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  • Chinese smartphones have 50 percent market share

    Chinese smartphones have 50 percent market share

    With Vietnamese phone brand Vsmart stopping production, Chinese smartphones grabbed a 50 percent market share in the second quarter of this year, according to Counterpoint Research.

    Of five prominent Chinese brands, Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo accounted for a 45 percent share, according to the global research firm that specialized in technology, media and telecom. South Korea’s Samsung from and the U.S.’s Apple account for another 44 percent.

    Smartphone sales grew by 11 percent year-on-year in the second quarter. Pent-up demand and a new user base coming from the feature phone segment largely contributed to this growth, according to Counterpoint’s Monthly Vietnam Channel Share Tracker.

    Samsung topped with a 37-percent share riding on the Galaxy M31, Galaxy A12 and Galaxy A02s.

    Xiaomi was in second spot with 17 percent driven by the Redmi 9 and Note 10 series. OPPO and Vivo took third and fourth spots.

    The OPPO A series was the volume driver for the brand and it was the Y series for Vivo. Apple continued to do well in Vietnam and became the fifth-largest brand in the market.

    Six of the 10 best-selling smartphones at FPT Shop in the second quarter were Chinese, including Oppo the A15, Oppo Reno 5 and Vivo Y20.

    5G-capable smartphones have a 14-percent share of the market, and it will grow as mwobile phone operators are gearing up to launch 5G services, according to Counterpoint.

    Vietnam has already started 5G trials, with Viettel becoming the first company to do so.

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  • TikTok is now the world’s most downloaded app

    TikTok is now the world’s most downloaded app

    According to a global analysis compiled by Nikkei, TikTok has officially overtaken Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and every other messaging platform to become the most downloaded social media app in the world.

    Until 2021, Facebook had held that title—unsurprisingly, as it has somehow managed to keep growing over the years up to a current accumulated net worth of over one thousand billion. TikTok has proven to be something of a dark horse behind the scenes, however, growing around the world at an unprecedented rate until it’s taken over social media—and most of Gen Z’s free time.

    While YouTube has also been changing the video scene over time, with the most popular videos currently stretching around ten minutes—miles shorter than traditional TV or video entertainment—TikTok has been paving the way for something completely new: very quick, snappy videos averaging between nine to fifteen seconds.

    In the beginning, most TikToks were quick, funny clips aimed at making you smile or laugh, something akin to Vine when it peaked in 2014 before it passed into oblivion. TikTok isn’t showing signs of dying anytime soon, though, and its style has expanded to include educational clips, life hacks, mini cooking tutorials, and much more.

    The possibilities have become endless, and thousands of businesses have taken advantage to advertise their products or services as well as provide entertainment.

    TikTok has even been inspiring other platforms to mimic its style, after seeing its popularity boom—such as Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts. Both of these have been pushed as additional short-video platforms alongside the main platform, which provide a refreshing alternative to the regular content most established influencers or YouTubers are used to posting and consuming.

    Instagram Reels is different from Instagram Stories, shown in their very own niche corner in the app, and YouTube Shorts can be found on the Shorts Shelf right near the top of the home page.

    For a while last year, we didn’t really think TikTok was going to make it in the US, after Trump had threatened to eradicate the app from the United States due to a claimed national security risk. Things didn’t quite work out the way Trump had hoped, though, and although new app downloads were banned for a while, Biden signed an executive order this year revoking all bans on both Tiktok and WeChat (another Chinese messaging app targeted by Trump).

    The pandemic served to provide a massive boost to TikTok’s popularity, as not only were most people stuck at home with limited means of entertainment, but also because many famous artists were forced to cancel shows and tours, and decided to take to this platform (and others) instead.

    I enjoy videos by artists who aren’t performing live anymore because of the pandemic. —Nina, 37, from Portland

    Interestingly, TikTok has never touted any particular safety features, and many still harbor concerns that their data may be compromised. However, that doesn’t seem to have impacted the app’s fame in the least, in spite of other apps like WhatsApp working hard to stay above competing platforms in terms of maximal data encryption and privacy. Apparently, if an app is entertaining enough, privacy concerns take a back seat for many users.

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  • Telegram update brings a bunch of video-oriented improvements, new features

    Telegram update brings a bunch of video-oriented improvements, new features

    Telegram is becoming a better messaging app with each new update deployed by developers. The COVID-19 pandemic made video chatting one of the most popular methods of communication, and apps like Telegram tried to accommodate as many new users as possible to their servers.

    Since we’re not yet out of the woods and many companies still required their employees to work remotely, it’s not too late for Telegram to add even more new features and improvements that focus on the video aspect of the app.

    The highlight of the latest update is Group Video Calls 2.0, an upgrade to the previous version of the feature, which brings support for 1000 people. It might sound unreal, but Telegram’s group video call can now have up to 1000 viewers, and this number will be further increased in future updates, according to developers.

    Another important improvement added is Video Messages 2.0, an upgrade to the video messages feature that adds enhancements such as higher resolution, the option to expand them and watch any videos at 0.5 or 2x speed.

    Also, the latest update adds screen sharing to 1-on-1 calls with sound. Telegram users can now swipe to choose a camera or share their screen instead when switching on video during any call.

    For those who value their privacy, Telegram introduced a new feature that automatically erases messages in any chat after 1 month. Up until now, you could set the app to delete your messages after 1 day or 1 week.

    The iOS version of Telegram received some improvements such as the option to choose multiple recipients for forwarded messages, as well as the ability to scroll with two fingers in chat list to quickly select several chats for bulk actions. Also, provide pictures now follow the messages as users scroll in group chats.

  • Uninstall these two Android apps right now

    Uninstall these two Android apps right now

    Google has removed two Android apps that have been installed together over 1.5 million times. The apps were making money for those behind it by running pop-up advertisements that rang the cash register for the bad actors every time someone clicked on an ad. You might say to yourself, well, what’s the harm. Why begrudge some guy out there because he’s making some dough. But the truth is, these ad playing apps can take up some of your phone’s resources and help drain the battery.

    Sun Pro Beauty Camera had over 1 million installs while Funny Sweet Beauty Selfie Camera garnered 500,000 downloads. If you installed either of these two apps on your Android handset, you need to uninstall them now. As usual with these malicious apps, once you have installed one, the app icon disappears from the app drawer as a shortcut is created. And even if you delete the shortcut, the app keeps serving up ads in the background.

    Once installed, Sun Pro Beauty Camera runs hard to close full-screen ads even if the app is not open. Funny Sweet Beauty Selfie Camera also serves up full-screen ads, but only after a filtered photo is downloaded using the app. And as usual, the comments left on both apps’ listings in the Google Play Store provided Android users with an early warning. One review says, “Garbage, please don’t download this app. It’s only ads, that’s all, nothing else.” Another notes that “…ads keep popping up,” and a third stated “I could not find anything useful and the ads, don’t get me started on them. They were all over the place.” When you see an app with reviews like this, your first action should be to get as far away from it as possible.
    “Adware is usually viewed as a nuisance for the end-user. However, mobile adware can kill productivity leading to more serious repercussions for businesses. Intrusive out-of-app ads interrupt users in the middle their workflow, brick their devices, drain the device battery, and in some cases, infected devices need to be replaced altogether. Adware enables authors to make money from affected devices and while it is typically regarded as more of a nuisance than a severe threat, these particular apps have more advanced functionality than your average adware.”-Wandera
    Wandera reported the apps to Google on September 11th, and as we pointed out, they have since been removed from the Google Play Store.