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• Apple NZ cracks $1B in sales

  ​Apple Sales NZ, the local trading company of Apple Inc, crashed through the $1 billion sales milestone for the first time in the year ended 25 September 2021.

• Consumer NZ launches mobile phone repairability score

  ​Consumer NZ is adopting the French government’s repairability index to score mobile phones and help consumers choose products that can be easily fixed.

• Kiwi channel complete, Oppo looks to the fleet market and 5G

  Phone and device manufacturer Oppo is declaring its New Zealand channel fully mature and ready to attack emerging 5G opportunities.

• NZ mobile phone, PC and notebook sales forecast to plunge

  ​Tech market analyst firm Gartner is forecasting a 14.6 per cent decline in New Zealand shipments of devices including PCs, tablets and mobile phones, in 2020.

• Mobile challenger Oppo NZ takes a DIY approach to add value

  Chinese mobile phone company Oppo is making strides in the New Zealand market as it mines its heritage in consumer electronics.

• Exeed enters mobile market with Motorola distributorship

  New Zealand distributor Exeed is entering the mobile distribution market through a deal with a revived Motorola.

• Huawei aims to challenge NZ brand affinity with P30 and P30 Pro

  ​Huawei is aiming to challenge brand affinity, revisit ideas of value and reverse a trend of declining sales in the flagship phone market.

• Commerce Commission to target retail telcos in coming year

  ​Retail telcos are on the Commerce Commission's priority list for 2018 due to high numbers of complaints.

• Samsung bounces back to lead slowing smartphone market

  Samsung has returned to the number one position in a slowing New Zealand smartphone market as the channel works to clear inventory.

• ZTE pays US$892M settlement to US over illegal sales to Iran

  Chinese smartphone maker ZTE has agreed to pay US$892 million to the U.S. government for illegally selling networking technology to Iran.

• Beyond smartphones, Samsung wants its Exynos 9 chip in VR headsets

  In a room cordoned off from the Mobile World Congress audience, Samsung was showing off untethered headsets that operates independent of smartphones.

• Mobile devices get a new spec to ensure quality 4K HDR video

  The group that set standards for 4K on high-definition TVs has now set up specifications for 4K and HDR (high-dynamic range) screens and video on mobile devices.

• Enterprises enter the 5G spotlight at MWC

  Enterprise uses of 5G are the focus for many participants at this week's Mobile World Congress, a shift from flashy promises of mobile broadband speeds a year ago. The key enterprise benefits worth exploring, vendors say, are high reliability, low latency and longer IoT battery life through more efficient networks.

• Relax: This phone measures your blood pressure

  This Swiss electronics company is on a mission: to stop millions of people dying of ignorance each year.

• Qualcomm details plans for Windows 10 PCs with Snapdragon 835

  Qualcomm has big plans to bring back ARM to Windows 10 PCs, and there is a chance that its Snapdragon 835 could support Windows Holographic for VR headsets.