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Wednesday 3 February 2016
Demand for FPCB products from iPhone devices to increase slightly in 2016
Demand for flexible PCB (FPCB) products by iPhone devices are expected to increase by a small range in 2016 although shipments of total iPhones in the year are estimated to be lower...
Tuesday 2 February 2016
Digitimes Research: China smartphone shipments increase 11.5% on quarter in 4Q15
Shipments of smartphones in China grew 11.5% sequentially to 119 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, buoyed by an increase of 54.5 million new 4G/3G service subscribers due...
Tuesday 2 February 2016
China market: LeTV to launch Le Max Pro smartphone
China-based LeTV is set to launch its new smartphone, the Le Max Pro, shortly, according to a China-based leiphone.com report. The vendor showcased the model at the recently concluded...
Monday 1 February 2016
Asustek ranks top SIM-free smartphone vendor in Japan in 2015, says paper
Asustek Computer ranked the number one supplier of SIM-free smartphones in Japan in 2015 with a 28.6% market share, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...
Monday 1 February 2016
Taiwan IC suppliers look to land more orders from Huawei, Lenovo in 2016
Taiwan-based IC design houses, particularly LCD driver IC vendors, are eyeing orders from Huawei and Lenovo to sustain sales growth and market share in 2016, according to industry...
Monday 1 February 2016
TWM forecasts 2016 net EPS of NT$5.15
Mobile telecom carrier Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has forecast consolidated revenues of NT$120.601 billion (US$3.60 billion), operating profit of NT$18.515 billion, net profit of NT$13.505...
Monday 1 February 2016
Oppo ships 50 million smartphones in 2015
China-based vendor Oppo has announced that it shipped 50 million smartphones globally in 2015, increasing 67% from a year earlier. The sales made Oppo the world's eighth-largest vendor...
Monday 1 February 2016
China Mobile takes up over 80% of 4G users in China at end of 2015
There were 386 million 4G mobile communication subscribers in China as of the end of 2015 and China Mobile had 312 million, accounting for 80.83%, according to China's Ministry of...
Friday 29 January 2016
Global smartphone shipments up 5.7% on year in 4Q15, says IDC
Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 399.5 million units during the fourth quarter of 2015, up 5.7% from a year earlier, according to the latest data released by IDC.
Friday 29 January 2016
Prospects for virtual reality, deep learning, autonomous cars: Q&A with Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has been outspoken with his predictions about future technologies and products, and developing industry trends. Huang recently sat down with DIGITIMES to...
Friday 29 January 2016
Enterprise demand for flash storage to pick up and help chip prices to drop, says NetApp executive
Commenting on demand for flash-based storage, NetApp's vice president of Product, Solution & Services Marketing, Lee Caswell believes the adoption of flash-based storage by large...
Friday 29 January 2016
Commentary: Apple expected to see decreasing profits from hardware
Apple is expected to see difficulties maintaining strong hardware sales, as sales of iPhone, iPad and Mac-series products during its fiscal first quarter of 2016 were all weaker than...
Friday 29 January 2016
Chunghwa Telecom sets 2016 capex at NT$30.63 billion
Telecom carrier Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has set a budget of NT$30.63 billion (US$914 million) for capital expenditure in 2016, increasing 22.1% on year, company president Shih Mu-piao...
Friday 29 January 2016
Inventec Appliances hikes efficiency, cuts labor via automation
Smartphone and smart hand-held device ODM Inventec Appliances has increased overall production efficiency by over 20% and reduced the workforce at its factories in eastern China from...
Thursday 28 January 2016
Production of new 4K iPad Air to begin in 2Q16, say Taiwan makers
Apple is expected to unveil new models of its iPad Air in March 2016 and production will start in the second quarter, with General Interface Solution and TPK Holding to supply touch...