Will Vietnam Produce Another VinSmart?
In May this year, Vietnam’s Vingroup announced that its subsidiary VinSmart would stop manufacturing smartphones and televisions. “The production of…
Q2 2021: Apple Updates
Apple Marches Forward With Record FY Q3 2021 iPhone Sales July 27, 2021 Apple continues to break records for iPhone sales, with FY Q3 2021 expected…
Q2 2021: AT&T Has a Strong Wireless Performance
From the perspective of hardware sales, AT&T had a strong Q2 2021. Smartphone sales were up 31% YoY. The carrier sold over five million…
eSIM Discovery Service to Help eSIM Ecosystem, Increase Adoption
The recent launch of eSIM Discovery service integration by mobile network operators’ (MNOs’) body GSMA is good news for the eSIM ecosystem. The…
5G Devices Capture Over Two-thirds of Global Smartphone Revenue in Q1 2021
5G, the new frontier in telecommunications technology, is being adopted faster than its predecessor, 4G. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, we are…
Europe’s Mid tier smartphone battle rages on
Huawei’s near departure from the European market, which began around 12 months ago, left a vacuum waiting to be filled. Various relatively new…
Weekly Update: Global Coronavirus Impact and Implications
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China Smartphone Sales Rebound During Shopping Festival
China’s smartphone sales rebounded during the mid-year 618 (June 18) shopping festival, rising 7% YoY according to Counterpoint data. The increase…
iPhone 12 Series Sales Cross 100 Million Mark Within 7 Months of Launch
Beijing, San Diego, Buenos Aires, London, New Delhi, Seoul – June 30, 2021 Exactly 14 years ago, Apple disrupted the smartphone market as the first…
Indonesia Gets Second 5G Operator but Spectrum Issues Remain
Indosat Ooredoo has become the second telecom operator in Indonesia to offer 5G commercial services. In May this year, Telkomsel became the country’s…
Can POCO Scale New Heights as Independent Brand?
In 2020, Xiaomi spun off POCO as an independent company. Though POCO has separate management, it utilizes Xiaomi’s R&D capabilities, supply…
Huawei’s Q1 2021 Smartphone Installed Base Share at 9.7%, Sales Share at 4.6%
One of the biggest issues faced by the smartphone market in 2020 was the tightening of US trade sanctions against Huawei. The company, which had…
INFOGRAPHIC: Q1 2021 | MOBILE MARKET MONITOR
Our Q1 2021 Market Monitor report has been published. We release one infographic each quarter to summarize the mobile handset market activities in a…
Installed Base Data Testifies to iPhone 12’s Stellar Performance
Apple iPhone’s installed base increased by only 2% in Q1 2021 compared to Q1 2020. Unlike sales or shipments data, the installed base figure tells us…
Smartphones Beat DRAM Drum to Meet Performance Demand
Smartphones are getting more performant with each passing day, thanks to the confluence of user demands and technological advancements. One of their…
China Handset Production Stops Shrinking For Now
Global handset production fell 16% YoY in 2020 due to disruptions at manufacturing units and a sharp drop in demand following the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Apple Takes the Cake with Latest Results
Apple had a record-setting quarter with the highest revenues and earnings ever during the Jan-Mar period. All product segments saw record revenue…
Smartphone Storage Capacity Zooms on Increased Demand
Storage capacity is quickly gaining traction as one of the more important criteria for which smartphone OEMs compete among themselves, especially in…