Economic Instability Is Taking a Toll on the LATAM Smartphone Market
Chinese OEMs continues to gain traction in the region New Delhi, Hong Kong, Seoul, London, Beijing, San Diego, Buenos Aires – November 23st, 2018…
Why Both Apple and Amazon Win in Newest Deal
Apple has made a deal with Amazon to sell Apple’s range of products including the new iPhone XR, iPhone XS / XS Max, Apple Watch Series 4, and iPad…
Fitbit Smartwatch Shipments Grew 348% YoY in Q3 2018
Global smartwatch Grew 53% YoY, Apple continues to dominate the smartwatch market with 30% share, Seoul, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Beijing, London,…
Oppo, Xiaomi and Vivo Reached Their Highest Ever Shipments in a Single Quarter, Despite a Global Slowdown
iPhone helps Apple to record 3rd quarter revenue even as shipments remain flat YoY Huawei holds on to 2nd position for the second consecutive…
5 Lessons from Today’s Apple Q3 2018 Earnings Call
Apple just completed its Q3 2018 earnings call. Here are my five key thoughts on the quarter: Even Apple isn’t immune to the growing trend of longer…
Apple Watch Leads Customer Preferences in The USA
More than two out of five people chose Apple as the most preferred smartwatch brand for their next purchase in the USA followed by Samsung and…
OnePlus Continues to Lead the Growing Indian Premium Segment for the Second Successive Quarter
According to Counterpoint Research’s latest analysis on the Indian smartphone market, premium smartphone (>INR 30,000/US$400) shipments reached an…
The Rise of In-House Application Processor Design
The application processor (AP) or the system-on-chip (SoC), is the most critical component in a smartphone. This is what makes your smartphone a…
Smartphones with Glass Back Penetration to hit 60% by CY 2020
Smartphones with glass backs are becoming popular as OEMs have lately started focusing more on CMF (colour material and finish) to differentiate…
$1000 No Longer a Barrier for Smartphone Adoption
A few years ago, expecting main stream consumers to spend a thousand dollars on a phone would have seemed unlikely. But the barrier is broken now.…
Subtlety is the Future of Biometric Authentication
Biometric security standards have been evolving ever since the fingerprint scanner came into focus with Apple's iPhone 5S. Adoption was rapid and the…
9 Things We Learned From The US iPhone XS and XS Max Day 1 Launch
At 8:00am Apple and carrier stores country wide opened their doors to welcome customers to the new iPhone XS and XS Max launch, as well the new Apple…
Chinese Brands Handset Profit Crossed US$ 2 Billion For the First Time Ever in Q2 2018
According to the latest research from Counterpoint Market Monitor Q2 2018 (April-June), Global handset profits grew 4% annually in Q2 2018 mainly due…
Vietnam Smartphone Market Returns to Double Digit Growth in Q2 2018
Xiaomi (363%) and Huawei (193%) were the fastest growing brands in Vietnam. Xiaomi enters the top five brands for the first time New Delhi, Hong…
Huawei Surpasses Apple to Become the Second Largest Smartphone Brand
Smartphone Shipments in Q2 2018 Declined 2% Annually, Continuing the Trend from A Decline of 3% in Q1 2018 Major Chinese Brands Are Now Focusing on…
Brazil and Argentina Increased Protectionism Through New Regulations
In November 2017, Miguel de Godoy, the head of ENACOM, (Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones – Argentina’s National Communication Regulator) announced…
2017: A Year of Mixed Results in the Latin American Smartphone Market
According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service the Latin American (LATAM) smartphone market grew 5% YoY in 2017.…
Apple Surpassed Samsung to Become The Number One Smartphone Brand in 4Q 2017
Global smartphone shipments grew 2% annually in CY 2017 but declined 5% in Q4 2017. Top 10 players now capture 77% of the market thereby leaving just…