Building Better AR Products: ARIA Summit Highlights
ARIA stands for Augmented Reality in Action and is a leadership summit held yearly at the MIT Media Lab. The summit is sponsored by Kopin, a leader…
Why Both Apple and Amazon Win in Newest Deal
Apple has made a deal with Amazon to sell Apple’s range of products including the new iPhone XR, iPhone XS / XS Max, Apple Watch Series 4, and iPad…
5 Lessons from Today’s Apple Q3 2018 Earnings Call
Apple just completed its Q3 2018 earnings call. Here are my five key thoughts on the quarter: Even Apple isn’t immune to the growing trend of longer…
9 Things We Learned From The US iPhone XS and XS Max Day 1 Launch
At 8:00am Apple and carrier stores country wide opened their doors to welcome customers to the new iPhone XS and XS Max launch, as well the new Apple…
MWCA 2018: What Isn’t Talked About in 5G?
Mobile World Congress America’s first keynote on Wednesday set the tone for the following days, highlighting two key themes: 5G and artificial…
Unpacked 2018 – Building an Ecosystem and Launching the Note 9
Counterpoint Research once again attended the Samsung Unpacked event in New York City. With 3,000 media and Samsung partner attendees, the event…
Mobile Gaming Phones, a Brief History and Lessons Learned
Ever since the classic game Snake graced the first Nokia device in 1998, there has been interest by the mobile phone market to push the boundaries of…
Amazon Leads the Online Smartphone Sales Channel in the US in Q1 2018
Online smartphone sales grew to 12% of all smartphones sold in the US in Q1 2018, up from 9% a year ago. Carriers’ online portals captured a combined…
Over 100 Million Global 5G Smartphone Shipments by 2021
San Diego, Buenos Aires, London, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Beijing, Seoul – April 16, 2018 According to the latest research from Counterpoint Research,…
Three Ways the Newest US Tariff Announcement Could Affect the Domestic Smartphone Market and Beyond
On Tuesday April 3rd, President Trump unveiled a list of 1,300 Chinese imports that it will subject to a 25% increase in import duty, amounting to…
Implications of the Broadcom-Qualcomm Presidential Block: What it Means for Qualcomm and the US Tech Market
Background: It has been several days since President Trump blocked Broadcom’s $117 billion hostile takeover bid of Qualcomm. Broadcom announced…