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Retail Asia08/11/2019
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VinSmart to launch 5G smartphones next year

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Smartphone maker VinSmart says it will launch its first 5G smartphone next July, and use its own 5G stations and equipment. “We have built a lab for researching and developing 5G smartphones and other 5G telecom equipment,” Ngo Hoang Anh, head of the company’s embedded software department, said at a forum Wednesday. The company is […]
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Retail Asia05/09/2019
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Electronics

Samsung unveils the new Galaxy A50s and A30s

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Samsung continues to add tons of new smartphones to its Galaxy A series and the latest additions, Galaxy A30s and A50s, promise upgraded essential features, made even more powerful. Their main selling points are the triple-camera and big battery, but that doesn’t mean the rest of the features aren’t top-notch for a mid-tier phone. Unfortunately, there’s […]
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Retail Asia19/06/2019
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Telecom

Samsung and Apple phone business still going down

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The latest report from Gartner shows global smartphone sales declined 2.7% in the first quarter of 2019. The fallout continues for both Apple and Samsung, each recording quarter one revenue of 17.6% and 8.8% respectively. The other smartphone maker, Huawei, despite a lack of presence in the US, is the only vendor in the top […]
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Retail Asia12/06/2019
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Electronics

Huawei finally has had enough of U.S. bullying

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The Trump administration gave Huawei a temporary license allowing it to source parts and components from U.S. firms for three months. Just last Thursday, the company and 68 of its affiliates were placed on the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Entity list. Companies on the list are prevented from sourcing U.S. components and […]
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Retail Asia07/06/2019
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Telecom

India’s handset market slumps 25% in Q1

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India’s mobile device market slumped 25% year-on-year during the first quarter of 2019 due to a collapse in the feature phone segment, according to CyberMedia Research (CMR). The research firm estimates that feature phone shipments shrank by around 49% during the quarter, while smartphone shipments grew by 10%. 4G-enabled handsets represented 66% of total devices […]
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Retail Asia04/06/2019
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Electronics

HTC experienced massive losses during the First Months

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HTC’s revenue numbers continued to drop massively between January and March 2019, and to no surprise today the company has confirmed that it experienced massive financial losses throughout the period. Despite seeing an improved gross margin of 14.7% during the quarter – a year earlier HTC’s gross margin was -3.1% – the Taiwan-based company still experienced a […]
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Retail Asia24/05/2019
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Electronics

iPhone sales declined in every part of the World

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As Apple confirmed in its two most recent earnings calls, iPhone sales have been consistently down year-on-year since October. The Cupertino giant blamed this primarily on weak demand in China, but recent SEC filings show this isn’t the full story. Apple’s recent Form 10-Q filing with the SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) contains a detailed […]
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Retail Asia24/05/2019
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Electronics

HTC’s April Revenue Figures Still Low Despite Efforts

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HTC had a pretty rough start to 2019 with record-low revenue numbers in both January and February. Nevertheless, things then started to look more positive in March as HTC’s sales increased dramatically thanks to the popularity of its VR headsets. But as revealed by the company’s latest figures, this resurgence was short-lived. Between April 1st and April 30th, […]
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Retail Asia21/03/2019
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Telecom

22 5G devices announced to date

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A total of 22 5G user devices from 14 manufacturers have been announced to date, according to figures from mobile industry consultant Hadden Telecoms. The devices span a number of form factors, including smartphones, customer premises equipment, MiFi devices and USB models, and include the new category of foldable phones. These devices are expected to launch this […]
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Retail Asia26/02/2019
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Telecom

New Zealand bans Huawei from 5G mobile network

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From offering mobile payment services such as WePay and Alipay to hiring front-desk staff proficient in Mandarin, the New Zealand Chinese Travel and Tourism Association was not short of advice for Kiwi tourism operators on how to benefit from an influx of mainland Chinese visitors to New Zealand this year. “Chinese tourists enjoy spontaneous travel […]
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Retail Asia20/02/2019
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Electronics

Samsung to invest more in education programs

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Samsung Electronics will expand investments to develop youth education programs, it said Monday. The company’s three division heads sent an in-house broadcast to employees that day to share a newly set mission: “Enabling people,” which means to help people discover and develop their innate potential. A particular target will be put on developing programs for […]
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Retail Asia19/02/2019
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Electronics

Samsung US stores opens door

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South Korea’s Samsung will launch the first three of a planned network of North American stores this coming week, timed to coincide with the expected release of its next-generation Galaxy smartphone. The smartphone-focused Samsung US stores will open in the Roosevelt Field mall in Garden City; the Americana at Brand in Los Angeles; and Galleria […]
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Retail Asia31/01/2019
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Electronics

Apple sales and profit slip as demand falls

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Tumbling iPhone demand drove an uncharacteristic decline in Apple sales in the first quarter trimming back its profit for the period. Sales of its iPhone range slumped 15 per cent year on year, and although burgeoning revenue from services like digital media subscriptions – up 19 per cent to a new high of US$10.9 billion […]
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Retail Asia29/01/2019
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Telecom

Viettel sole Vietnamese brand in global 500 listing

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Military-run telecom giant Viettel is the only Vietnamese firm in the list of 500 most valuable brands in the world. Valued at $4.32 billion, Viettel’s brand was ranked 478th on the list of 500 most valuable brands in the world for 2019, Brand Finance, a leading global brand valuation consultant, announced at the ongoing World […]
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