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Monday 23 June 2014
Wearable device shipments to surge in 3Q14
Wearable device shipments are expected to surge in the third quarter as most vendors have decided to launch devices during the quarter. Vendors which originally planned to release...
Monday 23 June 2014
Digitimes Research: 7-inch tablet prices to continue dropping
In the US tablet market, the lowest price point for a 7-inch brand tablet dropped to US$79 in June, according to Digitimes Research. With 7-inch tablet specifications gradually converging...
Monday 23 June 2014
Digitimes Research: Smartphone shipments to China unlikely to surpass 400 million units in 2014
China smartphone vendors' shipments started weakening in mid-May with the upstream supply chain also seeing orders turning week despite the fact that several China-based smartphone...
Monday 23 June 2014
Tablet hardware sales from branded OEMs likely to top US$85 billion in 2014, says ABI Research
According to market intelligence firm ABI Research, the first quarter of 2014 was nothing to brag about for most tablet vendors, experiencing a 30% unit decline, though the market...
Monday 23 June 2014
China May mobile phone user base grows to 1.256 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.256 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of May 2014, growing 0.36% on month and 7.82% on year. 464.07 million (36.94%) were 3G...
Monday 23 June 2014
Compal Electronics expects non-notebook revenue proportion to rise to 30% in 2H14, says president
Compal Electronics expects the proportion of consolidated revenues from product lines other than notebooks to increase from 20-21% in the first half of 2014 to 30% in the second,...
Friday 20 June 2014
Taiwan market: Huawei introduces new flagship model
Huawei has introduced its latest flagship smartphone, the Ascend P7, into the Taiwan market in cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT). The model, which comes with a 5-inch Full HD...
Friday 20 June 2014
Taiwan market: TWM launches own-brand smartphone and 4G tablet
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has unveiled the Amazing A8 Android 4.4.2 3G smartphone and Amazing P6 Android 4.4.2 4G tablet for launch in the Taiwan market in late June.
Friday 20 June 2014
Advantech expects EPS growth in 2014
Industrial PC (IPC) maker Advantech expects its EPS in 2014 to be higher than 2013's NT$7.26 with (US$0.24) some market watchers estimating that the amount may reach NT$8. Advantech...
Friday 20 June 2014
Digitimes Research: Japan-based DSC vendor shipments to fall 22.7% in fiscal 2014
Observing Japan's mobile consumer electronics market in the second quarter of 2014, Digitimes Research found several key factors such as mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras (MILC)...
Thursday 19 June 2014
Digitimes Research: Amazon Fire smartphone to promote offline-to-online shopping business model
Amazon announced its first own-brand smartphone, the Fire on June 18, 2014. Digitimes Research has commented that Amazon has not set the smartphone's price low to boost competition,...
Thursday 19 June 2014
Acer focusing on raising market share and gross margins, says CEO
Acer CEO Jason Chen at the company's investors meeting on June 18, said that Acer has already stopped falling and is now turning to focus on raising its market share and gross margins...
Thursday 19 June 2014
Amazon Fire phone shipments estimated to reach 2-3 million by year-end 2014
Total shipments of Amazon's Fire phones are expected to reach 2-3 million units by year-end 2014, which is unlikely to make a significant impact on the global smartphone market, according...
Thursday 19 June 2014
Amazon introduces Fire smartphone
Amazon has unveiled Fire, the first smartphone designed by the company and features Amazon's Dynamic Perspective and Firefly. Dynamic Perspective uses a new sensor system to respond...
Thursday 19 June 2014
Smartphones to play major role in 2014 World Cup, says IAB
Smartphone-owning soccer fans across the globe expect their mobile devices to take on a pivotal role when it comes to their FIFA World Cup 2014 experience, according to the Interactive...