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Monday 27 July 2026
WIN Semiconductors sees optical communications ramp accelerate AI revenue contribution

Gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry WIN Semiconductors (WIN) expects infrastructure revenue to continue growing in the third quarter of...

Monday 27 July 2026
Qualcomm tells customers chip prices will rise by double digits from September

Qualcomm plans to raise chip prices by a double-digit percentage from September 1, passing higher supplier costs into a smartphone market...

Monday 27 July 2026
India roundup: India accelerates electronics and space ambitions as manufacturing and market shifts reshape its tech ecosystem

India expanded manufacturing incentives, entered private orbital launches, attracted new investment,...

Sunday 26 July 2026
Optical PD volume production lifts WIN Semiconductors' Q2 revenue 39% YoY
WIN Semiconductors, a gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry, reported consolidated revenue of NT$5.26 billion (US$178 million) for the second quarter of 2026, up 14.5% sequentially and 39%...
Friday 24 July 2026
Realme exits China smartphone market, Oppo hands domestic focus to OnePlus

Realme has stopped producing smartphones for China and will launch no new models there, ending its domestic expansion as parent company...

Friday 24 July 2026
AI memory crunch hits smartphones and PCs, splitting winners from losers

AI-driven memory demand is raising smartphone and PC costs, weakening mass-market sales and widening the gap between premium brands and...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Transsion raises phone prices to offset memory-chip inflation and weaker shipments

Transsion Holdings, Africa's largest smartphone vendor, expects revenue and profit to rise sharply in the first half of 2026 after higher...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Samsung's next Galaxy phones may deepen Qualcomm reliance, underscoring the limits of Exynos revival
Samsung Electronics is expected to rely heavily on Qualcomm chips in its next Galaxy phones, according to market reports, a sign that the company is still prioritizing flagship performance...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Memory price surge may soften 2026 smartphone shipment declines

Rising memory prices and higher costs for other key upstream components are forcing smartphone brands to reduce mid- and low-end models...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
China smartphone shipments fall 3% in first half as Huawei regains No. 1
China smartphone shipments fell about 3% in the first half of 2026, even as major vendors accelerated new product launches and pushed harder into mid- to high-end models to protect...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Xiaomi raises 2026 phone target as memory prices strain brands
China's smartphone market is seeing a shift in demand trends. Xiaomi has reportedly raised its full-year 2026 smartphone shipment target from about 90 million units to 110 million,...
Tuesday 21 July 2026
Phone prices to surge in 2H26 as low-end models fade

As the AI boom keeps memory shortages running hot, steep price hikes for smartphones in the second half of 2026 are coming into view...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
India's smartphone shipments fall as memory costs bite

India's smartphone market was hit by a sharp second-quarter decline that may matter well beyond the country's borders, as higher component...

Monday 20 July 2026
China's AI smartphone race pits ZTE, StepFun, and Honor against limits of agentic computing

China's smartphone industry is turning agentic AI into its next growth narrative, with ZTE's Nubia, StepFun and Honor presenting sharply...

Monday 20 July 2026
Samsung to cut over 800 US jobs amid market headwinds

Samsung Electronics is cutting over 800 jobs in the US from its smartphone, display, and consumer electronics business units. The division,...