Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi begins planning for its first EV car factory, which is to be built in a suburb of Beijing. This is according to information from the local government. The venture marks an important step by the electronics giant to grab a slice of the lucrative EV market in China. Beijing-based Xiaomi signed […]

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi overtook Apple in global smartwatch shipments in the second quarter of 2021, industry sources report. According to the report, Xiaomi took the top spot in the segment with 8 million products shipped and a market share of nearly 20 per cent. This was shown by data from the market researchers at […]

Xiaomi Corporation, a Chinese smartphone manufacturer, recently announced its latest financial results. Revenue in the third quarter of 2020 was around $11 billion, up 34 percent year-on-year and also the highest revenue growth in two years. However, Xiaomi President Wang Xiang expressed concerns of supply chain shortages for the industry as a whole. Despite this […]

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor Device Co, Ltd. unveiled its first foldable smartphone, the “Magic V” model, in early January 2022. With this step, the company aims to further spread foldable smartphones and hopes to help them go from a niche market to a mass product. The market launch of the Honor Magic V is illustrated […]

Vivo, a leading manufacturer in the Chinese smartphone market, released its own operating system, OriginOS Ocean, in early December. It offers direct access to apps, artificial intelligence (AI) features and enhanced privacy protection, according to Vivo. Vivo is another major Android device manufacturer developing its own operating system to compete against Apple’s iOS and Huawei’s […]

The number of mobile phones shipped in China in February grew by a huge 240.9 percent to a total of 21.76 million devices. Among them, cell phones with 5G function accounted for about 15 million, or 69.3 percent. This is according to published data from the Chinese Academy of Information and Communications Technology. The institution, […]

China’s Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo occupy three spots among the world’s top five smartphone manufacturers based on shipments in the third quarter of 2020, according to a study released last Monday by consulting firm Gartner. Samsung remains the leader with 80.8 million devices sold and a global market share of 22 percent followed by Huawei […]