Chinese smartphone giant Honor’s long-standing chief executive, George Zhao Ming, has resigned owing to personal reasons, according to the company, as veteran Huawei Technologies executive Li Jian takes the helm of the firm amid its preparations to go public. In an announcement on Friday, Honor’s board of directors acknowledged Zhao’s “outstanding contributions to the company … Read more
Apple recaptured the top spot in China’s smartphone market in the fourth quarter, but it fell to third place in 2024 after a year of escalating competition from domestic players, including a resurgent Huawei Technologies. The US tech giant saw smartphone shipments in China plummet 25 per cent to 13.1 million units in the three … Read more
Apple’s latest iPhone models are mostly excluded from China’s new subsidy scheme for boosting domestic consumption, giving domestic smartphone makers the opportunity to lift sales on the back of the stimulus measure. China will offer a 15 per cent subsidy for purchases of smartphones, tablets and smartwatches that cost under 6,000 yuan (US$818), in line … Read more
Table of Contents Table of Contents The camera specifications Main camera Telephoto cameras Wide-angle camera Night mode Is the Xiaomi 14 Ultra still my favorite camera phone? The Xiaomi 14 Ultra is my favorite camera phone of 2024, but the arrival of the Oppo Find X8 Pro impressed me enough during my first few days … Read more
Phone sizes are on the rise. Sure, their base size might not be much different from normal, but with tri-fold phones in development, it’s only a matter of time before someone pulls out a folding iPad Pro from their pocket. OnePlus appears to be taking a different approach and focusing on a compact — but … Read more
Oppo has brought back its high-end Find X series smartphones to overseas markets in a renewed international push, as Chinese Android handset vendors step up expansion efforts amid cutthroat competition at home. The Chinese smartphone giant – the world’s fourth-largest handset vendor by shipments last quarter, according to research firm IDC – on Thursday held … Read more
If you have an Android phone, you know it comes with many preinstalled Google apps, such as Gmail, YouTube, and Google Maps. In future Android versions, another Google app might be automatically added to the mix. As 9to5Google first noted, the Oppo Find X8 has Google’s Fitbit app preloaded on the device. It’s now part … Read more
Alibaba Group Holding says this year’s Singles’ Day campaign has seen strong demand in four product categories – home appliances, consumer electronics, beauty and apparel – in a sign of consumer-spending recovery on the mainland, as the world’s largest online shopping festival drew to a close on Monday. Taobao and Tmall Group (TTG), Alibaba’s domestic … Read more
The company’s shares rose 5.5 per cent in extended trading. They had surged 12 per cent right after it reported results after the company also flagged a new $15 billion stock buy-back. The San Diego, California-based company is the biggest supplier of smartphone chips and is benefiting from a recovery in smartphone markets as consumers … Read more
Oppo last Friday pledged no less than 30 million yuan (US$4.2 million) in funding over the next five years to deepen collaborative efforts with PolyU on AI imaging technology, as well as for expanding the scale of co-training for PhD and postdoctoral researchers. “The research centre’s primary goal is to [nurture] talent,” Zhang Lei, chair … Read more
