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Tuesday 26 May 2020
Highlights of the day: Tough road ahead for display glass suppliers
The display industry is having a tough time this year thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. But makers in the upstream supply chain are having extra pressure from South Korean LCD panel...
Tuesday 26 May 2020
Huawei, Xiaomi roll out cheaper 5G phones in China
Competition in China's 5G phone market has extended to the entry-level to mid-range segments earlier than expected as vendors including Huawei, Xiaomi and Hisense have rolled out...
Tuesday 26 May 2020
Sony Mobile smartphone shipments hit low in 1Q20
Sony Mobile Communications saw its quarterly smartphone shipments hit a 10-year low of 400,000 units in the first quarter of 2020 despite robust sales of new models, including Xperia...
Monday 25 May 2020
Highlights of the day: ASE reportedly gears up for new AirPods
Apple is reportedly looking to incorporate ambient light sensors in new AirPods, with ASE Technology likely to land backend orders for packaging the ALS...
Monday 25 May 2020
POS device makers coping with pandemic
POS (point of sale/service) device makers Flytech Technology, Posiflex Technology and Partner Tech have enhanced added-value for and extended application of their products to cope...
Monday 25 May 2020
5G equipment market main target of US new sanctions against Huawei
The real target of the US sanctions against Huawei is its 5G equipment deployments, rather than its smartphone business, according to industry sources.
Monday 25 May 2020
FII chairman sees 4 stages of smart manufacturing
Smart manufacturing, in the trend of Industry 4.0, should be implemented in four stages: automation, digitization, network-based connectivity, and fully smart, according to Li Junqi,...
Friday 22 May 2020
Xiaomi overseas sales account for half of 1Q20 revenues
Xiaomi has reported strong sales for the first quarter of 2020, with overseas sales for the first time accounting for half of its total revenues.
Friday 22 May 2020
Optical component maker Browave sees brighter prospects for 2Q20
Optical component provider Browave expects its sales to move upward in the second quarter of 2020 thanks to deferred shipments from the previous quarter, upgrade demand for CATV networks...
Friday 22 May 2020
Handset lens sensor shipments to drop in 2Q20
Sensor shipments for handset camera lens are expected to drop further in the second quarter of 2020, due to a plunge in end-market demand and excess inventory in the supply chain,...
Friday 22 May 2020
Highlights of the day: Apple said to be introducing AR glasses in 2H21
There have been speculations about Apple introducing AR glasses, with some putting the launch in the second half of this year, and others in 2022. Sources from supply chains claim...
Friday 22 May 2020
Apple likely to roll out AR glasses in 2H21, sources claim
Apple is likely to roll out its augmented reality (AR) glasses in second-half 2021, sources at supply chains have claimed.
Friday 22 May 2020
Rigid-flex PCB makers to see surge in orders for AirPods 2 in 2H20
Rigid-flex PCB manufacturers have seen orders for Apple's AirPods 2 slow down since 2020, but believe orders will return to year-ago levels in the second half of the year, according...
Friday 22 May 2020
Silicon Motion expects sales growth in 2020
NAND flash device controller specialist Silicon Motion Technology expects sales of all its three major product segments to continue rising in 2020, when its overall revenue will still...
Friday 22 May 2020
Smartphone ODMs to see shipments fall in 2020, says Digitimes Research
Digitimes Research has lowered its global smartphone shipment forecast for 2020 to 1.15 billion units, down 15.4% from 2019's 1.36 billion because of the impacts from the coronavirus...