January 25, 2021
5G mmWave: Ecosystem & Economics Becoming Attractive
Change is in the air. COVID-19 has wrought massive changes on how people work, learn and interact. New technology can enable the accelerated changes…
January 23, 2021
US Social Media Content Moderation: Junk Anti-trust Suits, Focus on Data Diet
The recent attack on the United States Capitol and Donald Trump’s subsequent ban from several major social media platforms has brought social media…
January 21, 2021
Samsung Galaxy S21: Can it be the Flagship Samsung Needs in Europe?
Samsung Galaxy S21: Can it be the Flagship Samsung Needs in Europe? On January 14, one month earlier than expected, Samsung launched its latest…
January 20, 2021
Low, Mid TWS Segment Sees Fast Expansion in Q3 2020
Global TWS market grew 24% QoQ in Q3 2020. China and Asia-Pacific showed highest growth. Premium TWS brands’ market expansion slowed while low- and…
January 19, 2021
Top 10 Automotive Announcements in CES 2021
Like the past few years, automotive players used the 2021 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), organized from January 11 to 14, to…
January 18, 2021
10 Predictions for LATAM Smartphone, Devices Ecosystem in 2021
The LATAM smartphone and devices ecosystem has been one of the least impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the trends mentioned below started in…
January 18, 2021
6G Will Kickstart a TeraEconomy
The 2020s started with 5G rollouts and will end with the beginning of 6G rollouts. While the implementation of 6G will pose its own set of challenges…
January 15, 2021
Middle East Smartphone Market Sees Light at the End of 2020 Tunnel
The Middle East smartphone market contracted in 2020 after experiencing big declines during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the second…
January 13, 2021
T-Mobile Ends 2020 Like It Started – Leading The Net Add Race
T-Mobile pre-announced a spectacular Q4 and 2020 despite the headwinds of COVID-19. T-Mobile saw 1.7 million net additions in Q4, which we expect…
January 11, 2021
Foundry Industry’s Robust Revenue Growth to Continue in 2021
The semiconductor industry’s foundry sector delivered above-expectation revenue growth in 2020. With tightening supplies from most global vendors, we…
January 8, 2021
Industry 4.0 Offers a Silver Lining to the Pandemic Cloud
COVID-19 has brought forth the power of digital transformation. To sustain and quicken the pace of this transformation after the pandemic ends,…
January 7, 2021
Semiconductor Component Shortage Hits Automobile Industry
The impact of COVID-19 on the semiconductor supply chain has extended from consumer to automotive electronics. Since Q2 2020, many automotive…
January 6, 2021
Japan Smartphone Sales Recover to Pre-COVID Levels in Q3 2020
• Low- and mid-end devices drive recovery • Q4 to maintain momentum, led by iPhone 12 Japan’s smartphone market showed clear signs of recovery in Q3…
January 5, 2021
BoM Analysis: iPhone 12 Costs 21% More Than iPhone 11
The blended materials cost for the iPhone 12 with 128GB NAND flash is nearly $415, a 21% increase over the iPhone 11. In the iPhone 12, Apple’s…
December 24, 2020
Transsion Continues to Ascend in Africa’s Mobile Handset Market
Transsion Holdings, the leading mobile phone brand in Africa, went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in September 2019. The company currently has…
December 22, 2020
Global Demand for Laptops Gets Pandemic Push
The surge in work-from-home and study-from-home due to the COVID-19 pandemic has meant good news for the laptop market. Counterpoint expects that the…
December 21, 2020
iPhone 12 Becomes World’s #1 5G Model Within Two Weeks of Launch
The iPhone 12 became the world’s best-selling 5G smartphone model in October despite a delayed launch, which resulted in only two weeks of sales…
December 18, 2020
Digital Contact Tracing Effective Shield Against Pandemic
History tells us pandemics like COVID-19 can recur in some form or other. Their basic characteristics of mutating and spreading quickly among large…