Trump wins the US presidential election – what does it mean?
At the culmination of one of the most bitterly and divisive election campaigns ever seen in the United States, Donald J Trump has confounded…
Xiaomi Shifting to Offline Channel and Releasing Two New Products
Counterpoint attended Xiaomi’s fall new product release conference in Beijing on Sep 27th. The conference introduced two products, Xiaomi TV 3s and…
With Dual Cameras, Mobile Devices Getting Closer To Human Eyes
In September, Apple unveiled its new iPhone as usual. Once again this year it was hard for Apple to keep most of the changes under wraps. As…
Storage Solution Trends in the Consumer Notebook Market
Since 2010, the PC industry has seen the rise of thinner and lighter PC form factors. Progress comes thanks to semiconductors based on advanced…
Mobile Phone Industry Chain Summit 2016
Date: 25th Nov, 2016 Venue: Chrysanthemum Hall, 5th Floor, Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center Organizer: Reed Exhibitions Kuozhan Shanghai…
Make in India: Lava paving the way for mobile manufacturing ecosystem
Lava, one of the key India-based handset OEMs, made its first foray in to the Indian mobile phone market in 2009. Lava, with its understanding of the…
Snaptacles ????
We have consistently talked about evolving business models such as "Hardware as a Distribution" model (see here) in tech space changing the…
HERE’s Sensor-Driven Open Location Platform: A Eureka Moment For Auto Industry
As we have highlighted before (here) that the "self-driving "automobile revolution is coming sooner than we think but also questioned (here) if the…
Affordable Smartphones Driving Growth in Russia
After a dip in growth in mobile phone shipments last year, Russia mobile phone market grew 7% YoY driven by strong demand for affordable smartphones…
Make In India: Intex Expanding Mobile Phone Manufacturing
Intex started its journey as an IT accessory supplier and has grown in to a full-fledged consumer electronics and durables giant with portfolio…
Reliance Jio’s Race Towards 100 Mn LTE Subs Elite Club
Reliance Jio has been grabbing headlines ever since it started the commercial trial of its services in December 2015. After months of waiting it…
iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 underwhelm, but still hit the mark
The yawning, eye-rolling and laughs of derision were understandable. The iPhone 7 launch was classic Apple; making a virtue out of features and…
iPhones & The Crown
At Counterpoint, we track the devices and technologies which are increasingly central to our lives - case in point - smartphones which also happen to…
Changing Trends in Camera & Display Resolutions in Smartphones
Tracking key component trends has become very important for every stakeholder in the smartphone value chain right from OEM product management folks…
Counterpoint’s view of ZTE’s 2016 Smartphone Strategy
According to Counterpoint data, for the first half of 2016, ZTE’s smartphone shipment ranks number 7 globally. Looking at Q2 alone, ZTE’s shipment…
Infographic: Q2-2016|Mobile Market Monitor
Our Q2-2016 Market Monitor report has been published. We update one Infographic in each quarter to summarize handset and smartphone market activities…
ZTE’s High-Spec Flagship Focuses on Advanced Camera, Audio & AI Voice Control
ZTE is world's sixth largest smartphone brand and was one of the very few brands which introduced a dual camera sporting stunning high-end…
Counterpoint：2016年度ZTE高端力作“中兴天机7”测评
说起ZTE的高端手机，对于资深玩家应该听说过ZTE去年发布的带有双摄像头的高端中兴天机系列。在当时，作为全球少有的能提供双摄像头的方案的智能手机厂商。ZTE确实做了一次科技领先者。…