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Tuesday 23 May 2017
Taiwan market: FET offers rental online consulting services
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has teamed up with Soluto to launch online consulting services regarding use of handsets and connected consumer electronics for its subscribers,...
Tuesday 23 May 2017
Global tablet market – 1Q 2017
Cannibalized by large-size smartphones, global tablet shipments in first-quarter 2017 dropped 16.7% on year to reach 37.12 million units.
Tuesday 23 May 2017
Huawei competes head to head with Oppo in domestic and overseas markets
Competition between China-based Huawei and rival Oppo for ramping up their smartphone shipments in the domestic and overseas markets are to intensify in the second half of 2017, according...
Tuesday 23 May 2017
FIH Mobile warns losses to expand in 1H17
FIH Mobile has issued a warning on its profitability, saying its net losses for the first half of 2017 are expected to more than double to US$240 million compared to US$110 million...
Tuesday 23 May 2017
Litemax selected as one of potential Mittelstand enterprises
On April 19, 2017, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs invited CNFI, ROCCOC, Taiwan Association of Small & Medium Enterprises, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Interior, Ministry...
Monday 22 May 2017
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship nearly 21 million handsets in 2Q17
Taiwan-based ODMs, OBMs (own-brand manufacturers) and JDM (joint-design manufacturers), but not including OEMs (such as for the iPhone), will together ship 20.92 million smartphones...
Monday 22 May 2017
iPhone shipments still grow in US, UK, Australia in 1Q17, says Kantar Worldpanel
Despite an overall 0.8% on year shipment decline in the first quarter of 2017, shipments of iPhone devices in the UK, US and Australia still posted a growth of 5.6%, 5.2% and 3.8%...
Monday 22 May 2017
China market: LeEco CEO steps down
Jia Yueting, chairman and CEO of China-based LeEco, has stepped down as CEO of the company but will retain his position as chairman, according to a recent stock exchange filing.
Monday 22 May 2017
Shipments of Google Daydream-enabled smartphones to reach over 10 million units in 2017
Global shipments of smartphones supporting Google's Daydream platform will reach over 10 million units in 2017, according to Clay Bavor, vice president of virtual and augmented reality...
Friday 19 May 2017
Volta and Vega: With increased integration, what's left for Taiwan vendors to customize?
Last week's Nvidia GTC event was - from the hardware point of view, at least - all about the new Volta GPU generation, and its expected leadership in AI (Artificial intelligence)...
Friday 19 May 2017
IHS sees first positive smartphone shipment growth in 2 years
The global smartphone market continues its recovery, with the top three China-based OEMs posting impressive gains. Samsung continued to lead the pack in smartphone shipments during...
Friday 19 May 2017
Google to team up with Asustek to launch new AR smartphone
Google will team up with Asustek Computer to roll out its second-generation AR-enabled smartphone expecting to launch the new phone in the third quarter of 2017 at the earliest, according...
Friday 19 May 2017
Taiwan handsets – 1Q 2017
Taiwan's handset shipments have improved significantly thanks to feature phone orders from HMD Global.
Thursday 18 May 2017
Google to launch Android GO entry-level smartphones in 2018
Google, at Google I/O 2017 taking place in San Francisco, unveiled Android GO, an Android O-architecture operating system specifically designed for use in entry-level smartphones,...
Thursday 18 May 2017
MediaTek launches chipset supporting Google Assistant and Android Things
MediaTek has introduced its newest full-featured chipset - MT8516 - designed to enable Voice Assistant Devices (VADs) and smart speakers, including the Google Assistant. MediaTek...