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Thursday 4 May 2017
Taiwan IC design houses receiving short lead-time orders
Taiwan-based IC design houses have started to see their customers place short lead-time orders in May, but remain less-optimistic about their outlook for the second quarter.
Thursday 6 April 2017
Not all China smartphone vendors to use AMOLED panels, say sources
Not all of China-based brand smartphone vendors are to adopt AMOLED panels for their new models to be launched in 2017 due to concerns of insufficient supply of the panels and rising...
Wednesday 5 April 2017
Asustek, HTC under increasing pressure from China smartphone vendors
Sales of smartphones by Asustek Computer and HTC in China, India and Southeast Asia have been affected by strong presence of China-based vendors in these markets, according to Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 15 March 2017
LTPS LCD panels in growing demand from China smartphone vendors
There has been increasing demand for LTPS (low-temperature poly-Si) TFT-LCD panels from China-based smartphone vendors as supply of AMOLED panels by Samsung Display has been insufficient,...
Wednesday 1 March 2017
MWC 2107: China smartphone vendors show off new products
China-based smartphone vendors, including Huawei, Oppo, TCL and Lenovo all have tried to steal the spotlight at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017.
Tuesday 21 February 2017
Sated China smartphone market to sit back and digest inventory in 1Q17
After seeing record shipments in the fourth quarter of 2016, the China smartphone will ease up and try to digest inventory in the first quarter of 2017. Smartphone shipments in the...
Saturday 18 February 2017
China smartphone market and industry – 4Q 2016

China smartphone market

Monday 6 February 2017
Digitimes Research: 124.2 million smartphones shipped in China market in 4Q16
There were 124.2 million smartphones shipped in the China market in the fourth quarter of 2016, increasing 8.0% on quarter and 5.3% on year and accounting for 29.6% of the global...
Monday 6 February 2017
Top-3 China smartphone vendors grab nearly half of domestic market in 2016, says IDC
The smartphone market in China saw a 19% on-year growth and 17% quarterly growth in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to IDC. For the full year of 2016, the market grew by 9%...
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...