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Monday 22 July 2013
Taiwan market: HTC maintains top smartphone vendor ranking in June, but market share falls
HTC continued to maintain its top smartphone vendor ranking in the Taiwan market with a 35.4% share in terms of sales value in June, even though its market share was down 1.5pp from...
Tuesday 9 July 2013
Digitimes Research: Newly released high-end smartphones lack new functionality
While a number of branded smartphone vendors have released their new high-end models recently, including the HTC Butterfly S from HTC, the Xperia Z Ultra from Sony Mobile Communications...
Monday 8 July 2013
HTC 2Q13 performance meets guidance
HTC has reported revenues of NT$22.08 billion (US$735 million) for June, down 23.9% sequentially and 26.4% on year. Second-quarter revenues amounted to NT$70.7 billion, meeting the...
Friday 5 July 2013
Taiwan market: HTC maintains top smartphone vendor ranking in May
HTC maintained its title as the top smartphone vendor in the Taiwan market with a 36.9% share in terms of sales value in May compared to 30.6% in April, according to data compiled...
Monday 1 July 2013
Samsung, HTC to launch mini versions of flagship smartphones in 3Q13, say Taiwan makers
Samsung Electronics will launch the Galaxy S4 mini, a 4.3-inch mini version of the flagship smartphone model Galaxy S4, in the third quarter of 2013, and Taiwan-based vendor HTC will...
Monday 1 July 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan mobile phone shipments rise over 40% sequentially in 2Q13
Shipments of mobile phones by Taiwan-based handset vendors and ODMs grew over 40% sequentially in the second quarter of 2013, according to Digitimes Research.
Thursday 27 June 2013
Compal Communications to ship Nokia Windows Phone 8 smartphones in 3Q13
Nokia may launch the new Lumia 1020 smartphone in New York, US, in July 2013. The product has a 41-megapixel camera. Nokia also plans to introduce entry-level and mid-range Lumia...
Monday 24 June 2013
Former TSMC CEO joins HTC board of directors
Rick Tsai, which served as CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) during 2005-09, has been elected as an HTC board of director.
Monday 24 June 2013
Smartphone brands reluctant to develop Facebook Home-enabled models
A number of branded smartphone vendors, including Samsung Electronics, Sony Mobile Communications, Lenovo, ZTE and Huawei are now reluctant to cooperate with Facebook for the joint...
Thursday 20 June 2013
Taiwan market: HTC launches HTC Butterfly S and HTC Desire 600
HTC has unveiled an updated version of its Butterfly family smartphone, the HTC Butterfly S, as well as a midrange model, the HTC Desire 600, initially for the Taiwan market. The...
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Samsung Electronics' launch of large-sized Galaxy Mega family smartphones for the US$400-600 segment will affect sales of comparable models launched by China-based branded vendors...
Monday 17 June 2013
First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
Smartphone players such as Apple, Samsung Electronics and High Tech Computer (HTC) have started showing interest in adopting ultra-thin heat pipes for their smartphones and are expected...
Thursday 13 June 2013
Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom to launch New HTC One dual for contract-bundled sale
Asia Pacific Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, on June 12 unveiled the New HTC One dual, a 4.7-inch CDMA/GSM dual-mode smartphone developed by Taiwan-based...
Thursday 13 June 2013
China market: HTC cooperates with Senao for smartphone maintenance services
Smartphone vendor HTC has cooperated with Senao International, which runs a consumer electronics retail chain in Taiwan, to establish HTC maintenance centers in China, according to...
Monday 10 June 2013
Excitement ebbing on WP8, say Taiwan makers
International smartphone vendors other than Nokia have become less interested in adopting Microsoft Windows Phone 8 (WP8) platform mainly because WP8 has had a global smartphone market...