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China July mobile phone user base growing to over 1.062 billion

There were 1.062.03 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of July 2012, growing 0.96% on month and 14.22% on year. 183.76 million (17.30%) were 3G users, according to stati    

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We are in Berlin, eagerly waiting for IFA 2012 to kick off

The time for IFA 2012 is quickly approaching and we are on site, ready to bring you coverage of the news as it happens. And by the looks of it, there will be lots to report in the next few days as manufacturers    

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Apple identifies the Samsung products it will seek to ban

Flying high on the heels of their victory against Samsung, Apple's legal team have identified the Samsung products, whose ban will be sought. The list includes eight smartphones and has been filed as a    

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Apple iPad mini to allegedly launch in October

AllThingsD is reporting that Apple will announce the iPad mini in October, according to several of their sources. The launch event will take place only a month after the iPhone event, which is supposed to take    

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Sony Mobile moves into sub-US$200 smartphone segment

Sony Mobile Communications has teamed up with Taiwan-based handset ODMs Foxconn International Holdings (FIH), Arima Communications and Compal Communications to venture into the sub-US$200 smartphone segment, ac    

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Partners expect Motorola to change its ODM strategy

As Google has recently started reorganizing Motorola Mobility's manpower and product strategy, sources from Taiwan-based ODMs, observing from their orders, expect their handset orders from Motorola to drop    

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Analyzing the world's 11 biggest handset makers in Q2 2012

The numbers are in, and it's time to make sense of the data. ABI Research's Michael Morgan checks out the world's 11 largest branded cell phone makers in the second quarter of 2012, prov    

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Smartphone component makers turn to look for orders from feature phone market

Smartphone component makers, seeing their shipments to smartphone brand vendors turning weak, have started seeking for orders from local and white-box feature phone players, according to sources from upstream c    

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Touch screen panels with ultra-high resolution demand expected to increase

Touch screen panels with ultra-high resolution will inevitably be the new standard for smartphone and tablet PC makers in the future as demand for the technology is continuing to increase, according to industry    

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Competition in smartphone market to heat up in peak season

Nearly all smartphone vendors including Nokia, Apple, Samsung Electronics, HTC and RIM will launch new flagship models in the August-September period, aiming to further ramp up, or halt the decline, of their ma    

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