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<div><div><div><div><ul><li>We expect global smartphone market to remain sluggish into 4Q22E, given weak consumer demand, macro uncertainties and lack of major spec upgrade.</li><li>We estimate global/China smartphone market to decline 9%/15% YoY in FY22E. Recent reported data revealed that China smartphone sell-in/sell- through declined 31%/10% YoY in Jul (vs +9%/-8% in Jun), and global smartphone sell-through dropped 16.5% YoY in Jul (vs -16.1% in Jun).</li><li>For 4Q22E, we believe the only bright spot is iPhone supply chain restocking, and we prefer related names such as Luxshare for iPhone/Watch/AirPods OEM, Goertek for share gain in Watch/ AirPods, and FIT Hon Teng/Tongda for iPhone shipment upside. </li></ul></div></div></div></div><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

We expect global smartphone market to remain sluggish into 4Q22E, given weak consumer demand, macro uncertainties and lack of major spec upgrade.We estimate global/China smartphone market to decline 9%/15% YoY in FY22E. Recent reported data revealed that China smartphone sell-in/sell- through declined 31%/10% YoY in Jul (vs +9%/-8% in Jun), and global smartphone sell-through dropped 16.5% YoY in Jul (vs -16.1% in Jun).For 4Q22E, we believe the only bright spot is iPhone supply chain restocking, and we prefer related names such as Luxshare for iPhone/Watch/AirPods OEM, Goertek for share gain in Watch/ AirPods, and FIT Hon Teng/Tongda for iPhone shipment upside. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Technology - China Smartphone: No Signs of Recovery in 4Q22E