Major Chinese Handsets Fail to Meet China’s Safety Standards

Randy Cheung, Mar 21, 2013 12:18 PM, 439 views, Got something to say ?,

The Zhejiang Provincial Administration for Industry & Commerce of China has announced the result of its spot check for 36 different mobile phones in the market. Twenty-seven of them were unqualified, failing to pass the battery heating test which is one of the critical safety benchmarks. Surprisingly all Chinese mobile brands are in the list, which include Lenovo, Huawei, ZTE, TCL, Hisense, Vivo, Coolpad and K-Touch. All the sample products were collected from authorized retail outlets of China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom – the country’s major telecom operators. Tests were carried out on the products’ general function, battery capability and quality of chargers, and it has been found that most of the defective phones could not pass the heat exposure as required by the national standard …

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Major Chinese Smartphone Makers Face Production Difficulty Due to Components Shortage

Randy Cheung, Mar 21, 2013 6:08 AM, 499 views, 2 Comments »,

Chinese handset vendor Yulong, better known as Coolpad, is worried that the company will be unable to meet the heavy demand for its products because its suppliers will not be able to produce enough components. Coolpad may be a virtual unknown in the west, but in China here, it’s a major smartphone maker besting Apple’s iPhone and Nokia in 2012. The problem stems from the unexpectedly strong sales of smartphones in Chinese market. Many domestic phone makers have begun seeking a 5-inch hi-definition (1080p) screen for their phones, after Samsung’s Note2, which uses such a screen, became a hit worldwide. But screen makers could not expand their production lines overnight, which has resulted in the serious shortage. Other shortage includes 12-magepixel camera module and 16GB ROM chips. OPPO and Xiaomi, two of the rising Chinese smartphone makers, are also concerning the slow expand of component production couldn’t catch up the market demand. HTC, whose Butterfly phone exceeded Apple’s iPhone in sales in Japan in the first week after its debut, could not meet the demand too for its product because of the scarcity of components. Last week, HTC confirmed that its flagship One phone will be shipping late. Look like every manufactures are having the same difficulty in securing adequate phone components while competing with Apple and Samsung.

Samsung Beat Nokia to Seize the Top Spot in China’s Smartphone Market

Star Chang, Mar 11, 2013 11:55 PM, 411 views, 1 Comment »,

South Korean electronics giant Samsung took top spot in China’s smartphone market in 2012, after sales of its devices nearly tripled from 10.9 million in 2011 to 30.06 million last year. According to the data by market researcher Strategy Analytics, Samsung held 17.7 percent market share in 2012, which was a jump of 5.3 percent from the year before. This also marked the first time it topped the Chinese smartphone market since entering the market in 2009, thanks to global brand recognition and increased cooperation with Chinese carriers. Samsung’s rise in China was at the expense of rival phonemaker Nokia. The Finnish phonemaker, which was No. 1 in 2011 with 29.9 percent market share, plunged to 3.7 percent last year to take seventh place …

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China-brand Mobile Phones Take 70 Percent of Domestic Market Share

Oska Lee, Dec 29, 2012 1:58 PM, 3,761 views, 5 Comments »,

[UPDATE] Chinese smartphone sales are soaring right now and the country is set to surpass the US as the world’s largest smartphone market. Sino-Mr, a leading Chinese market research company, reveal that Chinese branded mobile phones (include 2G features phone and 3G smartphones) had captured over 70 percent of the domestic market share in terms of sales volume by the end of November. It means more and more Chinese consumers are willing to buy domestic phones. A total of 24.59 million mobile phones were sold in China in November, several brands reported a month-on-month growth of within 0.5 percentage points. The data also show us that 11.65 million mobile phones were sold through the telecoms operators …

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Apple’s Ranking in China Smartphone Market Drop Out of Top 5 (Again)

Star Chang, Dec 6, 2012 11:57 AM, 810 views, 4 Comments »,

Apple’s rank in China’s smartphone market, which is set to become the world’s largest this year, fell to No.6 in the third quarter as it faced tough competition from local Chinese brands. China is seeing competition intensifying in its smartphone sector, with global and homegrown vendors trying to outgun one another in terms of price and features. Research firm IDC said Apple saw its third-quarter ranking by market share fall two notches from its position in the second quarter. Its market share by shipments was under 10 percent in the third quarter, when China’s smartphone shipments hit a record high, at more than 60 million units …

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Apple Falls Out of Top Five in China’s 3G Smartphone Market

Chris Chang, May 25, 2012 6:58 PM, 1,363 views, Got something to say ?,

With company after company going after Apple, perhaps the only way to settle the score is how well you are doing in the China market that is projected to become the largest smartphone market in the world in 2012. So, nearly one in six dollars of Apple’s revenue coming from China, however, China-based Sino Market Research recently did a report indicating that Samsung takes the number one spot in China’s 3G smartphone market, while Apple dropped out of the top five, down to sixth in rankings.

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10 Chinese Budget Smartphones That Could Kill The iPhone

Herman Lai, Dec 28, 2011 12:17 AM, 41,748 views, 18 Comments »,

For the past several months, Chinese smartphone makers have introduced a lot of great smartphones for people who could not afford an iPhone. These Chinese branded smartphones are pretty good in providing enthusiast-class performance on a budget and we are going to give you a quick run down of their features. You will definitely fall in love with one of them.

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It’s a Phone… It’s a Tablet… It’s Coolpad’s New 5-inch Android Smartphone (video)

Chris Chang, Nov 24, 2011 1:25 AM, 13,825 views, 7 Comments »,

You know, the Chinese gadget market isn’t just about tacky shanzhai or knockoff products — look closer and you shall find the odd pearl on the seabed. Introducing Coolpad 9900 Magview II, featuring a 5-inch screen and 1.5GHz dual-core processor. It’s probably the strongest Chinese-branded Android smartphone on Earth. Full photo gallery and video after the jump.

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