MEA Smartphone Shipments Drop 12% YoY in 2022 to Reach Lowest Level Since 2015
MEA smartphone shipments retreated 18.4% YoY in Q4 2022 and 12.1% YoY in 2022. At 148 million units, 2022 shipments were the lowest since 2015.…
MEA Smartphone Shipments Decline 20% YoY in Q3 2022 as Macro Situation Worsens
MEA smartphone shipments retreated 20.4% YoY and 12% QoQ in Q3 2022 to 35 million units. This was the lowest level since Q2 2020, or since the…
Transsion Updates Q3 2022: Revenue Stays Resilient, But Profit Declines Sharply as Costs Balloon
Q3 Revenue Stays Resilient, But Profit Declines Sharply as Costs Balloon December 13, 2022 Transsion Holdings has reported flat revenue growth for Q3…
MEA Smartphone Shipments Decline 7.8% YoY in Q2 2022 on Macro Headwinds
MEA smartphone shipments retreated 7.8% YoY and 10% QoQ in Q2 2022 to 38 million units. This was the lowest level since Q2 2020, or since the depth…
MEA Smartphone Market Drops 4% YoY in Q1 2022 on Macroeconomic Concerns
MEA smartphone sales retreated 4% YoY in Q1 2022, mainly due to macro concerns. Samsung sales dropped YoY but saw their market share rebound from…
MEA Smartphone Market Grows 15% YoY in 2021 as Digital Adoption Accelerates
MEA smartphone sales grew 15% YoY in 2021, marking the best year ever for the market. Samsung continued to top the market, though its lead was…
MEA Smartphone Market Witnesses Best Q3 on Record; Samsung Reverses Decline, TECNO Solidifies Position
MEA smartphone shipments grew 1% YoY and 7.5% QoQ in Q3 2021. The quarter was the best Q3 on record, registering shipments of 46.5 million devices.……
MEA Smartphone Market Sees Best Q2 on Record; Samsung Leads but TECNO, Xiaomi Close Gap
MEA smartphone sales grew 35% YoY during Q2 2021, making it the best Q2 on record. Samsung continued to hold the top spot in the region by…
TECNO Beats Samsung to Claim Africa Smartphone Top Spot in 2020
• TECNO topples Samsung as Africa's top smartphone brand. • African smartphone market was resilient in 2020. Boston, Toronto, London, New Delhi, Hong…
Global Smart Feature Phone Market Reaches Pre-pandemic Level; New launches and Innovation Drive Growth
Driven by the momentum generated by the reopening of markets and new product launches and partnerships by operators in Africa and Latin America, the…
Transsion Continues to Ascend in Africa’s Mobile Handset Market
Transsion Holdings, the leading mobile phone brand in Africa, went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in September 2019. The company currently has…
MEA Smartphone Market Growth Slows in Q3 2019
New Delhi, Hong Kong, Seoul, London, Beijing, San Diego, Buenos Aires – November 28, 2019 MEA smartphone market grew just 2% YoY in Q3 2019. 2 out…
Transsion Led the Kenya Smartphone Market in Q1 2019
Tecno captured top position due to its affordable offerings, faster refresh rate, and focus on local needs. 7 of the top 10 best-selling models are…
KaiOS Eyes Global Expansion but Replicating India’s Success Would Be a Challenge
KaiOS has been the talk of the town after emerging as the third largest mobile operating system after Android and iOS. According to KaiOS…
Increasing Smartphone Adoption Drives Growth in Middle East and Africa
MEA Smartphone market grew 6% YoY in Q1 2019. Over 70% of the total smartphones sold in the region were in the sub-US$150 price segment. There is…
Feature Phones are Still Relevant: Shipments Grow (YoY) for the Fourth Consecutive Quarter
According to Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service, feature phone shipments grew for the fourth consecutive quarter. This is in contrast with the…
iTel Leads the Africa Mobile Phone market, as Feature Phones Make a Comeback
According to the latest Market Monitor report from Counterpoint Research for Q3 2016, the Africa mobile handset market grew by 6% YoY mostly driven…
Infographic: Q2-2015|Mobile Market Monitor
Our Q2-2015 Market Monitor report has been published. We update one infographic in each quarter to summarize handset and smartphone market activities…