Meet Counterpoint at Mobile Phone Industry Chain Summit 2016 on Nov 25th in Shenzhen, China

Counterpoint Research and Reed Exhibitions Kuozhan Shanghai Co., Ltd. are jointly holding the “Mobile Phone Industry Chain Summit 2016” on Nov 25th…

Smartphone Shipments in India Reaches an All-Time Record High In Q3 2016

Overall mobile phone shipments also reached a record all-time high thanks to featurep hones making a comeback with demand growing almost 23%…

Oppo & Vivo – The New Smartphone Leaders in China

As per the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor, the demand for smartphones in China grew a healthy 8% annually and 7% sequentially in…

With Dual Cameras, Mobile Devices Getting Closer To Human Eyes

In September, Apple unveiled its new iPhone as usual.  Once again this year it was hard for Apple to keep most of the changes under wraps.  As…

Snaptacles ????

We have consistently talked about evolving business models such as "Hardware as a Distribution" model (see here) in tech space changing the…

HERE’s Sensor-Driven Open Location Platform: A Eureka Moment For Auto Industry

As we have highlighted before (here) that the "self-driving "automobile revolution is coming sooner than we think but also questioned (here) if the…

Affordable Smartphones Driving Growth in Russia

After a dip in growth in mobile phone shipments last year, Russia mobile phone market grew 7% YoY driven by strong demand for affordable smartphones…

Make In India: Intex Expanding Mobile Phone Manufacturing

Intex started its journey as an IT accessory supplier and has grown in to a full-fledged consumer electronics and durables giant with portfolio…

iPhones & The Crown

At Counterpoint, we track the devices and technologies which are increasingly central to our lives - case in point - smartphones which also happen to…

Counterpoint’s view of ZTE’s 2016 Smartphone Strategy

According to Counterpoint data, for the first half of 2016, ZTE’s smartphone shipment ranks number 7 globally. Looking at Q2 alone, ZTE’s shipment…

Infographic: Q2-2016|Mobile Market Monitor

Our Q2-2016 Market Monitor report has been published. We update one Infographic in each quarter to summarize handset and smartphone market activities…

ZTE’s High-Spec Flagship Focuses on Advanced Camera, Audio & AI Voice Control

ZTE is world's sixth largest smartphone brand and was one of the very few brands which introduced a dual camera sporting stunning high-end…

Counterpoint:2016年度ZTE高端力作“中兴天机7”测评

说起ZTE的高端手机,对于资深玩家应该听说过ZTE去年发布的带有双摄像头的高端中兴天机系列。在当时,作为全球少有的能提供双摄像头的方案的智能手机厂商。ZTE确实做了一次科技领先者。…

Indonesia Smartphone Market Demand Recovers in Q2 2016

“Indonesia smartphone market grew 8% QoQ but still down 5% YoY as a result of “Make in Indonesia” push. Close to fifty brands are now competing for…

Samsung Goes after Enterprise with Note 7 Launch

Samsung takes pride in creating the ‘phablet’ space over five years ago.  According to our Model Sales Tracker, since 2014 alone, Samsung has sold…

Tesla’s much needed master plan trois…

Tesla Motors is the first company to bring around a disruption in the automotive industry since Ford started mass production of the Model T in the…

Market Pulse || July 2016 Edition

Today we published the July edition of our popular Market Pulse report. This edition covers the market for June 2016. The key takeaways in this…

Oppo Becomes the Leading Smartphone Brand in China in June 2016

According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Monthly Market Pulse, the demand for smartphones in China grew a healthy 17% annually in June.…