Apple considering accepting price hikes to secure supply of touch panels, say Taiwan makers

Mar 23, 12:10

In order to secure sufficient supply of touch panels used in the iPad and iPhone, Apple has talked with Taiwan-based makers, considering some room for them to hike quotes, according...

China Telecom awaits SIM card CDMA iPhone 4, says APT executive

Mar 10, 10:34

With the introduction of the CDMA iPhone 4, industry observers had expected China Telecom to become China's second telecom company to carry the Apple smartphone, but no official launch...

Standalone application processors are wining in mobility markets, says Petrov Group (part 1)

Mar 8, 15:40

Several years ago there was a widely accepted expectation that application mobile processors would be fully integrated with baseband processors on a single chip. However, today we...

Young Optics to focus on improving pico projector brightness in 2011

Feb 23, 01:15

With its pico projector modules reaching the height of the camera module for iPhone, optical module and component maker Young Optics will turn its focus on improving brightness as...

Wintek to be the sole touch panel supplier for white iPhone 5, says report

Newswatch - Feb 22, 15:05

Wintek reportedly to be the sole touch panel supply for white iPhone 5s and may replace TPK Touch Solutions to become the leading touch panel maker worldwide in 2011 as Apple plans...

Protective component maker Polytronics wins PPTC orders for tablet PCs

Feb 22, 14:05

Since Apple's iPad 2 reportedly will not incorporate ALD/SLD polymeric positive temperature coefficient (PPTC) resistors, Taiwan's protective component makers will not be able to...

China Unicom to focus support on non-iPhone smartphones in 2011, says president

Feb 17, 01:25

China Unicom will focus its smartphone business on models other than iPhone in 2011 to reduce the unfavorable influence on its overall business operation due to heavy reliance on...

Apple to expand iPhone screen size to 4-inches

Feb 15, 01:40

Apple reportedly will change the screen size of iPhone to 4-inch for its fifth generation iPhone to compete with the Google Android platform in the 4- to 7-inch smartphone market,...

Apple reportedly to hand processor orders to TSMC

Feb 15, 01:20

Apple is reportedly looking to outsource the production of its A4 processor as well as the next-generation ARM Cortex-A9-based A5 processor to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...

STMicro and TriQuint capitalize on iPhone and iPad MEMS design wins in 2010, says iSuppli

Feb 8, 12:26

Capitalizing on their design wins in Apple's iPhone 4 and iPad, semiconductor suppliers STMicroelectronics and TriQuint in 2010 achieved industry-leading growth in the global market...

MEMS market enters new growth cycle as iPhone 4 spurs demand, says iSuppi

Jan 27, 10:41

With the iPhone 4 paving the way, global demand for microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices in cell phones will rise robustly during the coming years, helping the total MEMS...

Pico projectors unlikely to be integrated into smartphones until after 2012

Jan 25, 02:05

With rumors circulating around the market that the Apple iPhone 5 will adopt a pico projector, sources from pico projector makers pointed out that the related R&D is still not...

Pegatron to see strong 2011

Jan 25, 01:45

Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology is confident about its sales performance in 2011 thanks to the CDMA-based and the new-generation iPhone orders, which should total...

Apple adds Taiwan suppliers for iPhone 5, says paper

Newswatch - Jan 21, 16:03

Apple has added Foxconn Electronics, Foxlink, Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) and Epistar as component suppliers for the iPhone 5 smartphone, scheduled for launch during summer at...

White-box handset makers profiting CNY200 per knock-off iPhone 4

Jan 20, 16:01

Knock-off Apple iPhone 4 generates CNY200 (US$30.37) in per unit profit, according to a China Business News report.

Kinsus to reportedly supply IC substrates for iPhone 5, says paper

Newswatch - Jan 14, 11:26

Kinsus Interconnect Technology could break into the supply chain of Apple's iPhone 5 as the new smartphone will adopt Qualcomm's baseband chipsets, which use Kinsus IC substrates,...

CDMA iPhone to contribute strong sales to Foxconn and Pegatron in 2011

Jan 13, 01:15

Apple's CDMA iPhone orders could contribute about NT$1.9-2.1 billion (US$65.39-72.28 million) to each of its assembly partners, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and...

