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Oppo brings back premium Find X smartphones to global markets

The Chinese Android handset maker is making a renewed push in the premium segment in Southeast Asia and western Europe.

23 Nov 2024 - 9:00AM

Smartphones

Apple’s iPhone sales fall during China’s Singles’ Day shopping festival: report

21 Nov 2024 - 6:00PM

Semiconductors

Chinese smartphone makers lift Qualcomm’s chip sales

7 Nov 2024 - 3:00PM

Smartphones

China smartphone market on track to post first annual sales growth in five years

Domestic smartphone sales rose 2.3 per cent year on year in the September quarter, reinforcing market forecasts of a low single-digit increase in 2024.

29 Oct 2024 - 7:00PM

Apple

Strong iPhone 16 debut lifts Apple to No 2 smartphone vendor in China

Apple captured 15.6 per cent of the Chinese smartphone market, behind Vivo’s 18.6 per cent in one of its most important markets.

25 Oct 2024 - 8:00AM

E-commerce

Alibaba starts Singles’ Day direct sales, with strong demand for Apple products

The encouraging start to Singles’ Day sales for the country’s largest online retail platforms augurs well for consumer spending on the mainland.

22 Oct 2024 - 7:53PM

Apple

Tim Cook returns to China as Apple Intelligence roll-out remains uncertain

The Apple chief executive is keeping his ear to the ground in one of the US tech giant’s largest markets.

22 Oct 2024 - 5:15PM

Apple chief executive Tim Cook poses for a selfie with famous Chinese photographer Chen Man in Beijing. Photo: Weibo

Smartphones

Vivo becomes India’s No 1 smartphone brand, topping Xiaomi and Samsung

Vivo shipped 9.1 million units in India, an important smartphone market for Chinese brands, capturing 19 per cent of the market.

19 Oct 2024 - 4:00PM

Smartphones

Chinese brands, Apple drive global smartphone shipments

Shipments from Vivo surged nearly 23 per cent in the third quarter, while Samsung’s fell almost 3 per cent, according to IDC.

15 Oct 2024 - 6:39PM

Smartphones

Vivo unveils X200 smartphone weeks after release of new Apple, Huawei handsets

The X200 series marks the latest effort by Vivo to crack the global smartphone industry’s lucrative high-end segment.

15 Oct 2024 - 9:21AM

Vivo’s premium X200 smartphone series features MediaTek’s new Dimensity 9400 system-on-a-chip. Photo: SCMP

China economy

Opinion | What truly drives China’s breakneck innovation (it’s not subsidies)

China’s success lies in its user-centric focus and ability to micro-innovate quickly and scale up in a vast, fiercely competitive market.

9 Oct 2024 - 4:30PMvideocam

Huawei’s Mate XT, billed as the world’s first trifold phone, in a Huawei store in Shanghai on September 14. Photo: EPA-EFE

Smartphones

Xiaomi asks India to recall antitrust report over commercial secrets

Xiaomi says an investigation report on Flipkart contains sensitive business data on the smartphone firm that was not redacted, sources say.

23 Sep 2024 - 4:34PM

Samsung Electronics

Samsung said to slash 8% of sales team in mainland China amid weak performance

This marks the start of a broader restructuring that would potentially cut up to 30 per cent of Samsung’s mainland workforce by next year.

4 Sep 2024 - 8:02PM

Smartphones

Honor beats Samsung as top foldable phone brand in west Europe

The Huawei spin-off took that crown for the first time in western Europe, the second-largest foldable handset market after China.

2 Sep 2024 - 9:00PM

Honor’s Magic V2 foldable smartphone. Photo: Handout

China technology

Opinion | Why Apple’s iPhone is losing its shine in China

Beyond geopolitics, the iPhone increasingly looks pricey and dull next to Chinese smartphones – and the iPhone 16 may not turn the tide.

21 Aug 2024 - 9:43PMvideocam

An Apple store in Beijing on February 2. Apple phones, once an undisputed status symbol in the eyes of Chinese youth, have seen a significant erosion of their market share in China. Photo: Bloomberg

Xiaomi

Xiaomi gains share in Latin America, Japan, India amid smartphone war in China

Xiaomi shipped 6.2 million handsets to Latin America last quarter, ranking behind market leader Samsung’s shipments of 10.2 million units.

