Searching for Digital Detox
2019 saw the rise of the minimalist smartphone. Numerous devices launched this year sought to simplify and declutter our digital lives. Most recently…
Over 5 Million 5G Smartphones Will Be Sold In The US This Year
5G smartphone availability has been limited. More device launches and carrier competition in H2 2019 will drive sales. San Diego, Buenos Aires,…
Quick Takes from Apple’s Q2 FY19 Earnings Call
With waning iPhone sales and increasing revenues from services and wearables, here are three short takes on Apple's Q2 FY19 earnings call: iPhone…
Apple iPhone XR Was the Top-Selling Smartphone in the US during February
Counterpoint’s US smartphone churn tracker shows 20% of Apple iPhone XR users were previously using an iPhone 7 The iPhone XR also converted the most…
Samsung Galaxy S10 Sales are 16% Higher Than Last Year’s Galaxy S9 Series During its First Week in the US
Counterpoint’s weekly smartphone tracker reveals first week sales of Samsung S10 series is better than its predecessor. The S10 Plus is the…
Qualcomm Enters Data Center Inference Market with AI Cloud 100 Family
Qualcomm's AI Day came with a slew of new launches and announcements, all focused on expanding the company’s reach and AI strategy. Among other…
Apple Unveils its Bouquet of Services
For a while now, innovation in Apple’s iPhones have been nothing more than incremental to the naked eye. Yes, every year iPhones get faster, bigger…
Introducing Stadia, Google’s New Streaming Game Service
The Announcement Today at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, Google announced a new platform called Stadia. Stadia is a cloud-based…
5 Takeaways from Todays Apple’s Q1 2019 Earnings Call
Here are my five key takeaways from today's Apple’s Q1 2019 earnings call: iPhone sales were down 15%, mainly driven weak greater China sales. The…
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,…