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If a report made by ETNews is confirmed to be accurate, it has been predicted that as many as 19 new foldable phones are going to be launched in 2020, with brands like Xiamoi, Oppo, LG, and even possibly Apple, all jumping on the foldable bandwagon.
A stepped-up focus on alternative payments - that might mean Apple Pay, Google Pay or even Chinese apps like AliPay or WeChat Pay in certain tourist areas - can help restaurants capture more customers and hold onto them.
With the growing popularity of tap-and-go and cardless payment options (including Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Google Pay), smartphones could be a major contender for the most popular way to pay in 2020.
Emmanuel Macron's drive to make companies including Amazon and Apple pay more and fairer tax would go ahead, despite US warnings that it could open up a new front in the international trade war.
Google will buy Fitbit Inc for US$2.1 billion, as the biggest Web search company looks to take on Apple and Samsung in the crowded market for fitness trackers and smart watches.
Consumers across the globe now expect their cards to work across all popular platforms, whether it is for e-commerce, mobile wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay or contactless payments.
iOS is exclusive to Apple while Android is readily available, so Microsoft will re-enter the smartphone market late next year with its own innovative, dual-screen Surface Duo running Android 10.
Data privacy regulation will be the biggest threat to the likes of Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple over the next few years.
The battle for new subscribers is about to intensify as Disney and Apple are about to enter the market, also in Sweden, and will thereby further fuel the streaming market.
Apple is reportedly telling its supply chain partners to expect in excess of 100 million orders for the iPhone 12 next year.
Apple Pay is expected to be the most popular mobile payment method for U.S. shoppers by year's end, with 30.3 million U.S. users, compared with 25.2 million for the popular Starbucks payment app.
A recent report on smartphone wallets has indicated that the $22 billion of revenue across the major Australian banks is at risk from the digital wallets offered by Google Pay, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and PayPal.
Apple has revealed that Q4 sales in its wearables division rose 54% year-on-year to $6.5bn, suggesting that the US tech giant is successfully tapping a global wearables market that a new report says will generate sales of almost $52bn in 2020.
Now Apple's going to release a full Research app for users to opt into studies, providing health data for a variety of causes - it's coming later this year.
Starbucks outshone those of major third-party mobile pay services in 2018: The coffee giant was projected to have more than 23.4 million U.S. mobile payment users that year, compared to Apple Pay's 22 million, Google Pay's 11.1 million and Samsung Pay's 9.9 million.
Tech giants including Microsoft, Google, and Apple have all hired sci-fi writers for the express purpose of writing design fiction that will eventually lead to tomorrow's commonplace commercial products.
If Chinese import tariffs stay the same or go up in 2020, Apple may have no choice but to raise iPhone prices in the U.S. by $75 to $100 per phone: Demand could drop by six to eight million units.
In just a few years, companies like Apple and Magic Leap, and Microsoft will develop affordable, consumer-ready, smart glasses that serve as a gateway into the exciting world of AR.
Netflix disappointing earnings report fueled fears that the streaming giant would struggle to compete with the new services on the way from Disney and Apple this year, and WarnerMedia and NBCUniversal next year.
As of 2019, several smart TV makers will support Apple's AirPlay 2 wireless streaming tech, and Samsung has become the first TV maker to include iTunes.
Firms in Apple's supply chain for MacBooks, AirPods, and the Apple Watch are anticipating mixed fortunes for 2019, with variations to the level of production anticipated across all three product ranges due to Apple's own strategies and anticipation for new models.
With Google and Amazon already dominating the market for smart speakers, it's hard to imagine that Apple or any other company will surpass them in the next year.
Fingerprint on Display technology will grow 500 percent in 2019, despite Apple forgoing the technology in future iPhones.

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Last updated: 23 February 2020