The foldable smartphone market is set for a big boost amid reports that Apple is preparing a clamshell-style model, while Huawei Technologies may soon launch a tri-folding handset. Apple’s top-down folding iPhone could come as early as 2026, according to a report by The Information on Wednesday. The US tech giant has reached out to … Read more
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), mainland China’s biggest contract chip maker, has become the world’s third-largest integrated circuit (IC) foundry by sales for the first time on the back of strong domestic demand, despite rigid sanctions imposed by the United States government. SMIC’s sales are expected to record double-digit growth in the current quarter amid … Read more
Apple is offering a new range of steep discounts for iPhone 15 models to consumers in mainland China, with online retail platforms bringing prices to a new low amid the US tech giant’s efforts to boost sluggish sales in the world’s biggest smartphone market. The top-of-the-line 256-gigabyte iPhone 15 Pro Max model, for example, on … Read more
Apple’s Vision Pro mixed-reality headset appears to have been granted a key product certificate in mainland China, where the US technology giant is expected to release the device within this year after its US launch in February. A search on the website of product standards body China Quality Certification Centre (CQCC) showed that an Apple … Read more
Apple reported the biggest drop in iPhone sales since late 2020 during Thursday’s earnings call, in one of the biggest signs yet of weakening demand for the US tech giant’s products in the world’s largest smartphone market amid strong competition from Chinese brands such as Huawei Technologies. Revenue from iPhones, Apple’s bread-and-butter business, fell 10 … Read more
Apple’s dominance in China’s high-end smartphone market is being challenged by local rivals, including US-sanctioned Huawei Technologies, according to new data from industry consultancy IDC. While smartphone shipments in China rose 6.5 per cent to 69.3 million devices in the first quarter, Apple shipped 10.8 million iPhones, down from 14.7 million in the fourth quarter … Read more
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has kicked off his two-day visit to Vietnam, as the US tech giant’s efforts to diversify its supply chain comes into focus again, just weeks after the CEO concluded a tour in the company’s key market of China. On Monday, Apple announced on its Vietnam website that it would “increase … Read more
Seven of the top 10 bestselling handsets in 2023 were iPhones, according to data from research firm Counterpoint. This marks the first time in Counterpoint’s tracking of such data that Apple’s handset has dominated the chart to this extent. The research revealed the iPhone 14 to be the biggest seller, with 3.9% of all smartphone sales … Read more
“Meizu will build an ecosystem to fully open its AI devices to leading global LLM providers, including OpenAI, to jointly promote AI innovation and development,” the company said. An Oppo internal letter released on February 18, 2024, said the impact of artificial intelligence on its industry would be comparable to the period when smartphones replaced … Read more
