Run-up to CES 2017
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) gets under way on 5th of January. We have a team of analysts present at the event meeting with tech companies…
MediaTek Enters Samsung’s Supply Chain
Samsung the largest mobile manufacturer in the world launched its J2 Prime mobile phone recently. Like any other J series mobile phone available in…
Next Phase of ‘Make in India’ Beckons as India to Consume US$80 Billion worth Total Mobile Phone Components Over Next Five Years
A joint study from IIM Bangalore and Counterpoint Researchers, released here today, analyzes the current state of mobile phone manufacturing in India…
Meet Counterpoint at Mobile Phone Industry Chain Summit 2016 on Nov 25th in Shenzhen, China
Counterpoint Research and Reed Exhibitions Kuozhan Shanghai Co., Ltd. are jointly holding the “Mobile Phone Industry Chain Summit 2016” on Nov 25th…
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…
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…
Market Pulse || July 2016 Edition
Today we published the July edition of our popular Market Pulse report. This edition covers the market for June 2016. The key takeaways in this…
Softbank’s To Buy ARM For $32 Billion
The global leader in smartphone chip design, UK-based ARM confirmed on Monday it agreed to a $32 billion acquisition offer from Japan's tech giant…
USB Type C Penetration in Smartphones
USB type C adapters penetration in 2015 were mostly driven by Chinese players like LeTV, OnePlus, Xiaomi, QiKU, and Nexus smartphones. In 2016 we…
Fingerprint Sensor Penetration in Smartphones
Apple has been the key driver in the fingerprint sensor penetration since it first adopted it in 2013. In 2016 we expect most flagship smartphones to…
Application Processor Ecosystem Landscape-Past, Present & Future
2015 saw dramatic developments in the chipset landscape. 2016 will be more interesting year from many perspectives. We shall see increased…
Qualcomm Goes All In With Revolutionary “All Mode” RF Solutions
Qualcomm (QCOM) is taking a page from the pharma industry playbook---bypassing their customers and marketing straight to end consumers. Right from…
LTE Is Eating The World
The connected era is here and this is being possible by the evolving cellular network infrastructure, flatter all-IP scalable core network and…
CES 2015 – the show that grows
The Consumer Electronics Show that kicks off the year in resounding style was larger than this year. Its size and diversity mirrors the rapidly…
TSMC Q4 2014 : Record Revenues Signals Big iPhone Quarter
As we highlighted in our insight post last quarter, TSMC is an important semiconductor company to track to understand the underlying growth trends in…
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…
Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 2.0: A Meaningful Innovation Growing into a ‘Power-Packed’ Ecosystem
We are now into a Personal Computing 3.0 revolution where computing devices have become highly personal, mobile and consume more content than we…