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Monday 7 September 2026
Xiaomi warns of more India price hikes as AI squeezes the phone from both sides
The same AI boom that is filling handsets with new features is draining the memory supply that makes cheap phones possible—and in India, the world's second-largest smartphone...
Monday 7 September 2026
Orphans of the liquid cooling age: xMEMS targets data center 'hot spots,' eyes 2027 smartphone and smartglasses cooling ports
As the world's most powerful enterprise data centers undergo a massive migration to liquid cooling to support high-power artificial intelligence processors, a Silicon Valley chipmaker...
Friday 4 September 2026
India's refurbished smartphone market gains as prices push buyers toward premium used devices
India's refurbished smartphone market is expanding as rising handset prices steer consumers toward lower-cost premium models. The trend extends well beyond India, showing how rising...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Huawei, Xiaomi to launch new foldable smartphones ahead of Apple
Samsung Electronics launched its new Galaxy Z series foldable smartphones, including its first wide-folding model, kicking off this year's foldable smartphone battle. With attention...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Global smartphone outlook cut again as foldables shine
Global smartphone shipments are facing renewed downside pressure in 2026 as memory prices rise, handset makers pass on higher costs, and brands trim low-end models to protect margins...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
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Wednesday 2 September 2026
ByteDance-ZTE Nubia NaviX Ultra clears launch hurdle, takes agentic AI beyond smartphone assistants
ByteDance and ZTE are preparing to launch the Nubia NaviX Ultra in September after the AI smartphone received China's network access approval, clearing the regulatory process from...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Chinese smartphone brands raise prices as component costs climb
Several Chinese smartphone brands raised prices across entry-level and premium models on September 1, citing IT Home, Antutu, MyDrivers and Sina. The increases coincided with the start...
Monday 31 August 2026
Samsung launches Galaxy S26 FE with lower price
Samsung Electronics launched its Galaxy S26 Fan Edition in the second half of 2026 with a starting price of 1.045 million won in South Korea, or about US$714, as it sought to round...
Monday 31 August 2026
Podcast highlights: Xiaomi's 3nm chip cap, HBM in Malaysia, and Nvidia's margin tradeoff
Can Xiaomi's in-house chip reach 2nm? Is HBM rerouting to Malaysia TSMC giving Intel a pass? Can Nvidia hold a 75% gross margin or protect market share? Ahead of Apple's September...
Friday 28 August 2026
Honor Robot Phone enters mass production, making robotics central to its premium AI strategy
More than a year after Honor first debated the idea internally, its Robot Phone has moved from a contentious concept to a mass-produced commercial product. But the significance of...
Friday 28 August 2026
Samsung absorbs memory costs to chase smartphone crown
Global smartphone shipments are set to shrink sharply in 2026 as soaring memory and core component prices hit the market, but Samsung Electronics is moving in the opposite direction...
Thursday 27 August 2026
CXMT lands early LPDDR6 opportunity with Xiaomi Xring O3, eyes China flagship phones
China's smartphone and memory supply chains are moving closer together, with Xiaomi's new Xring O3 processor potentially providing CXMT with an early commercial entry into the LPDDR6...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Xiaomi's Xring O3, O100 and D100 define a three-tier AI chip strategy beyond smartphones
Xiaomi is expanding Xring from a smartphone chip program into a broader AI computing platform spanning consumer devices, vehicles, and edge inference, with three processors assigned...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Supply shortages, price hikes fail to slow new phone wave
Mobile phone sales are under pressure as shortages and price increases for multiple upstream components squeeze the market. But brand makers have stepped up new product launches, with...