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India to Overtake the U.S. in 2016 to Become the Second-largest Smartphone Market (2016.10.26)
India is expected to see a significant uptake in mobile subscriptions, broadband and connectivity by 2020, marking a period of rapid development of the country’s mobile economy, according to a new GSMA Intelligence study published today |
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The BOM Costs of Google Pixel XL Is About $278, IHS Markit Shows (2016.10.25)
All told, the bill of materials (BOM) cost for the new Google Pixel XL 5.5-inch phone with 32 gigabytes (GB) of NAND flash memory comes to $278, according to a preliminary teardown estimate from IHS Markit.
After including $7 |
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Nichia Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against HTC NIPPON (2016.10.24)
Nichia Corporation (Nichia) filed a patent infringement lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court against HTC NIPPON CORPORATION, a Japanese affiliate of Taiwanese HTC Corporation (HTC), and Kanematsu Communications Ltd., a distributor of HTC NIPPON CORPORATION, seeking an injunction and compensation for damages |
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Strong Demand to Push Prices of LCD Panels for Smartphones, Says TrendForce (2016.10.24)
Prices of LCD panels for smartphone displays will remain high to the end of 2016 as there is no letup in demand, according to the latest analysis by WitsView, a division of TrendForce. Prices of mid-range and low-end smartphone panels have risen for three consecutive quarters this year |
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Peratech’s QTC Force-sensing Technology to Provider a Smarter Interface for Smartphones and Tablets (2016.10.21)
Peratech is aiming to give users of smartphones and tablets a more intuitive user experience while unleashing more creative opportunities for product and app developers by adding new ways for consumers to interact with their devices |
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ASUS Products Win Nine Prestigious Good Design Awards 2016 (2016.10.20)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — ASUS announced that nine of its products have won prestigious Good Design Awards, including ZenFone 3 smartphone, ZenBook 3 laptop, Designo Curve MX Series monitors and a wide range of ASUS products. This world-renowned award honors excellence in design and engineering |
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Smartphone Volume Reached New High in Q3, TrendForce Reports (2016.10.19)
Global market research firm TrendForce reports the production volume of smartphones worldwide totaled around 350 million units in the third quarter of 2016. This figure represents a sequential quarterly increase of 10.4%, which is a new high for the year |
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Sensors for smartphones Are Hot Selling Items (2016.10.19)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Smartphone manufacturers are continuing to increase the number of build-in sensors on high-end mobile phones and are making the actually not that smart of phones more and more worthy of the name “smart phones |
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The Halt of Galaxy Note 7 Sales Benefits Samsung’s Rivals but Not Affect Rising Component Prices (2016.10.12)
Samsung’s stunning announcement to stop all sales and exchanges of Galaxy Note 7 is expected to cause noticeable changes in shipments of major smartphone brands, according to the TrendForce. In the large-size smartphone market, Samsung’s competitors such as Apple, Huawei, Vivo and OPPO are expected to snatch up the demand that was initially going to Note 7 |
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MediaTek to Increase the Number of Employees in India to 1500 (2016.10.07)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan-based fabless semiconductor company MediaTek is going to increase its number of employees in India to 1,500 in the next three years, which is a growth of 200%, and the local financial investment will also expand simultaneously |
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MediaTek Debuts Smartphone Design Training Program to Support ‘Make in India’ Initiative (2016.10.07)
HSINCHU, Taiwan – MediaTek today announced a Smartphone Design-Training program to foster and develop talent for India’s fast-growing handset industry.
The training program, created in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), India, Indian Cellular Association (ICA) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Taiwan, will propel the ‘Make in India’ initiative |
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iPhone 7’s Quad-LED to Push Flash LED Market to US$811M in 2017, TrendForce Says (2016.09.09)
According to the latest report from LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, that the introduction of Quad-LED True Tone flash on iPhone 7 and 7 Plus is expected to spur non-Apple branded smartphone vendors to make similar upgrades to camera flashes on their devices |
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Indonesia to Become the Fourth Largest Smartphone Market in 2020, Euromonitor Says (2016.09.06)
According to the Euromonitor International, global prospects for wearable electronics continue to be strong with retail value sales projected to grow by 138% to become a $45 billion dollar industry in 2021, remaining the world’s second best-selling product behind smartphones |
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Sharp May Turn Into Something Good and Exciting (2016.09.05)
Sharp is going to hold another smartphone product announcement this week in Taiwan, which is its third smartphone product releasing since this Japanese tech giant acquired by Foxconn, and this one will be a brand new product－ Sharp Z2, which rumored MediaTeK processor equipped smartphone |
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Sharp May Turn Into Something Good and Exciting (2016.08.24)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Sharp is going to hold another smartphone product announcement this week in Taiwan, which is its third smartphone product releasing since this Japanese tech giant acquired by Foxconn, and this one will be a brand new product－ Sharp Z2, which rumored MediaTeK processor equipped smartphone |
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Lenovo to Load Microsoft's Productivity Apps in Its Android Phones (2016.08.23)
Microsoft and Lenovo announced a new strategic relationship last week. Lenovo will load Microsoft's productivity apps - including Microsoft Office, OneDrive and Skype - on select Lenovo devices that use the Android operating system |
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Low-price and Android Phones Continuing on the Rise (2016.08.23)
It is forecast market volume of Android smartphones will reach 1.27 billion units, with a share of 84.7%, in 2016, according to MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute), a Taipei-based IT research institute.
"Most of smartphones priced at USD300 or less run on Android |
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Only 5 of Top 10 Phone Vendors Showing Growth, Four are Chinese Manufacturers (2016.08.18)
Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled 344 million units in the second quarter of 2016, a 4.3 percent increase over the same period in 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. Overall sales of mobile phones contracted by 0.5 percent with only five vendors from the top 10 showing growth |
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Galaxy Note 7 Opens New Opportunities in IR LED Market (2016.08.11)
The arrival of Galaxy Note 7 is expected to trigger a new round of hardware competition among smartphone brands as they will also likely to incorporate iris recognition into their flagship devices. According to the latest analysis from LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, iris and facial recognition features will gradually become prevalent in mobile devices |
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20,000 Galaxy Note 7 Units Sold In 24 Hours In Taiwan (2016.08.08)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Samsung’s newest flagship Galaxy Note7 has hit the market in Taiwan, and within twenty-four hours of going on sale 20,000 units were sold.
The Galaxy Note7 on last Friday at 3:00 went on sale on Samsung’s official website for a limited wave of presales that crashed the server once |
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