366 news items tagged China smartphone
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...
China smartphone market to contract in 1Q21, says Digitimes Research
Thursday 4 February 2021Smartphone shipments to the China market are expected to fall over 10% sequentially in the first quarter of 2021, after growing 19.2% in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to Digitimes...
China smartphone shipments to post annual gains in 1Q21
Tuesday 2 February 2021Chinese smartphone vendors are expected to see robust annual growths in first-quarter 2021 shipments to both the domestic and overseas markets, according to Digitimes Research.
China smartphone market declines 11% in 2020, says Canalys
Friday 29 January 2021The smartphone market in China finished 2020 with 84 million units shipped in the fourth quarter, declining 4% on year, according to Canalys. For full-year 2020, the China market...
China smartphone vendors in hardware specs competition
Tuesday 26 January 2021China-based handset brands have triggered a new round of hardware specification competition seeking to expand their market shares globally, according to industry sources.
China smartphone vendors score points in sub-brand marketing
Friday 22 January 2021Leading China-based smartphone vendors Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo have succeeded in enhancing global marketing through launching sub-brand models with high performance-price ratios that...
HDI PCB makers see ramp-up in orders from China handset vendors
Thursday 14 January 2021HDI PCB manufacturers have seen a significant ramp-up in orders from Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi, who are seeking sufficient supply of components to support their expansion in the China...
China smartphone vendors step up chips, components procurement
Thursday 14 January 2021Chinese handset vendors Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi (OVX) have stepped up their purchases of ICs and basic components for their smartphones as part of their efforts to expand presence in...
China smartphone market and industry – 3Q 2020
Friday 20 November 2020Smartphone shipments to the China market in third-quarter 2020 plunged 25.2% on quarter and 26.2% on year due to the US government placing stricter trade sanctions on Huawei and consumer...
China smartphone shipments to rebound in 4Q20, says Digitimes Research
Monday 2 November 2020Smartphone shipments in the China market are expected to grow 25.4% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2020 due to increasing shipments of Apple's iPhone 12 lineup and aggressive...
Xiaomi enters top 3 in smartphone market in 3Q20, says Canalys
Friday 30 October 2020Worldwide smartphone shipments reached 348 million units in the third quarter of 2020, down a slight 1% on year but up 22% sequentially, according to Canalys. Samsung regained the...
China smartphone vendors ramp up overseas shipments in 3Q20, says Digitimes Research
Thursday 29 October 2020China's handset vendors shipped a total of 182 million smartphones globally in the third quarter of 2020, up 10.6% sequentially but down 5.6% on year, Digitimes Research has found.
Global smartphone shipment forecast, 2021 and beyond
Tuesday 27 October 2020Following three consecutive years of declines in 2018-2020, global smartphone shipments are expected to grow by a double-digit rate or 150 million units in 2021.
US trade ban to impact China 5G smartphone AP shipments, says Digitimes Research
Thursday 27 August 2020The US trade restrictions on Huawei are set to affect the overall shipments of 5G mobile APs to the Chinese market in fourth-quarter 2020, and to significant change the landscape...
China smartphone market and industry – 2Q 2020
Tuesday 11 August 2020Smartphone shipments to the China market in second-quarter 2020 were doubled sequentially, as the coronavirus pandemic in China was eased, while the economy was benefited by the re-opening...
Pricing for iPhone 5G crucial to igniting buying momentum in 2H20
Tuesday 28 July 2020With the 5G phone segment likely to become a main battlefield of the global handset market in the second half of 2020, pricing strategies adopted by different vendors, Apple in particular,...
China smartphone brands shipments to see double-digit decline in 2H20, says Digitimes Research
Tuesday 28 July 2020China's handset vendors as a whole are expected to see their combined shipments experience a double-digit decline annually in the second half of 2020 as their export shipments would...
Smartphone internal storage to reach 256GB
Monday 8 June 2020Smartphones are expected to increasingly come with 256GB or even 512GB of storage in 2020, thanks to brand vendors' launches of new 5G models and a gradual recovery in China's smartphone...
Huawei to procure more chips from MediaTek
Tuesday 2 June 2020Mobile SoC specialist MediaTek is expected to see orders placed by Huawei surge by as much as 300% in 2020 due to the US government's fresh trade ban on the Chinese vendor, according...
Apple iPhone 11 most popular smartphone in 1Q20, says Omdia
Wednesday 27 May 2020In the contest to offer the world's most popular smartphone, it seems like the only competition that Apple has these days is Apple itself, according to Omdia.
Smartphone sales picking up in China
Wednesday 20 May 2020Smartphone sales in China have been picking up recently, with strong consumer demand for 5G models fueling the momentum, according to sources from Taiwan's handset supply chain.
China smartphone market and industry – 1Q 2020
Thursday 14 May 2020Smartphone shipments to the China market in first-quarter 2020 plunged 51.9% from the prior quarter to reach the lowest single-quarter shipment volumes in recent years, as the market...
China smartphone AP shipments brace for steep drop in 2Q20, says Digitimes Research
Wednesday 6 May 2020Shipments of smartphone-use application processors (AP) in the China market are expected to experience a steep drop of 37.8% on year in the second quarter of 2020, as China's handset...
China smartphone sales nosedive in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
Monday 4 May 2020Sales of smartphones in the China market slumped by 51.9% sequentially and 38.9% on year to their lowest quarterly levels of recent years in the first quarter of 2020 due to the impacts...