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Oppo Sees Itself as #2 to Apple in China

by Bob Raikes

Oppo was a new mobile phone brand for us. The company, which is Chinese, has been expanding outside its home market to develop other regions. The firm has a premium positioning concept and after …

Tags:China| Gitex 2015| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Huawei takes China’s smart phone throne as Xiaomi’s growth slows

by Isaac Oburu

Huawei became China’s top smart phone vendor in Q3 2015, while Xiaomi fell to second place, according to Canalys estimates. This is Huawei’s first time at the top of China’s competitive smart phone market. …

Tags:China| Huawei| Smartphone Market| Xiaomi

Xiaomi UltraHD 60″ TV Costs Under $800

by Bob Raikes

Xiaomi of China has announced a 60″ UltraHD TV that uses an IPS panel and includes upscaling and Smart TV features including an MStar 6A928 SoC quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM with 8GB …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 42

World’s biggest mobile electronics sourcing show opens today

by Isaac Oburu

Global Sources Mobile Electronics show opens today with 2,300 booths at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong and runs through Oct. 21. It follows the first phase of Global Sources Electronics which was held Oct. 11 …

Tags:China| Events| Supply Chain

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 42

by Tom Allen

The Blackberry Priv smartphone (Blackberry Looks to Android to Save Falling Share) can now be pre-ordered in the UK, for £465 ($720) SIM-free. The Nexus 5X phone (Google Learns from Competition With Dual Flagships), …

Everdisplay Shows Transparent OLED

by Tom Allen

Everdisplay Optoelectronics showed off a 5.57″ transparent OLED display at an event in Beijing this month. According to OLED-Info, pixel density is 264 ppi (this would be equivalent to 1280 x 720 resolution – …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 42

by Tom Allen

75″ and 85″ TVs have been added to Loewe‘s Reference series (Three Tuners in Loewe’s Premium Reference Series). These are the company’s first large-format UltraHD models. They use direct-LED backlights, and feature an HEVC …

Coolpad Takes on Videocon

by Tom Allen

Mumbai-based Videocon Industries has secured a contract to produce 500,000 handsets for Coolpad India – a subsidiary of China’s Coolpad. Production will take place in Q1 of the next fiscal year, at Videocon’s Aurangabad …

Takeover at Promethean Now Done

by Tom Allen

Having first been announced in July, the takeover of Promethean by China’s NetDragon has been unconditionally accepted (China’s NetDragon Launches Promethean Bid). NetDragon, through subsidiary Digital Train, will pay £84.1 million ($130 million) for …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Promethean| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Chinese OLED Investment to Rise in 2016

by Tom Allen

Korea’s ET News says that Chinese display makers BOE, Hehui Optoelectronic and Truly Optoelectronics will build new flexible OLED fabs in the first half of next year. BOE is expected to begin construction of …

New Smartphone Challenger Has Fizz

by Tom Allen

A new challenger has entered the (smartphone) arena – and it’s one that we weren’t expecting. In the coming months, Pepsi will launch a line of self-branded phones and accessories in China. The first, …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Chinese Market Fall Hits Panel Suppliers Hard

by Tom Allen

According to IHS, the leading Chinese TV makers are becoming more conservative in their panel purchasing plans – with a 16% fall in LCD TV panel orders forecast in Q4. TV panel oversupply and …