Lenovo is once again restructuring its operations, this time to create two new business groups devoted to its enterprise products and to developing a software ecosystem. A few days after announcing its plan to buy IBM’s x86 server ...
China-based smartphone vendor Oppo Mobile is to challenge the sale of HTC Butterfly from HTC by promoting globally its 5-inch model, the Oppo Find 5, according to industry sources. The Oppo Find 5, launched in Beijing recently, is on par ...
Tags: OPPO, HTC Butterfly, Smartphone, China-Based Vendor
Sales of smartphones in China are expected to grow 137% on year to 189 million units in 2012, buoyed mostly by a take-off in demand for EDGE and TD-SCDMA models in the second half of the year, according to Digitimes Research. Local brands ...
Tags: Smartphone, Smartphone in China, Chinese Smartphone Market
The worldwide smartphone market grew 38.8% on year in the third quarter of 2013, according to IDC. Vendors shipped a total of 258.4 million smartphones in the third quarter, establishing a new record for units shipped in a single quarter by ...
Tags: Smartphone, Huawei, Lenvo
In order to strengthen its presence in the Myanmar market, Acer will have the Acer Foundation donate PCs to the country through an APEC Digital Opportunity Center (ADOC) Project led by Stan Shih. A donation ceremony will be held at the ...
Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC on October 23 denied media reports that claimed the company had shuttered some of its production lines, looking to outsource production in order to ease the pressure on its cash flow. In a company filing ...
Tags: Scaling Back Production, HTC
Traditionally employed to make LEDs, sapphire substrates now are being used by Apple and other smartphone vendors as covers for camera lenses and home buttons, contributing to a rapid growth in sapphire demand, according to IHS. Demand ...
Breaking away from the flat screens found in so many smartphones, Samsung is releasing its Galaxy Round handset with a curved display. The new Android phone will only be released in South Korea on Thursday, but is the world’s first ...
Tags: Samsung, Smartphone, Curved Display
Apple unveiled its long-rumored “budget” iPhone on Tuesday, but it’s not as cheap as some had expected. The lower-cost iPhone is actually quite expensive, at least in China, a vital market where Apple has been struggling ...
Before Apple announced its lower cost iPhone 5C, some had speculated the C could stand for China, a vital market for the company’s future growth. But on Wednesday, consumers in the country appeared less than thrilled with the new ...
Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia was a defensive move to keep the Finnish phone maker from going under or falling into the hands of an Android-first rival, several analysts argued this week. “Had Nokia abandoned Windows Phone, ...
Tags: Nokia Deal, Microsoft
Investment bank Morgan Stanley is delaying a planned upgrade of its BlackBerry smartphones because of fears about the Canadian firm's ability to support the latest BlackBerry 10 platform over the long term, according to Bloomberg. Two ...
Tags: Computer Products, BlackBerry, smartphone
Samsung has unveiled an Android flip-phone with dual-touchscreens in China, which will likely be positioned as a premium device. The phone, called the SCH-W789, is displayed on Samsung’s mobile products website in China, and has two ...
Tags: Samsung, Dual-Screen
Lenovo’s sales of tablets and smartphones were higher than that of PCs in its fiscal first quarter, reflecting the company’s efforts to reduce its dependence on the ailing PC business. The company reported on Thursday that net ...
Tags: Smartphone, Tablets
The world’s love affair with smartphones continues to blaze. Between April and June, worldwide smartphone shipments grew by 52.3 percent compared to the same period in 2012, according to a new report by market research firm IDC. ...
Tags: Smartphone Market, Android-iOS