Russia – heading for recession, mobile market will contract
We have been warning for some months that Russia is heading for tough times. The international response to Russia's intransigent position in Ukraine…
$300 Billion Smartphone Industry
We recently posted the latest Q3 2014 mobile phone industry market results, the industry growth remained positive led by proliferation of smartphone…
Web Summit 2014 : The Hottest Tech Trends
Counterpoint Research attended the 2014 Web Summit in Dublin, Ireland in November 2014. Web Summit has been going for 4 years. In that time it has…
Amazon Echo : Echoes Amazon’s Technology Prowess
There has been a rising negative sentiment on web after Amazon fire Phone debacle that Amazon is becoming a worse consumer product company. While I…
What can we learn from TSMC’s Quarterly Results
TSMC announced its Q3 2014 results and its worth highlighting about the company which is the world's largest contract chip manufacturer and has been…
What’s Going On In The Latam Tablet Market
A few days ago, after checking the mails in my smartphone while waiting for a friend in a local café in Buenos Aires, Argentina, I raised my eyes and…
iPhone 6, 6 Plus & Stockouts
The Apple aura and iPhone enthusiasm has been steadily growing year after year and at a much faster pace than the incremental features, specs Apple…
Pride comes before a Bend
Bendgate is one of a number of issues that has struck Apple in the last few weeks. The apparent fragility of iPhone 6+ is coming on top of the…
Android One Launch in India: Similar Devices But a Different Initiative!
This is our second post in series of posts on the Google's Android One program which we think will have significant implications on them mobile…
Google Android One: Tighter Control & Mass-ive Scaling
The day has finally arrived as Google formally launches devices under its much talked about Android One program. India's Micromax, Karbonn and Spice…
HERE : Moving Into Top Gear
It always fascinates me how quickly the technology industry is evolving as the power and momentum shifts away towards broader, deep-rooted horizontal…
Apple’s Launch – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (truth)
Apple’s September 9th product launches were much hyped before the event and have generated more commentary than any other technology launch this year…
Tweet, Tweet, Buy, Retweet, Buy, Tweet !! Welcome to Twitter Commerce
The world is going mobile thus use-cases are going mobile thus social behavior is going mobile thus advertising is going mobile and so is commerce is…
Selfie Smartphones, the New Battlefield or Passing Fad?
Selfie has been a huge consumer fad since last twelve months or so. According to Google, Android users capture and share almost 93 million selfies…
Facebook’s Mobile Magic Is Working But For How Long?
Facebook released its Q2 2014 results yesterday and the results were truly impressive. Facebook has been riding high lately after shifting focus on…
Lumia 530 – Strengthens Microsoft’s Entry-Tier Strategy
Microsoft yesterday announced a solid Q2 2014 quarter and as a phone hardware manufacturer sold more than 5.8 million Lumia smartphones in period of…
Flight MH17: Sanctions impacts on Russia and the wider business environment
The horrific news last week of the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Eastern Ukraine served to highlight how the world can be drawn…
Microsoft and Nokia: Making a Square Peg Fit a Round Hole
In a few weeks I will get together with the former members of the Nokia UK running club. We meet up every year at an evening 10km race. After the…