Smartphone Manufacturing

Global ODMs/IDHs’ Smartphone Shipments Fall 5% YoY as OEMs Cut Orders

Global ODM/IDH smartphone shipments fell 5% YoY in 2022 due to economic pressures and weaker demand from China and Europe. The share of outsourced…

China Smartwatch Shipments Down 8.8% YoY in 2022; Huawei, Apple Dominate Market with Almost 50% Share

China’s smartwatch shipments declined 8.8% YoY in 2022, mainly due to the COVID-zero policy’s impact on consumption. The global shipments grew 9.0%…

India Neckband Shipments Declined 9% YoY in 2022

boAt led the market with a 27% share, while OnePlus and realme took the second and third spots respectively. Indian brands took a 62% share in 2022,…

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EV Component Stocks Are Outperforming This Year. Should You Buy?

EV sales for 2022 stood at over 10.2 million units marking a 65% increase versus the previous year. The forecast for the market remains strong, with…

China EV Market in 2022 Counterpoint

One in Four Cars Sold in China in 2022 Was an EV With BYD Powering Country’s Outperformance

China’s EV sales almost doubled in 2022 with 87% YoY growth. BYD led the market, followed by GM Group, Tesla, Geely Holding and GAC Group. China’s…

More Than 1 Million XR Headsets Shipped in China in 2022, Pico Number 1

XR shipments crossed 1.1 million units in China in 2022. VR remains the dominant segment, contributing more than 95% to overall shipments in 2022.…

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Berlin Factory Takes Tesla to Top Spot in Europe EV Sales as Chinese Brands Gain Ground

EVs contributed over 29% of Europe’s total passenger vehicle sales in Q4 2022. Chinese EV brands sold nearly 58,000 units in Europe during 2022.…

Samsung, Apple, ZTE, HONOR Shine as Colombia Smartphone Shipments Decline 3% YoY in 2022

Apple and Samsung shipped 26% and 14% more smartphones YoY amid market declines. HONOR rose 200% YoY driven by its multi-channel and multi-device…

Samsung and Apple gain smartphone revenue share as Chinese rivals lag

Market leader Samsung earned over $8 billion in smartphone revenue last year, giving it a 22% market share – up 3 percentage points on year – as it…

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Apple First to Capture 8 Spots in List for Global Top 10 Smartphones

Apple captured eight spots in the list of top 10 best-selling smartphones for 2022. The remaining two spots were taken by Samsung’s Galaxy A13 and…

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Global Electric Vehicle Sales Crossed 10 Million in 2022; Q4 Sales up 53% YoY

EV sales during 2022 were over 10.2 million units, a 65% YoY growth. 7 out of the top 10 EV models were from Chinese brands in Q4 2022. EV sales are…

Apple may launch mixed reality device this year — but we’re not scared, HTC CEO says

Neil Shah, research vice president of Counterpoint Research, told CNBC: “XR is the newest form of how we can interact differently with the world and…

Data Center CPU Market: AMD Surpasses Intel in Share Growth

The global data center CPU market’s revenue declined 4.4% YoY in 2022. AMD registered a 62% YoY growth in its data center CPU revenue to hold a 20%…

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AI, Digital Twins, Real-time Compute Emerge as Top Technology Trends for 2023

Counterpoint believes that Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Twins and Edge Computing will emerge as top technology trends in 2023, affecting…

LATAM Smartphone Shipments Mark Worst Q4 in 9 Years, Fall 14% YoY

LATAM smartphone shipments declined 14.2% YoY in Q4 2022, despite the comparatively slow market in the year-ago period. Q4 2022 was the worst Q4 in…

China is helping to prop up the Russian economy. Here’s how

In consumer electronics, Chinese brands accounted for about 40% of the smartphone market at the end of 2021. A year later, they’ve virtually taken…

Indonesia Premium Smartphone Shipments Grow 21.2% YoY in 2022

The ≥$600 price band grew 21.2% YoY. Apple and Samsung took 68.1% combined share in the band. Samsung was dominant in the high-end segment…

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Thales, G+D, IDEMIA Lead 2022 Global eSIM Provisioning Landscape

Truphone, WORKZ, Oasis Smart SIM, VALID, and Kigen are referred to as specialists while Eastcompeace, Invigo, RedTea Mobile, Nordic eSIM, TEAL, 10T…