1.IDC: After two consecutive years of decline, the sales of smart phones will rebound next year;
According to the micro-network news, the smartphone market declined for the first time last year. IDC predicts that it will continue to shrink this year, which is estimated to be a negative growth of 0.2%. However, it is not too disappointing. In 2019, it will be sold under 5G and emerging markets. The amount will return to temperature, which will reach 1.654 billion by 2022. It is estimated that the compound annual growth rate in the next five years will reach 2.5%.
IDC pointed out that the biggest reason for the sluggish sales of smartphones last year was that China's buying momentum was weak. It is predicted that this year will continue to be sluggish, and shipments will continue to fall by 7.1%.
The best performers in the Asia-Pacific region are India. It is estimated that shipments will increase by 14% and 16% respectively in 2018. In the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the penetration rate of smart machines is still low, and there is still growth potential.
According to different statistics and calculation methods, Gartner reported that global smartphone sales in the fourth quarter of last year totaled 408 million, down 5.6% from the fourth quarter of 2016. This is the first time since Gartner began tracking the global smartphone market in 2004. The degree of decline in the same period of the previous year. Statistics of different market agencies have revealed that the smartphone market has entered a turning point.
As for the decline of China's mobile phone market, the reason is nothing more than the high penetration rate of mobile phones, and limited user space. In addition, the specifications of mobile phones have been upgraded to a considerable extent after years of fighting in various factories. The new generation models and the previous generation The difference is not big, the consumer's life cycle is lengthened, and even the heat of changing the tide has been decremented.
IDC said that 2017 is the year after the end of the year, that is, the sales of smartphones have finally shrunk. In 2017, the Chinese market declined by nearly 5%. This is an important factor in the decline of global sales, but emerging markets have also declined. 3.5%, the US market is flat, only emerging markets have room for growth.
According to the report of the market research and investigation agency Counterpoint Research, the cumulative sales volume of button mobile phones reached about 450 million last year, with an annual growth rate of 5%. This is the global shipment growth rate of feature phones in recent years, surpassing smartphones for the first time.
Such 4G-enabled mobile phones, which are popular in India, Africa and other markets, help increase the number of Internet users and mobile phones, but they do not help the sales of smartphones. The return of feature phones has added variables to the growth of smartphones.
IDC predicts that the first 5G commercial smartphone will be unveiled in the second half of 2019, and shipments will increase in 2020. It is estimated that 2020 5G smart phones will ship 212 million, and the proportion of smart phones in the world will reach 7%; 5G smart in 2022 The proportion of the machine is expected to increase to 18%.
Although the overall mobile phone market has not seen growth, due to the increase in specifications and the rise in component costs, including the continued high price of the Apple iPhone, the high-end models of the Android camp have no price cuts. IDC predicts that the average sales of smartphones this year. The price (ASP) will reach $345, which is about 10% higher than the average price of $313 in 2017. It is expected that the 5G mobile phone will be launched at an early stage.
2. US lawmakers gave up the restoration of sanctions against ZTE;
Members of the US Congress agreed to abandon the amendments that continue to push for the resumption of sanctions against ZTE, which means that the agreement between the Trump administration and ZTE will not be blocked.
US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin has previously reached an agreement with Republican lawmakers to strengthen the existing review procedures of the US Foreign Investment Committee to restrict foreign investment from entering the United States, but at the cost of making concessions on ZTE.
Members who pushed for continued sanctions against ZTE expressed disappointment, saying that this once again made the Chinese government a big winner, and the decision to yield to China was 'weak and shameful'.
Senator Democrat leader Schumer pointed out: 'Excluding the Senate's strict sanctions against ZTE from the National Defense Act, President Trump and Republican members once again helped the Chinese government become a big winner, while American laborers and our national security are big losers. '
Senator Hollen of the Democratic Party of Maryland said: 'The Republican leadership refused to take any substantive action against ZTE... On the contrary, they and Trump surrendered to Beijing, which is simply weak and shameful.
