Technology

Nearly half of all smartphones sold during the second quarter of 2018 had a wide display, as advances in screen technology reduce cost and increase availability.

Analysts at IHS Markit say that 45 per cent of all handsets sold over the three-month period had a wide display, a figure which increases to 50 per cent among the 19 biggest manufacturers.

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Here’s something odd. OnePlus has just teased an announcement of some kind on January 15, so we could see the OnePlus 6T or even the OnePlus 7 then, but the date doesn’t entirely add up.

The official OnePlus account on Weibo (a Chinese microblogging site) posted the date, accompanied by an image of a calendar on a OnePlus handset set to January 15.

For year's we've been hearing rumors and small announcements about Samsung's first foldable phone, but now we've had the first official word that it will be launching at some point in 2018.

Samsung mobile division CEO DJ Koh confirmed the company will be launching the phone before the end of the year, but there's no guarantee you'll be able to buy