Q4 2012 Handset Value Share: Preliminary
Just two companies take 95% of the profits in the mobile handset industry: Apple and Samsung. Counterpoint Research has released its…
Samsung: the Toyota of Mobile Devices
Samsung – from fast-follower to first-mover. There has been a lot of talk over the last week with Samsung increasing its share in the market even…
Who can compete against Samsung or Apple?
Who can actually compete against Samsung or Apple at all? or what would you need to attack Samsung or Apple? With the two leading smartphone…
The future of Windows 8 tablets lies in the Enterprise
With the smartphone market share so consolidated and dominated there are only few “windows” of opportunities to enter the market, let alone…
Samsung dominates in almost all markets, strength grows in the Premium
Our August report reveals the numbers behind last month's handset market. Samsung takes 23% of the global market while Nokia and Apple fall…
Handset Market in July 2012
The demand in the handset market during July 2012 shrunk compared to June. We measure demand as the amount of handsets sold through the…
Google wins Round One against Oracle
It looks like Google has won the first round on this one. Of the numerous lawsuits that have been spun around the smartphone industry, this was one…
Announcing the New King of Mobile: Samsung
Samsung has overthrown Nokia ending the 14 year reign. As we now look at the aggregated Q1 handset and smartphone shipments we confidently…
Handset market in May 2012
The handset market in May 2011 shrunk slightly compared to April but inventory levels dropped slightly relieving tension of the market. Sell-through…
Sony finally puts the pieces together
After launching the PlayStation in 1998, establishing Sony Pictures in 1991 and re-establishing Sony Music Entertainment in 2008 Electronics Giant…
Recap of the Smartphone Market in 2011
2011 ended with smartphone sales reaching 484 million units. This is a 61% jump annually. Growth continues but it is slowing down as…
CES 2012, Smart TV, Smart Appliances and Smart Cars
If the previous CES 2011 heralded the post-pc Tablet era, CES 2012 was all about Smart CE (Consumer Electronics) and TV was at the center. Of course…
Samsung Electronics
The data and analysis provided by Counterpoint is unparallaled in terms of granularity and preciseness. We did not hesitate to choose Counterpoint…
Smartphones Roar in Holiday Sales
It’s no secret that smartphones are one of the hottest products offered in the current market. Consumers absolutely love android technology and the…
HP scraps plans for webOS after writing off $3.3 billion
After 2 years HP has decided to cease all webOS products, which are smartphones and tablets. HP had bought Palm in 2010 at a price of $1.2 billion.…
How big a success will Kindle Fire be?
Amazon has surprised the industry by announcing a new tablet out of the blue, the Kindle Fire. It’s an evolution from the e-book reader series it has…
Google acquires Motorola, replicating the Apple business model
Nokia’s already resolved to team up with Microsoft and abandon its own Symbian platform. Now it's Google who's surprisingly announced to acquire…
Microsoft continues to collect from Android vendors, Samsung is next
Right after Taiwanese ODM manufacturer Wistron, maker of Chrome netbooks for Acer, agrees to pay Microsoft a royalty for a pool of patents, it looks…