Sony just posted its earnings for the 2015 financial year; the company’s revenue was down 1.3 percent to 8.1 trillion yen (about $71.7 billion), but net profit grew 666.7 percent to 304.5 billion yen ($2.7 billion) and operating profit was up 329 percent to 294.2 billion yen ($2.6 billion). The company says the revenue dip was largely down to a major decline in smartphone sales, partially offset by the PlayStation division.

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Samsung has announced its latest “Unpacked” event, where the company will announce, in its usual language, “The Next Galaxy.” The event is set for Sunday, February 21 at 7 pm CET (10 am PT) in Barcelona, one day before Mobile World Congress takes over the city.

The invitation includes an image of a shadowy cube with two edges glowing to form a “7,” suggesting that we will indeed see the Galaxy S7 at this event, and the teaser trailer shows someone staring at the cube through Gear VR goggles.

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Samsung announced today that it’s begun mass production of chips using the 2nd generation of its 14nm process, the technology that will power both the company’s own Exynos 8 Octa processor and that of a major rival: Qualcomm. The Snapdragon 820 will be manufactured by Samsung, using the new 14nm LPP process, and is likely to be used by multiple flagship devices available in the first half of 2016.

The news comes after a challenging 2015 for Qualcomm, who saw its Snapdragon 810 processor fall short of the company’s reputation for class-leading performance in the Android space. Samsung, meanwhile, moved away from Qualcomm chips in earnest for its 2015 high-end lineup and turned in excellent results from its Exynos processors. Samsung’s foundry business shouldn’t be confused with the company’s phone business or the chips it designs itself — it’s very much for hire, and most prominently has been Apple’s long-term partner in iPhone chip manufacturing.

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In a departure from earlier models, Samsung made its Tizen-powered Gear S2 smartwatch work with Android phones from other manufacturers — and the company isn’t stopping there. VP Alanna Cotton just announced on stage at CES that the Gear S2 will support the iPhone later this year as well.

Cotton didn’t give a specific date or details, but it’s almost certain the Gear S2 will lose some functionality on iOS versus its Android implementation, as is the case with Android Wear and Pebble devices.

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If you don’t mind buying an Android phone that really, really looks like an iPhone, HTC’s One A9 seems like a pretty good deal in the U.S.; you’re getting reasonable specs and build quality along with Android 6.0 for $399.99.

But you’ll have to be quick — as it turns out, that price is only a launch offer, and the One A9 will sell for $499.99 from the end of next week.

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