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Saturday 4 February 2012
Smartphone and PC vendors to treat WP8 differently, say sources
Although information indicates that Microsoft's next-generation handset platform, Windows Phone 8 (WP8), will support an array of technologies and functionalities, including dual-core...
Saturday 4 February 2012
Commentary: Strong smartphone competition a blessing in disguise for feature phones
The global market for feature phones has continued to dwindle recently, since most branded handset vendors have shifted their focuses to the development of smartphones on the back...
Friday 3 February 2012
Nokia maintains largest global handset market share in 2011, says IDC
Nokia sold 417.1 million feature phones and smartphones together to maintain the largest global handset market share of 27% in 2011, but dropping 5.6pp from 2010, according to International...
Monday 16 January 2012
LTE smartphones to account for 4-5% global shipments in 2012
With nearly 50 telecom carriers around the globe having launched LTE services, global shipments of LTE-enabled smartphones are expected to reach 25-30 million units in 2012, accounting...
Monday 9 January 2012
Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipments post 17% sequential decline in 4Q11
Shipments of handsets by Taiwan makers totaled 20.29 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, down 17.4% on quarter and 19.7% on year as smartphone shipments by HTC were affected...
Friday 6 January 2012
Nokia to produce high-end Lumia 900 Mango phones in house, say sources
Having outsourced the production of its Lumia 800 and 710 Mango phones to Compal Communications, Nokia apparently has decided to manufacture its upcoming high-end Lumia 900 smartphones...
Thursday 5 January 2012
Compal Communication expects to ship 9.6 million handsets in 2012
Compal Communication has announced revenues of NT$10.9 billion (US$359.65 million) for the fourth quarter of 2011 with its handset shipments in the quarter reached 1.5 million units...
Friday 30 December 2011
China market: Nokia to face strong competition in Mango segment in 2012
Nokia's plans to launch its Windows Phone 7.5 Mango smartphones in the China market in the first half of 2012 may face challenge from comparable high-end models rolled out by HTC...
Wednesday 21 December 2011
Wintek to ramp up one-glass touch panel shipments in 2012
Wintek is expected to see the ratio of its shipments of OGS (one glass solution) touch-panel solutions increase to over 20% of its total touch panel shipments in 2012 compared to...
Friday 16 December 2011
Handset component makers operating at full capacity at China factories, say sources
Most factories operated by Taiwan-based handset component makers in China are currently operating at full capacities due to increasing orders from branded handset vendors including...
Wednesday 7 December 2011
Nokia orders for upstream suppliers to grow 20% in 2012, say sources
The launch of Lumia Mango smartphones from Nokia has benefited Taiwan-based makers in the supply chain, and makers believe that orders from Nokia are expected to post a 20% growth...
Thursday 24 November 2011
Silitech shipping more metal chassis for smartphones
Handset keypad and metal chassis maker Silitech Technology expects sales of aluminum-magnesium alloy chassis to account for 10-15% of its total revenues in the fourth quarter of 2011...
Wednesday 23 November 2011
Nokia to roll out new Windows Phone models in 1H12, says Nokia Taiwan
Nokia will roll out new Windows Phone-based smartphones in the first half of 2012 following the recently released Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, according to Michael Hus, general...
Tuesday 22 November 2011
Compal Communications handset shipments increasing, says paper
Buoyed by orders from Nokia, Compal Communications is expected to ship over 600,000 handsets in November compared to 200,000 units shipped in October, according to a Chinese-language...
Monday 21 November 2011
Nokia increasing orders to Taiwan-based upstream suppliers
With the launch of its Windows Phone 7.5-based Lumia smartphones, Nokia has stepped up its purchases of parts and components from Taiwan-based upstream suppliers, according to sources...