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Monday 27 April 2026

OpenAI reportedly taps Apple suppliers for hardware push; MediaTek, Qualcomm, Luxshare in focus

OpenAI's expanding push into consumer hardware is drawing attention to potential supply chain shifts, after industry analyst Ming-Chi...

Monday 27 April 2026

Foxconn's 48% export surge cements India's role in Apple's supply chain

India's smartphone manufacturing expanded 8% year on year in 2025, driven by a 28% surge in exports and modest domestic sell-in growth of 1%, according to Counterpoint Research. Exports...

Monday 27 April 2026

MediaTek ASIC revenue may overtake smartphone chips amid Google's TPU ramps

MediaTek's application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) business is drawing market attention as volume production of Google's tensor processing units (TPUs) is expected to ramp from...

Friday 24 April 2026

Largan, Sunny Optical target FAU in push toward CPO and AI optics

Largan Precision and Sunny Optical have recently announced plans to enter the fiber array unit (FAU) market, positioning it as a priority development area. Industry sources say the...

Thursday 23 April 2026

Chinese smartphone shipments to fall below 600 million units in 2026, lowest level since 2021

Rising upstream component costs and weak retail promotions in China, combined with traditional off-season demand overseas, are denting global smartphone supply and pricing. Consumers...

Wednesday 22 April 2026

Analysis: Apple's new CEO has a secret robot team — and big plans for your home

Apple has officially announced that John Ternus will succeed Tim Cook as CEO. Given Ternus's deep hardware background, product innovation at the hardware level is widely expected to...

Wednesday 22 April 2026

Flagship smartphone SoCs upgrade to 2nm drives cost surge and brand procurement shifts

Starting in the second half of 2026, all flagship smartphone SoCs will transition to the 2nm process node. While this promises enhanced performance for flagship devices, it also triggers...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Commentary: Honor's smartphone engineering enters robotics, testing Unitree's lead

At a humanoid robot half-marathon in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (BDA or E-Town), Honor swept the top three positions...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Global OLED shipments to hold steady in 2026 as memory cost inflation reshapes smartphone demand

Counterpoint Research expects overall OLED panel shipments to be flat year-over-year in 2026, a shift that tightens smartphone supply, boosts demand for premium and IT applications,...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Huawei flags smartphone price pressure, broadens AI device portfolio

Huawei used its latest product launch to deliver a dual message: rising component costs are tightening smartphone pricing margins, even as the company accelerates its push across AI-driven...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Vivo boosts high-end lineup in Taiwan, aiming for 40% sales growth with new X300 series phones

Vivo unveiled its latest mobile lineup for Taiwan at its annual launch event on April 16, including the flagship X300 Ultra and X300 FE smartphones, alongside accessories such as teleconverter...

Monday 20 April 2026

Memory and raw materials' increased prices weigh on smartphone panels in 2Q26

Entering the second quarter of 2026, the smartphone panel market continues to carry the weak momentum carried over from the first quarter of 2026. As memory prices rise further alongside...

Monday 20 April 2026

Exclusive: Sunny Optical eyes FAU, sees 9% smartphone market drop in 2026

As the second quarter of 2026 unfolds, many smartphone and component makers entered the year bracing for pressure on the mobile market. Sunny Optical internally forecasts a 9% decline...

Monday 20 April 2026

India's smartphone shipments fall 3% amid cost pressures and weak demand

India's smartphone shipments fell 3% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, signaling strain across global supply chains and consumer markets as rising component costs and sluggish...

Monday 20 April 2026

Brands boost wearable device sales to offset smartphone shipment pressure

Rising prices for key upstream components such as memory have dampened global smartphone shipments, prompting brands to boost memory inventory, raise the share of mid- to high-end...

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