LATAM Smartphone Market Falls YoY For The Fourth Consecutive Quarter in Q2 2019
Samsung is the top smartphone brand in the LATAM market with 42.3% share. Motorola ships more than Huawei to become the second-largest smartphone…
5G Edge Computing – An Emerging Technology Slowly Transitioning to Commercial Reality
Seoul, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Beijing, London, Buenos Aires, San Diego August 21st, 2019 The MEC market is characterised by a diverse range of players…
US Market Declines 1.5% in 2Q19; Samsung, LG Weak while Apple Sustains Growth
US Market Declines 1.5% in 2Q19; Samsung, LG Weak while Apple Sustains Growth Smartphone volumes fell 1.5% during the quarter mainly due to weakness…
Syntiant’s Speech Recognition Chip Certified for Alexa
Syntiant, an AI chip start-up based in Irvine, California, received the news on August 7 that its Neural Decision Processors (NDP), NDP100 and NDP…
Why Qualcomm Should Worry About MediaTek’s New Moves?
MediaTek recently launched its Helio G90 and Helio G90T smartphone system-on-a-chip (SoCs), eyeing a growing affordable premium segment as well as…
Forecast Outlook: 5G Handset Volumes Shall Dominate the Market by 2025, Followed by LTE-A / A-Pro
Objective: This is long term handset forecast covering historical trends from 2014-2025 for different technologies (GSM, HSPA, LTE, 5G and others) by…
SEMICON West 2019: New Non-Volatile Memory Technologies MRAM, PCM and RRAM to Revolutionize Future AI Workloads
Counterpoint Analysts were invited by Applied Materials, one of the leading semiconductor manufacturing equipment vendors, to participate in the AI…
Huawei’s Harmony OS : Will it Resonate with Consumers?
Huawei, at its massive "Huawei Developer Conference 2019" #HDC2019, finally unveiled an alternative multi-device Operating System (OS) which the…
Indonesian Smartphone Market Grew 6% annually in Q2 2019
Realme becomes a Top 5 smartphone brand. Refreshed A series helps Samsung retain top spot. New Delhi, Hong Kong, Seoul, London, Beijing, San Diego,…
China’s Smartphone Market Grew 10% QoQ but Declined 9% YoY in Q2 2019
Q2 2019 Shipments in China's smartphone market was less than 100 million units for the second consecutive quarter. Huawei was the only brand in the…
Spotify Q2 2019: Product Innovations Boost Performance
Spotify is riding on innovations and reported healthy numbers during Q2 2019. We believe this is a result of its tweaks around product mix and…
SK Hynix to Cut DRAM Production and Reduce Wafer Start of NAND Flash
SK Hynix will begin to cut DRAM production from Q4 2019 as well as reduce its NAND flash wafer start by 15% as compared to its 2018 output. Last…
OnePlus Widens Lead over Apple and Samsung with OnePlus 7 Launch in the Indian Premium Segment in Q2 2019
Smartphone shipments in the premium segment (≥₹30,000 or roughly ≥US$430) grew an impressive 33% annually in India way above the single-digit overall…
Low Cost Handset Market Overview, Capabilities and Cost Drivers
Overview Mobile phones have become the centre stage for digital and financial inclusion. But still, 33% of the global population are not yet…
Smartphone Sales Grow 4% YoY During the Latest ‘618 E-Commerce Festival’
The popularity of third-party app platforms for shopping is increasing, especially across China’s lower-tier cities. New Delhi, Hong Kong, Seoul,…
Apple To Persist With In-House Modem Efforts, Acquires Intel’s Assets for $1 Billion
Apple is the most vertically integrated technology company. However, 60% of Apple's revenues come from cellular-based devices (e.g.iPhones, cellular…
India Smartphone Market Reached 37mn Shipments – A Second Quarter Record
New Delhi, Hong Kong, Seoul, London, Beijing, San Diego, Buenos Aires – July 25th, 2019 Top 5 smartphone brands contribution reached the highest…
LATAM Mobile Devices Sales Channel Analysis: The Rise of the Open Channel
Overview: The LATAM mobile devices market’s sales channel landscape has been going through significant changes in the last few years. From being an…