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Wednesday 5 April 2017
Compal reportedly enters Apple Watch supply chain
Compal Electronics has reportedly entered the supply chain of Apple Watch and will begin shipping products in the second half of 2017, according to sources from the upstream supply...
Wednesday 5 April 2017
Taiwan market: Oppo leapfrogs Sony Mobile in smartphone vendor rankings
China-based smartphone vendor Oppo outperformed Sony Mobile Communications for the first time to capture the fifth position with a 9.8% share in terms of shipment volume in the Taiwan...
Wednesday 5 April 2017
Asustek, HTC under increasing pressure from China smartphone vendors
Sales of smartphones by Asustek Computer and HTC in China, India and Southeast Asia have been affected by strong presence of China-based vendors in these markets, according to Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 5 April 2017
Huawei sees slight growth in 2016 profit
China-based telecom equipment and smartphone vendor Huawei Technologies has released its 2016 financial report, posting net profit of CNY37.052 billion (US$5.38 billion), up 0.38%.
Wednesday 5 April 2017
FIH issues profit warning for 1H17
FIH Mobile, a handset arm of the Foxconn Group, has issued a profit warning for the first half of 2017, anticipating that it is likely to incur a net loss of about US$110 million...
Friday 31 March 2017
Acer suffers net loss per share of NT$1.62 in 4Q16 due to intangible asset impairment
Acer has released its financial report for the fourth quarter of 2016, posting net loss per share of NT$1.62 (US$0.051) for 2016 due to recognition of NT$6.36 billion (US$197 million)...
Friday 31 March 2017
Asustek may reboot connection with MediaTek after failing to receive priority from Qualcomm
Asustek has failed to be among the first wave of Qualcomm's customers adopting the firm's 10nm Snapdragon 835 processor and is also unwilling to use the older-generation Snapdragon...
Thursday 30 March 2017
Getac Technology reports strong earnings for 2016
Ruggedized computing device maker Getac Technology has reported net profits of NT$2.08 billion (US$68.59 million) for 2016, increasing 63.27% from a year earlier.
Thursday 30 March 2017
Chunghwa Telecom launches smartwatch for children
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has launched its own brand FunPark Watch, a smartwatch targeting children aged 4-12 years. CHT targets to ship 5,000 units of the FunPark Watch initially.
Thursday 30 March 2017
Samsung to maintain lead with Galaxy S8 in high-end Android segment
The release of the Galaxy S8 will help Samsung to maintain its lead in the high-end Android smartphone market, while ramping up shipments of the vendor's complete line of smartphone...
Wednesday 29 March 2017
Competition in AI platform market intensifying
Major chip players, including Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm and AMD, have all stepped up their efforts to develop related artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, making the AI market a...
Wednesday 29 March 2017
HTC, LG, TCL and Coolpad vying for next-generation Pixel smartphone orders, says paper
HTC is competing with LG Electronics, TCL and Coolpad for the orders of the next-generation Pixel smartphones to be released by Google in 2018, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...
Wednesday 29 March 2017
Inventec expects 10% growth in 2017 server revenues
ODM Inventec expects sales revenues from servers in 2017 to grow 10% on year, the company indicated at a March 28 investors conference.
Wednesday 29 March 2017
China market: Huawei sets prices for P10, P10 Plus
Huawei has set retail prices of its latest flagship Huawei P10 family products for sale in the China market. The P10 64GB and 128GB versions will be available at CNY3,788 (US$549)...
Tuesday 28 March 2017
Digitimes Research: Car vendors focusing on adding autonomous driving solutions into ADAS
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) have been developed in a direction of featuring autonomous driving solutions that can take control to enhance road safety, instead of simply...