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Wednesday 30 October 2013
Global smartphone shipments grow 38.8% on year in 3Q13, says IDC
The worldwide smartphone market grew 38.8% on year in the third quarter of 2013, according to IDC. Vendors shipped a total of 258.4 million smartphones in the third quarter, establishing...
Thursday 17 October 2013
STC to expand sapphire ingot capacity
With more and more smartphones and other portable devices adopting sapphire as cover glass, sapphire ingot vendor Sapphire Technology Company (STC) is looking to double its production...
Wednesday 4 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Apple iPhone shipments down by 6.2 million units in 2Q13
Apple's iPhone shipments declined by 6.2 million units in the second quarter of 2013 as compared to those shipped in the previous quarter as consumers are waiting for the release...
Monday 19 August 2013
Digitimes Research: Application processor market evolving with profound changes
The ecosystem of application processors has evolved with profound changes since the beginning of 2013, with entry-level to mid-range products becoming mainstream and vendor ranking...
Monday 19 August 2013
Digitimes Research: Global smartphone shipments to reach 950 million in 2013
Global smartphone shipments reached 420 million units in the first half of 2013 and are expected to top nearly 950 million units for the full year, Digitimes Research has estimated...
Monday 19 August 2013
Digitimes Research: China tablet and notebook touch panel shipments to register pronounced growth in 3Q13
While shipments of touch panels for handset applications will continue to dominate the touch panel industry in China in the second half of 2013, the ratio of tablet touch panels will...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Top five vendors in China account for 20% of global smartphone shipments, says Canalys
Canalys has published its final second-quarter-2013 smartphone shipment estimates by vendor for the 50-plus countries that it tracks. Some 238.1 million units shipped in the second...
Thursday 18 July 2013
More than 8 in 10 global smartphone and tablet owners multitask with apps while watching TV, says DisplaySearch
According to research firm DisplaySearch, 88% of tablet owners and 82% of smartphone owners in 15 countries surveyed use their devices at least some of the time while they watch TV...
Tuesday 9 July 2013
Digitimes Research: Newly released high-end smartphones lack new functionality
While a number of branded smartphone vendors have released their new high-end models recently, including the HTC Butterfly S from HTC, the Xperia Z Ultra from Sony Mobile Communications...
Monday 8 July 2013
Taiwan component makers worried about drops in Samsung global smartphone market share
Samsung Electronics, currently the world's largest smartphone vendor, has continually downwardly adjusted its shipment targets by 10-20% during the past two quarters, causing Taiwan-based...
Tuesday 2 July 2013
Global AMOLED market analysis and forecast, 2011-2015
The thin, light structure and high image quality of AMOLED panels has led many to regard them as the display technology of the future. South Korean manufacturers currently have more...
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Digitimes Research: Google tying up with branded vendors to strengthen its online retail channel
The launch of HTC's New HTC One Google Edition and Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S4 Google Edition by Google on June 26 through Google Play highlights Google's attempt to further strengthen...
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Digitimes Research: AMOLED handset panel shipments to reach 363 million units in 2015
Currently, smaphone is the most important application for AMOLED panels and has been fueling shipment growth. Digitimes predicts AMOLED handset panel shipments to grow to 363 million...
Monday 3 June 2013
Digitimes Research: Spreadtrum may see TD-SCDMA market share fall below 40% in 2013
China-based handset solution vendor Spreadtrum Communications obtained close to a 50% share in the TD-SCDMA market in 2012.
Monday 3 June 2013
Digitimes Research: Samsung may experience in-house chipset supply shortage in 2013
South Korea-based Samsung Electronics is not just an industry leader in the global smartphone market, it is also aggressive in promoting in-house processors to other brands. In addition...