Brand vendors and chip solution suppliers are gearing up for China's promising smartphone market. Their aggressiveness is changing the ecosystem of the country's overall handset market.
Last update: Thursday 29 March 2012 [7 news items]
China-based white-box handset players may face bankruptcy
Mar 29, 01:30
China-based white-box handset players are suffering as larger local players ZTE, Lenovo and Huawei are aggressively entering the CNY1,000 (US$159) smartphone segment, while first-tier...
MediaTek to face tough competition in China smartphone market
Mar 29, 01:20
China's domestic smartphone market is expected to flourish in 2012. Taiwan-based mobile chip maker MediaTek is expected to meet strong competition from firms such as Qualcomm, Broadcom...
China market: 280 million handsets sold in 2011, says iiMedia Research
Mar 20, 15:14
There were 280 million handsets sold in the China market in 2011, growing by 12% from 2010, and 58.7% of them were at CNY1,000 (US$155) and below, according to China-based iiMedia...
Intel Medfield to heat up competition in entry-level smartphone market
Mar 20, 14:47
The adoption of Intel's Medfield processors by China-based vendors including Lenovo and ZTE for the production of entry-level smartphones may heat up competition in the segment, according...
China market: Nokia to launch Windows Phone 7.5 smartphones
Mar 16, 16:30
Nokia will launch Windows Phone 7.5 (Tango) Lumia series smartphones in the China market on March 28 through cooperation with China Unicom, China Telecom and China Mobile. WCDMA,...
China market: HTC to launch new smartphones with top-3 carriers in 2Q12
Mar 1, 01:40
HTC plans to launch a complete lineup of new smartphones in the China market in cooperation with the top-3 local telecom carriers starting the second quarter of 2012, targeting the...
Low-cost smartphones may cannibalize feature phone market, says MediaTek executive
Mar 1, 01:00
Low-cost smartphones may soon begin to cannibalize the market for feature phones as the former devices are affordable enough to attract more consumers in emerging markets, particularly...
JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
Displays | 11min ago
MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
Bits + chips | 16min ago
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
Displays | 1h 1min ago
Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
Bits + chips | 1h 16min ago
Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
Bits + chips | 1h 39min ago
Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
Green energy | 1h 52min ago
DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
Bits + chips | 1h 56min ago
Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
Displays | 2h 56min ago
Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
Bits + chips | 3h 36min ago
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Bits + chips | 3h 38min ago
Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
Mobile + telecom | 4h 38min ago
Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Mobile + telecom | 4h 53min ago
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
- MediaTek-MStar merger yet to receive China approval
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- White papers
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- Fujitsu converts Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications into a wholly owned subsidiary
- NEC reaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- Fujitsu introduces ARROWS Z ISW11F au smartphone
- PSCo Technical Distribution partners with Matrox to offer fully integrated turnkey video walls
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- Samsung's next big thing - born in the USA? (June 14) - Computerworld
- Samsung CEO claims Galaxy S4 will hit 10 million sales in under a month (May 17) - The Verge
- NEC cutting jobs at handset unit (June 13) - Marketwatch.com (Dow Jones)
- Samsung shares fall after JPMorgan cuts profit outlook (June 7) - BBC News
- Samsung launches Galaxy S4 Mini ahead of June event (May 30) - BBC News
- Samsung sells more than 10 mln smartphones in China in 1Q13 (May 27) - Korea Herald
- Samsung Galaxy S4 hits 10 million milestone in first month (May 23) - Company release
- ST-Ericsson sells GPS business to Intel (May 29) - Reuters (via Yahoo! News)
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Lenovo displays new 10.1-inch tablet at the Mobile World Congress
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
- Commentary: Price competition over 7-inch tablets erodes profits
- Taiwan FTC investigates Samsung over false advertising allegations
- Digitimes Research: Mobile devices to drive 2013 DRAM market
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The rise of China smartphone brands
China-based vendors have been aggressive in rolling out new smartphones.
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
Enabling IoT through Wi-Fi and Bluetooth: Q&A with Broadcom marketing director Jeff Baer
Just before Computex 2013, Digitimes spoke with Jeff Baer, marketing director for Embedded Wireless,...
Jason LS Chen is a vice president in the Sales and Marketing Group at Intel and is responsible for...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan handset overview - Jun 2010
The global handset market did not have a banner year in 2009, with overall shipments of 1.167 billion units representing a drop of 3.2% from the previous year,...
- Taiwan handset industry overview - Jun 2008
The use of handsets continues to grow around the world, both in mature and emerging markets, as the communication devices become ever more ingrained in people's...
- Taiwan handset overview - Jun 2007
Global handset shipments topped 977 million units in 2006, according to Digitimes Research, with Taiwan-based handset makers accounting for 14% of the market on...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.