Wintek December revenues down 9%

Jan 4, 01:40

Wintek has announced consolidated revenues of NT$8.06 billion (US$276.97 million) for December 2010, representing a decrease of 9% sequentially but increased 221.08% on year. Consolidated...

Apple hikes 1Q11 iPhone shipment target to 20-21 million units, say sources

Dec 27, 11:14

Apple has raised the global shipment goal for its iPhones for first-quarter 2011 from 19 million units originally to 20-21 million units, according to sources with Taiwan-based component...

iPhone 4 turns up the volume for innovative MEMS microphone technology, says iSuppli

Dec 15, 11:39

Highlighted by their adoption in Apple's iPhone 4, microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphones are set to achieve a more than 50% increase in shipments in 2010 and a fourfold...

China market: China Unicom to SIM-lock iPhone 4

Dec 7, 15:19

China Unicom, currently the only sales agent of iPhone 4 in the China market, plans to lock iPhone 4s to its SIM cards in a bid to prevent contract-bundled purchasers' reselling iPhone...

TSMC to fabricate more Qualcomm chips in 2011

Dec 7, 01:20

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will likely allocate capacity of 1.8 million wafers for production of Qualcomm chips in 2011, compared to the 1.1 million units reserved...

Largan declines to comment on rumors about lens module order for iPad 2

Stockwatch - Nov 30, 10:20

Largan Precision has declined to comment on market rumors indicating the company will be the sole lens module supplier for Apple's upcoming iPad 2 tablet with shipments to kick off...

TSMC to benefit from Qualcomm orders for baseband chips

Nov 15, 16:20

Qualcomm is set to significantly raise wafer starts at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in the first quarter of 2011, for its baseband chips used in the next-generation...

Pegatron expects to ship 10 million CDMA iPhones in 2011, say sources

Oct 28, 01:40

Pegatron Technology internally expects its Apple CDMA iPhone shipments to reach 10 million units in 2011 and the company has recently started to gear up and is installing new equipment...

Genius Electronic, Newmax post record revenues for September

Stockwatch - Oct 8, 11:11

Taiwan-based optical lens maker Genius Electronic Optical has reported consolidated revenues of NT$500.4 million (US$15.7 million) for September, hitting a record for the third consecutive...

Pegatron to begin volume production of CDMA iPhone 4 in November

Sep 24, 01:25

Pegatron Technology is expected to begin volume production of a CDMA-version iPhone 4 in November with total shipments likely to reach 3-4 million units in the first three months,...

Taiwan market: Carriers kick iPhone 4 sales

Sep 17, 11:18

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) have started selling iPhone 4 in the Taiwan market.

iPad, iPhone fail to halt NAND flash price drops in 1H September

Sep 16, 02:15

Despite brisk sales of iPads and iPhones, contract prices for mainstream MLC NAND flash chips remained on a downward trend in the first half of September, according to sources at...

Apple to switch to Qualcomm chips, says paper

Newswatch - Sep 13, 14:53

Apple reportedly is dropping Infineon solutions from its iPhone devices in favor of those made by Qualcomm, according to a recent report in the Chinese-language Commercial Times...

Taiwan market: Carriers CHT, FET and TWM to launch iPhone 4 on September 17

Sep 13, 13:45

Taiwan-based telecom carriers Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and Taiwan Mobile (TWM) reportedly will begin selling Apple's iPhone 4 on September 17,...

Apple products are a mutant virus, but PC brands will eventually find a cure, says Acer founder

Sep 9, 16:16

Acer founder Stan Shih, in a talks with reporters on September 8, commented that Apple's strong popularity is mainly due to its products such as iPad and iPhone, and these products...

Taiwan market: iPhone 4 to be launched in mid-September

Sep 6, 11:18

The Apple iPhone 4 is expected to be introduced in Taiwan around September 15, 2010, which is also the smartphone's official launch date in the China market, according to sources...

Genius Electronic sees increasing shipments of iPhone 4 lens modules

Aug 13, 11:58

Genius Electronic Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lenses, saw shipments of 5-megapixel lens modules and VGA lens modules both used in iPhone 4 increase to account for 10%...

Taiwan market: Carriers seeing stronger than expected sales for iPhone 3GS, says paper

Newswatch - Aug 11, 11:50

With no confirmed schedule for the iPhone 4 launch in Taiwan and uncertainties surrounding the performance of the new device's antenna, the three main carriers in Taiwan are seeing...