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Wednesday 4 February 2015
Inventec to set up production lines in India
Inventec plans to set up production lines at a leased factory in Chennai, southern India, with production to begin at the end of the second or beginning of the third quarter of 2015,...
Wednesday 4 February 2015
Taiwan handset ODMs to perform differently in 2015
Taiwan-based handset ODMs Compal Electronics and Inventec are set to ramp their shipments in 2015 after the consolidation of their associated companies Compal Communications and Inventec...
Tuesday 3 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Smartphone shipments in China top 100 million units in 4Q14
Shipments of smartphones in the China market grew 10.8% on quarter and 13.2% on year to 103.9 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, driven by the release of iPhone 6 devices...
Tuesday 3 February 2015
Shipments of iPhone devices to top 50 million units in 1Q15, say Taiwan makers
Shipments of iPhone devices are expected to top 50 million units in the first quarter of 2015, increasing 14.4% from 43.7 million units shipped in the year earlier period, according...
Tuesday 3 February 2015
Supply chain sees weak demand for Xiaomi's Mi4 model in 4Q14
Supply chain shipments for Xiaomi Technology's Mi4 were weaker-than-expected in the fourth quarter of 2014, while those for the company's previous Hongmi model remained steady.
Monday 2 February 2015
Lenovo to unveil 3 Motorola smartphone models in China
China-based vendor Lenovo, following completion of acquiring Motorola Mobility from Google, will unveil three Motorola smartphone models, Moto X, Moto X Pro and Moto G, in Beijing,...
Monday 2 February 2015
Autonomous robots and intelligent virtual assistants to have highest CAGR in AI applications from 2014-2019, says MIC
Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays a pivotal role in Internet of Things (IoT) as it can be applied to a myriad of smart connected products, such as lighting, cars, wearables, medical...
Monday 2 February 2015
Facebook planning to give network switch orders to Taiwan ODMs
Optimistic about software defined network (SDN) development, Facebook is planning to shift its network switch orders from existing brand partners to Taiwan's white-box suppliers in...
Monday 2 February 2015
Samsung handset orders to pick up in March, say supply chains
Following a slowdown in January and February 2015, supply chains expect to see orders for handsets from Samsung Electronics pick up in March.
Friday 30 January 2015
TWM aims at 3 million 4G users in 2015
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has 1.1 million 4G subscribers currently and aims to increase the number to three million at the end of 2015, company president James Jeng said at a January 29...
Friday 30 January 2015
30% of Huawei smartphones in 2015 to be high-end products
Huawei Device is aiming to develop more high-end and mid-range smartphones in 2015, with high-end units expected to make up 30% of its handset product portfolio during the year.
Thursday 29 January 2015
Asustek facing challenges in 2015
Although Asustek was able to achieve revenue growth in 2014, the company's mobile devices and motherboard businesses are still surrounded by tough competitors. However, the Taiwan-based...
Thursday 29 January 2015
Samsung to increase smartphone production in India, says paper
Samsung Electronics, in view of fast growing demand for smartphones in India, will invest INR5.17 billion (US$84.23 million) in its smartphone factory there to expand production,...
Thursday 29 January 2015
Taiwan market: Samsung launches high-end smartphone Galaxy Note Edge
Samsung Electronics has introduced its high-end smartphone, the Galaxy Note Edge, into the Taiwan market, priced at NT$28,900 (US$924) unlocked.
Thursday 29 January 2015
Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments grow 16.9% sequentially in 4Q14
Although white-box tablet shipments declined in the fourth quarter of 2014, global overall tablet shipments in the quarter still grew sequentiallyby 16.9% to reach 74.77 million units...