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Monday 15 February 2016
Japan market: 35.77 handsets shipped in 2015, says MM Research Institute
There were 35.77 million handsets shipped in the Japan market in 2015, slipping on year for the third consecutive time by 6.6%, according to Japan-based MM Research Institute.
Monday 1 February 2016
Asustek ranks top SIM-free smartphone vendor in Japan in 2015, says paper
Asustek Computer ranked the number one supplier of SIM-free smartphones in Japan in 2015 with a 28.6% market share, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...
Friday 22 January 2016
Foxconn ramps up Pepper robot output in China, say reports
Japan-based Softbank has announced it will begin selling its Pepper robots at 100 physical Softbank Shops on January 28, indicating that its production partner Foxconn Electronics...
Thursday 26 November 2015
Digitimes Research: Japan telecom operators offering household robots to boost revenues
Following the steps of Softbank, NTT DoCoMo and KDDI have also launched household robots as part of their efforts to boost revenues. The move is expected to ramp up the popularity...
Tuesday 24 November 2015
Digitimes Research: Nexus 6P, Xperia Z5 series highlight latest smartphone presentation in Japan
Google's Nexus 6P, Sony Mobile Communications' Xperia Z5 series products and a number of feature phones highlighted the product presentation for the winter-spring session held by...
Friday 30 October 2015
Acer to launch Liquid Z330 in Japan in cooperation with Rakuten Mobile
Acer on October 29 announced that it will launch Liquid Z330 as a SIM-free 4G smartphone in the Japan market through Japan-based Rakuten Mobile's online retail channels and retail...
Wednesday 21 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Netflix to make strong presence in Japan market
Netflix has officially made inroads into the Japan market in cooperation with Softbank, a move which will add pressure on local service providers, according to Digitimes Research.
Friday 2 October 2015
Japan market: HTC unveils 2 SIM-free smartphones
HTC on October 1 unveiled two SIM-free smartphones, Desire Eye and Desire 626, for launch in the Japan market at retail prices of JPY50,000 (US$416) and JPY29,800 in mid-October,...
Thursday 1 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Startup UPQ, Sony, Kyocera highlights of Japan portable CE market in 3Q15
Japan's portable consumer electronics market in the third quarter of 2015 was highlighted by the rise of innovative startup UPQ, Sony's introduction of H.ear headsets, and Kyocera's...
Tuesday 8 September 2015
HTC to unveil 2 new flagship models in Japan
HTC plans to launch two new flagship smartphones in Japan at the end of September as the vendor will begin to tap the SIM-free market in the country from October, according to industry...
Monday 31 August 2015
Japan market: HTC to beef up marketing of SIM-free smartphones
Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC expects demand for contract-free (SIM-free) smartphones in the Japan market to take off after the Japan government allowed sales of such smartphones...
Friday 24 July 2015
Asustek, Taiwan ODMs benefit from growing demand for inexpensive smartphones in Japan
There is increasing demand for inexpensive SIM-free smartphones in the Japan market and consequently ZenFone series models launched by Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer have been...
Wednesday 10 June 2015
Digitimes Research: Japan telecom operators to differentiate smartphones with special features
Smartphones launched by the top-three Japan-based telecom operators for summer 2015 are almost identical in hardware specifications, but the carriers have been trying to differentiate...
Tuesday 9 June 2015
Digitimes Research: 7W, 9W LED bulb prices up in China in May
May average retail price for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescent ones) in the China market increased 8.6% on month to CNY39 (US$6.3), while that for 9W models (equivalent...
Wednesday 27 May 2015
UMC holds technology forum in Japan
United Microelectronics (UMC) on May 27 held its 2015 Japan Technology Forum to showcase the company's IoT and automotive IC manufacturing solutions to Japan-based semiconductor co...