HMD (Nokia) delivered high handset wholesale ASP ever in Q2 2023. First time after fourteen quarter with continuous declining total handset volumes, HMD (Nokia) shows double digit growth rate, a result of the rising smartphone segment.

The United Kingdom is Western Europe's second largest smartphone market. It delivers high volume and revenue to device makers, component suppliers and operators.

Ambiq’s Apollo4 Lite and Blue Lite target lower-cost fitness bands that require less graphics and display processing. Power is less than that of competitors, although pricing is higher.

India Smartphone market declined by -5% annually in Q2 2023. Vivo, Xiaomi and Samsung were the top three vendors. Offline channels held the upper hand in the second quarter of the year too.

Smartphone shipments in Canada contracted by double-digits in Q2 2023 compared to the year-ago quarter, with just one of the leading vendors seeing shipments improving year-on-year.

Global smartwatch shipments declined for the third consecutive quarter during Q2 2023, after Q4 2022 marked the first YoY decline since 2016 as consumers reigned in discretionary spending causing a lengthening replacement cycle amid macroeconomic weakness.

Transsion nudged up the fifth position with 9% market share. It is the first time the Chinese brand entered the top five list by smartphone shipments growing +31% YoY.

Bosch, Infineon, Nordic, NXP, and Qualcomm are investing in a joint venture to advance RISC-V. Initially focusing on the automotive industry, the venture could address RISC-V’s fragmentation and accelerate its adoption.

Synopsis: Xiaomi’s smartphone shipments fell -16% YoY in Q2 2023. Though its performance improved from a quarter ago, Xiaomi still posted decline in most regions with its smartphone operations.

Released in January 2023, the Oppo A78 (CPH2495) is equipped with MediaTek’s Octa-Core Dimensity 700 Applications/Baseband Processor #MT6833V, made in 7nm technology, while in the A1 5g Qualcomm's Octa-Core Snapdragon 695 was used.