February 2, 2018
Global Smartphone Shipments Reached Record 1.55 Billion Units in CY 2017
Apple Surpassed Samsung to become the number one Smartphone Brand in 4Q 2017 Fourth Quarter Smartphone Shipments Reached 415 Million declining 5 %…
January 31, 2018
Apple Sells a Record 22 Million iPhones in USA During 4Q17
According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Pulse program, the US market sold-through 51.2m smartphones during the holiday season…
January 30, 2018
Samsung aims for stronger presence in India with 2018 Galaxy A8+
Samsung Electronics is working to strengthen its presence in India’s smartphone market after losing the No. 1 spot in the country to Chinese phone…
January 29, 2018
Huawei led the China Smartphone Market & The Top Four Chinese Brands Captured a Record 67% Share in 2017
The Chinese smartphone shipments slowed down in 2017 with close to 468 million smartphones shipped. Most vendors focused on clearing accumulated…
January 24, 2018
Xiaomi Became the Leading Smartphone Brand In India and Reliance Jio Leads Featurephone Segment During Q4 2017
Overall India mobile phone shipment crossed 300 Million units for the first time ever with smartphones capturing almost 44% of the total volumes in…
January 19, 2018
Global Top Selling Smartphones – November 2017
After a steady start, Apple picked up in November with sales of the iPhone X. Apple recorded its best ever iPhone sales (Sell through), in a single…
January 15, 2018
Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus was the second-best selling phone in China last year
Apple was the only foreign brand to have a smartphone model in the top 10 best-selling handsets in China in 2017. The iPhone 7 Plus managed 2.8…
January 8, 2018
Huawei Surpasses Samsung as Number One Player in Peru
77% of smartphones shipped were LTE capable in 3Q 2017 Buenos Aires, San Diego, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Seoul, Beijing – January 8th, 2018 According to…
January 3, 2018
Chinese Operators Control Almost Half of the Global Cellular IoT Connections
Seoul, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Beijing, London, Buenos Aires, San Diego January 03rd, 2018 At the end of 3Q 2017, Chinese operators dominated the…
December 29, 2017
Global Smartphone SoC Market Crossed US$8 Billion in Q3 2017, A Third Quarter Record
Seoul, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Beijing, London, Buenos Aires, San Diego December 29th, 2017 Qualcomm leads, Apple grabs 20% of the value share and…
December 27, 2017
Chinese Brands Mobile Handset Profit crossed US$1.5 Billion For the First Time in a Single Quarter
According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor program for Q3 2017 (July-September), Global mobile handset profits grew 13% YoY…
December 23, 2017
Chinese Smartphone Brands Grew 125% Year on Year in Bangladesh During Q3 2017
New Delhi, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Seoul, London, Buenos Aires – December 22, 2017 According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor…
December 12, 2017
Sensors in Smartphones to Top 10 Billion Unit Shipments in 2020
Seoul, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Beijing, London, Buenos Aires, San Diego - 12th December, 2017 Today’s smartphones contain a plethora of sensors which…
December 7, 2017
3Q 2017: Samsung Ahead of Apple in the German Smartphone Market
Three of the five top selling smartphones were from Samsung. Top five smartphone brands accounted for more than 90% of the smartphone sales in 3Q…
December 6, 2017
Nokia and iTel Enters Top Five Rankings in Vietnam within a Year of Launch
Top five smartphones brands account for almost four fifth of the smartphone shipments in 3Q 2017 New Delhi, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Seoul, London, Buenos…
December 5, 2017
Average Smartphone NAND Storage Capacity will Top 60GB by 2018
Flash Memory storage has become an important component in smartphones not only for consumers as their needs for storage keeps on increasing with…
November 29, 2017
99% of Smartphone Sold in Argentina are LTE Enabled
Top five smartphones brands account for more than 92% of the smartphone sales in 3Q 2017 Buenos Aires, San Diego, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Seoul,…
November 28, 2017
Highlights from C-Touch and Display Shenzhen 2017
Counterpoint Technology Market Research has successfully completed the “Mobile Phone Industry Chain Summit 2017 – Industrial Innovation in Full…