https://www.scmp.com/rss/326836/feed The latest news, analysis and opinion on Oppo. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Coco Feng Coco Feng The impact of sky-high costs for memory chips is spreading from smartphones to cars, as China’s electric vehicle (EV) king BYD announced a 21 per cent price increase for its high-end driver-assistance system. Starting on Friday, the price of the optional DiPilot 300 assisted-driving system would rise to 12,000 yuan ($1,757) from 9,900 yuan, BYD said on Tuesday, attributing the decision to “the sharp rise in global storage hardware costs”. The system, which allows cars to navigate themselves on... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3351842/hit-memory-costs-spreads-phones-evs-chinas-byd-raises-driving-tech-price?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3351842/hit-memory-costs-spreads-phones-evs-chinas-byd-raises-driving-tech-price?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:30:11 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Huawei Technologies claimed the top spot in China’s smartphone market in the first quarter with its highest share in five years, while Apple saw the strongest growth among the top six players, despite a global memory chip crunch. Huawei held a 20 per cent share in the first three months, the highest since the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a Friday report by Counterpoint Research. Chinese government subsidies that offered a 15 per cent discount for gadgets under 6,000 yuan (US$880), along... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3350566/huawei-retains-lead-china-smartphone-market-apple-shipments-surge-first-quarter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3350566/huawei-retains-lead-china-smartphone-market-apple-shipments-surge-first-quarter?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:00:37 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen Xiaomi has raised prices on several smartphone models, joining a broader wave of increases across China’s handset makers as surging memory chip costs ripple through the global consumer electronics supply chain. The company said on Friday that prices for three models would rise by about 200 yuan (US$29), with the adjustments taking effect next Saturday. The move follows similar increases by domestic peers including Oppo, Vivo and Honor in March. Xiaomi attributed the hike to “continued sharp... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3348944/xiaomi-lifts-handset-prices-memory-chip-crunch-ripples-through-supply-chain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3348944/xiaomi-lifts-handset-prices-memory-chip-crunch-ripples-through-supply-chain?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:00:13 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is mounting a fresh challenge in the foldable handset market after launching the latest product in its Find N series, as the industry faces rising memory prices and anticipation builds around Apple’s foldable iPhone. Find N6, launched globally on Tuesday, featured upgraded hinge technology designed to make the crease on the foldable screen “virtually imperceptible”, according to the company. “While foldables offer the advantage of a larger display, the crease has... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3346829/chinas-oppo-doubles-down-foldable-smartphones-potential-apple-entry-looms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3346829/chinas-oppo-doubles-down-foldable-smartphones-potential-apple-entry-looms?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:00:10 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen Chinese smartphone maker Vivo on Monday said it will increase handset prices, citing surging semiconductor and memory costs, joining peers such as Oppo and Honor. Vivo, along with its sub-brand iQOO, will adjust prices from Wednesday, though the scale has not yet been disclosed. The move came in response to the “continued sharp rise in global semiconductor and memory costs”, the company said. Last week, Oppo said it would adjust prices, with the new pricing taking effect on Monday. “We... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3346758/chinese-smartphone-makers-vivo-oppo-raise-prices-memory-costs-surge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3346758/chinese-smartphone-makers-vivo-oppo-raise-prices-memory-costs-surge?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:30:08 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng The mobile industry buzzed with excitement over the artificial intelligence revolution showcased at MWC Barcelona 2026, but the optimism was overshadowed by the Middle East crisis and a memory crunch that could reshape the global smartphone supply chain. The AI showcase drew a large crowd, including King Felipe VI of Spain, to the booth of Chinese smartphone maker Honor, which displayed its “Robot Phone” with a built-in camera gimbal designed to become a companion to users. “This brings a... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3345760/middle-east-crisis-global-memory-crunch-dim-ai-smartphone-buzz-mwc-2026?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3345760/middle-east-crisis-global-memory-crunch-dim-ai-smartphone-buzz-mwc-2026?