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Wednesday 27 May 2026
Qualcomm's ByteDance deal gives smartphone chipmaker entry into AI data center market
Qualcomm has reached a deal to supply AI data center chips to ByteDance, giving the US smartphone processor designer a potentially high-volume customer as it tries to expand into AI...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
Xiaomi saw nearly 60% profit drop amid memory cost 'super cycle'
On May 26, Xiaomi Corporation reported first-quarter 2026 revenue of CNY99.1 billion (approx. US$14.6 billion) as it confronts a "super cycle" of rising memory costs. Management characterized...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
Taiwan smartphone shipments fell nearly 4% in April as component costs push prices higher
Taiwan's smartphone shipments declined in April 2026 as the market entered its traditional slow season and rising component prices pressured handset pricing, industry participants...
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Inside China's chip war: How Xiaomi, BYD, and Nio are rewriting the rules
China's semiconductor war has been underway for seven or eight years now.
Monday 25 May 2026
GoPro takeover talks highlight China's growing clout in cameras
GoPro's takeover talks are putting a spotlight on a broader shift in handheld cameras, as the market moves from rugged action devices toward creator-focused gimbal and 360-degree products...
Monday 25 May 2026
India's electronics manufacturers seek higher-margin businesses as smartphone slowdown shrinks profits
India's electronics manufacturing industry, which has emerged as the world's second-largest mobile phone production hub after China, is facing growing pressure as slowing smartphone...
Monday 25 May 2026
BOE seeks Galaxy S27 OLED panel order by undercutting Samsung Display by US$5
China-based BOE Technology Group is reportedly looking to supply OLED panels for the standard model of the Samsung Galaxy S27 smartphone by offering a price that is US$5 lower than...
Sunday 24 May 2026
China smartphone sales plunge 16% around May Day holidays as memory price hikes squeeze demand
China's smartphone sales fell 16% year‑over‑year during the two weeks surrounding the 2026 May Day holiday, a drop that signals wider implications for global supply chains...
Friday 22 May 2026
Memory shortage reaches smartphone OLED market as shipments fall 12%

A global memory shortage is spreading into the smartphone OLED market, cutting handset production and adding pressure on display makers...

Friday 22 May 2026
Tech Forum 2026: As notebook and smartphone sales slow, AI devices take a larger share

Global notebook and smartphone shipments are expected to weaken in 2026, but AI-enabled devices are set to take a larger share of both...

Wednesday 20 May 2026
Xiaomi halts ultra-thin smartphone production as memory costs squeeze prices
Xiaomi warns memory costs could push flagship phone prices past CNY10,000 (approx. US$1,468) in 2026, a development that would affect global consumers as higher-capacity models become...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Rising memory costs hit China's OLED suppliers harder than Korean rivals
Rising memory prices are squeezing the smartphone OLED panel market. Chinese suppliers are feeling it more than their Korean rivals, as handset makers scale back production plans.
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Digital camera comeback exposes optical supply-chain talent and capacity gap
Digital cameras staged a notable market comeback as demand for retro aesthetics and high-resolution imaging rose, reviving production lines and lifting secondhand prices, industry...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Nvidia Rubin platform to drive LPDDR demand past Apple and Samsung in 2027
A US research firm reported that Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin platform will consume more low-power DRAM (LPDDR) in 2027 than the combined global usage of Apple and Samsung,...
Monday 18 May 2026
Huawei, Apple, and Xiaomi battle for market share with deep discounts
Just after midnight on May 15, Apple quietly cut prices across its iPhone 17 lineup in China, lowering official retail prices for the iPhone 17 Pro series by CNY1000 (approx. US$146),...