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Wednesday 14 October 2026
China's smartphone slump: Can Apple's new lineup light a spark?
China's smartphone market faces dual pressures as weakening consumer spending and rising component costs continue to weigh on the handset sector. According to third-quarter data from...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
CyberTAN sells Hsinchu site in US$68B deal to fund strategy shift
CyberTAN Technology's sale of its Hsinchu Science Park factory and auxiliary facilities signals a broader shift toward higher-growth networking and AI infrastructure. The move may...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Samsung integrates AI into daily life as LG showcases smart factories, data-center cooling
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics showcased their AI strategies at KES 2026 in South Korea, with Samsung focusing on smartphones, TVs, and home appliances while emphasizing an...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Apple COO visits Foxconn as iPhone Duo production ramps up
Days before preorders open for Apple's first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, Apple Chief Operating Officer Sabih Khan visited China to inspect its supply chain. On October 11,...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
AI memory boom pushes smartphone market into premium-first reset
While the rapid advancement of AI has driven steadily growing investment in large-scale infrastructure, one of its downstream effects is becoming increasingly visible in the memory...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Smartphone costs surge as brands take divergent action
Memory prices have surged 4–5x in recent years, and smartphone brands' efforts to pass those costs on to consumers have already hurt sales of new devices in 2026. With large-scale...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Huawei foldable phone shipments top 20 million, claims over 70% China market share in 1H26
Huawei's cumulative global foldable smartphone shipments have exceeded 20 million units, with the company capturing more than 70% of China's foldable phone market in the first half...
Monday 12 October 2026
Memory surge lifts phone prices, boosting N-1 and used-device demand
Rising memory prices have forced smartphone brands to raise handset prices, hurting new-device sales in 2026. Global smartphone shipments are expected to drop 15-17%, while demand...
Monday 12 October 2026
Cook makes first post-CEO visit to China, lauds Guangdong's role in Apple supply chain
Apple Executive Chairman Tim Cook made his first visit to China since stepping down as Apple CEO. He visited Guangdong Province, a manufacturing hub that contains much of the iPhone...
Monday 12 October 2026
Apple's iPhone 18 order cuts expose widening divide in premium demand

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro lineup is showing mixed demand signals weeks after launch. Reports of component order cuts suggest weaker-than-expected sales,...

Monday 12 October 2026
MediaTek flagship AP share to surpass Samsung as TSMC boosts Dimensity
As the global smartphone system-on-chip (SoC) market contracts, competition in the high-end application processor (AP) segment is intensifying. MediaTek is accelerating its push into...
Sunday 11 October 2026
Novatek quarterly revenue tops NT$30B as smartphone demand, edge AI chips lift results
Novatek reported stronger September and third-quarter 2026 revenue, suggesting seasonal smartphone demand and growth in edge AI chips are supporting the global display and chip supply...
Sunday 11 October 2026
Mobile and notebook slowdown boosts wearable sports tech demand
Growth in the smartphone and notebook markets is slowing in 2026 as memory price hikes and other factors weigh on shipments. The market even expects that smartphone shipments in 2026...
Saturday 10 October 2026
Huawei faces price reset as memory costs surge
Huawei consumer business group chairman Richard Yu said surging memory component costs have added more than US$200 to the hardware cost of each Huawei smartphone, putting fresh pressure...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Apple and LG Electronics reportedly team up on branded smart home devices
Apple and LG Electronics are reportedly pairing up to create a line of smart home devices, though the devices will carry the LG brand name. The two companies are expanding their reach...