China-based smartphone makers shipped a total of 179.2 million phones in the third quarter of 2017, down 0.4% on year and up 20.8% on quarter. The top five vendors in terms of shipment volumes were Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, BBK and Lenovo.

According to Digitimes Research statistics, third-quarter 2017 global tablet shipments totaled 42.29 million units, outperforming market expectation. Shipments of both brand and white-box tablets showed obvious on-quarter growth with the shopping season kicking...

Shipments to North America saw significant growth in the third quarter of 2017 because of seasonality. Year-end holiday promotions are expected to drive up Taiwan's LCD TV shipments in the fourth quarter.

Taiwan panel makers saw strong orders for 18:9 all-screen smartphone applications in the third quarter, during which their 6G LTPS production capacity also increased.

Taiwan saw its worldwide shipment share drop in the third quarter as a result of growing competition from China panel makers who have been aggressively expanding their capacity.

After four consecutive quarters of on-year declines, Taiwan's monitor shipments finally rebounded in the third quarter of 2016, thanks to significant increases in shipments from TPV and weakened competition from China-based BOE.

The notebook industry still saw increased demand from the enterprise sector in the third quarter of 2017, but the shipment momentum in the consumer space continued to wane.

The revival of the Nokia brand by HMD Global is benefitting Taiwan's handset manufacturing sector. Orders for Nokia-branded feature phones have become a main growth driver for Taiwan's handset shipments.

Digitimes Research estimates smartphone shipments to the China market in the second quarter of 2017 totaled 94.1 million units, maintaining a similar level to that seen in the first quarter of 2017 but down 11.8% on year.

Taiwan TV makers' shipments to some of their China-based clients were weakened by rising LCD panel prices in the second quarter of 2017, during which shipments to China's financially-troubled LeEco had mostly stopped.

The large-size LCD panel market has reached maturity, and no significant growths are expected for Taiwan's makers in 2017.

According to Digitimes Research statistics, global tablet shipments in the second quarter of 2017 totaled 33.39 million units, down 10.3% from the level of the previous quarter as white-box vendors reduced their shipments due to rising memory costs and the market...