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Mar 2026 04:00:10 +0000 Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen The US State Department will subsidise companies to roll out cheap smartphones running American software in the Indo-Pacific region, part of its “Pax Silica” initiative that seeks to shore up the resilience of the US artificial intelligence supply chain and win the AI race with China. The US has launched the Edge AI Package, which provides up to US$200 million of funding for mobile network operators and smartphone vendors to deploy “low-cost, high-performance” handsets in some partner nations in... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3344055/washington-offers-us200-million-boost-american-smartphone-industry-indo-pacific?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3344055/washington-offers-us200-million-boost-american-smartphone-industry-indo-pacific?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:23:13 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang US tech giant Apple is offering discounts of up to 1,000 yuan (US$144) on selected products to customers in mainland China, the latest promotion from the iPhone maker ahead of an expected holiday shopping wave and heightened competition from local rivals. Promoted as a limited-time Lunar New Year offer, Apple said buyers of iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus from its mainland China website and official stores between January 24 and 27 would receive the discounts, which also applied to some MacBook,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3340838/apple-slashes-prices-lunar-new-year-competition-heats-mainland-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3340838/apple-slashes-prices-lunar-new-year-competition-heats-mainland-china?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:01:00 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Chinese smartphone makers are bearing the brunt of a global memory crunch, slashing their 2026 shipment targets by tens of millions of units, according to industry supply chain sources. Beijing-based smartphone and electric vehicle giant Xiaomi cut its latest shipment forecast for the year by between 10 and 70 million units in its guidance for upstream suppliers, a source said. This follows a target of 180 million units the company had set in the fourth quarter of last year, the source... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3340567/chinas-xiaomi-transsion-slash-2026-smartphone-shipments-memory-crunch-bites?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3340567/chinas-xiaomi-transsion-slash-2026-smartphone-shipments-memory-crunch-bites?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:15:13 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Huawei Technologies edged out Apple to reclaim the No 1 spot in mainland China’s smartphone market in 2025, a new report showed, as the domestic handset maker overcame crippling US sanctions. For the full year, Huawei captured 16.4 per cent of China’s smartphone market with 46.7 million units shipped, narrowly beating Apple, which shipped 46.2 million iPhones for a 16.2 per cent share, research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) said on Wednesday. Huawei’s smartphone shipments fell 1.9... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3339863/huawei-reclaims-top-spot-over-apple-china-smartphone-market-after-chip-breakthrough?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3339863/huawei-reclaims-top-spot-over-apple-china-smartphone-market-after-chip-breakthrough?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:30:12 +0000 Themis Qi Themis Qi CXMT Corporation, parent of Chinese memory chip giant ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), aims to raise 29.5 billion yuan (US$4.2 billion) from an initial public offering in Shanghai to fund technology upgrades, as Beijing presses ahead with its drive for tech self-reliance amid geopolitical tensions. The Shanghai Stock Exchange received CXMT’s application for a listing on the Nasdaq-style Star Market, a filing on the bourse’s website showed on Tuesday night. This marks a critical step towards... https://www.scmp.com/news/china-future-tech/semiconductors/article/3338246/chinas-dram-giant-cxmt-plans-us42-billion-ipo-shanghais-star-market?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china-future-tech/semiconductors/article/3338246/chinas-dram-giant-cxmt-plans-us42-billion-ipo-shanghais-star-market?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Dec 2025 04:30:17 +0000 Ben Jiang,Ann Cao Ben Jiang,Ann Cao Smart glasses have been technology’s “next big thing” for at least a decade without actually getting very far. Chinese companies now hope that new developments in artificial intelligence (AI) could make the sector take off. Start-ups, such as Rokid, Xreal, Meizu and Rayneo, have introduced AI-powered smart glasses in China this year, along with established tech giants Xiaomi, Baidu and Alibaba. Facebook owner Meta, the global market leader, also debuted the AI-powered Meta Ray-Ban Display... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3334327/smart-glasses-makers-see-ai-long-awaited-killer-app?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3334327/smart-glasses-makers-see-ai-long-awaited-killer-app?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Nov 2025 08:00:13 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng The launch of the iPhone Air as the first eSIM-supported smartphone sold in China marks a pivotal moment in the country’s telecoms history, as state-owned mobile carriers vie for dominance in a changing landscape. Beijing approved “commercial trials” of the handset’s eSIM function by the country’s “Big Three” telecoms operators – China Unicom, China Mobile and China Telecom – last week, and the iPhone Air sold out within minutes of its release on Friday. Domestic brands quickly followed suit.... