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Wednesday 28 October 2015
China market: LeTV launches new smartphone
China-based TV vendor LeTV has unveiled a new smartphone, the Le 1s, which will be available at CNY1,099 (US$137), according to a China-based tech.qq.com report.
Wednesday 28 October 2015
Foxconn subsidiary starts constructing factory in China
First Special Material (Henan), a China-based subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics, has begun construction of a factory in Henan Province, northern China, with investment of CNY750 million...
Wednesday 28 October 2015
Coretronic shuts down China subsidiary
Coretronic (Nanjing), Taiwan-based BLU (backlight unit) maker Coretronic's BLU subsidiary maker in eastern China, on October 22 ended production and business operations due to drastic...
Wednesday 28 October 2015
Digitimes Research: China smartphone AP shipments to grow 14.6% on quarter in 4Q15
Shipments of smartphone-use application processors in China are expected to grow 14.6% sequentially to 161 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015 as handset vendors are building...
Wednesday 28 October 2015
Digitimes Research: HHGrace is a trend indicator of China 8-inch fabs
Shanghai Huahong Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (HHGrace) is currently the second largest foundry house in China in terms of booth revenues and production capacity,...
Tuesday 27 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Third-party service providers dominate mobile payment service market in China
Mobile payments outside financial institutions in China expanded to CNY8.24 trillion (US$1.299 trillion) in 2014 from the CNY1.19 trillion a year earlier, with third-party e-payment...
Monday 26 October 2015
Expansion by China makers to increase global LED chip capacity by 8% in 4Q15
As subsidies offered by local governments in China for procuring MOCVD sets will end soon, some of China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers are procuring such equipment and...
Monday 26 October 2015
China market: Meizu, Alibaba launch first jointly-developed smartphone
China-based smartphone vendor Meizu Technology has unveiled a new model, the Meilan Metal, the first model it developed jointly with e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, according to China-based...
Monday 26 October 2015
Acer sets up 3rd global BYOC operation center in China
Acer has announced the establishment of a subsidiary, Acer Cloud Technology (Chongqing), in Xiantao Big Data Valley in Chongqing City, western China, becoming its third global BYOC...
Friday 23 October 2015
China market: Apple to open 24th self-operated retail store, says paper
Apple will open a self-operated retail store in Dalian, northeastern China, on October 24, its 24th in the China market, according to the China-based Guangzhou Daily, adding...
Friday 23 October 2015
Some China white-box tablet vendors shifting to other product lines
China-based white-box tablet vendors, due to stagnant growth in demand and increasing price competition, either have withdrawn from the market or are striving to shift to other product...
Friday 23 October 2015
China IoT service revenues to grow faster than any other major country to US$41 billion by 2020, says firm
China's Internet of Things (IoT) services revenues will grow more than five times in the next five years, exceeding US$41 billion by 2020. This is the fastest revenue growth rate...
Friday 23 October 2015
AMOLED TV pricing on the decline in China, says report
AMOLED TV pricing in China has decreased 17% since May of 2015, falling to an average price of CNY16,157 (US$2,542), according to research firm AVC.
Friday 23 October 2015
IC demand from China smartphone vendors to remain brisk in 2016, say sources
Taiwan-based IC design houses expect demand for IC parts from China-based smartphone vendors to remain brisk in early 2016 as vendors have continued to upgrade the hardware specifications...
Friday 23 October 2015
OLED handset panels in high demand due to orders from China
Korea panel makers are eyeing opportunities in the OLED handset panel segment due to increased demand in China where the volume of smartphones released with the panel technology has...