Three major industry trends identified at MWC Shanghai 2016
The Mobile World Congress Shanghai (MWCS), is reckoned to be Asia’s largest and most influential mobile industry event. The 2016 event took place…
Softbank’s To Buy ARM For $32 Billion
The global leader in smartphone chip design, UK-based ARM confirmed on Monday it agreed to a $32 billion acquisition offer from Japan's tech giant…
China Approaching 600 Million LTE Subs
We have discussed before (here) on how 4G LTE has been leapfrogging 3G adoption in China and the key reasons which have driven this ramping adoption.…
In-Car Advertisement: Changing Landscape
The opportunity and the opportunist Ride hailing services like Uber, Lyft and Didi Chuxing are changing the commuting landscape. An average American…
Four Reasons Why Self-Driving Cars Are Coming Sooner Than You Think
I believe we have today a unique confluence of factors that are enabling and accelerating progress in self-driving car technology. If you are not…
India Smartphone Market Grew 23% Amid Flat Global Annual Growth
According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service, the smartphone shipments in India grew a healthy 23% annually in Q1 2016…
Q1 2016: Top Ten Chinese Brands Capture 33% of Global Smartphone Market
Counterpoint Research team of Analysts have completed preliminary sizing of the global mobile phone market as major OEMs have already released their…
Amid Slowdown, Apple Posted Back To Back Record Quarters In India
As Apple reported its first- ever quarter of negative growth after 35 quarters, India was one of the few bright spots during the quarter as it posted…
Apple’s First Quarter of Negative Growth
Apple reported its first-ever quarter of negative corporate revenue as well as iPhone unit shipments growth decline after 35 quarters of straight…
ZTE – light in a tunnel
The event: On March 7th, 2016 the US Commerce Department charged ZTE with a, “planned and organized scheme to establish, control and use a series of…
Key Trend: Hardware Based Security for IoT Takes Center Stage This Year
Mobile World Congress this year witnessed a second wave of devices beyond smart phones and tablets, as industry players jumped onto the IoT bandwagon…
Huawei Sprinkles Hollywood Glamour on P9 and P9 Plus
UPDATED with some comparative photos from the P9 sample device. Huawei has been one of the fast moving brands over the last two years. It was early…
iPhone SE – What does It Mean For Apple & Its Users?
Apple today in a surprising Spring event announced a new iPhone SKU to be added into its portfolio, namely the iPhone SE. The iPhone SE sports the…
Enter The Dragon: Chinese Brands, Hyper-Competition Will Foster Innovation in India
I recently presented at the premier Device World 2016 event in New Delhi with the hot topic being the influx of Chinese brands in the high-growth and…
Review: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 with Qualcomm AP Promises Top Performance at a Bargain Price
Xiaomi has created a lot of buzz in the industry since its establishment in 2010 and is well known for selling budget products ranging from…
Infographic: Q4-2015 | Mobile Market Monitor
Our Q4-2015 Market Monitor report has been published. We update one infographic in each quarter to summarize handset and smartphone market activities…
MWC2016-Day 3 Highlights
Welcome to Counterpoint Research’s portal of key announcements from Mobile World Congress 2016. This portal provides crisp bites of the key…
MWC 2016-Day 2 Highlights
Welcome to Counterpoint Research’s portal of key announcements from Mobile World Congress 2016. This portal provides crisp bites of key announcements…