Huawei is developing a self-sufficient chip network with the active help of the Chinese state, Bloomberg News reports. According to the publication's research, a city government investment fund in Shenzhen has been founded for the sole purpose of putting Huawei as the centerpoint of a big network with optical specialists, chip equipment developers and chemical manufacturers. Huawei HQ The decision to make Huawei the leading force came with a direct order from the top of government, said two sources. The state even asked the manufacturer to launch Mate 60 earlier than previously...
Honor led the way in foldable smartphone shipments in China for the July – September period according to the latest Omdia report. Honor climbed to an impressive 28% market share during the Q3 period, surpassing Huawei which came in second with a 26% slice of the Chinese foldable market. Honor overtook Huawei as the leading foldable player in China Honor Magic V2 was the key driver earning a 25% market share alone while total shipments of Honor foldables for the period numbered 1.7 million units. Omdia estimates that Honor has now shipped over 800,000 units of the Magic V2 in China...
Counterpoint Research revealed the smartphone market in China may have bottomed out and on its way to recovery. During the Q3 period, sales declined just 3% on a yearly basis, which along with the sequential increase are strong recovery signals. Huawei was the biggest gainer, increasing its sales by 37%. Still the July-September period, Honor climbed to the top of the table with successful sales of the X50 and 90 series, surpassing vivo and Oppo. Huawei increased its market share and overall sales thanks to the Mate 60 phones, powered by a Kirin chipset. The series made a huge...
An upcoming Nubia smartphone believed to be the Z50 SE was certified by the TENAA agency in China. The device bears the NX715J model number and will offer 5G connectivity as specified in the listing. The accompanying images from the listing show a design that’s quite similar to the Axon 50 Ultra with a curved display and a large camera island on the back with three sensors. Nubia Z50 SE on TENAA Based on speculation, the Z50 SE will feature an AMOLED panel and will be equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. A recent 3C listing also confirmed it will offer 80W fast...
The smartphone market has been in decline for some time now, and China is no exception. Canalys revealed the biggest smartphone market saw 5% fewer shipments (66.7 million) in Q3 2023, compared with the same three-month period last year (69.8 million). However things are finally start to look up as the shipments are higher than they were in Q2. Honor managed to climb to the top of the market in Mainland China in a tight competition that saw a 2.7 million unit difference between the first and the fifth biggest vendor, Xiaomi. Honor gained momentum in sales through the X50 series,...
The smartphone market has been in decline for some time now, and China is no exception. Canalys revealed the biggest smartphone market saw 5% fewer shipments (66.7 million) in Q3 2023, compared with the same three-month period last year (69.8 million). However things are finally start to look up as the shipments are higher than they were in Q2. Honor managed to climb to the top of the market in Mainland China in a tight competition that saw a 2.7 million unit difference between the first and the fifth biggest vendor, Xiaomi. Honor gained momentum in sales through the X50 series,...
Yesterday, Apple unveiled a new, lower cost Pencil. And if you open the Chinese press release for this announcement and scroll all the way to the bottom you will see that the company also introduced a new revision of the Apple iPad (2022). It’s only for China and the upgrade is really only new in that market. We can see why Cupertino didn’t want to make a big deal out of it. What’s new is that the 5G versions of the tablet now support eSIM. Previously, you had to put in a nano-SIM card (and that is still an option), now you can skip the physical card if you want. Note that this is...
After posting record pre-order records, Apple is facing slower than anticipated sales of its iPhone 15 series in China according to new reports. Based on data collected by Counterpoint, sales of the iPhone 15 in China are down 4.5% compared to the iPhone 14 generation during the first 17 days after their release. Analysts from Jefferies Group estimate an even steeper, double-digit drop. Huawei reportedly outsold Apple with its newly launched Mate 60 series and Jefferies analysts believe that Huawei could realistically outperform Apple in 2024. The iPhone 15 series launch was also...
Huawei made big headlines with the launch of its Mate 60 series phones, namely for the Kirin 9000s chip powering the new devices. Despite the US sanctions, Huawei managed to equip its latest Mate phones with 5G capable chipsets manufactured in China which raised plenty of concerns. Several teardowns revealed even more components that Huawei had no business accessing under the current sanctions like SK Hynix RAM. A new report from Reuters claims that the Biden administration is now looking to implement a new round of sanctions to avert chip exports to China that were not previously...
Despite the homegrown competition in China, Apple's new iPhone 15 series managed to outpace the iPhone 14 family from last year. According to one of the country's biggest online retailers, JD.com, which has partnered with more than 4,000 Apple resellers, the first two hours of the launch saw a 253% uptick compared to last year. This signals a huge interest in the new iPhones and to everyone's surprise, orders from customers in lower-tier cities jumped six times. Despite the higher price tag, iPhone adoption seems to be spreading outside of major Chinese cities. According to market...