12 Aug 2024 - 8:00PM

Artificial intelligence

Xiaomi uses Google’s Gemini AI model on flagship smartphone for overseas markets

The Xiaomi 15-series Android smartphone will integrate Gemini for its release outside mainland China later this year.

9 Aug 2024 - 6:30PM

Apple

Apple falls: iPhone maker out of China’s top 5 as Huawei ascends

Chinese smartphone vendors filled out the entire top-five list for the first time in the second quarter, knocking Apple to No 6.

26 Jul 2024 - 4:14PM

People visit Asia’s largest Apple Store in Shanghai on March 22, 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE

Video gaming

China’s Guangdong allows video gaming firms to test pre-licensed titles

The new rule appears to provide an advantage to Shenzhen-based video gaming giant Tencent and major smartphone vendors that run app stores like Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Honor.

25 Jul 2024 - 9:42PM

Smartphones

Xiaomi, Vivo share top spot in India’s smartphone market in second quarter

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is back on top in India after losing its crown in the world’s second-largest handset market 18 months ago, but has to share the leaderboard with rival Vivo.

18 Jul 2024 - 10:53PM

Video gaming

Tencent pulls DnF Mobile from app stores of Huawei, Oppo and Vivo

The move comes less than a month after hit video game Dungeon & Fighter Mobile was launched by Tencent Holdings on the mainland.

20 Jun 2024 - 7:00AMvideocam

Action role-playing game Dungeon & Fighter Mobile has become a runaway hit for Tencent Holdings. Photo: SCMP

Alibaba

From Alibaba to BYD, Chinese sponsors jostle for attention at Euro 2024

Five of the championship’s 13 sponsors come from China, as these companies look abroad amid slow growth at home.

18 Jun 2024 - 7:00PM

An AliExpress advertisement seen during a Euro 2024 match between Belgium and Slovakia on Monday. Photo: Xinhua

Smartphones

Chinese smartphone giant Vivo said to be in talks to sell Indian factory to Tata

Vivo’s potential deal with Tata comes amid India’s growing scrutiny of Chinese businesses and New Delhi’s efforts to involve local manufacturers in the operations of foreign smartphone brands.

17 Jun 2024 - 8:00PM

Smartphones

Review | Why the Vivo X100 Ultra is the best camera phone bar none

The new best camera phone, the Vivo X100 Ultra takes better photos than the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max thanks to a monster zoom lens and big sensors. Everything about it is top tier.

7 Jun 2024 - 11:15AM

Huawei

Huawei overtakes Samsung as world’s top 5G foldable smartphone seller

The South Korean giant’s market share dropped to under a quarter from more than half a year earlier, while Huawei’s share rose to 35 per cent.

31 May 2024 - 5:30PM

Huawei has overtaken Samsung to become the world’s top vendor of foldable smartphones by shipments. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Apple

Apple slashes prices of iPhone 15 models to new low in China

Mainland online retailers JD.com and Alibaba’s Tmall on Monday started offering deeper discounts on iPhone 15 models.

20 May 2024 - 5:00PM

In the March quarter, the iPhone’s share of the mainland smartphone market shrank to 15.7 per cent, down from 20.2 per cent a year earlier, amid stiff domestic competition. Photo: Shutterstock

Apple

iPhone still leads China’s high-end market, but Huawei is catching up

Apple is still No 1 in China’s premium segment, which consists of handsets priced over US$600, but it is losing market share to Honor and Huawei, according to IDC.

30 Apr 2024 - 3:12PM

Smartphones

Apple’s iPhone sales in China plunge as Huawei reaches for the top

Apple saw iPhone sales in China decline 19.1 per cent in the first quarter, while Huawei achieved sales growth of nearly 70 per cent, according to Counterpoint.

24 Apr 2024 - 2:35PM

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Chairman / President

Shen Wei

CEO / Managing Director

Shen Wei

Industry

Electronics

Website

vivo.com

Headquarters address

Vivo Global Headquarters, No.1, Vivo Road, Chang'an, Dongguan, Guangdong, China

Year founded

2009

last updated:

30 September, 2024