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Oppo Beats Gionee and Adds Motors to N Series

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China’s Gionee’s S5.1 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 39) didn’t hold on to its title of ‘world’s thinnest smartphone’ for long. Domestic rival Oppo has beaten the 5.1mm phone with its Oppo R5, which …

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MHL Passes Milestone

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There have been more than 650 million MHL products shipped worldwide, since the technology’s launch in 2011. MHL LLC has said that adoption is accelerating in the emerging markets of India and China.

Shanda Uses Hybrid Display for Week-Long Smartwatch Life

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Shanda, a Chinese manufacturer, has unveiled two smartwatches with battery life of up to a week. Using a hybrid screen, which switches between (transflective) LCD and E Ink modes, the Geak Watch 2 and …

Intel Pays $1.5 Billion for Stake in Chinese Chip Maker

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Intel has acquired a 20% stake in China’s Tsinghua Unigroup, a state-owned company that owns China’s second and third largest chip designers, Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics. Intel spent $1.5 billion to acquire the …

HTC Will Extend M8 Brand to New Flagship

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A new HTC flagship smartphone, the M8 Life, will be launched in Q4’14, Chinese media claims. The phone will apparently feature a 5.5″ display with 2048 x 1536 resolution and a 2.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon …

End of Subsidies Spurs Panel Price Hike

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The end of smartphone subsidies in China will affect the wider market, says NPD DisplaySearch. Direct subsidies are to end, being replaced with consumer call charge subsidies. The inventory of name brands is expected …

Steady Chinese Panel Shipments Expected in Q4

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Chinese TV vendors will place steady panel orders in Q4, say Asian sources. UltraHD TV sales in the country are regular and vendors will be stocking up for the Chinese New Year in Q1’15, …

CFGC Boosts Digital Fleet With Christie Purchase

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200 of Christie’s CP2220 have been purchased by the China Film Group Corporation (CFGC), a state-run film organisation. The projectors will be installed in CFGC’s cinema chain around the country. The purchase boosts the …

Subsidy End Hurts TV Sales in China

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Sources says that TV sales in China during the country’s National Day holiday, at the start of October, were down between 3% and 5% YoY this year. The energy-saving subsidies that boosted sales in …

China Works to Replace Windows, OSX and Android

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The People’s Post and Telecommunications News, of China, says that an OS to rival those from Microsoft, Google and Apple could be deployed by October. The paper quoted the head of an official OS …

Chinese Display Makers Form Alliance

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According to the Xinhua News Agency, Chinese FPD makers have formed an alliance to boost their global competitiveness. The alliance, which has not been named, was launched on 11th October. The launch event saw …

Rumour: Tariff Rise to Hit LEDs in China

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China may raise import tariffs on LEDs from 4% to 10%, local media claims. The move would be taken to advance the country’s own LED chip industry, as well as to protect against competition …

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