CXMT Corporation, parent of Chinese memory chip giant ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), aims to raise 29.5 billion yuan (US$4.2 billion) from an initial public offering in Shanghai to fund technology upgrades, as Beijing presses ahead with its drive for tech self-reliance amid geopolitical tensions. The Shanghai Stock Exchange received CXMT’s application for a listing on…
Oppo’s latest flagship phone, like the sleek (but hard to buy) Find N5 foldable, goes hard on the tech specifications. In fact, the Find X9 Pro’s specs read like a wishlist of what many want to see in their phones, with a huge 7,500mAh battery, a 200-megapixel telephoto camera and a bright 6.78-inch screen with…
The “Robot Phone” was unveiled by Honor online in a promotional video that showed the gimbal-stabilised camera unfurl from the back camera module and appear to pivot while tracking its subject’s movement. Honor described the unique smartphone as a “revolutionary AI device that fuses multi-modal intelligence, advanced robotics and next-generation imaging”. The Shenzhen-based company, which…
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s latest visit to China this year turned out to herald the launch of the iPhone Air on the mainland, as the country’s three major telecommunications network operators start commercial trials of the eSIM function on smartphones. According to Apple’s China website, iPhone Air pre-orders would start at 9am on Friday, while…
China has strategically dropped its antitrust investigation into Google while intensifying regulatory pressure on Nvidia and Intel, as Beijing selectively targets semiconductor companies that represent the most critical leverage points in escalating US-China trade negotiations. The decision to terminate the Google probe, which focused on Android’s dominance among Chinese smartphone makers, comes as China simultaneously…
Apple has filed a lawsuit against a former employee, alleging that he stole trade secrets related to the Apple Watch and shared them with his new employer, Chinese smartphone maker Oppo, which was aware of these activities. The complaint, filed on Thursday in federal court in San Jose, California, claimed that Shi Chen, a former…
Oppo has launched its latest refresh of the Reno series, its mid-tier and flagship-beater range of smartphones. While the new Reno14 series is catering towards the chic socialites, at least that’s what the marketing approach they have with these is going for, what if you’d like to play mobile games on these? We’ve put the…