Neowin News Feed for: Dumbphones

HMD Global introduces the Nokia 6300 and 8000 with 4G and Google Assistant

João Carrasqueira — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:38:01 +0000

HMD Global has announced a pair of "dumb" phones, the Nokia 6300 4G and Nokia 8000 4G. Borth are powered by a Snapdragon 210 chipset and run KaiOS, featuring Google Assistant support. Read more...

Flip-phones in Japan rise in shipments while smartphones shrink

Justin Luna — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 06:43:05 +0000

Despite the high popularity of smartphones all over the world, Japan has seen its shipments of flip-phones rise again after seven years, while smartphones took a decline, after two years. Read more...

Thanks to non-smartphones, Microsoft sold more phones than Apple last quarter

Brad Sams — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 21:53:53 +0000

In an odd twist to its purchase of Nokia's mobility arm, Microsoft actually sold more phones than Apple last quarter - but, of course, the revenues tell a very different story. Read more...