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Friday 17 July 2020
TSMC raises forecast for 5G smartphone penetration
TSMC has revised upward its 5G smartphone penetration rate forecast for 2020 to 17-19%, but expects the overall smartphone shipments this year to decline 11-13%.
Thursday 2 July 2020
Samsung remains dominant in smartphone memory market
Samsung Electronics maintained its lead in the smartphone memory market with 50% revenue share in the first quarter of 2020, followed by SK Hynix and Micron Technology, according...
Monday 8 June 2020
Smartphone internal storage to reach 256GB
Smartphones are expected to increasingly come with 256GB or even 512GB of storage in 2020, thanks to brand vendors' launches of new 5G models and a gradual recovery in China's smartphone...
Friday 22 May 2020
Handset lens sensor shipments to drop in 2Q20
Sensor shipments for handset camera lens are expected to drop further in the second quarter of 2020, due to a plunge in end-market demand and excess inventory in the supply chain,...
Friday 22 May 2020
Smartphone ODMs to see shipments fall in 2020, says Digitimes Research
Digitimes Research has lowered its global smartphone shipment forecast for 2020 to 1.15 billion units, down 15.4% from 2019's 1.36 billion because of the impacts from the coronavirus...
Tuesday 28 April 2020
Taiwan makers gearing up for 0.3mm-thick vapor chamber shipments
Taiwan-based smartphone cooling module specialists are capable of producing vapor chambers with thickness of only 0.3mm and will begin shipping the cooling solutions for smartphones...
Monday 27 April 2020
Highlights of the day: Global smartphone market faces 15% decline in 2020
The global smartphone market stands little chance of seeong a recovery in the second quarter of 2020 as the impacts of the coronavirus persist. Even Apple reportedly has cut its iPhone...
Monday 27 April 2020
Global smartphone shipments to dip to 1.15 billion units in 2020
Global smartphone shipments are expected to contract by 15% on year to 1.15 billion units in 2020, as major brands including Samsung Electronics, Huawei and Apple all have slashed...
Monday 6 April 2020
Intel shines in 2019 semiconductor market
It was a year when global semiconductor revenue fell by the greatest percentage in at least two decades, when eight of the top-10 chip suppliers suffered revenue declines and when...
Wednesday 25 March 2020
Wingtech, Huaqin and Longcheer continue to dominate 2019 smartphone ODM and IDH shipments
Shipments from ODM and IDH companies grew by 4% annually in 2019 against the declining trend in the overall smartphone market, according to Counterpoint Research. This was a result...
Thursday 19 March 2020
Samsung begins mass production of 512GB eUFS memory for smartphones
Samsung Electronics has announced mass production of what the company claims is the fastest storage for flagship smartphones.
Monday 9 March 2020
Korean memory industry output value to slip in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
The output value of South Korea's memory chip industry is expected to drop by a slight 2.7% sequentially in the first quarter of 2020, according to Digitimes Research.
Wednesday 4 March 2020
Global smartphone sales fall slightly in 4Q19, says Gartner
Global sales of smartphones to end users contracted 0.4% on year in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to Gartner. Full-year 2019 smartphone sales declined by 1.0%.
Tuesday 18 February 2020
Global smartphone shipments to fall below 1.3 billion units in 2020, says Digitimes Research
Global smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.278 billion units in 2020, including less than 200 million units of 5G models, taking into account the impacts of the coronavirus...
Wednesday 8 January 2020
Samsung, Huawei use own APs in more of their smartphones
Leading smartphone brands Samsung and Huawei are ramping up consumption of their own application processor solutions in their products, causing market share to shift away from top...