You Want Iphone 11
ZTE is looking to make a big splash at next week’s Mobile World Congress, bringing eight new smartphones powered by Android and Windows Phone to the event. LG continues to announce an array of new smartphones ahead of next week’s Mobile World Congress trade show. At a discussion with an executive from a downmarket carrier at the CTIA Wireless show in Orlando last week, I asked what customers are asking for as they adopt smartphones. While Qik was acquired by Skype for $150m last year, Bambuser has only ever received Seed funding in 2008 from the Kistefos VC and only recently secured a small round of financing from existing investors. The mobile ad market is projected to bring in revenues of $2.6 billion this year, and while that is only a small fraction of the wider opportunity in digital advertising, the space - fueled by the smartphone boom - is only going to get bigger, and that is attracting those looking for an early foothold. They need to be small enough and cheap enough for peo...