Counterpoint Research也指出，折叠屏手机将是今年增长快的智能手机类别。但是受到多方因素的影响，今年8月份中国智能手机市场创下2015年以来最差的单月销量。

IC design houses in Taiwan are on track to downsize their recruitment with some even freezing personnel expansions, as part of their efforts to cut costs amid persistently weak market demand, according to industry sources.

China’s electric vehicle startups are defying the venture capital winter. While the country is leading a global contraction in VC investment, its auto sector has taken the top spot for funding so far this year, with more than 147 deals amounting to US$5.95 billion, according to data from research firm Preqin. Much of that has been from capital flowing into EVs, with batteries and semiconductors – two other high-growth sectors in the new-energy vehicle chain – in fourth and fifth place. All three have logged more deals than last year, while fundraising for once-hot industries like internet businesses, education, and real estate have fallen off a cliff.