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30, Apr 2020
Apple Posts 1 percent Y/Y Revenue Growth

quarterly earnings of $2.55, up 4 percent International sales accounted for 62 percent of the quarter’s revenue all-time record in services, $13.35 billion in revenue, up from $11.45 billion a year ago a quarterly record for wearables iPhone sales fell 6.7 percent to $28.96 billion from $31.05 billion a year…

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23, Apr 2020
Taiwan Semi To Build Apple’s Mac Chips

Bloomberg is reporting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.,  who already produces iPhone and iPad processors, will build the company’s new Mac chips,   The components will be based on a 5-nanometer production technique, the same size Apple will use in the next iPhones and iPad Pros, one of the people said. Money…

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9, Mar 2020
China Smart Phones Sales Fall 54.7% In February

After locking down large parts of the country to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, total mobile phone sales fell 54.7% to 6.34 million down from 14 million in February 2019.  It was also the lowest level for February since at least 2012 when China Academy of Information and Communications…

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24, Feb 2020
Taiwan Sees Upside In Coronavirus Supply Chain Disruption

We are posting the full editorial posted by the Taipei Times this morning.  Here are the money quotes: Taiwanese electronics manufacturing service providers, such as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co and Pegatron Corp, expect to suffer from supply chain disruptions, as more than 80 percent of their output comes from…

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13, Feb 2020
Samsung Leads No Growth Smartphone Market In 2019

  Samsung held its big launch on Tuesday.  The company unveiled its new line of phones, with the flagship Galaxy S20. Samsung unveiled three models: the S20, the S20+, and the S20 Ultra, starting at $999, $1,199 and $1,399, respectively.  All three support 5G (see our recent post here).  The…