Posts Tagged: Smartphones


HTC One sales 2013

Amid an Exec Brain Drain, HTC Reassures Everyone That 5 Million ‘One’ Phones Sold So Far

Amid a stream of bad news about an executive brain drain at HTC (TPE:2498), the Taiwanese phone-make...

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  • May 23, 2013
  • at 6:33 pm
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Vizio phone China launch

3 Months After CES Teaser, Vizio Phone Finally Goes on Sale in China

A few days into the new year, American TV maker Vizio revealed its first ever venture outside of the...

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  • April 23, 2013
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Alibaba YunOS new phones

Alibaba Brings Mobile OS to 6 New Phones, But No Big-Name Brands in Sight

After the kerfuffle between Alibaba and Google last summer over an Acer-made phone for Alibaba’...

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  • April 15, 2013
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Nokia Shanghai flagship store shuts

Nokia Shuts Shanghai Flagship Store, Nobody Notices

Back on April 1st, Nokia (HEL:NOK1V; NYSE:NOK) announced that it’d be closing its flagship Nok...

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  • April 4, 2013
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Xiaomi sold 7.19 million phones in 2012

Xiaomi: 15 Million Phones to be Sold in 2013

We know that the rookie phone-maker Xiaomi sold 7.19 million smartphones in 2012, so how about 2013?...

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  • March 11, 2013
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Baidu mobile searches data

Baidu: 1,000% Growth in Mobile Searches in China in Past 2 Years [STATS]

The quarterly mobile reports from Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), China’s most used search engine, are al...

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  • February 27, 2013
  • at 12:45 pm
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Xiaomi Hong Kong Taiwan April 2013

Xiaomi Confirms April Phone Launch in Hong Kong and Taiwan

The relatively new Chinese phone-maker Xiaomi teased a possible expansion into Hong Kong and Taiwan ...

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  • February 7, 2013
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Lenovo wants to beat Samsung in China

Lenovo CEO: We Want to Beat Samsung, Become China’s Top Smartphone Brand

We reported last year that Chinese-brand smartphones make up 60 percent of sales in China, but Samsu...

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  • February 1, 2013
  • at 4:29 pm
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China Apple shipments

Canalys: China Bought 82 Million Smartphones in Q1, Apple Back Up to 5th Spot

When we looked at Canalys smartphone data for Q4 2012, we noted that Apple had sunk to sixth spot in...

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  • May 15, 2013
  • at 1:15 pm
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Emart navigation and discounts on smartphones

Korean Supermarket Uses a Guiding Light to Point Out Discounts on Your Smartphone

We’ve seen Korean supermarket chain Emart (KRX:139480) do some innovative stuff before, like its s...

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  • April 17, 2013
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Xiaomi Mi2S launch

Xiaomi Revamps Flagship Phone Ahead of Hong Kong and Taiwan Launches

There’s a Xiaomi fan festival going on right now in Beijing. It turned into a surprise product...

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  • April 9, 2013
  • at 4:46 pm
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China Taobao mobile shopping

China’s Top E-Commerce Sites Saw 600% Growth in Mobile Shopping Last Year

We know that China’s netizens love shopping online – and collectively spend about $40,00...

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  • March 15, 2013
  • at 10:18 pm
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IDC: Smartphone Sales Way Up in China, Now Account for 73.2% of All Mobiles Sold

The China division of the market research firm IDC has said that Chinese consumers snapped up a gran...

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  • March 7, 2013
  • at 3:37 pm
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Canalys, Chinese smartphone brands

Canalys: China’s Huawei, ZTE, and Lenovo Now Among Global Top 5 Smartphone Makers

The research firm Canalys has unveiled new data for Android shipments in Q4 2012. With Android now p...

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  • February 8, 2013
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Spreadtrum Facebook deal

Chinese Chipset Maker to Embed Facebook in Smartphones, But Obviously Not for China Market

With a view to the “world outside of China,” Chinese chipset maker Spreadtrum (NASDAQ:SPRD) has ...

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  • February 7, 2013
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CoolPad outsells Apple iPhone in China

How the Very Uncool ‘CoolPad’ is Outselling Apple’s iPhone in China

Coolness is only skin deep, but being uncool goes to the core. The Chinese phone-maker CoolPad is a ...

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  • January 28, 2013
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