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3329515/how-iphone-airs-esim-debut-reshapes-chinas-telecoms-landscape?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3329515/how-iphone-airs-esim-debut-reshapes-chinas-telecoms-landscape?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Oct 2025 01:00:17 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang Apple’s iPhone Air sold out within minutes of its launch in China on Friday, underscoring the device’s popularity among Chinese consumers despite competition from Android devices. The strong sales followed CEO Tim Cook’s visit this week to promote the product in the world’s largest smartphone market amid ongoing geopolitical tensions between China and the US. As chairman of an advisory body at Tsinghua University’s management school, Cook also met Vice-Premier He Lifeng on Thursday. Pre-sales... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3329336/apples-iphone-air-sells-out-minutes-china-after-ceo-tim-cooks-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3329336/apples-iphone-air-sells-out-minutes-china-after-ceo-tim-cooks-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:00:09 +0000 Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen Honor, the Chinese smartphone maker spun off from Huawei Technologies, on Wednesday teased a concept artificial intelligence-enabled handset featuring a fold-out gimbal-attached camera, as the firm looks to differentiate itself from rival Android device makers in the global market. The “Robot Phone” was unveiled by Honor online in a promotional video that showed the gimbal-stabilised camera unfurl from the back camera module and appear to pivot while tracking its subject’s movement. Honor... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3329238/chinas-honor-teases-robot-phone-new-ai-handset-gimbal-attached-camera?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3329238/chinas-honor-teases-robot-phone-new-ai-handset-gimbal-attached-camera?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:00:17 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Apple CEO Tim Cook’s latest visit to China this year turned out to herald the launch of the iPhone Air on the mainland, as the country’s three major telecommunications network operators start commercial trials of the eSIM function on smartphones. China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom each confirmed on Monday that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology approved the eSIM trials, as Cook later that evening joined Apple’s live streaming session on ByteDance-owned platform Douyin... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3328992/apple-ceo-tim-cooks-latest-china-visit-powers-promotional-blitz-iphone-air?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3328992/apple-ceo-tim-cooks-latest-china-visit-powers-promotional-blitz-iphone-air?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:30:17 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen Apple has filed a lawsuit against a former employee, alleging that he stole trade secrets related to the Apple Watch and shared them with his new employer, Chinese smartphone maker Oppo, which was aware of these activities. The complaint, filed on Thursday in federal court in San Jose, California, claimed that Shi Chen, a former sensor system architect for the Apple Watch team, obtained confidential information from the iPhone maker before joining Oppo’s Silicon Valley-based US research arm,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3322902/apple-sues-chinas-oppo-ex-engineer-over-alleged-theft-watch-trade-secrets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3322902/apple-sues-chinas-oppo-ex-engineer-over-alleged-theft-watch-trade-secrets?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Aug 2025 03:26:55 +0000 Hannah Wang Hannah Wang China’s five leading Android-system smartphone brands – Honor, Lenovo, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi – have formed a platform to promote a new privacy permission system, marking a key step towards standardising privacy protection among Android users in the artificial intelligence era. As Chinese smartphone makers rush to equip AI features, the issue of user data collection has become the focus of debate. The initiative by the five brands aims to strike a balance between privacy protection and user data... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3322486/chinas-android-phone-makers-promote-new-privacy-permission-platform-protect-user-data?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3322486/chinas-android-phone-makers-promote-new-privacy-permission-platform-protect-user-data?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Aug 2025 10:00:15 +0000 Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen Chinese tech giant Xiaomi became the largest smartphone vendor in Southeast Asia for the first time in four years on the back of strong second quarter sales of its budget and premium handsets, bucking a downturn precipitated by US-China trade tensions, according to Canalys. Xiaomi’s smartphone shipments in the region jumped 8 per cent year on year to 4.7 million units in the second quarter, propelling it to the top spot for the first time since the same period in 2021, the research firm said in... