Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner

May 16, 22:10

Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totaled nearly 426 million units in the first quarter of 2013, a slight increase of 0.7% from the same period in 2012, according to Gartner...

TCL to develop smartphone chips, says chairman

Apr 11, 21:38

China-based TV brand TCL plans to invest in the development of smartphone and connected TV chips, according to Dongsheng Li, company chairman and CEO.

Digitimes Research: Room for further development in China smartphone market

Mar 21, 14:00

Sales of smartphones in China are expected to top 330 million units in 2013, making the market a fierce battle field for local and international smartphone brands and inducing makers...

Digitimes Research: China-based Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo eager to expand to overseas smartphone markets

Mar 13, 15:26

Benefiting from an explosive growth in demand for smartphones in China since 2012, Huawei Device, ZTE and Lenovo have managed to outperform rivals in terms of shipment volumes in...

Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, Asustek likely to double smartphone shipments in 2013

Mar 12, 22:15

Huawei Device, ZTE, Lenovo and Asustek Computer are likely to double their shipments of smartphones in 2013, buoyed by their cooperation with telecom operators in China, Europe and...

Global handset market undergoes changes as more brands turn to profitability, say sources

Feb 4, 13:52

A new scenario of the global handset market is taking shape as LG Electronics and Lenovo have begun generating profits from their handset businesses, while Sony Mobile Communications...

Samsung to optimize multiple chipset platforms to enhance its edge in entry-level smartphone segment, say sources

Jan 30, 14:25

Samsung Electronics will optimize chipset solutions from Qualcomm, Broadcom and ST-Ericsson to enhance its competitive edge in the entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment so as...

Strong demand for smartphones, heated competition characterize global handset market in 4Q12, says IDC

Jan 28, 11:24

The worldwide mobile phone market grew 1.9% on year in the fourth quarter of 2012, as strong holiday smartphone sales raised shipments of these devices to levels nearly equal to those...

China-based smartphone vendors adopt WP8, Firefox OS

Jan 14, 20:20

While almost all of China-based vendors have selected Android, Huawei Device, ZTE and Lenovo have additionally adopted Windows Phone 8 (WP8) and ZTE and TCL Communication will adopt...

CES 2013: China smartphone brands stealing spotlight

Jan 11, 11:43

China-based smartphone vendors including Huawei Device, ZTE, TCL Communication and Lenovo are stealing the spotlight at the CES 2013 trade show with their flagship models featuring...

RIM, Huawei, ZTE, Pantech likely to score more points in US smartphone market, say sources

Jan 8, 15:15

A number of smartphone brands will try to ramp up their market share in the US in 2013, with LG Electronics expected to exert more efforts to maintain its third-ranked vendor position...

Global LTE smartphone sales to reach 275 million units in 2013, says Strategy Analytics

Jan 4, 11:49

Global sales of LTE-enabled smartphones are expected to triple to 275 million units in 2013, according to an estimate by Strategy Analytics.

Huawei, LG to showcase quad-core handsets at CES 2013

Jan 2, 21:54

China-based handset maker Huawei will introduce the Ascend D2 with HiSilicon's quad-core processor and a 13-megapixel rear camera at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013.

Samsung aims to ship 500 million handsets in 2013, say sources

Dec 25, 12:07

Samsung Electronics aims to ship 500 million handsets in 2013, of which 350 million will be smartphone models, according to industry sources, citing an internal estimate by Samsung...

Availability of MediaTek quad-core solutions to boost HDI board demand

Dec 13, 14:03

MediaTek's launch of its quad-core MT6589 smartphone solution will push China-based smartphone vendors to accelerate the development of high-end models, and therefore boost demand...

Innolux enters handset panel supply chains of ZTE, Huawei and Lenovo

Dec 4, 15:08

Innolux Corporation (which changed its name from Chimei Innolux (CMI) on November 14, 2012) has reportedly entered into the supply chains of ZTE, Huawei Technologies and Lenovo to...

Taiwan passive component makers enter supply chain of China brands

Nov 30, 15:26

Taiwan-based passive component makers including Chilisin Electronics, Polytronics Technology, Thinking Electronic Industrial and TXC reportedly have secured orders from China-based...

