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Friday 3 March 2017
Taiwan market: Asustek launches pink-colored ZenFone 3 Max
Asustek Computer has released a new pink-colored model of its ZenFonre 3 Max family products into the Taiwan market.
Friday 3 March 2017
Taiwan handsets – 4Q 2016
Taiwan's presence in the global handset market continues to shrink. Its share of global shipments is expected to drop below 2% in the first quarter of 2017.
Friday 3 March 2017
Apple redesigns fingerprint ID solution for OLED iPhone, say sources
Apple has selected neither Synaptics' Natural ID touch fingerprint sensor nor Qualcomm's Sense ID fingerprint technology for its new OLED iPhones, and decided to use its own Authentec...
Thursday 2 March 2017
China-based Meizu may switch mobile AP orders to MediaTek from Samsung, says report
China-based smartphone vendor Meizu reportedly plans to purchase mobile application processors from MediaTek for its upcoming high-end M Pro 7 smartphone instead of buying Exynos...
Thursday 2 March 2017
IPC maker Ennoconn reports record high earnings for 2016
IPC maker Ennoconn saw its net profits grow 18.1% on year to a record high of NT$1.02 billion (US$33.12 million) in 2016. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$14.01 for the year...
Thursday 2 March 2017
Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to launch gold-colored iPhone 6 32GB limited edition
Mobile telecom operator Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has begun taking pre-sale orders for a limited edition of gold-colored iPhone 6 32GB to be launched in the Taiwan market on March 10, according...
Thursday 2 March 2017
High component prices to squeeze margins at smartphone makers, says TrendForce
Prices for key components used in smartphones including memory chips and AMOLED panels have been rising the second half of 2016, according to market research firm TrendForce. With...
Thursday 2 March 2017
Digitimes Research: Smartphone shipments by Taiwan brand vendors, ODMs to decline nearly 40% in 1Q17
Shipments of smartphones by Taiwan-based brand vendors and ODMs are expected to decline 39.6% on year to below 10 million units in the first quarter of 2017, according to Digitimes...
Wednesday 1 March 2017
MWC 2107: China smartphone vendors show off new products
China-based smartphone vendors, including Huawei, Oppo, TCL and Lenovo all have tried to steal the spotlight at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017.
Wednesday 1 March 2017
Advantest and W2BI to Exhibit Advanced Test Solutions at Mobile World Congress
Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857) and W2BI, Inc., an Advantest Group company whose test automation products help customers quickly launch...
Wednesday 1 March 2017
HTC to launch mobile VR devices for year-end holiday season
HTC plans to launch mobile VR (virtual reality) devices as well as a second-generation selfie Re Camera prior to the 2017 year-end holiday season, according to Chang Chia-lin, president...
Wednesday 1 March 2017
China market: Xiaomi unveils Surge S1 mobile chip
Xiaomi Technology has unveiled its first in-house developed smartphone solution, dubbed Surge S1, making it the second smartphone vendor to roll out its own mobile chips after Huaw...
Wednesday 1 March 2017
MediaTek rolls out 10nm mobile chips
MediaTek has announced the commercial availability of its Helio X30 system-on-chip (SoC) designed for high-end smartphones. Mass production for the SoC has kicked off, said the company,...
Wednesday 1 March 2017
Taiwan market: HMD to start marketing Nokia 6 in early March
HMD Global will start marketing the new Nokia 6 in the Taiwan market on March 8 after the Finland-based firm officially unveiled the model along with the Nokia 5, 3 and the iconic...
Friday 24 February 2017
Qualcomm makes splash with VR announcements
Qualcomm has made several announcements in the virtual reality (VR) space including introducing a new virtual reality development kit (VRDK) for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 mobile...