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3321719/xiaomi-regains-top-spot-southeast-asias-smartphone-market-first-time-4-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3321719/xiaomi-regains-top-spot-southeast-asias-smartphone-market-first-time-4-years?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:00:09 +0000 Coco Feng,Sam Phillips Coco Feng,Sam Phillips Apple is closing a retail store in Dalian, marking the US firm’s first shutdown of a directly managed outlet on the mainland amid struggling iPhone sales. Meanwhile, Huawei Technologies returned to the top of China’s smartphone market in the second quarter. The store, located in the northeastern city’s landmark Parkland shopping centre, will cease operations on August 9, according to Apple’s website, leaving the city of 7.5 million residents with just one remaining Apple-owned outlet. The... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3319861/apple-shuts-dalian-store-huawei-tops-mainland-chinas-smartphone-market?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3319861/apple-shuts-dalian-store-huawei-tops-mainland-chinas-smartphone-market?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:00:09 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Huawei Technologies topped mainland China’s smartphone market in the second quarter – the first time in four years – “underscoring its strong brand appeal and effective shipment management”, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). However, China’s smartphone sales shrank 4 per cent to 69 million units in the April to June quarter due to weak consumption and reduced government subsidies for electronic devices, data from the consultancy released on Tuesday showed. It was the first... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3318415/huawei-returns-top-chinas-mobile-phone-charts-first-time-4-years-idc?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3318415/huawei-returns-top-chinas-mobile-phone-charts-first-time-4-years-idc?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:00:17 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang Apple’s iPhone shipments in mainland China fell 9 per cent from a year ago to 9.8 million units in the first quarter, according to research firm IDC, three months after the US tech giant recaptured the top spot in the world’s largest smartphone market. That made Apple the only top-five-ranked handset vendor in China to record a decline last quarter, when domestic smartphone shipments grew 3.3 per cent year on year to 71.6 million units, IDC data showed. Apple, which is still awaiting Beijing’s... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3307112/apples-china-smartphone-shipments-fall-first-quarter-ahead-trumps-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3307112/apples-china-smartphone-shipments-fall-first-quarter-ahead-trumps-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:00:13 +0000 American economist Noah Smith recently wrote a blog about how “China is trying to kneecap Indian manufacturing”, adding to the narrative that China views India as a geopolitical rival and potential economic threat, leading to it blocking investments and technologies from reaching India. This narrative coincides with the heated debate in India sparked by the Modi government’s decision to let the US$23 billion Production Linked Incentive scheme lapse. Both Smith’s argument and the policy debate... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3304334/dont-blame-china-indias-manufacturing-decline?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3304334/dont-blame-china-indias-manufacturing-decline?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 Mar 2025 12:30:09 +0000 Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen Chinese smartphone makers looking to compete with Apple and Samsung Electronics globally are turning to Google for artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, but they face challenges such as a lack of differentiation and compelling use cases, according to analysts. At MWC Barcelona this week, Xiaomi, Honor, Oppo and other Chinese handset vendors showcased their latest AI smartphones, emphasising features developed using Google’s Gemini model. Targeting a global audience at one of the world’s... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3300983/mwc-2025-chinese-smartphone-makers-turn-google-ai-compete-globally?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3300983/mwc-2025-chinese-smartphone-makers-turn-google-ai-compete-globally?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:00:14 +0000 Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen Oppo aimed to distinguish itself as an artificial intelligence (AI) smartphone maker by enhancing photo capabilities, a company executive said in an interview, as the Chinese company navigates a competitive global race to integrate generative AI into mobile devices. One of the main challenges smartphone users encounter is the need to switch between apps when capturing and editing photos, which was why Oppo “chose the imaging route”, Darren Chen, Oppo’s director of AI technology strategic... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3300940/mwc-2025-oppo-doubles-down-ai-photography-compete-apple-samsung?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3300940/mwc-2025-oppo-doubles-down-ai-photography-compete-apple-samsung?