3.500 billion US dollars are coming! Trump 'Imperially' or upgrade the trade sanctions against China;
Abstract: On July 20th, US President Trump said in an interview with CNBC that he is ready to impose tariffs on 500 billion US dollars of goods imported from China. The Sino-US trade war is escalating again.
On the 18th, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce responded to the accusations of the so-called 'tariff, fairness, 'stealing', revenge' and other issues with the 'four mistakes'. On July 20, US President Trump accepted CNBC said in an interview that he is ready to impose tariffs on 500 billion US dollars of goods imported from China, and the Sino-US trade war is escalating again.
Trump said in an interview: 'I am not doing this for politics. I am doing this to do the right thing for our country. We are being used, I don't like it.' However, at Trump's After the commentary was broadcast, both the Standard & Poor's stock index futures and the Stoke Europe 600 index were lower.
Those who continue to pay attention to Sino-US trade wars know that the figure of 500 billion US dollars of goods is the total value of Chinese goods imported into the United States last year. On July 6, Trump announced the implementation of $34 billion in exports to the United States. A 25% tariff is imposed and it is said that a tariff of $16 billion will be imposed. China has responded by imposing tariffs on the same number of US imports.
On July 11, the US government again announced an additional tariff list of US$200 billion for US exports. However, this list was immediately overwhelmed by the US Senate 88:11, and the final result will have to wait until August 30. Effective after the public consultation.
'The president has violated his promise to 'bring the greatest pain to China and bring the least pain to consumers', but American families are being punished,' Hun Quach, vice president of international trade, Retail Leaders Association, in July After the announcement of the new round of tariffs on the 11th, a statement was issued that 'consumers, businesses and trade-dependent jobs in the United States are at the crossroads of escalating global trade wars.'
The Sino-US trade war will not only harm ordinary families, but will also have an impact on the global economy. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned earlier that the escalation of trade tensions may undermine the global economic recovery. IMF Chief Economics Maurice Obstfeld said that if threatened trade barriers become a reality, the global economy may fall by about 0.5% from the expected level by 2020. Obstfeld said that the US economy will be 'extraordinarily vulnerable' because it will become the focus of revenge for tit-for-tat conflicts. (Proofreading / Jimmy)
4. Samsung will merge the Galaxy S Plus and Note series models;
According to the micro-network news, South Korean media The Bell reported that Samsung is considering the integration of the Galaxy S Plus and Note smartphone series to reduce the cost of the flagship smartphone lineup in response to the decline in the profitability of the smartphone business.
Samsung has begun to consider simplifying the production process last year. Suppliers and partners have also received a notice from Samsung that the number of flagship phones launched each year may be reduced. In the past few years, Samsung has launched the Galaxy S smartphone in the first half of the year. Big Galaxy S Plus, and launched Note in the second half.
According to industry sources from Samsung parts suppliers, "Before launching the new flagship mobile phone in the first quarter of last year, there are rumors that the two series will be merged."
Galaxy S Plus and Note have almost the same hardware and software, but Note has more styluses. Those who support Samsung's streamlined production process say that this measure can reduce costs. Samsung's profit has been declining in recent months, 2nd The quarter's profit is expected to be $2.03 billion, a 40% decrease from the previous season.
Samsung launched its first Note phone in 2011, hoping to attract consumers who favor big screens and styluses. Since then, other mobile phone manufacturers such as Apple have joined the battlefield to launch large-screen phones.
5. Net transmission vivo 10GB memory flagship mobile phone released at the end of next month, RAM to the double-digit era?
Summary: ASUS failed to integrate 10GB of memory, and I did not expect the idea of a mobile phone manufacturer playing 10GB of memory.
According to Roland Quandt, a well-known foreign material in the past, ASUS wanted to integrate 10GB of RAM into the mobile phone about a few months ago. Finally, it was not made because of PoP package, ie SoC and memory/ The solution of flash memory together leads to limited space. After all, there is no single-chip 10GB LPDDR4 solution announced.
