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India’s Smartphone Market Soars in The Q2, Chinese Vendors Triple shipments (2015.08.11)
According to International Data Corporation’s (IDC), 26.5 million smartphones were shipped to India in the second quarter of 2015, up 44% from 18.4 million units for the same period last year. This strong second quarter performance saw smartphone shipments grow by 19% following a sluggish first quarter this 2015 |
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ASUS Announces Availability of Latest ZenFone and ZenPad in New Delhi (2015.08.07)
ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih today announced the pricing and availability of ZenFone 2 Deluxe, ZenFone 2 Laser, ZenFone Selfie, ASUS ZenPad 7.0 and ASUS ZenPad 8.0 for users in India, at ZenFestival event held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, India |
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Foxconn Keeps Investing Startup Light for Next-Gen Smartphone Camera (2015.08.01)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Foxconn Group continued to invest smartphone camera technology. The company joined another round of Light's investment which was led by Formation 8, totaled $25 million, to fund a technology that can allow smartphones to have DSLR-like function and quality |
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Chinese Handset Makers Only Lose to Apple and Samsung in Q2 (2015.07.27)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — According to the latest IDC report, Chinese handset makers only lose to Apple and Samsung. Huawei, Xiaomi and Lenovo ranked No. 3 to 5 in terms of global handset shipments in the second quarter of 2015. Taiwanese handset makers Asus and HTC absent from the top of the list |
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LTPS Expansion Depends Highly on Chinese Panel Manufacturing Yields (2015.07.17)
HD panels are the market mainstream among China’s newly released smartphone models and smartphone shipments in the second half of 2014. As HD panels have become a mainstay, several panel makers have started to build new low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) production lines to produce high-end mobile phone panels for mobile devices |
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Mobile Commerce shows Growth Potential in Taiwan despite Continuing Concerns over Security (2015.07.13)
Online shopping sites have been contributing the lion's share of global e-commerce revenues, but with the growing prevalence of mobile devices, mobile commerce is anticipated to gain more ground.
"Over the years, due to the rise of mobile commerce, nearly 70% of online users spent more on mobile shopping than traditional online shopping |
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IHS: Smartphones and Tablets Still Drive Demand for Cover Glass (2015.07.10)
According to IHS, smartphones continue to lead total area demand in the cover glass market; however, as the markets for smartphones and tablets mature, cover glass industry revenue growth is declining from 39% Y/Y in 2013 to 11% in 2015 |
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Strong Growth in Phablets is Having a Major Impact on Tablet (2015.07.08)
According to IC Insights, large-screen smartphones, with displays of 5 inches or greater and often called “phablets” (for phone/tablet hybrids), are on track to surpass worldwide shipments of tablet computers this year. IC Insights forecast that the popularity of extra-large smartphones continuing to gain momentum in the first half of 2015 with unit shipments now expected to reach 252 million this year |
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Smartphones Remain an Important IC Market Driver, Chinese Play Bigger (2015.07.02)
According to IC Insights’ newly report , in 4Q15, smartphones are forecast to reach 435 million units or 80% of total cellphones shipped. On an annual basis, smartphones first surpassed the 50% penetration level in 2013 (54%) and are forecast to represent 93% of total cellphone shipments in 2018 |
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Huawei P8 lite Will go on Sell in Taiwan in Jun. (2015.06.09)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Huawei’s latest flagship Platinum 8 (P8) lite will be launched on June 15 here in Taiwan with a very special and unique selfie feature, which will make the handset owner look better whenever taking selfies |
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MediaTek Expands its Helio Processor Family with the P Series (2015.06.01)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — MediaTek grabbed the chance to demonstrate its leading status in chips-providing at its hometown during the COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2015 that announced the launch of the MediaTek Helio P10, a high-performance, high-value SoC focused on the growing demand for slim form-factor smart phones that provide premium, flagship features |
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MediaTek Presents A New Low-power Wi-Fi SoC － MT7687 (2015.06.01)
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — MediaTek, a power-efficient, highly-integrated IoT (Internet of Things) technologies provider, on June 1, right before the COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2015 announced the launch of the industry-leading MT7687 - a low-power, WiFi System-on-Chip (SoC) that allows home appliances and smart devices to connect to and be controlled through a home network |
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AUO's UHD 4K Smartphone Display to Debut at SID Display Week (2015.06.01)
AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) announced today that the company will debut 6-inch UHD 4K (2160 x 3840) ultra high resolution smartphone display at SID Display Week 2015. With its ultra high pixel density wide color gamut and high contrast ratio technologies, AUO leads mobile devices into the era of UHD 4K ultra high image quality |
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Sales of Large-screen Smartphones Erode Shipments of New Tablets (2015.05.29)
Five years ago touchscreen tablets began pouring into the personal computing marketplace, stealing growth from standard personal computers and signaling the start of what has been widely described as the “post-PC” era. Led by Apple’s iPad systems, tablet shipments overtook notebook PCs in 2013, and it appeared as if they would surpass total personal computer units (counting both desktop and portable systems) by 2016 |
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Global Smartphone Shipment Volume to Top 1.5 Billion Units in 2015 (2015.05.28)
Shipment value of the Taiwanese communications industry, comprising of wireless and network communications, is estimated at around NT$3.3 trillion (US$108.2 billion) in 2015, up 17.2% compared to 2014, according to MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute) |
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SenseMe Software Library Licensing for Smartphone, Wearable, and IoT Applications (2015.05.28)
QuickLogic Corporation announced today that it is licensing the extensive set of sensor fusion algorithms in its SenseMe library independent of its Sensor Hub silicon platforms.
QuickLogic's SenseMe algorithms are designed to deliver accuracy and optimal user experience |
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FoxGlass to Launch 3D Protection Glass for Samsung Galaxy S6 and Edge (2015.05.27)
SHANGHAI, China — Taiwanese technology companies not only prove its leading status in hardware and software, but also accessaries for handset. G-Tech Optoelectronics Co.’s subsidiary FoxGlass Co. is a 3D protection glass provider, also made its way to CES Asia 2015 |
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Smartphone Display Panel Shifting to High-Res, High-Performance Technologies (2015.05.20)
According to IHS, ongoing improvements in smartphone display performance is leading to increasing demand for high-resolution panels with lower power consumption requirements, which are not supported by the most common legacy technologies (non-crystalline thin-film silicon or a-Si for short) |
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ASUS Announces Availability of ZenFone 2 in North America (2015.05.19)
ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih today introduced ZenFone 2 and the latest ZenBook models to the United States and Canada at the Incredible Comes to New York press event. Hosted at the sophisticated and stylish Gotham Hall in Manhattan, the event showcased a line-up of meticulously-crafted products in their North American debut |
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Downtrend of Tablet CPU Shipment Continues with an Estimated 14% Decline in 2015 (2015.05.15)
Market saturation, the prevalence of large-sized smartphones, and ongoing threats from low-cost notebook PCs are anticipated to slow down growth of the global tablet market. According to MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute), Taipei-based ICT research institute, the market will enter the stagnation period in the next few years |
The ACPI specification enables the operating system, the central processing unit and peripheral equipment to integrate and exchange power usage message, simple and more effective co-management power.