$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.…
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…
China’s Mobile E-Commerce Market Overview and Predictions : April 2018
JD secured over 50% market share, Honor and Xiaomi took a lead by sales volume. New Delhi, Hong Kong, Seoul, London, Beijing, San Diego, Buenos…
Honor 10 – more than half a Huawei P20
Huawei's Honor brand launched the Honor 10 on a global basis today (May 15th) following its China-only launch a few weeks ago. The Honor 10's…
Xiaomi Replaces OPPO To Take the Fourth Position; iTel Entered the Top 10 Smartphone List for The First Time in Q1 2018
Global smartphone shipments declined 3% annually in Q1 2018. Top 10 players now capture 76% of the market thereby leaving 600+ brands to compete for…
Global Smartphone Market Declined YoY For Second Successive Quarter in Q1 2018
Smartphone Shipment in Q1 2018 Declined 3% Annually, Continuing the Trend from A Decline of 3% in Q4 2017 Xiaomi Replaces OPPO To Take the Fourth…
Huawei seeking to ‘own’ smartphone photography with P20 series
Huawei today launched the much-leaked, but much needed P20 and P20 Pro series smartphones. These add to the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro to create a…
INFOGRAPHIC: Q4-2017 | MOBILE MARKET MONITOR
Our Q4-2017 Market Monitor report has been published. We release one Infographic in each quarter to summarize the handset and smartphone market…
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…
China Smartphone Market 2017: Top 10 Best-selling Models
The competition in China 2017, the biggest smartphone market around the globe in terms of sales volume, has become increasingly fierce with higher…
99% of Smartphone Sold in Argentina are LTE Enabled
Top five smartphones brands account for more than 92% of the smartphone sales in 3Q 2017 Buenos Aires, San Diego, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Seoul,…
Apple continues to dominate the UK smartphone market
UK smartphones sales remained flat annually in Q3 2017, while the overall handset market (including feature phones) declined by 8% year on year.…
Apple & Samsung dominate UK smartphone Market in 3Q17
Top five smartphones brands account for almost 80% of the smartphone sales in Q3 2017 New Delhi, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Seoul, London, Buenos Aires –…
600+ Brands Fight For Just 1/4th of The Global Smartphone Market in Q3 2017
Global smartphone shipments grew 5% YoY in Q3 2017. Top 10 players now capture 75% of the market thereby leaving just a quarter of the market for…
Fingerprint Sensor is Becoming Standard Feature in Smartphones
More than one billion fingerprint sensor enabled smartphones will be shipped in 2018. The fingerprint sensor is likely to become the standard choice…
Fujitsu to sell its handset business – will there be more to follow?
Fujitsu to sell its handset business – will there be more to follow? Rumors are spreading that Japan's Fujitsu has decided to sell its subsidiary…
Is the Galaxy Note 8 the New Aspirational Android Smartphone?
Counterpoint Research attended the Samsung Unpacked Note 8 launch event held in New York City. Typical of recent Samsung events, the launch was…