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Friday 4 March 2016
Smartphone growth expected to drop to single digits in 2016, says IDC
According to a recent forecast update from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 2015 is likely to be the last year of double-digit smartphone growth. The 2015 calendar...
Wednesday 20 January 2016
Taiwan market: HTC ships over 2 million Android phones in 2015
HTC shipped over two million smartphones in the Taiwan market in 2015, representing an increase of over 20% from a year earlier and making it the top vendor for Android phones in...
Thursday 17 December 2015
Qualcomm to land a majority of chip orders for high-end Android phones in 2016
Qualcomm is expected to secure the bulk of chipset orders for high-end Android smartphones in 2016 as vendors including Samsung Electronics, HTC, Sony Mobile Communications, LG Electronics...
Thursday 5 November 2015
Falling sales of Android smartphones affecting Taiwan IC design houses
The global sales of Android-based smartphones have been a disappointment affecting negatively the performance of Taiwan-based IC design houses, according to industry sources.
Thursday 22 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Android Pay to become a prevailing mobile payment tool
Android Pay, announced at Google I/O 2015, will eventually beat Apple Pay to capture a majority share of the global mobile payment market, making "payment apps as a service"...
Wednesday 21 October 2015
HTC unveils Android Marshmallow-based smartphone
HTC has officially unveiled the latest version of its One series smartphone, the HTC One A9, a revised flagship model which the company will count on to make a turnaround in the fourth...
Thursday 8 October 2015
Fingerprint sensors set to see growing adoption among Android phones
Fingerprint identification sensors are expected to see growing adoption among Android smartphones in 2016, according to industry sources.
Monday 5 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Difference between Apple Watch and Android Wear devices narrowed
The difference between Apple Watch and Android Wear-based devices has been narrowed as the latest updates of the Apple Watch have only made some modifications on outer design but...
Thursday 3 September 2015
Taiwan market: Microsoft unveils cross-platform foldable keyboard
Microsoft has unveiled its Universal Foldable Keyboard that can be used across iOS, Android and Windows platforms in Taiwan.
Thursday 23 July 2015
Digitimes Research: Adoption of Wi-Fi by Apple Watch, Android Wear to encourage other vendors to follow suit
The adoption of Wi-Fi technology by Apple Watch and Android Wear devices are expected to motivate other smartwatch and wearable device vendors to follow suit, according to Digitimes...
Thursday 9 July 2015
BlackBerry to roll out Android-based smartphones in 2H15, say sources
BlackBerry reportedly plans to roll out multiple models of Android-based smartphones in the second half of 2015, with Taiwan-based handset ODMs, including Foxconn Electronics, Compal...
Wednesday 8 July 2015
Digitimes Research: Shipments of Intel CPU-based Android tablets to decline in 2015
Global shipments of Android-based tablets powered by Intel CPUs are expected to drop to 10.8 million units in 2015, down from14.23 million shipped a year earlier. Meanwhile, sales...
Friday 15 May 2015
Taiwan market: HTC to launch One M9+ smartphone
HTC has launched its new flagship model, the HTC One M9+, in the Taiwan market, priced at NT$23,000 (US$781) unlocked.
Tuesday 14 April 2015
Digitimes Research: Microsoft patent fee cut to attract vendors to pre-install apps in Android products
According to Digitimes Research's latest findings from Taiwan's and China's smartphone/tablet upstream supply chain, in exchange for hardware players to pre-install its software applications...
Monday 13 April 2015
Commentary: Samsung adoption of Microsoft apps could be ill-fated
Samsung Electronics has announced that its mobile devices including smartphones and tablets will come with built-in Microsoft apps, a move which appears aimed at stemming its falling...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research