Bridge I5 CPU | 11.6” Touch Screen - 10 points Capacitive Touch Panel | DDR3 4GB RAM | Mini SATAIII SSD 64GB HDD | Front Camera 1.3M | Secondary 2.0M | WIFI & Bluetooth | 3.0 | USB Port | HDMI Port | Micro SD Card Reader.

For those of you who didn't know, RLG also has a tablet (RLG fusion) which runs android 4.0 (jellybean), included its array of gadgets.