Sales of China’s domestic smartphone market continues to grow, but the spoils of the increase are not going to international brands like Apple and Samsung. Instead, domestic smartphone makers are gobbling up 87% of the smartphone shipment in Q2 2017, according to a new report from research firm Counterpoint. The top four Chinese brands—Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, […]
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Chinese smartphones increasing market share in India in Q3: report
India’s market has become another battlefield for China’s mobile phone manufacturers. The second largest market after China showed 36 million units of smartphone sales, a 7% increase YoY. Four of China’s companies are putting greater pressure on Samsung, according to an Indian smartphone market third-quarter report released by Yonhap news agency on Sunday. The report […]
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Beijing opens whole subway system to mobile phones
From now on, all Beijing subway lines will support NFC-enabled mobile phone entrance. The passengers no longer need to use public transport cards or tickets, and can just swipe their phone to enter the subway, Chinese media Beijing Youth Daily is reporting. Smartphones installed with NFC (near-field wireless communication) module can support the public transport […]
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6 of the world’s top 10 smartphone brands are Chinese
Chinese manufacturers took six of places in the global top ten smartphone manufacturers in the first quarter of 2017 with one in ten phones sold worldwide made by Huawei, according to a report by market research agency IDC. Three of the top five were Chinese, from zero just five years ago. While the global heavyweights […]
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Samsung and Huawei’s Honor score top honors in China Mobile report
China Mobile (中国移动), China’s largest mobile network operator, released a report today ranking China’s mobile phone brand (in Chinese). According to the report, Chinese brands have caught up with international brands in some areas. China Mobile surveyed 42 million users from 15 provinces and used 18 network indicators for their analysis and evaluation. They also randomly […]
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Here’s how Chinese media are reacting to the new iPhone lineup
So here comes iPhone X and iPhone 8, but none of them comes with real surprise other than making Apple’s smartphone lineup more complex than ever. Media outlets in China are also not so optimistic about the new model’s future, jokingly calling the iPhone X “a smartphone with hair bangs.” Here’s what China’s media are […]
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iPhone X costs almost double China’s average monthly salary
Apple’s September event is always a big one that attracts the world’s attention—especially those from the world’s largest smartphone market: China. However, the high price tag this time may come as the main hurdle for the smartphone giant to pump its market share in China. Apple just announced its latest lineup of smartphones. The new […]
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iPhone X’s Face ID now available on Alipay
Users of Alipay, China’s top mobile payment solution provider, can now make purchases by scanning their faces with the bezel-free iPhone X. Alipay announced on November 28 that iPhone X’s Face ID has become available on its latest version. The payment giant’s arch-rival WeChat Pay already started implementing Face ID into its payment system shortly after iPhone X’s […]
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The new iPhones are here and China’s secondhand market is ready
On September 12, one day before the much anticipated new iPhones were scheduled to launch, the secondhand trading unit of Chinese Craigslist 58.com Zhuan Zhuan (meaning to pass on in Chinese) sealed a deal with Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer behind Apple and other tech giants, to work on vetting used phones exchanged over the platform. The news comes […]
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Huawei surpasses Apple to become second largest smartphone brand
Chinese leading smartphone maker Huawei has overtaken Apple in global smartphone sales since June to become the world’s second-largest smartphone brand, next only to Samsung, according to the latest report by consulting firm Counterpoint Research. The August sales haven’t been released yet, though the report points out it’s looking strong for the Chinese vendor. With […]
