Vivo V19: Good Cameras, Appealing Design & Long Battery Life
Vivo V19 comes with quad rear and dual front cameras. The smartphone is armed with a 4,500mAh battery. Vivo has also bundled a 33W fast charger with…
Weekly Update: Global Coronavirus Impact and Implications
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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…
Weekly Update: COVID-19 Impact On Global Automotive Industry
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Apple ‘Arms’ Macs with Apple Silicon
At its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this year, Apple announced that its entire Mac product line will switch from Intel chips to Apple…
Qualcomm brings 5G Support, 120Hz Screen Refresh Rate and more to Budget Phones with Snapdragon 690 Mobile Platform
The Snapdragon 690 mobile platform is built on the 8nm node. The platform brings Sub-6Ghz 5G with support for both SA and NSA bands. Snapdragon 690…
OPPO Unveils New Flagship Reno 4 and Speeds Up its 5G Offerings
On June 5th, OPPO unveiled its latest flagship Reno 4 series through an online product launch. OPPO has placed high importance on the success of Reno…
iOS 14 to macOS Big Sur and Apple Silicon, Top Announcements from WWDC 2020
Last week, Apple held its annual developer conference, WWDC, which was different than the past few years. Instead of having developers and…
5G MEC – Deployment Options and Challenges for Mobile Operators
One of the major promises of 5G is low latency, with target levels of 1 millisecond being specified for the air interface in 3GPP’s Release 16…
Oppo Find X2 Pro: Gorgeous Display and Versatile Cameras, at a Premium
The Oppo Find X2 Pro features a 6.7-inch QHD+ display with a 120Hz refresh rate. The triple rear camera setup offers 10X hybrid zoom and 60X digital…
The Rise of Smartphone Players in the Smart TV Market
Smartphone makers are now eyeing the smart TV market globally. Smart TV is a natural extension for a lot of device makers as they are quite familiar…
The NAND flash consumption of mobile devices will be three times larger in 2025 than 2021, with the coming of the 5G era
Sponsored by Western Digital, Counterpoint has published a white paper that investigates storage demands for different 5G mobile applications. The…
Four Out of Five Best Selling Models in the Premium Segment Were From Apple
The premium smartphone segment (wholesale price >US$ 400) sell-through declined 13% YoY globally during the first quarter of 2020, according to…
Fingerprint Cards: Big Opportunity in Biometric Payment Cards and Under-display Smartphones Sensors
It has been exactly a year since Fingerprint Cards (Fingerprints) announced that it had shipped one billion fingerprint sensors since its inception.…
Seemingly Hasty, but Prudent TSMC’s New Fab Plan in the U.S.
TSMC announced that it intends to build and operate an advanced semiconductor fab in Arizona, United States. This capacity of new fab will be 20K…
The Rise of ‘Affordable Premium’ in Korea’s Smartphone Market
Displacement of super-premium devices could be sign of changing consumer needs We are seeing the rise of the ‘affordable premium’ in Korea, and…
INFOGRAPHIC: Q1-2020 | MOBILE MARKET MONITOR
Our Q1-2020 Market Monitor report has been published. We release one Infographic in each quarter to summarize the handset and smartphone market…
Microsoft Gets Serious About Telco Cloud With Metaswitch Acquisition
Hot on the heels of its acquisition of Affirmed Networks in April, Microsoft last week announced that it was buying UK-based Metaswitch Networks.…