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:30:10 +0000 Zhou Xin Zhou Xin Huawei Technologies on Tuesday launched its Mate XT, the world’s first trifold smartphone, in Malaysia to kick off the international roll-out of the 5G device, as the US-sanctioned company moves to rebuild its once-lucrative handset business outside China. The Mate XT, which was initially released on the mainland on September 20, was unveiled at an exhibition hall in Kuala Lumpur, with nearly 1,000 participants there including media delegates as well as Huawei’s partners from Southeast Asia, the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3299179/huawei-launches-mate-xt-malaysia-kick-trifold-smartphones-overseas-roll-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3299179/huawei-launches-mate-xt-malaysia-kick-trifold-smartphones-overseas-roll-out?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:00:11 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Chinese smartphone makers are gaining more ground in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, according to the latest figures by Canalys, as they ramped up expansion in emerging markets amid stiff competition at home. In the Middle East, Chinese brands Transsion, Xiaomi and Honor all saw rapid growth in 2024 to take the second, third and fifth place in the region, excluding Turkey, according to a report by Canalys on Monday. Transsion, a Shenzhen-based budget handset maker known for its dominance in... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3299163/chinese-smartphone-brands-see-rapid-growth-middle-east-southeast-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3299163/chinese-smartphone-brands-see-rapid-growth-middle-east-southeast-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:30:07 +0000 Ann Cao Ann Cao Apple and its rivals in the Chinese smartphone market are in a heated race to adopt the country’s fast-improving artificial intelligence (AI) models, including those from DeepSeek and Alibaba Group Holding. The iPhone maker struck a deal to use Alibaba’s Qwen models for Apple Intelligence in mainland China, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday, citing sources. Apple Intelligence is supported by OpenAI’s ChatGPT in most international markets, but in China, only AI models approved by... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3298522/chinas-smartphone-brands-embrace-deepseeks-ai-models-apple-partners-alibaba?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3298522/chinas-smartphone-brands-embrace-deepseeks-ai-models-apple-partners-alibaba?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:51:22 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng China’s antitrust investigation into Google, which does not offer most of its consumer-facing services including search and email in the country, seems to make little sense on the surface, but analysts said the move could be seen as a warning shot to the US and a threat to the Android operating system. The inquiry into Google was unveiled on Tuesday in tandem with China’s fresh tariffs on US imports and new export controls of certain minerals, as well as the addition of two US companies to... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3297518/chinas-antitrust-probe-google-seen-warning-shot-us-android-target?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3297518/chinas-antitrust-probe-google-seen-warning-shot-us-android-target?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:40:45 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Apple recaptured the top spot in China’s smartphone market in the fourth quarter, but it fell to third place in 2024 after a year of escalating competition from domestic players, including a resurgent Huawei Technologies. The US tech giant saw smartphone shipments in China plummet 25 per cent to 13.1 million units in the three months through December, down from 17.5 million a year earlier, according to data released by research firm Canalys on Thursday. It narrowly edged out Chinese vendors Vivo... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3295034/apple-trails-huawei-vivo-china-smartphone-market-2024-iphone-leads-fourth-quarter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3295034/apple-trails-huawei-vivo-china-smartphone-market-2024-iphone-leads-fourth-quarter?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:00:17 +0000 Ann Cao Ann Cao Alibaba Group Holding’s video gaming unit will withdraw its flagship mobile title from the app store of smartphone maker Vivo, months after Tencent Holdings pulled its mobile game from several Android app stores. The cooperation between strategy game Three Kingdoms Tactics and the Vivo app store had ended, Alibaba’s Lingxi Games said in a statement published earlier this week, without elaborating on the reason. The game will be removed on March 7, and users will no longer be able to log into the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3294303/alibaba-studio-pulls-top-game-vivos-app-store-after-similar-move-tencent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3294303/alibaba-studio-pulls-top-game-vivos-app-store-after-similar-move-tencent?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:00:07 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Apple’s latest iPhone models are mostly excluded from China’s new subsidy scheme for boosting domestic consumption, giving domestic smartphone makers the opportunity to lift sales on the back of the stimulus measure. China will offer a 15 per cent subsidy for purchases of smartphones, tablets and smartwatches that cost under 6,000 yuan (US$818), in line with the government’s expanded trade-in scheme for consumer goods, according to a notice on Wednesday by the National Development and Reform... