Huawei’s Arrested CFO Rose Through Ranks Despite Father’s Rebuke
Since joining Huawei more than 20 years ago, Meng has gone from helping out at sales exhibitions to become a central figure in the company’s…
Why Yandex Just Launched Its First Smartphone
It might seem strange that Yandex is entering the crowded smartphone market considering that global smartphone sales have effectively stalled in…
Samsung is Still the Top Smartphone Maker, But its Numbers Keep Falling
The Game of Phones (apologies to George R.R. Martin) is getting to be an increasingly tough one to play for handset manufacturers. Just consider, for…
Apple was the top-selling smartphone maker during China’s ‘Singles Day’ shopping holiday
Counterpoint research analyst Neil Shah calls Apple’s success on Singles Day a “positive sign” for the company’s future in the Chinese smartphone…
Can Foldable Phones Help Samsung Emulate Apple?
Sector leader Apple has managed to boost revenue despite stagnant unit sales in the past couple of years by raising prices. Other smartphone…
Why Global Smartphone Sales Are About To Decline For the First Time Ever
Buffeted by higher prices and a lack of new buyers, the global smartphone market will contract in 2018 for the first time ever, according to…
HTC Launches Its Blockchain-Focused Phone but You Can Only Buy It in Cryptocurrency
"I think they are trying to find a niche and set an example of how they can integrate new technologies within the phone," Neil Shah, research…
Why is Google’s Live Translation So Bad? We Asked Some Experts
For the near future, Google may be forced to take smaller steps to improve its speech recognition technology. And while live translation has…
Users Spending Hours on Their Smartphone, But They’re Using Them Like a PC, Not a Phone
Nearly half of smartphone users report spending more than five hours a day on their phone, with one in four reporting more than seven hours per day.…
Global Cellular IoT Connections to Cross 5B Mark by 2025: Counterpoint
Global IoT cellular connections are expected to hit the 5 billion mark by 2025 and China will continue to lead by contributing nearly two-thirds of…
Google to launch Pixel 3 XL and Pixel 3 smartphones in Singapore on Nov 1
The camera has always been the talking point for the Pixel series and there will be strong expectations around its camera capabilities, especially…
Huawei Trolls Apple iPhone X Launch in London
The Huawei van was serving juice to passers by with the tagline: "Get ju%ce that lasts," followed by "No traces of Apple." The reference was to…
Apple’s Early-Generation Smartwatch Rules A Market Where The iPhone Is Struggling
Apple may be struggling to take the iPhone’s market share in India beyond just 2%, but there’s one segment where it is winning: smartwatches. In the…
Apple Supplier AAC Tech Posts First Profit Drop in Four Years on Weak Phone Market
AAC Technologies Holdings Inc, an acoustic components supplier to Apple Inc, said on Wednesday second-quarter net profit fell for the first time in…
This Marketplace Is Revving Up The Refurbished – Phone Assault On Apple
The back of an iPhone proclaims that it’s been Designed by Apple in the U.S. and Assembled in China. But a better reflection of sales trends would…
OnePlus just Surpassed Samsung’s Flagship Phone Sales in India for the First Time
Here's something we didn't see coming: OnePlus just sold more high-end phones than Samsung in India. According to Counterpoint Research, OnePlus was…
Netflix Has Its First Hits In India. It Needs A Lot More.
Hotstar had 75 million monthly active subscribers in India at the end of 2017 compared to 5 million for Netflix, according to tech consultancy…
Xiaomi’s ‘Redmi Note 5’ Lands In Korea In First Partnership With Local Telcos
At the moment, Xiaomi is the biggest smartphone maker by size in India. Xiaomi captured the No. 1 spot in India’s smartphone sales in the first…