China smartphone vendors focus on differentiation

China-based handset brands have triggered a new round of hardware specification competition seeking to expand their market shares globally, according to industry sources......»»

Chinese handset vendors Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi (OVX.....»»

An enhanced version of MediaTek's flagship Dimensity 1000 5G SoC series has been introduced, eyeing orders from China's first-tier smartphone vendors......»»

Shipments of smartphones by China's handset makers totaled 108 million units in the first quarter of 2020, declining 26.2% from a year earlier, Digitimes Research has found......»»

The handset market has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, but China is banking on 5G smartphones to help reboot its economy. Chinese vendors are expected to roll out more inexpensive 5G smartphones to stimulate demand. For its 5G infrastru.....»»

While a number of Chinese handset vendors have launched new smartphone models recently, it remains to be seen if these brands could maintain their stable production after April, according to sources from Taiwan's handset supply makers......»»

MediaTek is expected to embrace an ambitious strategy to grow its presence in the 5G smartphone SoC sector. It will focus its efforts on 5G chip solutions for the upper midrange smartphone segment, and China will be the chipmaker's major target market......»»

Huawei is expected to sh.....»»

With the arrival of 5G commercialization, China-based telecom carriers and smartphone vendors are expanding their services and releasing new products in pursuit of new business opportunities......»»

Device pricing is expected to be a major factor determining the pace of growth in China's 5G smartphone market next year, and Chinese vendors are keen to make sure that their phones are affordable. N.....»»

Chinese smartphone vendors, particularly Huawei, scrambled to stock up components in the second-quarter of 2019 amid escalating US-China trade tensions. Such precautionary orders sharply boosted second-quarter smartphon.....»»

Total smartphone shipments by China's handset vendors are expected to register an on-year decline in the second half of 2019, due mainly to weakening demand at home and abroad, according to Digitimes Research......»»

Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] extended its lead in a declining China smartphone market in the second quarter, with its market share rising to 38% as all other top vendors lost ground, according to data from market research firm Canalys......»»

Huawei Technologies extended its lead in the declining China smartphone market in the second quarter, with its market share rising to 38% as all other top vendors lost ground, according to data from market research firm Canalys......»»

China-based handset brands including Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo are likely to launch their respective 5G-enabled smartphones in the third quarter of 2019 with a price tag of over CNY5,000 (US$727), according to a China-based tech.qq.com report......»»

Efforts by China's smartphone vendors Oppo and Xiaomi to push sales of sub-brand models with high price/performance ratios could affect the own-brand sales of the parent companies and other brands, according to industry sources......»»

Everlight Electronics has become a supplier of LED flashes and sensors for almost all China-based smartphone vendors, according to the company......»»

China-based smartphone vendors including Oppo, Huawei and Xiaomi Technology are gearing up their promotion campaigns in Taiwan aiming to further ramp up their local market shares, according to market sources......»»

Including exports, shipments of smartphones by China-based vendors totaled 141.1 million units in the first quarter of 2018, decreasing 1.2% from a year earlier, Digitimes Research estimates......»»

China-based smartphone vendors Xiaomi Technology and Oppo have both launched their latest flagship models in Taiwan as they gear up efforts to ramp up their market shares there......»»