8-26 Week: Weekend is passing, last week info recap — Xiaomi wants to go to US, Samsung wants to sell refurbished phones, Ramos denies bankruptcy, Taiwan OLED development; etc.

2016-08-28

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

Headlines:

Meitu has reportedly filed an application with Hong Kong regulators on for an initial public offering (IPO)
It is rumored Huawei is preparing a new product line targeting female, namely Nova
Xiaomi is preparing to enter the US smartphone market “in the near future”
Google quietly revealed a new operating system Fuchsia
Samsung is reportedly planning their own refurbished smartphone program that could launch as soon as 2017
Ramos mobile officially denies rumour of bankruptcy, and protest from employees
Xiaomi is working on a more sophisticated VR headset
Japan’s Renesas Electronics Corp is in the final stages of negotiations to acquire U.S. chipmaker Intersil Corp
GlobalFoundries is reportedly planning to skip the 10nm node altogether and move straight to 7nm right away
Rumor OPPO and vivo are shifting their orders to Qualcomm, and that is actually a “friendly” advice from MediaTek
Taiwan pushing development of OLED. AUO is leading the development, follows by Innolux
OPPO has used JDI as another display supplier. They will name the JDI version as R9km
BOE announced its flexible panel product will be launched in 2017

Numbers:

According to Gartner, Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled 344 million units in 2Q16
According to IDC, Indian smartphone market registered 27.5 million units of smartphones shipments in 2Q16
Among Gen-Y, the most popular brands are Apple. But for the younger Gen-Z, the most favorite are Xiaomi
The revenue profit of Samsung Electronics mobile division in 2Q16 has grew 57%
According to IDC, Xiaomi has shipped 880,000 units of Redmi Note 3 online in 2Q16
OPPO and vivo smartphone shipment in 2016 is expected to reach 60~80 million units
According to Cannaccord Genuity, Apple is the most profitable with a 38% margin for smartphones, while Samsung is 17%
According to Strategy Analytics, 44% of Indian smartphone owners likely to replace device in next 6 months