Apple’s 2015 Performance In Five Charts
Apple had a phenomenal 2015 as it clocked US$235 Billion in revenues up from US$200 Billion in 2014. Apple's cash on hand has also grown from US$178…
Where does HERE go from here?
We have been closely tracking the evolution, growth and opportunities for the location ecosystem; location is one of the most important latent…
100 Million LTE Phones Shipped in China in Q3 2015
China has become the most important mobile market for any player in the mobile value chain. The enormous scale China brings to the fore is…
Pepsi Phone: Can it “Change The Game” ?
We have extensively talked about "hardware as a distribution" model (HaaD) on how the "value captured" by hardware suppliers has shifted from…
Microsoft Surface Devices Ultimately Rises Up To & Beyond Apple
Lots of things have changed since Mr. Satya Nadella has taken over reigns from Mr. Ballmer. While Steve was adept at selling and growing Microsoft…
Apple: “Hey Siri, Let’s Take Over The World”
Apple the world's second largest smartphone marker made a huge splash with the announcement of new products strengthening the Apple ecosystem and the…
HTC: From Riches to Rags
HTC today announced its preliminary revenues for August 2015 and as expected it was not rosy and hit the lowest level ever, and this is far from…
The Future is HERE & Brighter For The Location Industry
Nokia today announced the sale of its HERE location and mapping business unit to a Consortium formed by German Automaker BMW-Audi-Daimler for EUR 2.8…
TSMC: Apple Ramps But Revenue Growth Still Slows Down
We have been following the performance of t he world's leading foundry and previously highlighted its importance to track performance of the key…
Q2 2015: Apple :: China Revenues Double Annually
Apple reported its FYQ3 or CYQ2 results for 2015, some key highlights were: Apple generated almost US$ 50 Billion in revenues up 33% YoY. Operating…
Q2 2015: Verizon :: AOL Acquisition Timely As LTE Base Broadens
One of the top two US operators, Verizon announced its results today seeing some interesting growth in a what used to be a traditionally slow…
Jolla & Intex Launches A ‘Snapdeal Phone’ in India
As we have highlighted previously in our insights two key trends which are disrupting the incumbent mobile value chain players from operators to…
China Mobile: 4G Leapfrogging 3G Growth By a Margin
China Mobile is the world's largest mobile operator with more than 816 million mobile subscribers almost bigger than all subscribers in…
Q2 2015: Chinese Brands Dominate As Huawei Becomes The Third Largest Mobile Phone Brand Globally For the First Time
Counterpoint Research team of Analysts have completed preliminary sizing of the global handset and smartphone market as few OEMs have already…
Evolving Business Models – HaaD – Hardware As A Distribution Model
The mobile hardware industry has evolved from the then elephant in the room and vertically integrated Nokia's dominance in the 2000 decade to rise…
Market Monitor : Q1 2015 : Smartphone Brands Market Share By US Carriers
According to latest research from Counterpoint's Market Monitor quarterly tracker program, USA smartphone market crossed 40 million units at the end…
Market Monitor : Q1 2015 : Smartphones China
Counterpoint Research team of Analysts have completed preliminary sizing of the China smartphone market as few OEMs have already released their Q1…
Market Monitor : Q1 2015 : Handset & Smartphone Markets
ounterpoint Research team of Analysts have completed preliminary sizing of the global handset and smartphone market as few OEMs have already released…