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Retail Asia27/03/2023
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Electronics

Smartphone sales tumble in Vietnam

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Smartphone sales in Vietnam have plunged in the first two months of 2023 as tightened spending amid rising inflation prompts the sector’s first decline in years of recent growth. According to an industry report, less than 2.5 million smartphones were sold in Vietnam this January and February, down 30% year-on-year. “This year consumers have tightened […]
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Retail Asia27/04/2021
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General

Woolworths to recycle batteries, mobile phones

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Supermarket Woolworths is further hastening its consumer-facing sustainable initiatives by announcing a battery recycling initiative, with collection units to be placed in every Woolworths store around the country. The units will accept used batteries, as well as mobile phones, in an effort to bump up Australia’s rate of battery recycling – which currently sits at […]
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Retail Asia08/02/2021
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Electronics

Phones continue to lead exports

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Exports of phones and phone parts were worth $51.18 billion last year, a whopping 18 percent of Vietnam’s total exports, according to the General Statistics Office. The phones were exported to over 50 countries and territories, with China being the largest market, accounting for almost a quarter. The second-largest market was the EU with 19 […]
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Retail Asia03/02/2021
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Automotive

Cars, phones deliver one-fifth of Vingroup revenues

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Automobiles and smartphones accounted for 19 percent of private conglomerate Vingroup’s revenues in the last quarter of 2020. This marked a 40 percent year-on-year increase to VND6.9 trillion ($299.45 million). The largest private conglomerate in Vietnam sold 31,500 cars last year, with its VinFast sedan and SUV models among the bestsellers in their respective segments. […]
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Retail Asia11/07/2019
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Telecom

Huawei reportedly cuts shipments of its phones

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After being banned from accessing its U.S. supply chain, Huawei decided in May to stop taking orders for its low and mid-range handsets that aren’t powered by the company’s Kirin chipsets. Huawei has reportedly stockpiled a year’s worth of chips and components in anticipation of such a ban, it is now cutting shipments of its […]
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Retail Asia16/05/2019
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Telecom

Mobile phone sales drive wireless power market

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It used to be that wireless charging was a nice-to-have but not got-to-have feature. These days, however, high-end smartphones have started to pick up on the interest and including this as standard feature. So when IHS Markit made its forecasts of the wireless power market, the analyst made it clear that mobile phones were an […]
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Retail Asia03/04/2019
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Telecom

LTE device ecosystem grew 26% in the last year

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The LTE device ecosystem has expanded by 26% over the past year to reach 13,700 devices, according to the Global Mobile Suppliers’ Association (GSA). The LTE Ecosystem report published by the industry body found that devices have been launched by 705 manufacturers, including devices supporting the FDD LTE and TD-LTE standards and the LTE-related cellular […]
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Retail Asia31/12/2018
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Electronics

Korean iPhone owners claim low trade-in prices

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iPhone users are accusing Apple of paying Korean customers less for their trade-ins than the devices are worth, while noting differences between promotions in other countries and those in Korea.  If an iPhone owner wants to return an older model when buying a new device, iPhone Korea said it will offer up to a 300,000-won […]
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Retail Asia10/01/2017
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Electronics

Myanmar smartphone shipments up to 26% YoY

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According to the latest International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Asia/Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, a total of 2.5 million smartphones were shipped to Myanmar in 2016Q3, reflecting a 26% (year-on-year) YoY growth, IDC said in a statement on 25 December. This has been the strongest YoY growth seen in Myanmar’s budding smartphone market since 2015Q3. Sequentially, […]
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Retail Asia23/11/2016
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Telecom

India to become handset component hub

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India is on track to manufacture $80 billion worth of mobile phone components over the next five years, new research suggests. This will help India become a global manufacturing hub, the study conducted by IIM Bangalore and market research firm Counterpoint Research has revealed. This presents a significant opportunity from the domestic demand perspective to […]
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Retail Asia31/05/2016
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Research

The smartphone boon and bane

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Feature phones are on their last days, if not their last breath. Consumers’ massive shift in preference for smartphones have decimated feature phone sales. The upward mobility of smartphones contrasted with the downward spiral of feature phones has been an intriguing trend to observe. After all, it was only a decade ago when feature phones […]
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