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The Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin 2014 (IFA) show begun in earnest and many of the big players in the mobile device industry got to show off their latest handsets. Samsung, which is arguably the biggest manufacturer in the game showcased the next incarnation in their Note lineup, the Galaxy Note 4.

In this chart of the week we will examine claims that local smartphone vendors pose a threat to major international mobile device manufacturers like Apple, HTC, Samsung, Huawei and Nokia. We will look at 4 largest Asian markets: China, India, Japan and South Korea with some surprising results.

This Chart of the Week re-visits one of the older blog posts concerning global web traffic originating from Windows Phone devices. We look at how things have changed since August 2013 for the 5 top Windows Phone manufacturers: Nokia, HTC, Samsung, Huawei and LG.

The latest flagships from two of the the big hitters in the industry have been officially added this week. The devices in question are the new HTC One (M8) and the Samsung Galaxy S5.

This week a combination of 248 new hardware devices, new browsers and new operating system versions have been added to the device detection database.

This week a combination of 164 new hardware devices, new browsers and new operating system versions have been added to the device detection database.

Earlier this week, Samsung had to pull the Galaxy S3 4.3 Android update after they received complaints from users. This week 51Degrees.mobi takes a look at which Android version is the most popular on global Samsung Galaxy S3 devices.

According to Mashable, Samsung have shipped more Smartphones than it's four biggest rivals over the last quarter. This week 51Degrees take a look at the how web traffic from Samsung, Apple, LG, ZTE and Lenovo Smartphone devices compare across the global market over the last 12 months.

To celebrate Apple iPhones 6th birthday, 51Degrees take a look at how Apple smartphones are performing up against Samsung smartphones during last month across the world.

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