3850 news items tagged smartphone
Qualcomm, MediaTek mull fan-out packaging for flagship handset APs
Wednesday 21 April 2021Qualcomm and MediaTek are both considering adopting fan-out PoP in the production of their flagship smartphone application processors, following in the footsteps of Apple utilizing...
Global smartphone revenue to spike 13% in 2021, says Strategy Analytics
Monday 19 April 2021Global smartphone wholesale revenue will increase 13% on year in 2021, the highest revenue growth in six years, according to Strategy Analytics. Despite the economic uncertainty and...
Fabless chipmakers diversify foundry suppliers
Monday 19 April 2021Taiwan-based IC design houses including MediaTek, Elan Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor have moved to diversify their foundry partners amid tight capacity at many pure-play...
TSMC to boost 5nm chip output in 2H21
Friday 16 April 2021TSMC is expected to substantially scale up its 5nm chip output in the second half of 2021 in order to boost 5nm chip sales as a proportion of its total wafer revenue to 20% by the...
China smartphone shipments surge in March
Friday 16 April 2021About 35.27 million smartphones were shipped to China in March 2021, up 67.7% from a year earlier, according to data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology...
LG reportedly looking to sell Vietnam smartphone plant
Friday 16 April 2021LG Electronics is shutting down all smartphone plants and looking to find buyers after announcing its decision in early April to quit its loss-ridden smartphone business, according...
Tight foundry capacity, component shortages to affect smartphone sales in 2021
Wednesday 14 April 2021Tight capacity at foundry houses, coupled with shortages of some crucial components such as CMOS sensors, power management and driver ICs, could affect sales of individual handset...
Vapor chamber demand for 5G phones disappoints
Tuesday 13 April 2021Vapor chamber (VC) demand for 5G smartphones has been a disappointment thus far in 2021, according to sources at cooling module suppliers.
Taiwan 1st-tier IC design houses set to post strong 1Q21 results
Tuesday 6 April 2021Taiwan-based first-tier IC design houses including MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor are believed to have seen their March revenues climb substantially...
CHPT lands major probe card orders for MediaTek 5G SoCs
Thursday 1 April 2021Taiwan-based IC test solutions provider Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has reportedly obtained nearly 100% of probe card orders for MediaTek's mid- and high-end 5G smartphone...
Smartphone brands still focus on low-price segments in India
Wednesday 31 March 2021Smartphones released by first-tier brands in India in 2020 were mostly models priced below INR15,000 (US$205), showing the purchasing power of Indian consumers is still rather weak,...
MediaTek named biggest smartphone chipset supplier for 1st time
Monday 29 March 2021In 2020, MediaTek's chipset shipments to the major smartphone OEMs reached 351.8 million units, compared to 238 million units the company supplied in 2019, according to Omdia. MediaTek's...
Samsung releases new 5G smartphones in Taiwan
Friday 19 March 2021Samsung Electronics has released its new 5G smartphones, the A52 and the A72, in Taiwan and expects Taiwan's 5G users to reach more than 5.5 million or a penetration rate of over...
TSMC 2Q21 capacity filled by orders for 5G, HPC and auto chips
Tuesday 16 March 2021TSMC has seen its production capacity during the second quarter filled by a strong pull-in of orders for 5G, HPC and automotive electronics chips, according to industry sources.
Pandemic-driven demand boosts semiconductor market up 10.4% in 2020
Tuesday 16 March 2021The semiconductor market saw strong growth in 2020 as the industry marked its third year in the last four of double-digit expansion, despite turmoil from the coronavirus that disrupted...
Chinese vendors may adopt entry-level ToF for new smartphones in 2H21
Monday 15 March 2021Leading China-based smartphone vendors are likely to adopt entry-level ToF 3D-sensing technology for rear cameras of new models to be launched in second-half 2021, according to industry...
Smartphone shipments to grow 5.5% in 2021, says IDC
Friday 12 March 2021Smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 13.9% on year in the first quarter of 2021 and 5.5% for the full year 2021, driven by continued recovery in demand and a supply-side push...
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 4Q 2020
Thursday 4 March 2021Taiwan's small- to medium-size LCD panel shipments plunged 25.3% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2020 due to a significant drop in orders from Huawei.
China smartphone AP shipments to grow 12% in 2021, says Digitimes Research
Wednesday 3 March 2021About 795.7 million smartphone application processors will be shipped to China-based handset vendors in 2021, up 12.2% on year, forecasts Digitimes Research.
Global smartphone shipments to grow 50% in 1Q21
Tuesday 2 March 2021Global smartphone shipments are likely to grow nearly 50% on year to 340 million units in the first quarter of 2021, driven by robust sales of Apple's iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone Pro...
Huawei focuses on operation of platforms, establishment of ecosystems
Thursday 25 February 2021Huawei Technologies, to cope with US sanctions amid fast growing development of 5G and AI+IoT, is transforming its consumer electronics business from providing hardware to operating...
China smartphone AP shipments – 4Q 2020
Monday 22 February 2021Fourth-quarter 2020 smartphone AP shipments to China-based vendors amounted to 211.6 million units, up 9.9% quarter-over-quarter and 7.7% year-over-year.
China smartphone vendors focus on differentiation
Monday 22 February 2021Leading China-based smartphone vendors have focused on production differentiation to maintain competitiveness in the global market.
China smartphone market and industry – 4Q 2020
Friday 19 February 2021Fourth-quarter 2020 smartphone shipments to the China market amounted to 86.7 million units. The volume represented 19.3% growth quarter-over-quarter but 10.4% decline year-over-ye...
Global 5G smartphone shipments to approach 550 million units in 2021
Thursday 18 February 2021Worldwide 5G smartphone shipments are expected to grow drastically to nearly 550 million units in 2021, and supply chain players will benefit as a result, according to market sourc...
- After sanctions, Huawei turning to businesses less reliant on high-end US tech (Apr 12) - Reuters
- Samsung first-quarter profit likely surged 45% on bumper smartphone, appliance sales (Apr 6) - Reuters
- LG's exit from smartphone business means discounts and deals (Apr 6) - ZDNet
- Exclusive: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi to make EVs using Great Wall's plant - sources (Mar 26) - Reuters
- Huawei to start charging royalties to smartphone makers using its patented 5G tech (Mar 17) - CNBC
- Huawei debuts US$2,800 phone after barely growing sales in 2020 (Feb 22) - Bloomberg
- Huawei turns to pig farming as smartphone sales fall (Feb 19) - BBC News
- China's Xiaomi files legal complaint against U.S. Defense, Treasury ban (Jan 30) - Reuters
- Honor CEO speaks out: unburdened by US sanctions on Huawei, the budget smartphone brand looks to take on Apple and former parent (Jan 27) - South China Morning Post
- Huawei may spin off its P and Mate smartphone brands (Jan 25) - engadget