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Global Smartphone Production Expected to Reach 1.36 Billion Units in 2021 (2021.01.06)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Owing to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, global smartphone production reached a mere 1.25 billion units in 2020, a record-breaking 11% YoY decrease, according to TrendForce’s latest investigations. The top six smartphone brands ranked by production volume for 2020, in order, are Samsung, Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, and Vivo |
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China's Smartphone Market Narrowed its Decline to -10.3% in Q220 (2020.08.10)
According to the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 87.8 million smartphones were shipped in China during the second quarter of 2020, down 10.3% year-on-year. Evidently, consumer sentiment was a challenge but this was still a narrower figure compared to the first quarter's 20 |
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China Smartphone Market Posts Largest Decline Ever as Shipments Drop by 20.3% YoY in Q1 2020 (2020.05.11)
According to the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone shipments in China stood at 66.6 million units in the first quarter of 2020, a 20.3% decline from 83.6 million units a year ago. This marked the largest decline ever in China as the market was hit by both supply chain disruptions and a demand slump due to lockdowns and the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Smartphone Production to Drop by 16.5% YoY in 2Q20, Setting Historical Record (2020.05.03)
According to the latest investigations by TrendForce, the global spread of COVID-19 in 2020 has brought about the greatest magnitude of declines in the smartphone market in recent years. Global smartphone production for 1Q20 fell by 10% YoY to around 280 million units |
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Gartner: Global Smartphone Sales Fell Slightly in the Fourth Quarter of 2019 (2020.03.04)
Global sales of smartphones to end users contracted in the fourth quarter of 2019, declining by 0.4% year over year, according to Gartner, Inc. In full year 2019, smartphone sales declined by 1.0%.
“2019 ended a little better than expected, due to slightly improved performances from North America and emerging Asia/Pacific,” said Anshul Gupta, senior research analyst at Gartner |
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China’s 5G Smartphone Shipments Reached 485,000 Units in 3Q2019, IDC Reports (2019.11.12)
According to the latest IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 5G phone shipments in China reached 485,000 units in 3Q19, as vendors shipped devices in the run-up to the launch of commercial 5G services at the end of October. Most of these units were US$700+ flagships, but there was also activity in lower price bands |
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Gartner: Global Smartphone Sales Continued to Decline in Second Quarter of 2019 (2019.08.29)
Global sales of smartphones to end users declined 1.7% in the second quarter of 2019, totaling 368 million units, according to Gartner, Inc.
“Demand for high-end smartphones has slowed at a greater rate than demand for midrange and low-end smartphones,” said Anshul Gupta, senior research director at Gartner |
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Smartphone Shipments in China Fell 6% in Q2 2019, IDC Reports (2019.08.07)
According to preliminary figures in the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker , smartphone shipments in China stood at 98 million units in the second quarter of 2019, down 6% from the same period last year. This was better than expectations of an 9% contraction |
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MediaTek Releases Helio P65 Chip for Smartphones with Upgraded Gaming Experience (2019.06.26)
TAIPEI, Taiwan – MediaTek today announced the release of its new smartphone chip, the Helio P65. The chip is built using a 12nm manufacturing process with a new octa-core architecture that enables high performance and low power consumption |
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Largan May Invest in Production of Hybrid Lenses (2019.06.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Leading mobile phone lens manufacturer Largan Precision Company, Ltd. CEO Adam Lin at a shareholders’ meeting stated that they are not ruling out producing hybrid lenses made of glass and plastic (G+P) and that they are currently carrying out tests |
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Global Smartphone Production 2019 May Crash Below 1.4 Billion Units, Says TrendForce (2019.06.11)
According to TrendForce’s latest report, global smartphone demand has weakened even more than originally predicted due to the escalating global politico-economic risks, with global production volume feared to widen in decline from a previously forecast worst case scenario of 5% to 7%, landing at 1 |
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Apple Fell to No.3 in 1Q19, While a Worsening US-China Trade Dispute May Add Insult to Injury (2019.05.16)
According to investigations by global market research institute, TrendForce, despite the sudden orders in the first quarter, recovery was not as up to strength compared with the same period a year ago, due to customers' declining desire to replace smartphones |
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HTC Announces Release of New Generation Blockchain Smartphone (2019.05.14)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - HTC Corporation announced the release of their new generation EXODUS 1s blockchain smartphone which is expected to go on the market in the 3rd quarter of this year. The phone will have the capacity to own and manage personal keys and also execute its own complete nodes |
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Optical Fingerprint Recognition to Steal the Show and Represent 80% of FOD Technology in 2019 (2019.04.09)
According to the latest report by TrendForce, big brands such as Vivo, Xiaomi, Huawei, OPPO and Samsung have extended FOD (Fingerprint on Display) technology down from flagship devices to mid-high tier smartphones, enlarging market scale and causing the costs of FOD tech to slide |
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Limited Smartphone 3D Sensing Market Growth in 2019, Says TrendForce (2019.03.28)
TrendForce states that the global 3D sensing market for smartphones has grown from 819 million USD in 2017 to 3.08 billion USD in 2018 as iPhones make a complete switch to structured light 3D sensing solutions. Yet due to smartphone suppliers mostly focusing on fingerprint on display (FOD ), the global smartphone 3D sensing market is expected to grow by 26 |
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Study: China’s Mobile Ecosystem Equivalent To 5.5% Of China’s GDP (2019.03.20)
China’s mobile ecosystem added RMB5.2 trillion ($750 billion) in value to the country’s economy last year, equivalent to 5.5 per cent of China’s GDP in 2018, according to a new GSMA report. The data features in the first ever China edition of the GSMA’s Mobile Economy report series, which is published today at a special roundtable event in Beijing to discuss the latest developments in the Chinese mobile industry as it enters the 5G era |
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Global Smartphone Sales Stalled in the Q418, Yet Huawei Achieved a 37.6% Growth (2019.02.25)
Global sales of smartphones to end users stalled in the fourth quarter of 2018, totaling 408.4 million units — growth of just 0.1 percent over the fourth quarter of 2017, according to Gartner, Inc. Apple recorded its worst quarterly decline (11 |
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Smartphone Shipments in the Chinese Down 9.7% YoY in Q4 2018, IDC Says (2019.02.14)
According to the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone shipments in the Chinese market were down 9.7% YoY to approximately 103 million units in Q4 2018.
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Huawei Smartphones' Global Share to Surpass Apple iPhones for the First Time in 2019: MIC (2019.01.29)
Worldwide smartphone market will continue to face several negative impacts including economic policy uncertainty in both China and the United States so the industry will only mange to see a 1.3% year-on-year growth in 2019, according to the Taipei-based government-backed IT research institute MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute) |
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Global Smartphone Production Volume May Decline by Up to 5% in 2019, Says TrendForce (2019.01.14)
Global smartphone production volume for 2019 is expected to be 1.41 billion units, a decrease of 3.3% compared with 2018, according to the latest report by TrendForce. Brands would record lower production volumes this year because the overall demand outlook in the global smartphone market remains weak |
