8-19 Week: Before weekend, lets take a look at this week summary–Intel’s series of announcement, Nokia is coming back, Panasonic will launch

2016-08-18

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It is another busy week, and let’s take a look at this week summary:

Headlines

Intel announced partnership with ARM, also Joule, Aero, Euclid, and Alloy
Nvidia is switching its next-gen graphics processing production to Samsung’s 14nm node
Samsung Display reportedly cannot supply sufficient OLEDs due to huge demands
Huawei to launch more entry-to-mid smartphones in China to fend off competition from OPPO and vivo
Panasonic will reportedly sell lower-priced smartphones in emerging markets
Google to launch smartphones in limited number of markets under its own branding in Sept. 2016
There will be 3 / 4 new Nokia-branded Android devices are set to be unveil in 4Q16

Technologies

DuoSkin that allows temporary tattoos to interact with smartphones or computers
A touchpad made of hydrogel, a network of hydrophilic polymers that are soft and very stretchable

Numbers

Digitimes: China-based vendors shipped 145.9 million smartphones globally in total during 2Q16
Canalys: Forecasts worldwide smart phone shipments will reach just over 1.4 billion units in 2016
IDC: Huawei, OPPO and vivo cornered 47% of the China smartphone market in 2Q16
Digitimes: Shipments of white-box tablets are expected to reach 39 million units in 2H16
Digitimes: Global notebook shipments are expected to drop 7.3% on year to below 150 million units in 2016
IDC: Worldwide revenues for the AR / VR market will grow to more than USD162 billion in 2020