This Vivo phone has the most exquisite camera design I’ve seen

This Vivo phone has the most exquisite camera design I’ve seen

Table of Contents Table of Contents Vivo X200 Vivo X200 Pro What about the Vivo X200 Pro Mini? Vivo X200 series release and prices Photos taken in dull and dreary British weather simply don’t do the Vivo X200’s stunning camera module justice. It’s without a doubt one of the best-designed, most visually interesting, and classiest … Read more

Huawei premium smartphone shipments surge, as Apple continues to lead segment in China

Huawei premium smartphone shipments surge, as Apple continues to lead segment in China

Huawei Technologies gained more ground in mainland China’s high-end smartphone segment in the third quarter, narrowing the gap with US rival Apple, which still leads that handset category, the latest data from research firm Canalys showed. Shenzhen-based Huawei’s domestic shipments of premium-priced smartphones – handsets that cost more than US$600 – surged 34 per cent … Read more

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo to boost Indonesian manufacturing in bet on Southeast Asia

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo to boost Indonesian manufacturing in bet on Southeast Asia

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is looking to increase its sourcing from Indonesian suppliers at its local factory in an effort to strengthen its global manufacturing capabilities, amid a shift in many economies encouraging more localisation. Around 36 to 37 per cent of smartphone components that Oppo sources for its Indonesian factory in Tangerang come from … Read more

Oppo brings back premium Find X smartphones to global markets amid slow growth at home

Oppo brings back premium Find X smartphones to global markets amid slow growth at home

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

Alibaba sees Singles’ Day campaign pay off with strong sales in 4 popular categories

Alibaba sees Singles’ Day campaign pay off with strong sales in 4 popular categories

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

Qualcomm chip sales surge thanks to Chinese smartphone makers, but Apple’s shift looms

Qualcomm chip sales surge thanks to Chinese smartphone makers, but Apple’s shift looms

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

Semiconductor firms ASML, AMD, Qualcomm reaffirm China commitment at CIIE trade fair

Semiconductor firms ASML, AMD, Qualcomm reaffirm China commitment at CIIE trade fair

They joined about 400 other companies at the Intelligent Industry & Information Technology exhibition, as part of this year’s China International Import Expo (CIIE) event. The six-day trade show will conclude on Sunday. Taking part in the CIIE reflects how these foreign semiconductor technology vendors see the world’s second-largest economy as a vast market for … Read more

Huawei revenue surges nearly 30% in first 9 months on back of rising smartphone sales

Huawei revenue surges nearly 30% in first 9 months on back of rising smartphone sales

The Shenzhen-based company reported a 29.5 per cent jump in revenue to 585.9 billion yuan (US$82.3 billion) in the first three quarters of 2024, up from 452.3 billion yuan in the same period last year, according to a filing to the Shanghai Clearing House, the sole central clearing counterparty in China’s interbank market. However, Huawei … Read more

Apple iPhone 16 sales in China put it back at No 2 in local smartphone market for Q3

Apple iPhone 16 sales in China put it back at No 2 in local smartphone market for Q3

Strong iPhone 16 sales in China have returned Apple to the No 2 spot in the local smartphone market in the third quarter, after it had fallen out of the top five in the previous three months, according to the latest data from research firm IDC. iPhone shipments captured 15.6 per cent of the market … Read more

Tim Cook makes low-key visit to China as Apple Intelligence roll-out remains uncertain

Tim Cook makes low-key visit to China as Apple Intelligence roll-out remains uncertain

Apple chief executive Tim Cook returned to Beijing on Monday, his second visit to mainland China this year, as speculation swirls over the domestic launch of the US tech giant’s on-device artificial intelligence (AI) system. Cook’s latest visit to the country saw him accompanied by famous Chinese photographer and filmmaker Chen Man, as well as … Read more