According to the latest market survey conducted by AVANTI, a research division of TrendForce, both Samsung and Apple remain the most used smartphone brands among Chinese consumers. Xiaomi has notably managed to rise past HTC this time around, and is currently at fifth place. TrendForce believes Xiaomi’s smartphone sales will greatly affect China's domestic smartphone industry, and will exert the most impact on smartphone manufacturers such as Lenovo and ZTE, which produce similarly priced products.
According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, the future DRAM contract prices are expected to trend upwards due to the production shortages resulting from the Wuxi plant's fire accident and the uncertainties surrounding its recovery period. The price uptrend is expected to persist in spite of the economic downturn and the market's underwhelming peak quarter performances.
According to the survey by WitsView, the display research division of the global intelligence provider TrendForce, the top ten LCD monitor brands and SI makers both saw rising shipments from July. Top ten brands held a shipment of 10.39 million units, rising 4% from July, while that of brands came to 11.58 million units, growing 5.9%. However, they showed declines from the same period last year, which include a 4.6% drop for the brands and a 2.3% decrease for the SI makers.
