Huawei Technologies Tag

23 Jan China’s smartphone market recovers in 2023 amid increased competition, Huawei’s strong comeback in 5G handset segment

Posted at 12:00h in Asia

Domestic smartphone shipments totalled 289 million units last year, compared with 272 million in 2022, according to the latest report published on Monday by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), a scientific research institute under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.That...

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19 Jan China remains a tough market to stage a comeback for world’s former top smartphone vendor Samsung

Posted at 01:30h in Asia

This article was first published by The Korea Times in a partnership with the South China Morning Post.A resident of eastern Jiangsu province, 48-year-old Shen Ling used to own a number of Samsung Electronics smartphones in the 2010s, attracted by the devices’ well-designed...

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16 Jan Apple gets deeper into China’s smartphone price wars with widening iPhone discounts, but rival Huawei stays above the fray

Posted at 12:30h in Asia

Apple’s atypical discount drive on the mainland shows the US tech giant’s focus to gain ground in the world’s second-biggest economy amid sluggish global iPhone sales, which has seen the company hit by two ratings downgrades in the first week of this year.Huawei Technologies’...

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11 Jan CES 2024: China smartphone brand Realme unveils new handset on sidelines of trade show as its biggest rivals stay home

Posted at 14:00h in Asia

“What sets us apart from other brands is that we are fully committed to the young generation,” Sam Cheung, senior marketing communications manager for Realme, said in his presentation during the firm’s hour-long event on the sidelines of CES 2024. “At Realme, we believe that...

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10 Jan Can Beethoven, Bach and Mozart help iPhone sales in China? Apple to launch classical music app on mainland amid sluggish demand for its flagship product

Posted at 13:00h in Asia

Apple will soon make its classical music app available in mainland China, expanding the US tech giant’s digital services offering in the world’s largest smartphone market where sales of the iPhone are seeing a deepening decline.The Apple Music Classical app,...

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09 Jan China to persist with AI development efforts in 2024, despite setbacks from rigid US semiconductor restrictions, UBS analysts say

Posted at 14:30h in Asia

China is expected to “work within those constraints and try to make progress” by tapping into domestic AI accelerator programmes and being more economical in using computing resources, said Nicolas Gaudois, head of Asia-Pacific technology research at UBS, during a webinar hosted by the...

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06 Jan Apple supplier Foxconn sees revenue decline in first quarter of 2024 amid weak global consumer electronics demand, sluggish iPhone sales

Posted at 10:03h in Asia

Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s biggest iPhone assembler, expects revenue to decline in the first quarter of 2024 amid weak global consumer electronics demand, extending a decrease in sales in the past three months. Taiwan-based Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai Precision...

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03 Jan Apple dominates global premium smartphone market in 2023, but Huawei gains ground on the back of its new 5G handsets

Posted at 13:00h in Asia

The global premium smartphone market, where handsets are priced from US$600, saw Apple remain the “undisputed leader” last year with a dominant 71 per cent share, according to the latest industry report released on Tuesday by Counterpoint Research.Samsung retained the global No 2 spot in...

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