Let’s cut the crap! This last week:
Headlines:
- Reportedly MediaTek MT6737 and MT6750 to be used by Samsung J and A series;
- Qualcomm is suing Meizu;
- OPPO is reportedly entering patent licensing deal with Qualcomm;
- Samsung and Huawei both reportedly have lowered their shipment targets for 3Q16 by 10-20%;
- Huawei indicates it has not lowered shipment targets, 140 million in 2016 no problem;
- Huawei indicates that as long as Google Android keeps the platform open, it will not stop using it;
- Shenzhen Huaxuchang Telcom Technology (HTT) announced dissolve on 22 June 2016;
- Xiaomi might be looking at 2025 to go public;
- Acer and Sweeden-based game creator Starbreeze AB have announced a joint-venture;
- Netease is setting up VR Dream Lab in collaboration with Tsinghua University and AMD;
- HTC has established a wholly-owned subsidiary, HTC Vive Tech Corporation;
New Techs: Microsoft’s new Handpose technology; LG Innotek’s textile flexible pressure sensors; 0.1mm wide triple-lens camera; Cyborg Nest’s implantable sensor North Sense; Disney Research and ETH Zurich have developed EnLighting;
New Numbers:
- Canalys has predicted that by 2020, there will be more than 1.4 billion smartphones in use in China;
- TrendForce forecasts shipments of VR (excluding mobile-based products) in 2016 would be 9 million;
- Futuresource Consulting estimates 1Q16 global wearables revenue reached nearly USD6 billion;
- Isaiah Research forecats Sony Playstation VR shipment in 4Q16 to be 1.2 million;
- According IHS, a total of 90.8 million OLED panels were sold in 1Q16;
New Products: “Bezel-less” ZTE nubia Z11; TCL 750; etc.
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