Digitimes Research: Entry-level to mid-range models to drive smartphone sales momentum in 2013

Nov 26, 14:23

Entry-level to mid-range smartphones sold to emerging markets will serve as growth drivers for the smartphone industry in 2013. Vendors which offer complete lineups of low-priced...

China-based ZTE unveils new brand for high-end smartphones, says report

Nov 6, 15:08

China-based vendor has unveiled, nubia, its new brand specifically for high-end smartphones, according to China-based tech.sina.com.

Lenovo, Huawei, ZTE faced with challenges to reach quarterly shipments of 10 million smartphones, say Taiwan makers

Nov 5, 22:43

A total of 60 million smartphones were shipped to the China market in the third quarter of 2012, and Lenovo, Huawei and ZTE shipped nine million units, 8.5 million units and 7.5 million...

Smartphones drive 3Q12 growth in worldwide mobile phone market, says IDC

Oct 30, 13:52

The worldwide mobile phone market grew 2.4% year over year in the third quarter of 2012, driven by heavyweights Samsung and Apple as Nokia dropped off the top-5 list of smartphone...

China market: Smartphone vendors strengthening ties with retail and online channels

Sep 25, 14:00

China-based ZTE, Huawei Technologies and other handset vendors have been strengthening ties with local retail channels or online stores to boost sales of their smartphones, given...

ZTE to launch Open webOS smartphone in 4Q12, say sources

Sep 19, 14:04

China-based ZTE reportedly plans to launch its first Open webOS-based smartphone for overseas markets in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to industry sources.

ZTE considering venture into handset solution segment

Sep 19, 01:20

ZTE is considering following the steps of rival company Huawei Technologies to develop handset solutions for its own smartphones so as to reduce its reliance on chipset suppliers...

China market: Dual-core CPUs, 4-inch displays become standards for entry-level smartphones

Sep 17, 12:02

Local brands in China have made upgrades to the specifications of their entry-level smartphones for the CNY1,000-1,500 (US$158-237) segment making dual-core 1GHz processors and 4-inch...

China-based Huawei, ZTE to step into tablet market, say sources

Sep 11, 12:19

While international smartphone players including LG Electronics, Motorola Mobility, RIM and Nokia have apparently retreated from the tablet PC market in order to focus on their core...

More vendors to launch Atom-based smartphones, but market acceptance remains to be seen

Sep 3, 15:28

While market acceptance to Intel's Atom-chips for smartphones may become more clear in the fourth quarter of 2012 after its partners ZTE and Motorola Mobility launch Atom smartphones...

ZTE sees increased revenues, decreased profit for 1H12

Aug 24, 11:20

ZTE, a China-based maker of telecom/networking devices, had revenues of CNY42.642 billion (US$6.75 billion) for the first half of 2012 growing on year by 15.2% but corresponding net...

Asia-Pacific-based OEMs dominate chip spending growth on home turf, says IHS

Aug 17, 15:27

On a worldwide basis Apple and other multinational OEMs may be the leading semiconductor purchasers in 2012, but within the all-important Asia-Pacific region it is the locally based...

China market: K-Touch rolling out low-priced quad-code smartphone

Aug 10, 01:15

China-based smartphone vendor K-Touch has rolled out a quad-core smartphone, the Hornet II, priced at CNY1,999 (US$314) compared to CNY2,999 of a comparable model, the MX4, launched...

China accounts for 27% of total smartphones shipped in 2Q12, says Canalys

Aug 2, 16:21

China accounted for 27% of the 158 million smartphones shipped worldwide in the second quarter of 2012, compared to 16% for the US, according to Canalys Research. More than 42 million...

ZTE, Huawei and LG see expanding smartphone market share

Aug 2, 15:02

The global smartphone market rankings have been changing with Research in Motion (RIM), HTC and Nokia facing shrinking shares while the shares of ZTE, Huawei and LG continue to expand,...

Strong demand for smartphones in 2Q12 continues to drive the worldwide mobile phone market, says IDC

Newswatch - Jul 30, 15:13

The worldwide mobile phone market grew 1% on year to 406 million units in the second quarter of 2012, as Samsung Electronics and Apple shipped almost half of the world's smartphones,...

Taiwan component makers look to orders from China-based smartphone vendors

Jul 27, 13:52

As China-based vendors Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo and Coolpad have had increasing market shares for smartphones in China, Taiwan-based makers of optical lenses and modules and other handset...