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Thursday 26 January 2017
MediaTek posts profit drop with record low gross margin for 2016
Taiwan-based MediaTek, a fabless chipmaker specializing in smartphone SoCs, saw its net profits fall 6.7% in 2016 with gross margin reaching a record low of 35.6%.
Thursday 26 January 2017
India market: China smartphone vendors account for 46% market share in 4Q16, says Counterpoint
Smartphones shipped by China-based vendors accounted for 46% of smartphones sold in India in the fourth quarter of 2016, up from 14% a year earlier, according to data compiled by...
Tuesday 24 January 2017
Digitimes Research: China smartphone vendors may favor local AMOLED suppliers over Samsung Display
It may be difficult for China-based AMOLED panel makers to obtain orders from Apple and other international smartphone vendors at least in the next five years das they are technologically...
Monday 16 January 2017
Global AP demand forecast, 2017-2020
Digitimes Research expects global application processor (AP) shipments to increase more than 8% in 2017 and surpass the 1.9 billion mark, with smartphones remaining the main application...
Friday 16 December 2016
Three China makers become alternative AMOLED suppliers for China smartphone vendors
While Samsung Display has dominated the global supply of smartphone-use AMOLED panels, China-based EverDisplay Optronics (Shanghai), Tianma Micro-electronics and Kunshan Govisionox...
Thursday 15 December 2016
Digitimes Research: 112.3 million smartphones shipped in China in 3Q16
There were 112.3 million smartphones shipped in the China market during the third quarter of 2016, increasing 5.2% on quarter and 5.8% on year and accounting for 30.9% of the global...
Tuesday 13 December 2016
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Friday 9 December 2016
Digitimes Research: China smartphone industry enjoys shipment growth in 3Q16 thanks to overseas demand
Subsidies provided by China's top-3 telecom carriers led by China Mobile to encourage 2G and 3G service users to switch to 4G services continued to push China's mid-range and inexpensive...
Wednesday 30 November 2016
Leading China smartphone vendors reportedly to form consortium to secure AMOLED supply, say reports
First-tier China-based smartphone vendors Huawei Technologies, Oppo, Vivo and BBK, due to concerns that Apple may monopolize supplies of smartphone-use AMOLED panels from Samsung...
Tuesday 15 November 2016
Demand for AMOLED panels from China smartphone vendors rising
Supply of AMOLED panels for smartphone applications could be short of demand in 2017 due to increasing purchases from China-based smartphone vendors, according to sources from the...
Friday 4 November 2016
Digitimes Research: Global small- to mid-size LCD shipments to shrink at CAGR of negative 4.6% during 2017-2021
Global shipments of small- to medium-size panels will decrease from 2.647 billion units in 2017 to 2.189 billion units in 2021 or a CAGR of negative 4.6%, according to Digitimes Re...
Thursday 3 November 2016
Oppo tops China smartphone market for first time, says IDC
The China smartphone market grew 5.8% from a year earlier and 3.6% sequentially in the third quarter of 2016, with Oppo and Vivo overtaking Huawei for the first time in the market,...
Wednesday 12 October 2016
Digitimes Research: Global smartphone shipments to grow 7% in 2016 and 2017
Global smartphone shipments are expected to grow 7.2% on year to 1.42 billion in 2016 and another 7% to 1.52 billion units in 2017, according to the latest estimate by Digitimes Re...
Friday 30 September 2016
Digitimes Research: Cellular IoT may have limited opportunities for mobile telecom carriers
As mobile communication markets are approaching saturation, cellular IoT is expected to bring new business opportunities and revenue growth for mobile telecom carriers. But development...
Wednesday 21 September 2016
Taiwan market: China smartphone vendor Meitu launches M6
China-based smartphone vendor Meitu has launched its Meitu M6 smartphone in the Taiwan market. The Meitu M6, which features a 5-inch Full HD display and an octa-core MediaTek Helio...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research