SmartPhones stories - Page 9

From suburban upstart to shuttered chain, Crazy John's rise and fall charts how carriers and online sales rewrote Australia's mobile market.

Once a 400-store giant of CDs and DVDs, Sanity has shrunk to a regional chain as downloads, streaming and rising costs reshape retail.

EcoFlow launches AUD $2,999 DELTA 3 Max Plus in Australia, a 2kWh, 3000W portable power station with Anderson-ready DC and app control.

HONOR debuts Robot Phone concept, flagship Magic V6 foldable, MagicPad 4 and a humanoid robot in an AI-first hardware push at MWC.

Firstup unveils new personalisation tools to tailor employee homepages, refine content targeting and expand analytics for HR integrations.

HIROH debuts a quantum-ready, end-to-end encrypted phone platform, bundling secure calls and messaging into its premium HIROH Phone.

Vusion and Qualcomm set out vision for AI-native shops using BLE, smart shelves and edge computing to tighten operations and boost margins.

ShinyHunters shifts to subdomain-brand phishing and vishing on mobiles, bypassing domain checks to hijack SSO logins and SaaS sessions.

IDC says a memory shortage will drive a record 12.9% drop in 2026 smartphone shipments, hitting low-cost Android makers hardest.

Wordly upgrades its Translation App with mobile-first tools to keep live event translations running smoothly in the background all day.

Anthropic upgrades Claude Cowork with private plugin marketplaces, richer admin controls and Office-linked workflows for enterprise teams.

Oura launches an AI health model tailored to women, blending medical insight with Oura Ring data to support users through life stages.

Keeper adopts NIST's Kyber post-quantum cryptography in its password tools, aiming to shield credentials from future quantum attacks.

Xero launches App Store Power Lists to spotlight top referred apps, boosting discovery for small businesses and reach for developers.

A record phone reuse drive in Sydney has readied 1,282 donated mobiles to help domestic violence survivors while cutting e-waste.

Samsung launches Galaxy Buds4 Pro and Buds4 in Australia, promising all-day comfort, enhanced ANC and tighter Galaxy AI integration.

Samsung's Galaxy S26 range debuts AI-heavy features and an Ultra model with a built-in Privacy Display to combat prying eyes in public.

Asimily introduces its In Flight partner tier to help mature channel partners scale IoT, OT and IoMT security across complex environments.

Samsung is adding Perplexity as a system-level agent on upcoming Galaxy flagships, deepening its shift to a multi-assistant AI strategy.

Fast home internet is being linked to better wellbeing, work, study and health outcomes for most Australian households using the nbn network.