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Tuesday 28 April 2015
Digitimes Research: China smartphone shipments decline 17.5% sequentially in 1Q15
Shipments of smartphones in China totaled 83.6 million units in the first quarter of 2015, decreasing 20 million units or 17.5% sequentially from the previous month, according to...
Monday 20 April 2015
Digitimes Research: China smartphone shipments shed 30% sequentially in 1Q15
Shipments of smartphones by China-based vendors declined by nearly 30% sequentially to 91.8 million units in the first quarter of 2015 due to sluggish demand both at home and overseas,...
Friday 10 April 2015
Digitimes Research: Lenovo smartphone shipments reach only 8-9 million units in 1Q15
Lenovo's smartphone shipments in first-quarter 2015 reached only 8-9 million units, lower than the volume that Digitimes Research had previously estimated and about the same as the...
Thursday 9 April 2015
How China is shaping the LTE/TD-LTE market in 2015
Digitimes Research estimates that the global LTE market doubled in size to 445 million users in 2014 and we further forecast that annual growth in the number of LTE users will remain...
Thursday 2 April 2015
Digitimes Research: China smartphone shipments drop over 30% sequentially in 1Q15 as small regional vendors suffer
China's smartphone shipments are expected to have dropped over 30% sequentially in the first quarter due to decreased export shipment. China's first- and second-tier brand vendors...
Thursday 2 April 2015
Digitimes Research: Lenovo to ship less than 10 million smartphones in 1Q15
Lenovo is expected to ship less than 10 million smartphones in the first quarter of 2015 due to high inventories left over from the previous quarter as well as its marketing strategy...
Tuesday 31 March 2015
IC demand from China picking up, say Taiwan firms
IC demand from China's smartphone market is showing signs of a pick-up, as inventories at non-Apple vendors ease, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Monday 23 March 2015
China market: Falling handset IC prices put supplier gross margins under pressure
Handset IC suppliers including Qualcomm, MediaTek and Spreadtrum tend to lower prices to win orders from their major clients, which may negatively affect their gross margin performance...
Thursday 19 March 2015
Digitimes Research: Global smartphone shipments in 2015 to reach 1.401 billion units
There will be 1.401 billion smartphones shipped globally in 2015, increasing on year by 16.4%, according to Digitimes Research.
Monday 16 March 2015
High-brightness LED market trends and forecast, 2015
Digitimes Research forecasts that in 2015, the global high-brightness (HB) LED industry will have annual growth of 7.5% in terms of output, reaching US$13.7 billion. The total number...
Thursday 12 March 2015
Digitimes Research: Development of Wi-Fi Only Phone service gaining momentum
The launch of Google's Nova project and Cablevision's Freewheel services will help push the deployment of Cable Wi-Fi as well as the implementation of Wi-Fi Only Phone and Wi-Fi First...
Wednesday 11 March 2015
Digitimes Research: LG, Sony Mobile, Acer highlight entry-level, mid-range smartphones at MWC
In light of slowing sales of high-end smartphones, vendors including LG Electronics, Sony Mobile Communications and Acer all highlighted their new entry-level and mid-range models...
Tuesday 10 March 2015
MediaTek March sales to rebound
MediaTek is expected to see its March sales rebound to previous high levels of around NT$20 billion (US$630 million), buoyed by a pick-up in demand from China's smartphone market,...
Wednesday 11 February 2015
China smartphone market and industry – 4Q 2014

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Tuesday 10 February 2015
FHD panel demand from China smartphone vendors may rise
Meizu's launching a smartphone model equipped with a 5.5-inch Full HD display at CNY999 (US$160) is likely to prompt other China-based vendors to launch inexpensive Full HD models,...