9 out of 10 Handsets Sold in China are Smartphones
Smartphone momentum continues in the world’s largest mobile market, China. According to the latest Monthly Market Pulse Report from Counterpoint…
BlackBerry & Dell, A Match Made On Earth?
Blackberry today formally announced its disappointing performance for its financial quarter ending August 30th. This was on the cards as we got early…
Apple iPhone 5s & 5c : Forget Low Cost Its Just High Profit !!
The most awaited launch event of the year kicked off today as Tim Cook unveiled the very expected iPhone 5s (but with a smaller s) and to everyone's…
Microsoft Acquires Nokia :: Integration, Marketing & Business Model Rejuvenation Will Be The Key
Surprising end to the US Labor Day weekend as Microsoft announced its next big strategic move in mobile space to acquire the world’s second largest…
Apple is still No. 1 in profits, Samsung will have to wait for its triple crown
Apple still at top of profit share with 53%, Samsung at 45%, others at...2% The second quarter of this year ended again as everyone expected.…
Smartphone share by region in Q1
Samsung leads the smartphone market in all regions except North America Counterpoint Technology Market Research (Counterpoint Research hereafter),…
Low Cost Android killing what was left of the feature phone market
We see the $50 to $150 price band as the critical battleground in the mobile device market in 2013. Nokia stands to lose most as competition…
February smartphone market share indicates Samsung will have another record quarter
Counterpoint Technology Market Research (Counterpoint Research hereafter), a pioneer in smartphone market data, has published its monthly report of…
Apple is the No.1 handset maker in Japan now
Counterpoint Research releases new data of the Handset / Smartphone market. In the recent Country Market Share Report for Q4 2012, we find that…
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…