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2025.01.21

12:39

Agency: China's smartphone sales will drop 3.2% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2024

According to Counterpoint's monthly mobile phone sales report, China's smartphone sales fell 3.2% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2024, making it the only quarter in 2024 to experience a year-on-year decline. In the fourth quarter, Huawei ranked first in market share, followed by Xiaomi and Apple. Faced with fierce competition from Huawei and other Chinese mobile phone brand manufacturers' expansion in the high-end market, Apple ranked third in the fourth quarter of 2024 with a market share of 17.1%. From a full-year perspective, China's smartphone sales increased by 1.5% year-on-year, a rebound from the year-on-year decline of 1.4% in 2023. Vivo ranked first with a market share of 17.8%, followed by Huawei with 16.3%, and Xiaomi ranked third with a market share of 15.7%.

11:55

Agency: India's smartphone shipments will grow 5% in 2024, Apple will enter the top five for the first time in the fourth quarter

According to market research firm Canalys, in the fourth quarter of 2024, smartphone shipments in India fell 4% to 37.2 million units as manufacturers adjusted inventory after the holidays. Vivo ranked first with 7.5 million units shipped and a 20% market share. Xiaomi followed closely in second place with 5.7 million units. Samsung ranked third with 5.4 million units. OPPO (excluding OnePlus) and Apple ranked in the top five, with shipments of 4.2 million and 4 million units, respectively. Driven by active promotions and strong holiday demand, Apple won the fifth place for the first time.

2025.01.14

08:39

Canalys: Global smartphone market grows 3% in Q4 2024

Market analysis agency Canalys released a report pointing out that in the fourth quarter of 2024, the global smartphone market grew by 3% to 330 million units.

2024.12.30

11:25

Vivo's internal MR team has reached 500 people and the prototype experience will be launched in September next year

On December 30, Hu Baishan, executive vice president of vivo, said in an interview that vivo's MR team has reached a scale of 500 people, and it is expected to launch a high-fidelity prototype experience in more than a dozen cities across the country in September 2025. The product has surpassed Apple in some indicators. In terms of commercialization progress, it depends on the matching of the content ecosystem.

11:06

Hu Boshan of vivo: It will take about 5 years for generative AI to become a key driving force for the new incremental market of smartphones

Hu Bashan, executive vice president, chief operating officer and director of vivo Central Research Institute, said that generative AI technology enhances traditional functions, such as AI elimination and AI phone secretary, which is the first stage; secondly, through deep coupling with the OS system with a large model, the mobile phone will be able to recognize user intentions; the third stage requires high computing power for hardware. The current SoC performance is not enough, and its architecture must be close to the server performance requirements. "We have nearly 10,000 GPU accelerator cards." Hu Bashan said, "We expect this stage to arrive at least five years later. At present, we are still in the second stage, which will last for a long time. Therefore, the experience of AI mobile phones is gradual; it is still difficult to become a new incremental driving force for smartphones."

2024.12.16

11:22

Dixon to form joint venture with Vivo India

On December 16, Dixon Technologies of India issued a statement saying that it had signed a binding term sheet with Vivo Mobile India to establish a joint venture in India as an original equipment manufacturer of electronic devices including smartphones. Dixon will hold a 51% stake in the joint venture, while Vivo will hold the remaining shares. The factory will handle some of Vivo India's OEM smartphone orders and may also produce electronic products for other brands.

2024.12.05

16:34

Counterpoint: Xiaomi ranks third in global smartphone shipments in Q3, Pro series contributes half of iPhone sales

Counterpoint today released a report on smartphone data for each region in Q3 2024, saying that the global smartphone market grew 2% year-on-year in the quarter, with shipments reaching 307 million units. Specifically, the following characteristics are presented: global smartphone revenue grew 10% year-on-year, and the average selling price grew 7%. Both revenue and average selling price hit record highs. Samsung shipments continued to lead the market, accounting for 19% of sales. Apple led in revenue and set its highest record for third-quarter shipments, revenue and average selling price. Xiaomi ranked third, with revenue growth exceeding the growth rate of shipments. OPPO ranked fourth. vivo had the fastest year-on-year growth among the top five mobile phone brand manufacturers. The world's best-selling smartphone in the quarter was the iPhone 15, followed by the iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPhone 15 Pro. In the third quarter, the iPhone Pro series contributed half of the total iPhone sales. In the third quarter of 2024, the top 10 models accounted for 19% of the global smartphone market sales.

2024.06.19

09:58

Vivo India may cede controlling stake to Tata Group

Asia Tech Wire (June 19) -- Chinese smartphone maker vivo's Indian unit is in talks with India's Tata Group about acquiring a majority stake and setting up a joint venture, according to multiple media reports.

2024.05.27

02:52

Vivo to launch next-generation silicon-carbon battery

Asia Tech Wire (May 27) -- Chinese smartphone maker vivo will soon launch a Blue Ocean battery with a new generation of silicon-carbon anode material, the latest news said.

2024.02.05

08:39

Vivo signs 5G patent deal with Nokia, ending legal fights globally

Asia Tech Wire (Feb 5) -- Chinese smartphone maker vivo and Finnish telecom giant Nokia Corp. announced on Monday that they have signed a multi-year 5G patent deal, ending their legal fights globally.

2023.12.28

09:55

Vivo employees appear in court in India

National Business Wire (Dec 28) -- India's Directorate of Enforcement (ED) brought three vivo employees, including a Chinese national, to appear in a New Delhi district court on Tuesday.

2023.10.11

06:56

Vivo confirms arrest of an employee in India over money laundering case

Asian Tech Press (Oct 11) -- India's financial crime agency arrested four people linked to Chinese smartphone maker vivo on Tuesday on charges of money laundering, including a Chinese employee.

2021.09.30

05:08

Xiaomi, OPPO, Vivo lead the establishment of Intelligent Car Connection Open Alliance

Asian Tech Press (SEP 30) -- ICCOA, an open alliance for intelligent vehicle connectivity, was officially established by Xiaomi, OPPO and Vivo, and jointly prepared by Changan Automobile, Geely Holdings, SAIC, Yuanfeng Technology, CSCT and CAC Intelligent Network Alliance.

2021.08.24

06:49

Vivo reveals establishing chip R & D headquarter in Shanghai

Pictures of Vivo's Shanghai R&D center and chip lab have been revealed. According to sources, Vivo's research and development chip will debut in its next flagship, which is likely to be the Vivo X70 series.

2021.07.06

10:11

SA: OPPO, Vivo and Xiaomi 5G smartphone sales reached $15 billion in Q1

A recent research report released by Strategy Analytics shows that 5G smartphone sales from Chinese vendors OPPO, Vivo, and Xiaomi reached $15 billion in Q1 2021.

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