Qualcomm Leads Market Despite Losing Share to HiSilicon In Q2 2020
Huawei shipments in China increased, leading to a decline in Qualcomm market share. The tightening of restrictions on Huawei will hit HiSilicon…
HiSilicon’s Loss is Qualcomm’s Gain in High-end Segment
The smartphone application processor market is dominated by Qualcomm. The company maintains its lead in the market by catering to all smartphone…
realme Enters Top 5 Smartphone Brand in Spain
London, Hong Kong, Seoul, San Diego, Buenos Aires, New Delhi, Mumbai – December 30th, 2019 realme, the fastest growing smartphone brand globally…
Global Smartphone Shipments Reached 380 Million Units, Showing Signs of Market Recovery
Samsung led the market with 21% share, strong demand for A & Note series
Growth in the Smartphone Market Likely to Return in 2020
Launch of 5G devices and services, as well as growing demand in emerging markets, like India, Russia, Indonesia, will help the global smartphone…
Why Qualcomm Should Worry About MediaTek’s New Moves?
MediaTek recently launched its Helio G90 and Helio G90T smartphone system-on-a-chip (SoCs), eyeing a growing affordable premium segment as well as…
Launch of 5G Services in China Dominates Mobile World Congress Asia
The big theme at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Asia, held in Shanghai this month is the launch of 5G services by China Mobile. The company…
Growth in Smartphone AP Market to Return Only in 2020
The slowdown in the global smartphone market has affected all stakeholders. Those in the smartphone supply chain and application processors (AP) have…
Huawei’s Global Smartphone Market Share Reaches Highest Ever Level in Q1 2019
Overall smartphone shipment declined 5% in Q1 2019, making it the sixth consecutive quarter of shipments falling. New Delhi, Mumbai, Hong Kong,…
Global Smartphone Market Declines for The First Time in CY 2018
Q4 2018 Smartphone Shipments Declines 7%; Fifth Consecutive Quarter of Smartphone Decline Chinese Players HOVX (Huawei, OPPO, vivo, Xiaomi) Continue…
Overall iPhone Sales Down 20% YoY In November; iPhone XR Became the Best-Selling Model
iPhone XR became the best-selling iPhone model in November 2018. In contrast, last year in November the more expensive iPhone X was the best-selling…
Teardown and BoM Analysis for Xiaomi Pocophone F1
POCO F1 is the first phone from POCO, Xiaomi’s sub-brand. Xiaomi decided to release a mid-to-high end model to take on increasing competition from…
Mobile XR : The Future of Extended Reality (AR/VR/MR)
The next generation of connectivity (5G, WiFi 6, 802.11ay) is poised to enhance the way we interact with the current crop of devices. Extended…
Oppo, Xiaomi and Vivo Reached Their Highest Ever Shipments in a Single Quarter, Despite a Global Slowdown
iPhone helps Apple to record 3rd quarter revenue even as shipments remain flat YoY Huawei holds on to 2nd position for the second consecutive…
The Rise of In-House Application Processor Design
The application processor (AP) or the system-on-chip (SoC), is the most critical component in a smartphone. This is what makes your smartphone a…
Pixel 3/3 XL Smartphone – More About Software Than Hardware
Google launched its all new Pixel 3/Pixel 3 XL smartphones today. The previous two Pixel models were not able to capture significant market share…
Huawei Surpasses Apple to Become the Second Largest Smartphone Brand
Smartphone Shipments in Q2 2018 Declined 2% Annually, Continuing the Trend from A Decline of 3% in Q1 2018 Major Chinese Brands Are Now Focusing on…
JioPhone Takes the Top Spot in the Global Feature Phone Market – Q1 2018
The global feature phone market grew 38% annually in Q1 2018, driven by strong shipments of Reliance JioPhone in India and the return of Nokia HMD.…