More Than 1 Million XR Headsets Shipped in China in 2022, Pico Number 1
XR shipments crossed 1.1 million units in China in 2022. VR remains the dominant segment, contributing more than 95% to overall shipments in 2022.…
Meta Quest 2 First VR Headset to Cross 10 mn Shipments
Meta Quest 2 (formerly Oculus Quest 2) cumulatively shipped more than 10 million headsets by the end of 2021, according to Counterpoint Research’s XR…
Global 5G Smartphone Sales Penetration Surpassed 4G for First Time in January 2022
London, San Diego, New Delhi, Beijing, Buenos Aires, Seoul, Hong Kong – March 16, 2022 Sales penetration of 5G-capable smartphones reached 51%…
Apple Captures 7 Spots in 2021 List for Global Top 10 Smartphones
London, San Diego, New Delhi, Beijing, Buenos Aires, Seoul, Hong Kong – March 8, 2022 The top 10 best-selling smartphone models contributed 19% to…
XR (VR/AR) Headset Shipments to Grow 10 Times to Cross 100 Million Units by 2025
London, San Diego, New Delhi, Beijing, Buenos Aires, Seoul, Hong Kong – January 5, 2022 Extended Reality (XR) headset shipments are projected to grow…
Oculus Quest 2 Cumulative Sales Hit Record 4.6 mn as XR Headset Shipments Almost Triple YoY in Q1 2021
London, San Diego, New Delhi, Beijing, Buenos Aires, Seoul, Hong Kong – July 14, 2021 The Extended Reality (XR) headset shipments almost tripled…
Oculus Captures Half of XR Headset Market in 2020
London, San Diego, New Delhi, Beijing, Buenos Aires, Seoul, Hong Kong – March 10, 2021 The Extended Reality (XR) headset shipments in 2020 declined…
Fingerprint Cards: Big Opportunity in Biometric Payment Cards and Under-display Smartphones Sensors
It has been exactly a year since Fingerprint Cards (Fingerprints) announced that it had shipped one billion fingerprint sensors since its inception.…
OnePlus Grabs #1 Position in India’s Premium Smartphone Market For the Full Year
India's smartphone shipments in the premium segment (≥₹30,000 or roughly ≥US$420 retail price) grew 29% YoY to reach a record high in 2019. The…
Apple Continues to Lead Global Handset Industry Profit Share
Overall global handset profits declined 11% YoY to USD 12 billion in Q3 2019 due to an increased mix of entry to mid-tier products and a fall in…
Indian Premium Smartphone Shipments Reached a Record High in Q3 2019; OnePlus Continues to Lead the Segment
India's smartphone shipments in the premium segment (≥₹30,000 or roughly ≥US$493 retail price) grew 66% YoY to reach an all-time record high in Q3…
One brand that’s defying the global smartphone market slowdown: realme shows 800% growth in 3Q 2019
As our 2019Q3 numbers are being finalized we noticed one brand standing out in the global smartphone slowdown. Overall market size has been shrinking…
OnePlus Widens Lead over Apple and Samsung with OnePlus 7 Launch in the Indian Premium Segment in Q2 2019
Smartphone shipments in the premium segment (≥₹30,000 or roughly ≥US$430) grew an impressive 33% annually in India way above the single-digit overall…
India’s Premium Smartphone Segment: Samsung Regains Pole Position while OnePlus 6T continues to be the Best-Seller in Q1 2019
Samsung regained the top spot in India’s premium segment (≥₹30,000 or roughly ≥US$430) in Q1 2019, after losing out to OnePlus three quarters in a…
Combined Profits of Chinese Smartphone Brands Grew at 24% YoY in 2018
The combined profits of Chinese brands grew 24% year-on-year (YoY) as the premium segment grew faster in 2018 than the overall market. The likes of…
South Africa Local Smartphone Brands Grew 33% YoY in 2018
The top five smartphone brands captured nearly 80% of the South African market during the year. Mobicel was the fastest growing smartphone brand in…
Samsung Led the India Premium Market for 2018, OnePlus Led Q4 2018
OnePlus led for three consecutive quarters due to strong performance of OnePlus 6 and 6T. Affordable premium model remained popular skewing the…
Samsung and Huawei Capture 60% of the Smartphone Market in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka smartphone market declined 11% YoY during Q3 2018 Sri Lanka smartphone segment contributed to 45% of the total mobile phone market…