Androidifying

Samsung’s semiconductor division has become an increasingly important part of its mobile strategy in the past couple of years, and market research firm Strategy Analytics has revealed that the strategy has boosted the company’s share significantly lately. Samsung’s Exynos is now the fourth largest processor brand in the smartphone industry. Shipments of Samsung’s in-house Exynos chips grew to 50 million units last year, according to DRAMeXchange, although only 15 percent of the phones that Samsung sold in 2015 packed one of its own processors. Exynos chips are most commonly found in Samsung’s flagship smartphone range, but the company recently announced a new 14nm mid-range chip as well. Interestingly, the data doesn’t take into account the actual manufacturing of processors, as the numbers look at the shares held by Apple and Qualcomm too. Unsurprisingly, Qualcomm retained its top spot in the smartphone market, with a 42 percent share. This was followed by Apple, which also de

If you’re looking for a prepaid carrier in the United States, you have a ton of options. One of the best prepaid service providers out there is AT&T’s GoPhone service. There are a handful of solid GoPhone options out there, so we’re here to point you in the right direction if you’re in the market for a new Android phone. You’ll notice that our list is a little short, as the Android phones offered by AT&T aren’t all that current or high-end. At the bottom of this post we’ll point you to a few other solid options that can still connect to AT&T’s network that aren’t offered through the carrier. Best AT&T Android phones Best cheap Android phones Editor’s note – We will be updating this list as more devices hit the market. Update, February 2016: We removed the Samsung Galaxy S5 from our list. See also: The best prepaid and no contract plans in the US (November 2015) 180 ASUS ZenFone 2E The ASUS ZenFone 2E is by n