China smartphone vendors step up chips, components procurement

Chinese smartphone vendors, particularly Huawei, scrambled to stock up components in the second-quarter of 2019 amid escalating US-China trade tensions. Such precautionary orders sharply boosted second-quarter smartphon.....»»

The geopolitical clash between the United States and China hinges on the tiniest of technologies, chips and other components that are essential to nearly every smartphone, laptop computer and cellular........»»

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Major China-based smartphone vendors including Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi have gained more bargaining chips when negotiating prices with their chip suppliers, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses......»»

HDI PCB manufacturers have seen a significant ramp-up in orders from Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi, who are seeking sufficient supply of components to support their expansion in the China handset market in 2021, according to industry sources......»»

An enhanced version of MediaTek's flagship Dimensity 1000 5G SoC series has been introduced, eyeing orders from China's first-tier smartphone vendors......»»

Shipments of smartphones by China's handset makers totaled 108 million units in the first quarter of 2020, declining 26.2% from a year earlier, Digitimes Research has found......»»

While a number of Chinese handset vendors have launched new smartphone models recently, it remains to be seen if these brands could maintain their stable production after April, according to sources from Taiwan's handset supply makers......»»

The locakdown of Wuhan, the epicenter of coronavirus outbreak and China's production hub for optical communications components, may dent the construction of.....»»

China-based DRAM startup ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is making progress in the development of LPDDR4x memory chips, which will initially attract orders from China's second-tier handset vendors, according to industry sources......»»

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More Taiwan-based IC design houses are moving to strengthen partnerships with foundries in China so as to land more orders from Chinese brand vendors seeking to cut reliance on US supplies of key semiconductor components, according to industry sources......»»

With the arrival of 5G commercialization, China-based telecom carriers and smartphone vendors are expanding their services and releasing new products in pursuit of new business opportunities......»»

As web giants in the US and China have gradually reactivated c.....»»

Device pricing is expected to be a major factor determining the pace of growth in China's 5G smartphone market next year, and Chinese vendors are keen to make sure that their phones are affordable. N.....»»

Following in the steps of Apple, Samsung, Huawei and Xiaomi, more IT brands including Google, Oppo and Vivo are expected to step into the smartwatch space in the wake of a slowdown in the global smartphone market, according to industry sources......»»

Weltrend Semiconductor's USB power delivery (PD) controller chips reportedly have entered the supply chain of major China-based handset vendors......»»

Total smartphone shipments by China's handset vendors are expected to register an on-year decline in the second half of 2019, due mainly to weakening demand at home and abroad, according to Digitimes Research......»»

Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] extended its lead in a declining China smartphone market in the second quarter, with its market share rising to 38% as all other top vendors lost ground, according to data from market research firm Canalys......»»

Huawei Technologies extended its lead in the declining China smartphone market in the second quarter, with its market share rising to 38% as all other top vendors lost ground, according to data from market research firm Canalys......»»