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Monday 13 October 2025
China sees new smartphone launches spur by holiday season amid market recovery
Following China's 2025 Golden Week, major brands Oppo and Honor announced upcoming smartphone releases featuring advanced imaging and AI enhancements to stimulate demand. Despite...
Monday 13 October 2025
Smartphones and robots push Largan towards new optical frontiers
Largan Precision CEO Adam Lin provided a wealth of insights regarding robotics and smartphone lenses at Largan's third-quarter online investor conference.
Wednesday 8 October 2025
Samsung China targets premium market with W26 high-end foldable smartphone
Samsung Electronics is set to release a new high-end foldable smartphone designed specifically for the Chinese market, aiming to break into China's price-competitive smartphone landscape...
Monday 6 October 2025
Samsung faces petition to oust camera chief amid labor tensions
A petition demanding that Samsung Electronics replace the head of its camera division has gained significant traction, fueled by criticism over the company's smartphone camera performance...
Sunday 5 October 2025
Oppo and other smartphone makers challenge DJI in handheld smart imaging market
DJI, a long-standing leader in consumer-grade handheld imaging devices, is facing a new wave of competition from major consumer electronics players. Recent reports indicate that smartphone...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Samsung advances Exynos 2600 production as 2nm yield rises to 50%
Samsung Electronics has begun mass production of its next-generation application processor (AP), the Exynos 2600, which is expected to power the standard models of the Galaxy S26...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Galaxy S26 Ultra: Samsung taps Mcnex for periscope lens, reportedly curbing Sunny Optical's role
Samsung Electronics is overhauling its flagship smartphone camera supply chain for the Galaxy S26 Ultra, with South Korea's Mcnex taking over folded zoom (periscope) module supply...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Rising AI glasses challenge next-generation smartphone designs
The AI glasses jointly launched by Meta and Ray-Ban have been selling well. With strong promotion from other major brands such as Google and Samsung Electronics, AI glasses are now...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Lei Jun’s ten-year bet: Why Xiaomi chose hard road to chip independence

On the evening of September 25, Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun took the stage for his sixth annual keynote, titled simply: "Change."...

Tuesday 30 September 2025
Apple device sales drive robust growth in optical manufacturing sector in late 2025
As the global market enters the fourth quarter of 2025, strong new product shipments are catalyzing growth across the optical manufacturing industry. Key suppliers along the optical...
Sunday 28 September 2025
iPhone 17 drives strong upgrade demand in Taiwan market
With consumers delaying purchases ahead of Apple's launch of the iPhone 17, smartphone sales in Taiwan slowed down in August 2025. However, with new models from Apple and other vendors...
Sunday 28 September 2025
Qualcomm China head says robots, smart glasses could surpass phones, eyes deeper Android ties
Frank Meng, Chairman of Qualcomm China, believes that in the long run, two emerging categories have the potential to rival, or even eclipse, smartphones in market scale: robots and...
Saturday 27 September 2025
Qualcomm ramps up Snapdragon branding in bid to lead AI PC market
At the opening keynote of the Snapdragon Summit 2025, Don McGuire, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Qualcomm, presented the company's latest branding achievements,...
Friday 26 September 2025
Xiaomi to invest US$7b in chip R&D over 10 years
Xiaomi founder Lei Jun said in his September 25 keynote livestream that the company will invest at least CNY50 billion (US$7.01 billion) over the next decade in self-developed chips,...
Friday 26 September 2025
Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek pivot toward AI accelerators as 3nm era closes

The 2025 generation of flagship smartphone chips will mark the final run for 3nm processors — closing a chapter in semiconductor...