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3293944/apples-pricey-iphones-out-chinas-new-subsidy-scheme-ceiling-capped-us818?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3293944/apples-pricey-iphones-out-chinas-new-subsidy-scheme-ceiling-capped-us818?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Jan 2025 13:00:18 +0000 Ann Cao Ann Cao Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing unit is providing its Tongyi Qianwen large language model (LLM) to Transsion, the leading smartphone vendor in Africa, as more Chinese handset makers integrate generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies into their devices. Alibaba Cloud on Tuesday announced a partnership with Transsion that will see Tongyi Qianwen power the GenAI features of the Phantom V Fold2, the latest flagship Android 5G smartphone from the Shenzhen-based handset maker’s... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3293897/alibaba-powers-ai-drive-transsion-top-chinese-smartphone-vendor-africa?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3293897/alibaba-powers-ai-drive-transsion-top-chinese-smartphone-vendor-africa?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Jan 2025 09:30:08 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Chinese smartphone maker Honor plans to expand in Indonesia to tap into the growing appetite for premium handsets in Southeast Asia’s largest economy and most populous country. Shenzhen-based Honor, which was spun off in 2020 as an independent company by Huawei Technologies, expects to launch more than 30 products that range from smartphones to wearables, as well as open over 10 “experience” stores across the Indonesian archipelago this year, according to Justin Li, president of Honor South... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3293624/chinese-smartphone-maker-honor-targets-indonesias-growing-appetite-premium-handsets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3293624/chinese-smartphone-maker-honor-targets-indonesias-growing-appetite-premium-handsets?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:00:19 +0000 A Singaporean doctor who created a handheld device to fix a condition called glue ear – and won a Cartier Women’s Initiative award for the device, a world first – resonated with Post readers. Reviews for new phones such as Xiaomi’s Mix Fold 4 and Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Max also caught the attention of tech-savvy readers. 1. Singaporean doctor’s ear surgery device a world first Singaporean doctor Lynne Lim is the chief executive officer of Nousq, a medical solutions company that developed Clikx,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/gadgets/article/3291300/gadget-stories-you-read-most-2024-about-iphone-16-ear-surgery-device-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/gadgets/article/3291300/gadget-stories-you-read-most-2024-about-iphone-16-ear-surgery-device-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:15:08 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is looking to increase its sourcing from Indonesian suppliers at its local factory in an effort to strengthen its global manufacturing capabilities, amid a shift in many economies encouraging more localisation. Around 36 to 37 per cent of smartphone components that Oppo sources for its Indonesian factory in Tangerang come from domestic suppliers, including batteries, packaging materials, adaptors and USB cables, according to Jefry Firman de Haan, director of Oppo’s... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3287743/chinese-smartphone-maker-oppo-boost-indonesian-manufacturing-bet-southeast-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3287743/chinese-smartphone-maker-oppo-boost-indonesian-manufacturing-bet-southeast-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Nov 2024 01:00:15 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Oppo has brought back its high-end Find X series smartphones to overseas markets in a renewed international push, as Chinese Android handset vendors step up expansion efforts amid cutthroat competition at home. The Chinese smartphone giant – the world’s fourth-largest handset vendor by shipments last quarter, according to research firm IDC – on Thursday held the global launch of its new Find X8 and Find X8 Pro in Bali, Indonesia. The launch comes after a two-year hiatus for Oppo’s flagship... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3287683/oppo-brings-back-premium-find-x-smartphones-global-markets-amid-slow-growth-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3287683/oppo-brings-back-premium-find-x-smartphones-global-markets-amid-slow-growth-home?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Nov 2024 01:00:15 +0000 Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen Apple saw a sharp decrease in iPhone sales across China during this year’s Singles’ Day, the world’s biggest shopping festival, amid stiff competition from mainland smartphone rivals and weak domestic consumption, according to a new report. The country’s two-week Singles’ Day sales period this year yielded “a double-digit, year-on-year decline in iPhone sales”, as Apple “faced pressure from an abnormally high number” of new flagship smartphone models that domestic competitors launched just... