8-12 Week: This was a busy week, and let’s have a summary — Qualcomm and vivo, MediaTek Helio X30, UDC and Tianma for OLED, LeEco and Coolpad, etc.
It is another busy week, and let’s take a look at this week summary:
Headlines:
- Qualcomm and vivo have entered into a new 3G and 4G Chinese Patent License Agreement
- Qualcomm claims to have licensing deals with more than 200 Chinese companies
- MediaTek introduces deca-core Helio X30 processor
- UDC has signed a 5-year OLED agreement with Tianma Micro-electronics
- Samsung considers to make the edge display as the identity of the Galaxy S smartphone lineup
- Samsung announces their newest 4th Gen vertical V-NAND, which has been increased to 64 layers
- AUO has unveiled its 6G LTPS TFT-LCD factory in Kunshan City
- JDI has announced a new display technology known as a “Full Active” panel
- LeEco’s Jia Yueting is appointed the chairman of Coolpad
- Upstart smartphone brands OPPO and vivo are aided by brick-and-mortar stores and advertising blitz
- Midea said it has secured almost 95% of German robotics firm Kuka
Numbers:
- According to IHS, Samsung Display supplied 98.38 million smartphone OLED panels in the 2Q16
- According to ∑intell, the fingerprint IC demand in 2016 is estimated to be around 498 million units
- Sensor Tower predicts that the number of apps on Apple iOS App Store could reach 5 million apps by 2020
- According GfK, 2Q16 ASP (not including Apple iPhone) in China has reached CNY1503,up CNY1389 in 2Q15
Products: Meizu M3E, Coolpad Mega 2.5D in India, IP6X with Super Wide View action camera equipped Kyocera Duraforce Pro, MediaTek MT8176 powered ASUS ZenPad 3S, Huawei smartwatch for children, 360°camera Casio EX-FR200, Dlodlo V1 VR headset
