Smartphone
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OnePlus and OPPO R&D departments merge, retain software features
The R&D departments of Chinese smartphone makers OnePlus and OPPO have merged, with offers for new employees in R&D positions being made by OPPO rather than OnePlus.
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MediaTek becomes largest smartphone chip supplier in China
In the first half of 2020, ahead of MediaTek were HiSilicon and Qualcomm, but HiSilicon suffered a setback in shipments because of factors such as US sanctions.
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TikTok owner ByteDance is dropping its smartphone business
In January 2019, ByteDance acquired the rights to use some of Smartisan's patents, saying it would explore businesses related to the education sector.
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OPPO hints at 'impossibly curved' device in March
Chinese smartphone giant OPPO could release a device with a curved screen in March, possibly using groundbreaking technology.
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Global smartphone market expected to recover this year, with production set to reach 1.36 billion units, report says
TrendForce said it expects smartphone production to reach 1.36 billion units. That contrasts with 1.25 billion units in 2020.
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Xiaomi Q3 phone shipments soar 75%, leaving it just 1 percentage point shy of Huawei's market share, Counterpoint says
This is the first time Xiaomi has overtaken Apple as the world's third-largest smartphone maker.
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Honor targets 100 million device shipments in 2021
Xiaomi, by comparison, shipped 125.6 million units in 2019.
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China's October cell phone production down 10.7% year-on-year, while laptop production up 50.2%
In October, the value of export delivery of above-scale electronic information manufacturing industry increased by 6.6% year-on-year.
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Qualcomm reportedly cleared to sell 4G chips to Huawei, license to sell 5G chips pending
Qualcomm has received a license to sell 4G chips to Huawei, Yicai.com quoted the upstream supply chain vendor as saying on November 13.
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Samsung announces 5nm Exynos 1080 chip, Vivo phones will be the first to feature it
Samsung today unveiled its next-generation SoC, the Exynos 1080, at a press conference in Shanghai, featuring Samsung's latest 5nm EUV process, which offers a 25 percent smaller die area and 20 percent higher power efficiency than 7nm EUV.