Prices of Huawei phones rising every hour on fears on shortages

Chinese consumers are rushing to purchase Huawei’s smartphone featuring its high-end Kirin chips, fearing that the company’s production of its premium handsets will face punitive curbs by U.S. trade action. According to Huaqiangbei, smartphone vendors in China’s southern city of Shenzhen, are seeing a steady rise in the prices of used and new Huawei phones…

Apple suppler LG Display expects improved profit outlook on increased OLED demand

On Friday, LG Display Co Ltd, an Apple Inc supplier offered an optimistic outlook for the year on the back of higher demand for its organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels sending its shares higher by 4%. The optmistic forecast comes in the wake of the South Korean company seeing prolonged decline in liquid crystal display…

Fitbit Inc reports stellar first quarter results

The development underscores a rising demand for affordable wearables among consumers. In a development that signals a welcome break for wearable devices, wearable device maker Fitbit Inc reported better-than expected first-quarter results reaffirming its full-year revenue forecast. The wearable device maker was able to sell more smartwatches and wearable devices that track health at affordable…

Prices of small electric to shoot up significantly: VW’s chairman

With next generation electromobility options coming packed with sensors and electronics, input costs have rise significantly. Adding to that pressure is the EU’s push to meet tougher-than-expected greenhouse gas emissions targets which aims to bring it down by 37.5% by 2030. In an interview to German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, Volkswagen’s chairman Hans-Dieter Poetsch stated,…