Counterpoint Macro Index Caps off 2022 with Another Quarterly Drop; But Forecast is Raised for 2023
The Counterpoint Macro Index reading of 77.56 for December 2022 marks another quarterly drop and only the second month-on-month rise in the index…
China Q2 EV Sales Almost Doubled YoY, Despite a Weak Quarter
BYD led China’s EV market, followed by Wuling, Tesla, Chery and GAC Group. Top 10 EV models in China accounted for more than 44% of the country’s…
China Cloud on Tesla’s Q2 2022 Numbers; Fundamentals Remain Strong
Tesla sold more than 254,000 vehicles in Q2 2022, an increase of 27% YoY, which was below general expectations. This was the first time since the…
Online Channels Now Dominate India Smartphone Market: Survey
The extended presence of COVID-19, especially the high number of casualties during its second wave in 2021, has given a sharp turn to digitization in…
NFT: Creating Buzz in Digital Ecosystem
During one of the worst pandemics in human history, cryptocurrencies made waves in the market. If the bitcoin saw wild fluctuations, Non-Fungible…
New Umbrella Entity to Refine India’s Digital Payment Ecosystem
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) move to allow private players to set up, manage and operate retail payment systems [officially described as a New…
Taiwan Companies Geared to Face Fresh COVID-19 Wave
Taiwan raised its epidemic warning for the whole country to Level 3 on May 19 in response to a rapid increase in local confirmed cases of COVID-19.…
Industry 4.0 Offers a Silver Lining to the Pandemic Cloud
COVID-19 has brought forth the power of digital transformation. To sustain and quicken the pace of this transformation after the pandemic ends,…
Digital Contact Tracing Effective Shield Against Pandemic
History tells us pandemics like COVID-19 can recur in some form or other. Their basic characteristics of mutating and spreading quickly among large…
Blockchain, IoT to Streamline Global COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Blockchain-based solutions for managing secure databases for the supply chain management of the COVID-19 vaccine, along with IoT solutions such as…
Weekly Update: COVID-19 Impact On Global Automotive Industry
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Pent-Up Smartphone Demand after April, May Lockdown Pushes the June 2020 Volumes to Pre-COVID Levels & the Smartphone User Base in India Beyond the Half a Billion Mark
The smartphone market declined 51% YoY in Q2 2020 as April was a washout. Xiaomi led the Indian Smartphone Market with a 29% shipment share. Samsung…
5G Mobile Connections Will Cross the Milestone of 1.7 Billion in 2023
As of mid-July 2020, 93 commercial 5G networks went live across the world. Global mobile 5G connections will dramatically increase to over 1.7…
UK: Six in Ten Surveyed Hearable Users Plan To Buy TWS Within a Year
One in two respondents plans on having ANC in their next TWS device. Apple and BOSE are the most preferred brands for future TWS purchases. New…
One in Every Three Smartphone Users Will Cut Spending by 10% or More on Their Next Smartphone
One in three respondents to our survey is intending to cut spending by 10% when making their next smartphone purchase, according to our latest…
COVID-19 Weighs on European Smartphone Market in Q1 2020
The viral outbreak followed by lockdowns caused the Europe smartphone market to contract by 7% YoY and 23% QoQ Apple remained resilient while Huawei…
Fingerprint Cards: Big Opportunity in Biometric Payment Cards and Under-display Smartphones Sensors
It has been exactly a year since Fingerprint Cards (Fingerprints) announced that it had shipped one billion fingerprint sensors since its inception.…
Apple iPhone Sales Suffer Due to COVID-19; Services and Wearables Come to the Rescue
Apple showed it is resilient and has revenue diversification during these extraordinary COVID-19 times. The company saw iPhone volumes decline 7% but…