ASUS failed to integrate 10GB of memory. I didn't expect that there would be mobile phone manufacturers who would not give up and continue to use 10GB of memory. This mobile phone manufacturer is vivo.
According to well-known digital blogger Kumamoto, the flagship mobile phone with 10GB of memory will be released at the end of August, and it has already been mass-produced. Although he did not specifically disclose which one, but from the end of August, he sent it a few minutes ago. The Vivo X series once again returns to the glory of 'Weibo', 'Glory Returns' implies that it is a flagship machine, and the flagship of vivo is the Xplay series (not to rule out the possibility that the digital blogger will refer to the Xplay series as the X series) In addition, both Weibo mentioned the same time point 'end of August', and people can't help but think that the manufacturer who played the 10GB memory idea is vivo.
In fact, as early as the beginning of this year, some people broke the news that Vivo's flagship Xplay7 is expected to use 10GB of memory, but the initial rights of the Snapdragon 845 processor were taken away by other mobile phone manufacturers, and the news was judged to be fake. The rumor of 10GB of memory on the vivo has come out again, and it is inevitable to take the explosives out and take a look.
Starting from vivo, 6GB of memory, screen fingerprint technology, lifting camera, 10GB of memory on the vivo is not impossible. If there is a 10GB memory mobile phone listed next month, then from this year, the RAM of the mobile phone will also officially enter. Two-digit era. (Proofreading / Luo Ming)
6. Lenovo responded that the problem of automatic restart of the Lenovo Z5 large area is being solved.
Summary: Lenovo's new national flagship, the Lenovo Z5, is in the midst of a large-scale automatic restart. Many users have been tempted to cast a shadow over the future of this mobile phone.
Set micro-network news (text / Luo Ming) Lenovo Z5 is Lenovo's mobile phone released in Beijing on June 5, 2018. Equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 processor, standard 6GB memory, equipped with 64/128GB body storage, rear 16 million + 8 million AI dual camera, front 8 million pixels, battery capacity is 3300mAh. Supports 0 battery call 30 minutes. On July 17, 2018, Lenovo Z5 mobile phone is officially on sale, of which 6GB+128GB version of mobile phone The price is 1799 yuan.
It is such a Lenovo Z5, which is known as the flagship of the new nationals, has recently fallen into the whirlpool of automatic restarting the door. It has encountered many users' criticisms. Let's see what is the specific situation?
The cause of the incident is this: Lenovo officially pushed the ZUI3.9.108 stable version to its Lenovo Z5 mobile phone, originally intended to improve the user experience, but unexpectedly smashed the big dice.
Many user feedbacks are in the trouble of automatic restart after updating the officially upgraded system upgrade package. Either the password is automatically restarted after the password is turned on, or the application is automatically restarted. Some users can directly restore the factory settings in order to use the mobile phone normally. Clearing the mobile phone data, it can be said that it paid a heavy price, and some users began to question Lenovo's ability to do mobile phones.
The Lenovo official also quickly issued a notice confirming the fact that the Lenovo Z5 is automatically restarted, saying that the engineers are solving the problem and will soon give a solution. Please be careful not to click the factory reset to avoid data loss. , can not charge, you can try to temporarily shut down charging.
Temporary shutdown method:
1. Select 'Try again', press the 'Power button' and release it;
2. Immediately press and hold the 'Volume Plus' button. After about 2 seconds, the 'Closing Robot' interface appears. Release the button at this time;
3. Then press and hold the 'Power button', then press the 'Volume Plus' button, and release the button. After about 1 second, the recovery interface appears.
4. Press the 'Volume Down' button to switch to the 'power off' mode and press the 'Power button' to turn it off.
Lenovo Z5 users who are currently in automatic restart, may wish to follow Lenovo's official advice to temporarily shut down the phone to charge the phone, waiting for the solution to be released, the follow-up of things, we will continue to pay attention.