This holiday season Chinese smartphone manufacturer Smartisan Technology Co., Ltd. (锤子科技) launched its newest smartphone, the Smartisan T2. The T2 follows Smartisan’s first flagship model, the T1, after more than two years of development. The T2’s exterior is a stripped down, minimalist design. The power button is integrated into the home button and the nano SIM tray […]
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ZTE’s Plan for 2016: Boost Brand Loyalty by Involving Users in Product Development
Chinese telecoms equipment and smartphone supplier ZTE will use 2016 to build brand loyalty and brand awareness by consolidating their smartphone portfolio and involving consumers in the product development process. “We are shifting to a model where we are working directly with the consumer and trying to build the ZTE brand with the consumer,” says […]
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Global Smartphone Growth Drops Below 10% As Chinese Market Saturates
The global smartphone growth percentage will drop below double-digits for the first ever full year in 2015, according to market research company International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC predicts that smartphone shipments will grow just 9.8% globally in 2015 to a total of 14.3 billion units, with no upturn in sight. The Chinese market has been a […]
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Xiaomi to Invest US$200M into Chinese Home Appliance Giant Midea
Xiaomi and Midea, a leading Chinese home appliance maker, today announced a strategic partnership in which the former would acquire a 1.29% stake in the latter for RMB1.266 billion (about US$200 million). Xiaomi plans to invest in 100 hardware product companies and sell their products on its online store. Some 25 companies have got on board, […]
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Qihoo 360: Another Smart Hardware Giant Wannabe After Xiaomi
Chinese internet company Qihoo 360 announced yesterday it would invest RMB200 million in a joint venture with Netcoretec, a Chinese networking hardware manufacturer founded in 2000. The move is obvious aimed at helping Qihoo 360’s WiFi router business. Last month the company announced a joint venture with Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad. The deals make it obvious […]
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Xiaomi’s US$1B for Digital Content, Poaches Online Media Guru Chen Tong [Updated]
“Content is king”, as they say, and even hardware manufacturers want in on it. Xiaomi, the Chinese smart hardware and internet service provider, announced this afternoon that it is allocating US$1 billion to digital content, especially online videos for the Xiaomi Smart TV and set-top box. The company has hired Chen Tong, editor-in-chief of Sina since […]
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Xiaomi’s WiFi Router-centered Smart Home Plan
Xiaomi, the Chinese smart device maker and Internet service developer, isn’t moving slowly in, apart from smartphone, smart home or wearables. Actually it seems a little bit too fast that angered many Chinese startups in the two sectors. The first activity tracker Xiaomi launched last month is sold at RMB 79 (about US$13), a fraction of […]
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Chinese Smart WiFi Router Maker HiWiFi Opens up Its Linux-based Operating System to Developers and Smart Home Appliance Makers
Chinese smart WiFi router developer HiFiWi, announced to open up its Linux-based system, called HiWiFi OS, so that developers will build applications for the platform, and smart devices can get connected and controlled through HiFiWi routers. The company launched yesterday three projects, HiCloud, HiMobile and HiStore. HiStore is an app store for third-party applications. HiWiFi router runs . for which […]
