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Nearly one-third of smart phones shipped in Q2 in China were from Xiaomi and Huawei

by Bob Raikes

As market consolidation continues in China, one in three smart phones shipped were from Huawei or Xiaomi in Q2 2015. Xiaomi regained its crown as the largest smart phone vendor in China with 15.9% …

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Xiaomi and Huawei Lead Chinese Smartphones

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi and Huawei were China’s most popular smartphone vendors in Q2’15, says Canalys. The two companies had market shares of 15.9% and 15.7%, respectively, covering a combined third of the market. The other top …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 31

7″ Windows Tablet Seen at TENAA

by Tom Allen

China’s certification agency, TENAA, has seen a new Windows tablet called the Ramos Q7. The product has a 7″ display (1280 x 720), a quad-core 1.2GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a …

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MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 31

by Tom Allen

A new version of the Blackberry Passport smartphone (Blackberry Passport Veers From ‘Traditional’ Design) has been released in the USA. The Passport Silver Edition has a more rounded design and a silver colour, rather …

ZTE Launches Flagship Axon Phone, Axon Watch and Spro 2 Smart Projector in China

by Helen Vince

ZTE, a leading global mobile device maker, today launched its flagship Axon phone for the China market at the Water Cube in Beijing. Together with this announcement came the unveiling of a brand new …

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MIC Sees LTPS Capacity Growing 40% by 2016

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC) says that as HD panels have become mainstream among China’s newly released smartphone models, several panel makers have started to build new LTPS production lines to manufacture …

Tags:China| LTPS TFT| Market Shares - Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 30

China’s NetDragon Launches Promethean Bid

by Tom Allen

Netdragon Websoft, a Chinese games developer and operator, has made a $130 million offer for UK-based interactive display vendor and education provider, Promethean. Netdragon’s chairman, Liu Deijan, confirmed the offer last month. Promethean says …

Netflix Looks at China

by Tom Allen

Netflix has passed 65 million subscribers, adding 3.3 million in Q2 (0.9 million in the US, 2.4 million outside) compared to a forecast of 2.5 million, and almost double the 1.7 million added in …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 22 - Issue 30

LG to Close Chinese Facility?

by Tom Allen

LG Electronics ‘may’ close down its Shanghai-based production facilities (called LGESH), according to Korean media. Declining profits and increased labour costs in China are behind the move, said the source. LG set up the …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29

BOE to Take Third Place in LCD Capacity

by Tom Allen

Media reports from Taiwan claim that BOE will become the world’s third-largest panel maker, in terms of LCD capacity, by 2018. The prediction will come into effect when BOE’s G10.5 facility comes online in …

Microsoft Closes Chinese Plants, Looks to OEMs

by Milos Pavlovic

‘Industry sources’ say that Microsoft has closed its handset manufacturing plants in Beijing and Dongguang. The company is preparing to outsource more work to Taiwanese ODMs, sources said. Production is also expected to be …

China to Overtake Korean LCD Capacity

by Tom Allen

Sources in Asia say that Chinese makers’ LCD capacity will pass Koreans’ in 2016, due to new and expanded G8 production. Meanwhile, Korean companies are increasingly looking to AMOLED. The sources said that Samsung …