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Tuesday 27 May 2025
Who suffers as Trump targets Apple over iPhone production?
US President Donald Trump recently demanded that Apple relocate the assembly and production of iPhones to the US. Otherwise, a 25% tariff would be imposed on iPhones and other smartphones...
Monday 26 May 2025
Xiaomi takes the long road on custom chips as Qualcomm shrugs off the XRing O1
Xiaomi has unveiled its new in-house smartphone processor, the XRing O1, positioning it as a direct competitor to flagship system-on-chips from Qualcomm and MediaTek. Designed with...
Monday 26 May 2025
Trump's 25% tariff threat can't kill made-in-India's phone manufacturing edge
US President Donald Trump has renewed his push to bring manufacturing back to American soil, this time by threatening a 25% tariff on smartphones assembled outside the US. Initially...
Monday 26 May 2025
Samsung Galaxy phone prices could surge by 40% due to 25% tariff
Starting June 2025, Samsung Galaxy smartphones exported to the US may be subject to a 25% import tariff, a move that could push retail prices up by as much as 40%, according to South...
Monday 26 May 2025
Taiwan's smartphone market sees 3% April rebound, driven by new releases and iPhone price speculation
Despite ongoing challenges posed by tariffs, geopolitical tensions, and currency fluctuations impacting global smartphone sales, Taiwan's smartphone market experienced a modest 3%...
Saturday 24 May 2025
Winners and losers in Samsung’s new camera playbook
Samsung Electronics rebalancing of its smartphone supply chain has led to a sharp divergence in first-quarter 2025 results for camera module suppliers Mcnex and Partron, with Mcnex...
Saturday 24 May 2025
Samsung doubles down in Middle East, leads Q1 smartphone race
Samsung Electronics topped the Middle East smartphone market in terms of shipments in the first quarter of 2025, thanks to its high-end models and affordable Galaxy A series.
Thursday 22 May 2025
Xiaomi vaults to 3nm with XRing O1, pairing custom AP with external baseband
Xiaomi's XRing O1 will debut in the 15S Pro smartphone and Pad 7 Ultra, reportedly built on TSMC's second-gen 3nm (N3E) process. With around 19 billion transistors, the chip ranks...
Thursday 22 May 2025
SEA smartphone shipments decline as entry-level segment faces uncertainties in 1Q25
After quarters of growth, Southeast Asian countries witnessed declining smartphone shipments in the first quarter as the entry-level segment experienced uncertainties and high inve...
Wednesday 21 May 2025
Dixon deepens component play, eyes revenue boost from Inventec JV
Dixon Technologies is scaling long-term growth through deeper component integration and a strategic joint venture (JV) with Inventec, targeting INR20 billion (US$233.7 million) revenue...
Wednesday 21 May 2025
AI notebooks drive Taiwan's PC sales surge as smartphone market cools
Taiwan's consumer electronics market is seeing diverging trends in 2025, with laptop sales surging on the back of generative AI momentum, while smartphone sales continue to decline...
Wednesday 21 May 2025
Chinese smartphone exports to US plunge to lowest since 2011
Chinese shipments of Apple Inc.'s iPhone and other mobile devices to the US dived to their lowest levels since 2011 in April, underscoring how the threat of US tariffs choked off...
Tuesday 20 May 2025
Xiaomi's XRing SoC: next HiSilicon breakthrough or Zeku-style flameout?
Years after launching the Pinecone Surge S1 in 2017, Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun announced the company's return to in-house smartphone chip design. Its new self-developed SoC,...
Monday 19 May 2025
AI windfall lifts Kioxia to record highs, but NAND headwinds loom into 2025
Japanese NAND flash memory maker Kioxia reported a sharp earnings rebound for fiscal 2024 (April 2024 to March 2025), recording a net profit of JPY272.3 billion (approx. USD 1.9 billion)...
Friday 16 May 2025
Xiaomi to launch first self-developed smartphone SoC in late May
On May 15, Xiaomi founder Lei Jun announced via social media that the company will officially launch its first self-developed smartphone system-on-chip (SoC), the Xring O1, by the...