Blog » September 2012

Price of quad-core smartphones in China may fall to US$100/unit

Qualcomm and MediaTek have been competing over solutions for quad-core entry-level smartphones. China-based handset makers believe that, by the second half of 2013, there will be quad-core handsets priced aroun    

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LTE networks fall back to 3G for voice

Those lucky enough to be carrying the iPhone 5 this week may not be able to resist the urge to call friends to share the news, but they won’t be making those calls on LTE networks. Like other LTE phon    

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Apple iPhone 5 puts labor shortage pressure on Foxconn

Due to strong market demand, Apple's iPhone 5 orders rose significantly from only 8-10 million units in September to 14-16 million units in October, a growth close to 60%, and the increased volume has plac    

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China August mobile phone user base grows to over 1.072 billion

There were 1.07224 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of August 2012, growing 0.96% on month and 14.06% on year, 192.56 million (17.96%) of which were 3G users, accordin    

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MediaTek to ship 20 million smartphone solutions in September, say sources

MediaTek is expected to ship 20 million units of smartphone solutions in September, 33% higher than the 15 million units projected by industry watchers previously. Consequently, MediaTek's September revenu    

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Apple sells 5 million 5s; T-Mobile grabs a piece of the action

5 million people in at least 9 countries took home a new iPhone 5 this weekend, breaking the weekend launch record set last year by the iPhone 4S. The latest iPhone went on sale Friday in the US, the UK, Canada    

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Apple sells 5 million iPhone 5's in the first three days alone

Flagship smartphones sell by the millions and that's a given. Some 2 million people pre-ordered the new iPhone 5 and the total number of sold devices in the three days since the launch on September 21    

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Non-iPhone brands to counter iPhone 5 with more NFC-enabled models, say sources

Although Apple's iPhone 5 is expected to enjoy strong sales, the lack of NFC (near field communication) functionality in the latest iPhone model will allow rival brands to differentiate their products and    

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Chipset solution supply to play a key role in year-end smartphone sales, say sources

The ability of smartphone vendors to secure sufficient supplies of key components, particularly chipset solutions, will be crucial for them to win in the sales competition during the year-end holiday season, si    

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Globalfoundries unveils 14nm-XM chip architecture, vows up to a 60 percent jump in battery life

Globalfoundries wants to show that it can play the 3D transistor game as well as Intel. Its newly unveiled 14nm-XM (Extreme Mobility) modular architecture uses the inherently low-voltage, low-leak nature of the    

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