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3287516/apples-iphone-sales-fall-during-chinas-singles-day-shopping-festival-report-shows?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3287516/apples-iphone-sales-fall-during-chinas-singles-day-shopping-festival-report-shows?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:00:23 +0000 Reuters Reuters Chip designer Qualcomm on Wednesday forecast sales and profit in the current quarter would exceed Wall Street estimates as the company benefits from a wave of launches of flagship Chinese smartphones. The company’s shares rose 5.5 per cent in extended trading. They had surged 12 per cent right after it reported results after the company also flagged a new $15 billion stock buy-back. The San Diego, California-based company is the biggest supplier of smartphone chips and is benefiting from a... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3285566/qualcomm-chip-sales-surge-thanks-chinese-smartphone-makers-apples-shift-looms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3285566/qualcomm-chip-sales-surge-thanks-chinese-smartphone-makers-apples-shift-looms?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Nov 2024 07:00:07 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang Chinese smartphone giant Oppo and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have renewed a collaborative framework agreement, which involves the launch of a joint innovation research centre for artificial intelligence (AI) imaging technology in the city. Oppo last Friday pledged no less than 30 million yuan (US$4.2 million) in funding over the next five years to deepen collaborative efforts with PolyU on AI imaging technology, as well as for expanding the scale of co-training for PhD and postdoctoral... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3285164/chinese-smartphone-giant-oppo-polyu-launch-joint-ai-research-centre-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3285164/chinese-smartphone-giant-oppo-polyu-launch-joint-ai-research-centre-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Nov 2024 14:00:13 +0000 Reuters Reuters Indonesia said it has banned sales of smartphones made by Alphabet’s Google owing to rules requiring the use of locally manufactured components, days after blocking sales of tech giant Apple’s iPhone 16 for the same reason. Domestic sales of Google’s Pixel smartphones were blocked because the company has not met Indonesia’s rules that call for certain handsets sold in the country to contain at least 40 per cent of locally made parts. “We are pushing these rules so that there’s fairness for all... https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3284786/indonesia-bans-sales-googles-pixel-smartphones-days-after-blocking-apples-iphone-16?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3284786/indonesia-bans-sales-googles-pixel-smartphones-days-after-blocking-apples-iphone-16?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Nov 2024 07:28:24 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng China’s smartphone market is on track to record its first annual sales growth in five years, according to Counterpoint Research, which placed Apple out of the top-five domestic rankings in the third quarter. Sales in the world’s largest smartphone market rose 2.3 per cent year on year in the September quarter, marking four consecutive quarters of growth that reinforce projections of a low single-digit increase in 2024, according to a Counterpoint report on Monday. Chinese smartphone vendors... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3284324/china-smartphone-market-close-2024-first-annual-sales-growth-5-years-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3284324/china-smartphone-market-close-2024-first-annual-sales-growth-5-years-report?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:00:12 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is ramping up its overseas push with a sharpened focus on Europe and South America, backed by its expanding manufacturing capacity overseas, a company executive said. Oppo, the world’s fourth largest smartphone vendor in the third quarter, is “steadfast” about investing in Europe and aiming to gain more ground in the premium market, Billy Zhang, president of overseas marketing, sales and services at Oppo, said in an interview last week. “We are consistently... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3283714/chinese-smartphone-maker-oppo-ramps-global-push-europe-latin-america-key-markets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3283714/chinese-smartphone-maker-oppo-ramps-global-push-europe-latin-america-key-markets?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:30:21 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang Chinese smartphone giant Oppo and BYD, the country’s leading electric vehicle (EV) maker, have entered into a strategic technology collaboration to push interoperability between advanced handsets and smart cars. The two companies have agreed to work on a series of technologies that will enable Oppo’s Android smartphones to unlock and control EVs from BYD, according to their joint statement. In their first collaboration, Oppo’s latest flagship 5G handset series, Find X8, uses over-the-air... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3283554/chinese-smartphone-giant-oppo-enters-tech-pact-top-ev-maker-byd-acquires-ai-start?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3283554/chinese-smartphone-giant-oppo-enters-tech-pact-top-ev-maker-byd-acquires-ai-start?