Google-HTC Deal: Make or Break For Both’s Smartphone Ambitions
We have extensively followed HTC since its Windows Mobile heyday, more than a decade ago, and when it was more of an ODM (Original Design…
Q2 2017: Apple: Operating Margins Dip to 2009 Levels
Apple reported its calendar Q2 2017 (Apr-Jun) results and on the 10th Year Anniversary of iPhone, the overall results followed the typical cyclic…
iPhone :: A Decade of Billions
On June 29th 2007, Apple first begin selling its then iconic smartphone the "iPhone" which with multiple iterations transformed Apple into one of the…
JioPhone: Accelerating India to Cross The 4G Chasm
The most disruptive 4G operator in India Jio, part of Reliance Industries, announced a category of 4G Feature Phone "JioPhone" which is essentially…
Bezel-Free & Alternative Aspect Ratio Smartphones to Climb to 120 Million Units in 2017
In a quest for increased display sizes and new forms of hardware differentiation, leading smartphone OEMs are turning to new solutions to increase…
New Attempts at Hardware Differentiation : Bezel-Free & Alternative Aspect Ratio Smartphones
In a quest for increased display sizes and new forms of hardware differentiation, leading smartphone OEMs are turning to new solutions to increase…
Counterpoint Research – NB-IoT vs Competition LPWA Technologies – A Primer
NB-IoT, while promising on paper and ratified in the existing 3GPP standard Rel. 13, is mostly being driven by four companies. This makes it highly…
One in Two Smartphones Sold Globally Sports a TLC NAND Flash Memory Solution
Overview: The smartphone has become one of the most important devices in the world today, There is a rising need to incorporate greater storage…
Qualcomm’s “Affordable Premium” Strategy Blossoms with Latest Snapdragon 660/630 Platforms
Counterpoint Analysts participated at Qualcomm's latest launch events for its Snapdragon 600 platform's latest solutions 660 and 630 at Snapdragon…
Huawei, Oppo & vivo Dominate China Smartphone Market
According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service, the smartphones shipments in China grew a modest 4% annually during Q1…
Huawei, Oppo, Vivo Together Contribute to More Than Half of the Chinese Smartphone Market in Q1 2017
According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service, the smartphones shipments in China grew a modest 4% annually during Q1…
China Mobile : 500 Million LTE Subs :: A Unique Milestone
Since the first rollout of LTE networks at the end of last decade, the global LTE subscriptions or connections over the last seven years has swelled…
Why Integrating Bixby is a Good Challenge to have for Samsung!
In smart devices space, the battle has moved from hardware to software to services and now to intelligence. The basic definition of smartphone is…
Surprise! Feature Phones to Drive the Next Wave of LTE Growth
More than half a billion LTE capable phones in a feature phone form-factor will be shipped globally over the course of five years. Local kings…
Smartphone Trends: More Memory, More Market Share
Smartphones have (and are) becoming advanced computers as the software, hardware, services and user needs mature to a point it almost are replacing…
Nokia Brand Relives
When I bought my first phone in 2004, the versatile Nokia 6600, it offered the glimpse of the future of handheld computing by the then leader in…
Storage Solution Trends in the Consumer Notebook Market
Since 2010, the PC industry has seen the rise of thinner and lighter PC form factors. Progress comes thanks to semiconductors based on advanced…