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Smartphone chipset solution vendors eyeing orders for system chips

Smartphone chipset solution providers have recently stepping up efforts to win more orders for system chips, including image signal processors, modems, and RF (radio frequency) chips, instead of focusing compet    

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HTC new flagship smartphone to support Vive, says report

HTC's new flagship model for 2016, likely to be named HTC One 10, will support its forthcoming VR (virtual reality) device, the Vive, according to a Taipei-based Central News Agency (CNA) report.    

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HTC stock price surges on speculated Nexus orders, says paper

The stock price of HTC has continued to rally on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) in recent sessions amid rumors that the smartphone maker has signed a three-year contract for the production of next-generation N    

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Demand for dual-lens camera modules picking up

Demand for dual-lens camera modules from the smartphone sector is expected to begin to surge in the second half of 2016 as Android phone vendors are upgrading the functionary of their models in order to stir up    

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More than 50 million mobile VR devices to ship by 2020 as virtual reality takes step forward at MWC 2016, says ABI Research

Virtual reality (VR) took a step forward at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016. At the Samsung S7 launch, Mark Zuckerberg spoke of the Oculus/Samsung partnership and the rising popularity of 360-degree video. HTC    

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Smartphone growth expected to drop to single digits in 2016, says IDC

According to a recent forecast update from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 2015 is likely to be the last year of double-digit smartphone growth. The 2015 calendar year finished with 1.44 billi    

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Week 5 in review: iPhone 7 design and Galaxy S7 battery

Another week and it looks like the Samsung Galaxy S7 stole the show yet again. This is definitely justifiable after the Korean giant finally set an official date for the MWC announcement - February 21, fueling    

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Middle East mobile device shipments crosses 29 million units in 3Q15, says IDC

A total of 29.75 million mobile phones were shipped across the Middle East region during the third quarter of 2015, marking a 4.4% increase from the previous quarter, according to IDC.    

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Samsung to invest US$7.4 billion in OLED displays for iPhone, says paper

Samsung Display has solidified plans to invest US$7.4 billion in OLED equipment for production of curved OLED displays for Apple, according to Korea-based ET News.    

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Samsung to roll out 413 million handsets in 2016, says paper

Samsung Electronics plans to roll out 413 million handsets in 2016, a decline of seven million units or 1.6% from the 420 million units it produced in 2015, according to a Korea-based Chosunibo report, citing a    

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