“HTC has reduced its purchases of smartphone components from Samsung Electronics, switching its orders for CMOS image sensors from the Korea-based supplier to OmniVision and Sony, and shifting part of its AMOLED panel orders to AU Optronics (AUO), according to industry sources,” Daniel Shen and Steve Shen report for DigiTimes.
“HTC’s move comes after Apple initiated a new procurement strategy by reducing its reliance on Samsung for the supply of some key smartphone components for risk control, said the sources,” Shen and Shen report.
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