Chinese smartphone and tablet market is still tracking to nearly double in 2013, with smartphones showing good momentum and tablets offering both lower cost and higher performance features to stimulate demand according to a recent research report by investment bank Credit Suisse.
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Trends & Observations
China smartphone, tablet CAGR forecast into the clouds
China, emerging markets drives worldwide smartphone adoption
Asia remains the largest market in terms of potential growth, with China leading the way well into 2017, and beyond. Credit Suisse’s global hardware team raised their smartphone unit estimates because of a faster adoption pace of lower-cost Android smartphones in China and emerging markets.
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Samsung v. Apple: Metrics on revenue, unit share, handset profits, usage
From 2007 to 2013 the mobile handset industry operating profits increased 3x to $51 billion. Companies manufacturing the smartphones highlighted in the report include Apple, Samsung, Nokia and HTC among others.
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Q&A with Peter Marsh: Manufacturing Opportunity in the New Industrial Revolution
The critics of China are right. China has to show that in manufacturing as well as in other fields, businesses can innovate in design and technology. They need to be able to create products where they own the intellectual property and which can be branded as indisputably belonging to them. Moreover the products …
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EMS provider OEM program transfers can be a bumpy road
Contrary to popular EMS industry belief, nearly every EMS provider today does not purchase components and materials in bulk, across multiple customer programs, in an effort to achieve lower MCOGs for your OEM customer program. The deeper you go into …
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Is re-shoring electronics manufacturing all hype?
Any major increase in U.S. technology manufacturing as a result of re-shoring may be successful temporarily with the help of local, state and federal incentives which may positively affect blue collar job seekers (temporarily), but such progress is limited in scope. So, can we bring back large volumes of high-tech manufacturing?
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Electronics materials planning department optimizes EMS and OEM supply chains
Understanding contract electronics planning / procurement influences supply chain management OEM performance with contract electronics EMS provider services
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2013 Contract electronics industry sees 4% to 5% growth
2013 will also see the industry attempt to balance two key trends: OEM customers wishing to lower their costs on one hand, versus outsourced manufacturing providers hoping to see improved cash flow on the other.
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Message from Mark Zetter, Venture Outsource president
Thanks to the support of everyone this past year, 2012 was quite a year for ventureoutsource.com. Last year, registered members in our free, GlobalNet community doubled and all Website stats increased sharply.
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AUDIO – How Apple iPad is impacting tablet OEM, semiconductor and EMS / ODM firms
Apple’s iPad is clearly the dominant tablet in the market. What does all of this mean for OEM tablet makers; semiconductor firms, ODM / EMS manufacturing relationships and the consumer?
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