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Samsung voted 'best brand in Asia' for 4th consecutive year
Samsung has been named the best brand in Asia in 2015, for the fourth year in a row, in the ‘Asia’s Top 1000 Brands’ annual online survey conducted by Campaign Asia-Pacific in collaboration with Nielsen.
Top 5 takeaways from Apple’s WWDC keynote
Considering that Apple now has Macintosh, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, bringing something fresh to the table around these key hardware platforms was the key focus for its WWDC 2015 event.
When copycats kill: The dangers of hardware
Investing in hardware, especially in South-East Asia, is already risky, but it becomes even more so if the company’s success is dependent on simply scaling up its manufacturing and selling to as many people as possible, writes Justin Hall.
Chinese fingerprint on smartphone trends in Malaysia, Singapore
Whether it is in the shift to larger screens for smartphone and phablets and the fast-disappearing mid-tier price segment, to the erosion of Samsung’s market share, Karamjit Singh sees the fingerprint of Chinese smartphone vendors.
Apple Watch: Analysts predict 10mil units to be sold in 2015
Apple chief executive Tim Cook took to the stage at the company’s ‘Spring Forward’ event to launch the Apple Watch, the company’s first new product since the iPad, and the first new product category launch under Cook. What does this portend for Apple, and the market as a whole?
MWC 2015 wrap-up: Noteworthy devices on display
With the curtains closed on this year’s Mobile World Congress, Edwin Yapp takes a look at some of the more notable device announcements.
2015 to see Chinese and Taiwanese smartphones taking over: IDC
Research firm IDC expects Chinese and Taiwanese-branded devices to increase their share of the smartphone market in Malaysia to 65% by the end of this year, from about 46% last year, thanks in part to their lower prices and inventive marketing campaigns.
Internet content providers powering network capex growth: Ovum
The communications industry capex is shifting rapidly to favour Internet content providers (ICPs) such as Google, Apple and Facebook as traditional telcos tighten their capex (capital expenditure) budgets in the face of weak revenues, according to global analyst firm Ovum.
Six of world’s top 10 smartphone vendors are Chinese brands: TrendForce
According to Taiwan-based research house TrendForce, market leader Samsung and No 2 vendor Apple maintained their positions, with combined global smartphone shipments of 518 million units, but came under pressure from Chinese brands.
Xiaomi’s phenomenal growth threatened by patent dispute
While the good times for Xiaomi Inc continue in China and large parts of South-East Asia, the same cannot be said for the upstart device maker in one of the most populous nations in the world, India.
