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Tuesday 7 February 2017
HTC January revenues hit 9-month low
Smartphone vendor HTC saw its consolidated revenues decline 27.16% on month and 27.98% on year to a nine-month low of NT$4.664 billion (US$148 million) in January.
Monday 6 February 2017
Digitimes Research: 124.2 million smartphones shipped in China market in 4Q16
There were 124.2 million smartphones shipped in the China market in the fourth quarter of 2016, increasing 8.0% on quarter and 5.3% on year and accounting for 29.6% of the global...
Monday 6 February 2017
Investment compass pointing south for Taiwan ODMs
China has long been considered the cause and solution for all of Taiwan's economic and political problems, but with exports to China stagnating and Taiwan's government introducing...
Monday 6 February 2017
Top-3 China smartphone vendors grab nearly half of domestic market in 2016, says IDC
The smartphone market in China saw a 19% on-year growth and 17% quarterly growth in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to IDC. For the full year of 2016, the market grew by 9%...
Monday 6 February 2017
Chunghwa Telecom aims to turn MOD operations profitable
Chunghwa Telecom will strive to improve the operation of its MOD (multimedia on demand) business and drive the money-losing business unit to become a profitable one within two years,...
Friday 3 February 2017
Made in India coming soon for Apple iPhone production
Multiple media reports are indicating that the Karnataka state in south western India is confirming that Apple iPhone production will take place at a manufacturing facility in Bang...
Friday 3 February 2017
Global smartphone shipments up 6.9% in 4Q16 with Apple as top vendor, says IDC
Global smartphone shipments reached 428.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, increasing 6.9% on year. For all of 2016, global smartphone shipments totaled 1.47 billion,...
Friday 3 February 2017
HTC confirms departure of its top executive
HTC has confirmed that its global executive vice president Jason Mackenzie has left the company. HTC said operations will not be affected by the departure of individual personnel...
Friday 3 February 2017
Oppo raises shipment target for 1Q17, placing short lead-time orders
Taiwan-based IC and handset component suppliers reportedly have landed short lead-time orders from China-based smartphone vendor Oppo after the company recently raised its smartphone...
Thursday 2 February 2017
Acer expect fruition of new business development in 2017
Acer has been developing new business other than PCs for a while and expects to begin commercial application of AI (artificial intelligence) and deep learning and shipments of in-house-developed...
Thursday 2 February 2017
LG to launch two Android Wear-based smartwatches, says paper
LG Electronics is expected to soon launch two smartwatches, the LG Sport and LG Style, in cooperation Google. Both of the models will support Android Wear 2.0, according to a Chinese-language...
Thursday 2 February 2017
Apple Watch helps smartwatch shipments rebound in 4Q 2016, says Strategy Analytics
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartwatch shipments grew 1% annually to hit a record 8.2 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016. Apple Watch...
Thursday 2 February 2017
Global smartphone shipments grow 3% to over 1.5 billion units in 2016, says Counterpoint
Global smartphone shipments grew 3% on year to 1.512 billion units in 2016, with four out of five smartphones shipped being LTE enabled models, according to data released by Counte...
Thursday 2 February 2017
Apple sees record revenues in 1Q fiscal 2017
Apple has announced that it posted all-time record quarterly revenues of US$78.4 billion and all-time record quarterly earnings per diluted share of US$$3.36 for its fiscal 2017 first...
Thursday 26 January 2017
Acer covering all bases with niche notebook offerings in 2017
With the kickoff of the 2017 British Educational Training and Technology Show (BETT) in London, Acer announced multiple notebooks targeting the education market, adding to an already...