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Tuesday 3 January 2023
Samsung reportedly shifts smartphone focus to technology and brand value from profitability
Samsung Electronics's smartphone business used to focus on "profitability," but with its devices "sandwiched" between Apple and Chinese competitors amid a global handset market downturn,...
Friday 23 December 2022
All eyes on Samsung's memory output
With the memory sector experiencing a severe downturn, market attention has been refocused on whether Samsung Electronics will announce production cuts by the end of 2022 or in early...
Monday 24 October 2022
PC, handset sales could worsen next year to 2019-2020 levels, say foundry sources
Sluggish PC and handset sales are expected to worsen further in the first half of 2023, and most supply chain players are likely to see their shipments and revenues for next year...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Global smartphone shipments continue to underperform in 2H22, says DIGITIMES Research
DIGITIMES Research expects global smartphone shipments in the third and fourth quarter of 2022 to both drop over 10% on year, resulting in declines for six quarters straight, according...
Wednesday 7 September 2022
Huawei's latest satellite capability launches China's BeiDou into the global smartphone race
Launching the Mate 50 smartphone series on September 6, the CEO of Huawei's Consumer Business Group, Richard Yu, confirmed earlier speculations that the latest product could support...
Tuesday 2 August 2022
MediaTek trims sales outlook for 2022
MediaTek has lowered slightly its revenue growth forecast this year, due to inventory correction already taking place at customers and channel distributors.
Monday 11 July 2022
Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron dominate 1Q22 smartphone memory market
The global smartphone memory market clocked a total revenue of US$11.5 billion in the first quarter of 2022, according to Strategy Analytics. Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron...
Wednesday 29 June 2022
Global smartphone industry, 2Q 2022

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Friday 24 June 2022
Global smartphone industry, 1Q 2022

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Thursday 14 April 2022
Samsung focuses on smartphones, TVs in 2022
Samsung Electronics' recent release of its flagship Galaxy S22 smartphone series and successive launch of home appliances and monitors is giving the world a clearer picture of the...
Friday 1 April 2022
Global smartphone application processor market grows 23% in 2021 revenue
The global smartphone application processor (AP) market grew 23% to US$30.8 billion in 2021, according to Strategy Analytics. Qualcomm maintained its smartphone AP leadership with...
Wednesday 9 March 2022
MediaTek seeing handset AP inventory swell
MediaTek has seen its inventory level for handset application processors (including 4G and 5G ones) swell to 160-180 days from past regular levels of around 100 days, due mainly to...
Friday 21 January 2022
Non-Apple handset vendors looking to galvanize sales with new models in 1H22

With Apple ending the fourth quarter of 2021 with the No.1 spot in global smartphone sales, Android handset vendors pin their hopes for a sales upturn on the Chinese New...

Friday 29 October 2021
Apple re-takes second place with strong iPhone 13 sales
Global chipset shortages caused smartphone shipments to fall 6% on year in the third quarter of 2021, according to Canalys. Samsung was once again the leading vendor, while Apple...
Friday 22 October 2021
Supply-side factors may constrain 5G smartphone shipment growth in 2022
Supply-side factors, including particulary shortages of power management IC (PMIC) and other components as well as power cuts in China, are very likely to constrain the overall 5G...
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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