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Tuesday 5 August 2014
Major Android smartphone vendors bracing for slow sales in 2H14, say sources
Major Android-based smartphone vendors, including Samsung Electronics, Sony Mobile Communications, LG Electronics and HTC, are bracing for slow sales in the second half of 2014 as...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
Amazon must sell large volumes of Fire Phone to recoup investment, says IHS
From a hardware perspective, the Fire Phone carries a bill of materials (BOM) low enough to allow Amazon to cut a profit for each smartphone sold. But with Amazon likely having sunk...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
HTC reports 50% sequential drop in July sales
HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$10.61 billion (US$353 million) for July, dropping 51.61% from a month earlier and 32.58% from a year earlier. Revenues for the January-July...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
Digitimes Research: Smartphone shipments in China up less than 5% in 2Q14
Smartphones shipped in the China market during the second quarter of 2014 increased on quarter by 4.8% and on year by 4.4%, according to Digitimes Research.
Tuesday 5 August 2014
Digitimes Research: ASEAN countries have potential in mobile handset market, but pre-paid services may be an issue
Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) had a total of 700 million mobile handset users and 20 million fixed-line broadband users in 2013, and compound annual...
Monday 4 August 2014
Xiaomi kicks off price war in wearable device market
China-based Xiaomi has recently released a smart bracelet priced at CNY79 (US$12.79) and the price point is expected to affect other vendors' pricing for wearable devices they plan...
Friday 1 August 2014
Global tablet market – 2Q 2014
According to Digitimes Research, global shipment of tablets reached 55 million units in the second quarter of 2014, down 4.5% from the previous quarter and up 17.9% year over year.
Friday 1 August 2014
Russia market: Smartphone competition heating up
Competition in Russia's smartphone market is heating up as a number of regional brands and China-based vendors are looking to expand their share in the entry-level to mid-range seg...
Friday 1 August 2014
HTC conservative about 3Q14
HTC has forecast consolidated revenues of NT$42-47 billion (US$1.40-1.57 billion) for the third quarter of 2014, decreasing 27.8-35.5% on quarter, gross margin of 22.5-23.0% and net...
Thursday 31 July 2014
MediaTek hikes 4G smartphone solution shipment target for 2014
MediaTek has raised shipment targets for its 4G smartphone solutions for 2014 to 30 million units, from 15 million set previously, according to company president Hsieh Ching-chiang...
Thursday 31 July 2014
China smartphone AP shipments – 2Q 2014
The LTE market does not perform as expected in the China market while the TD-SCDMA market declines. Smartphone APs experience quarterly growth of 13.2% in China In the second quarter...
Thursday 31 July 2014
Digitimes Research: China vendors ship over 101 million smartphones in 2Q14
China-based vendors shipped 101.7 million smartphones in the second quarter of 2014, increasing 24.6% on quarter, according to Digitimes Research.
Thursday 31 July 2014
Taiwan market: InFocus to launch smartphone M810
InFocus has unveiled its M810 Android 4.4.2 smartphone for launch in the Taiwan market at a contract-free retail price of NT$9,988 (US$333) on July 31.
Thursday 31 July 2014
Chunghwa Telecom lowers 2014 capex budget by 5-10%
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has decided to reduce its 2014 capital expenditure budget by 5-10% from NT$40.1 billion (US$1.34 billion) to NT$36.09-38.095 billion.
Thursday 31 July 2014
Chinese vendors outpace market as 2Q14 smartphone shipments grow 23.1% on year, says IDC
The worldwide smartphone market grew 23.1% on year in the second quarter of 2014, establishing a new single quarter record of 295.3 million shipments, according to IDC Worldwide Quarterly...