Premium Smartphone Segment Captures Over One-Fifth of the Smartphone Sales
According to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor Q3 2018, the global premium smartphone segment** continues to grow faster than the overall…
Facebook Needs to Bet Big on Instagram and Payments for Monetization Opportunities Ahead
Facebook reported a strong third quarter with a healthy 33% YoY growth in revenue. This was driven by regional ad growth in APAC (+38%) followed by…
India’s Smartphone Shipments Reached an All-Time High During Q3 2018
Smartphone market grew 24% QoQ and 5% YoY driven by strong shipments ahead of the festive season. Four of the top five brands (Xiaomi, Samsung, Vivo…
OnePlus Continues to Lead the Growing Indian Premium Segment for the Second Successive Quarter
According to Counterpoint Research’s latest analysis on the Indian smartphone market, premium smartphone (>INR 30,000/US$400) shipments reached an…
Smartphones with Glass Back Penetration to hit 60% by CY 2020
Smartphones with glass backs are becoming popular as OEMs have lately started focusing more on CMF (colour material and finish) to differentiate…
Apple Captured 43% of the Global Premium Segment, OnePlus Entered Top Five Premium Android OEMs During Q2 2018
According to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor Q2 2018, the global premium smartphone segment** grew faster than the overall smartphone market.…
iPhone X Drove Apple’s “Revenue Super Cycle”
Cumulative shipments for iPhone X reached 63 Million units by end of Aug 2018 lower than iPhone 6 for similar period since launch but on track to be…
Indonesian Smartphone Shipments Reached Record Volumes During Q2 2018
Smartphone Market Grew 25% annually; Xiaomi became the second largest brand for the first time ever New Delhi, Hong Kong, Seoul, London, Beijing, San…
OnePlus Surpasses Samsung and Apple To Lead the Growing Indian Premium Segment During Q2 2018.
As per Counterpoint Research’s latest analysis on the important Indian smartphone market (see here), the premium smartphone segment (>INR 30,000)…
300 Million Smartphones with “Notch” Display Will be Sold in CY 2018
Essential Phone was first to embrace the so-called notch display in smartphones. But it was the iPhone X that led to the widespread discussion and…
Global Phone Landscape – Regional Analysis (South East Asia)
Overview: This report covers the global phone landscape in South East Asia. It outlines key metrics across regions such as brand share across SEA…
Bangladesh Smartphone Market Monthly Analysis
This report covers the top smartphone brands in the Bangladesh market from January 2017 - January 2018. It also comprehensively analyses the market…
Quarterly India Handset Analysis CY 2017
This report tracks Quarterly India Mobile Handset: Smartphone & Feature phone shipments every quarter. This report gives an insight on the latest…
Indian Premium Smartphone Segment Grew 20% Annually in CY 2017
The growth of the Indian premium segment (above INR 30,000) is a positive development for brands like Apple, OnePlus and Google looking to expand…
India Smartphone & Feature Phone Market Analysis – Competition & Trends in 2017
India is the second largest and one of the fastest growing smartphone market in the world. Still only a fourth of its population is using…
Xiaomi Surpassed Samsung As The Leading Smartphone Brand in Q4 2017
India’s overall mobile phone shipments grew 37% and smartphone shipments grew 12% with feature phones growing an astonishing 55% during 4Q 2017.…
Xiaomi Became the Leading Smartphone Brand In India and Reliance Jio Leads Featurephone Segment During Q4 2017
Overall India mobile phone shipment crossed 300 Million units for the first time ever with smartphones capturing almost 44% of the total volumes in…
Chinese Handset Players Together Generated Record Profits In a Single Quarter
According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor program for Q3 2017 (July-September), Global mobile handset profits grew 13% YoY…