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Wednesday 26 March 2014
China smartphone market to reach 422 million units in 2014, says Digitimes Research
Demand in China's smartphone market is expected to reach 422 million units in 2014, with 278 million units contributed by China-based vendors, according to the latest Digitimes Research...
Tuesday 25 March 2014
2014 China smartphone market and industry - Forecast and analysis
Digitimes Research expects demand in the domestic China market to reach 422 million smartphones in 2014, with 278 million units contributed by China-based smartphone vendors. The...
Tuesday 25 March 2014
Digitimes Research: China smartphone vendors to continue focusing on entry-level to mid-range models in 1H14
China-based handset vendors will continue to focus on rolling out entry-level to mid-range smartphones for China and other emerging markets in the first half of 2014 due to persistently...
Monday 10 March 2014
Digitimes Research: China smartphone vendors rely on international brands for overseas expansion
China-based smartphone players' shipments to markets outside of China currently account for 20% of their total volume. As demand from the local market - which has been their main...
Tuesday 25 February 2014
Is a US$25 smartphone possible?
Mobile World Congress (MWC) kicked off with a bang, with Mozilla announcing a US$25 smartphone built around a turnkey solution that features silicon from China-based Spreadtrum and...
Friday 21 February 2014
Explaining the Chaiwan model for the mobile device supply chain: Q&A with Digitimes Research director Joanne Chien
While Digitimes is known as a media outlet, the company also includes a business unit that solely focuses on market research. Run independently from the Digitimes news organization,...
Tuesday 18 February 2014
Seasonality sets in for China smartphone AP market; shipments to drop 3% on quarter says Digitimes Research
Global smartphone AP suppliers will see their shipments to China grow only 13.5% on year and drop 3.1% on quarter in the first quarter of 2014. Shipments will total 91.8 million in...
Friday 14 February 2014
Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers see strong shipments in 4Q13; expect further growth in 1Q14
China touch panel makers' shipments of notebook touch panels grew 110.7% in the fourth quarter of 2013 and are expected to grow another 13.4% in the first quarter of 2014, according...
Friday 7 February 2014
Digitimes Research: China smartphone shipments to decline slightly in 1Q14
China-based handset companies are expected to see their shipments of smartphones decline lightly in the first quarter of 2014, after combined shipments posted a 13% sequential growth...
Friday 7 February 2014
Digitimes Research: Global AP market shipments to top 1.5 billion in 2014, but growth slows on maturing smartphone market
After experiencing annual growth of 43% in 2013 on shipments of 1.32 billion, the global application processor (AP) market is forecast to see decelerated growth in 2014, with shipments...
Wednesday 29 January 2014
Digitimes Research: China handset vendors to rely on local AMOLED panel production from 2016
On December 17, 2013, China-based touch panel maker Truly Optoelectronics announced that it had entered a joint venture with the Huizhou City Government to invest in a 4.5G AMOLED...
Wednesday 29 January 2014
2014 global mobile application processor market forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a market forecast of the 2014 application processor market (AP). In addition to shipment forecasts for each major vendor, Digitimes...
Tuesday 28 January 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipments to decline 15.4% sequentially in 1Q14
Combined handset shipments of Taiwan-based brand vendors and ODMs are expected to slide 15.4% sequentially in the first quarter of 2014, Digitimes Research has estimated.
Tuesday 28 January 2014
Digitimes Research: Samsung and LG continue to invest in in-house smartphone component production
Approximately 70% of the major components used in Samsung Electronics smartphones come from in-house production while about 50% of LG Electronics smartphones come from in-house production,...
Monday 27 January 2014
China market: Prices of octa-core smartphones drifting below CNY1,000
The battle for the entry-level smartphone segment in China is intensifying, and Coolpad with releasing an octa-core model priced below CNY1,000 (US$165), according to industry sour...