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:30:07 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng The latest smartphone chip from market leader Qualcomm could give a much-needed boost to Chinese brands trying to take on Apple and Samsung Electronics amid a race to offer artificial intelligence (AI) features. Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 8 Elite on Monday with an emphasis on its ability to run generative AI models locally on devices. The included Oryon cores are similar to those found in its laptop chips for Windows machines, and Qualcomm said the new chipset will deliver a 45 per cent... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3283421/qualcomms-snapdragon-8-elite-give-chinese-smartphones-ai-power-boost?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3283421/qualcomms-snapdragon-8-elite-give-chinese-smartphones-ai-power-boost?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Oct 2024 01:00:16 +0000 Ben Jiang,Coco Feng Ben Jiang,Coco Feng Apple chief executive Tim Cook returned to Beijing on Monday, his second visit to mainland China this year, as speculation swirls over the domestic launch of the US tech giant’s on-device artificial intelligence (AI) system. Cook’s latest visit to the country saw him accompanied by famous Chinese photographer and filmmaker Chen Man, as well as meet with students from China Agricultural University and Zhejiang University at a farm in the Beijing district of Shunyi, according to posts published by... https://www.scmp.com/news/china-future-tech/ai/article/3283384/tim-cook-makes-low-key-visit-china-apple-intelligence-roll-out-remains-uncertain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china-future-tech/ai/article/3283384/tim-cook-makes-low-key-visit-china-apple-intelligence-roll-out-remains-uncertain?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:02:19 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Chinese smartphone brand Vivo claimed the No 1 spot among handset makers in India for the first time in the third quarter, ahead of the region’s long-time leaders Xiaomi and Samsung Electronics. Vivo shipped 9.1 million units in India in the three months through September, growing 26 per cent year on year and capturing a 19 per cent share of the market, according to a report from research firm Canalys on Friday. The company’s growth has been driven by an aggressive push across various sales... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3283034/vivo-becomes-indias-top-smartphone-brand-third-quarter-overtaking-xiaomi-and-samsung?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3283034/vivo-becomes-indias-top-smartphone-brand-third-quarter-overtaking-xiaomi-and-samsung?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Oct 2024 08:00:07 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Chinese Android smartphone brands saw shipments soar in the third quarter, boosting the global handset market along with Apple, which launched the latest version of its iPhone last month, according to data from industry researchers. Worldwide smartphone shipments climbed 4 per cent to surpass 316 million units, marking the fifth consecutive quarter of growth despite economic headwinds, according to a report by research firm IDC on Monday. Xiaomi, which introduced new flagship devices and... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3282470/chinese-brands-and-apple-drive-global-smartphone-shipment-growth-5th-straight-quarter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3282470/chinese-brands-and-apple-drive-global-smartphone-shipment-growth-5th-straight-quarter?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:32:06 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Chinese smartphone giant Vivo on Monday launched its premium X200 series on the mainland, featuring MediaTek’s new 3-nanometre processor and Live Photo format capability, weeks after Apple and Huawei Technologies rolled out their latest flagship handset models. Priced from 4,299 yuan (US$608) to 6,799 yuan, the X200 series marks the latest effort by Vivo to crack the industry’s lucrative high-end segment in the world’s largest smartphone market and across the globe. Vivo said it will start... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3282343/vivo-launches-premium-x200-smartphone-weeks-after-apple-huawei-release-new-handsets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3282343/vivo-launches-premium-x200-smartphone-weeks-after-apple-huawei-release-new-handsets?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:57:01 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen Samsung Electronics has notified employees in mainland China of a restructuring that will eliminate about 130 positions – equivalent to 8 per cent of domestic sales staff – according to South Korean media reports, as the company continues to grapple with sluggish smartphone and television demand in the world’s second-largest economy. This marks the start of a broader restructuring initiative that would potentially cut up to 30 per cent of Samsung’s mainland workforce by next year, the Seoul... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3277208/samsung-said-slash-8-sales-team-mainland-china-amid-weak-performance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3277208/samsung-said-slash-8-sales-team-mainland-china-amid-weak-performance?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:02:40 +0000