India Handset Market Saw New Category Leaders in Both Feature Phone and Smartphone Segment in 2018
Xiaomi leads the India smartphone market, but Reliance Jio leads in both feature phones and the overall handset market Overall India mobile phone…
Transsion Group’s Smartphone Market Share Reaches Its Highest Ever in Nigeria in 3Q 2018
Transsion Group (Tecno, Itel and Infinix) recorded its highest ever share in the smartphone segment in a single quarter. Samsung captured #1…
The AR Segment is Set to Grow in the Next 4 Years
The AR hardware segment is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 125% between 2018 to 2022 due to rising adoption of AR smart glasses by enterprises.…
Huawei Topples Apple to Become the Second Largest Brand in Russia During Q2 2018
Huawei was also the fastest growing brand (240%) followed by Xiaomi (135%) and Bright and Quick (104%). Smartphone sales grew a healthy 25% YoY…
Samsung Topples Xiaomi to Regain Number One Position in India in Q2 2018
Top five brands captured 82% of the total smartphone market; OnePlus (284%), Honor (188%) and Xiaomi (112%) were the fastest growing smartphone…
Cellular Connected Drones Will be the ‘iPhone Moment’ for Drone Industry
More than 10% of Drones will support eSIMs and advanced cellular connectivity by 2022 The drone market is expanding due to rise in the number of…
Chinese brands were the fastest growing smartphone brands in India in Q1 2018
According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service, India’s overall mobile phone shipments grew 48% YoY in Q1 2018. The…
India Feature Phone Market doubled while the Smartphone Market remained flat YoY in Q1 2018
India Feature Phone Market doubled while the Smartphone Market remained flat YoY in Q1 2018 Xiaomi continued to lead the Indian smartphone market…
VR MR AR Industry Trends 2018
This report focuses on major developments in the AR, VR and MR space by closely looking at key announcements and partnerships between leading players…
Vietnam Smartphone Market Quarterly Analysis Q4 2017
Overview: This report covers the top smartphone brands in the Vietnam market for the period Q4 2016 – Q4 2017. It also comprehensively analyses the…
MWC 2018 Roundup
Counterpoint analysts were in Barcelona to meet companies and experience the latest technology developments. This year’s MWC showcased improved…
Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 – Day 2 Highlights
MWC 2018 – Day 2 Highlights Despite most major smartphones announcements being over, Day 2 at the MWC 2018 in Barcelona continued to remain…
Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 – Day 1 Highlights
After witnessing the major announcements regarding mobile devices at the pre-event, Day 1 revolves around enhanced SoC (System-on-chip), IoT…
Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 – Day 0 Highlights
Mobile World Congress is the world’s largest exhibition for the mobile industry, organized by the GSMA and held in the Mobile World Capital…
Feature phone market in Nigeria grew 15% annually offsetting the smartphone decline in 2017
The Nigerian economy faced a major downfall due to recession. This affected the market demand for smartphones, as a result of which, consumers…
Chinese brands dominate the feature phone market in Nigeria in 2017
The Nigerian handset market grew by a modest 6% in CY 2017. The smartphone market which contributed to 52% of the total handset volume declined by 1%…
Commercial drone segment to grow three times in volume by 2020
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), popularly called drones, are rapidly developing from hobbyist photography and videography and finding strong…
CES 2018- Round Up
The CES event is approaching its end for another year. As the show progressed, fewer announcements were witnessed, however, the major focus was on…