Global Smart Hardware Manufacturing Diversification Going Steady and Strong

Zhengzhou Foxconn is gradually restoring production after COVID-triggered disruptions. The iPhone 14 Pro series is still facing long wait times.…

Vietnam’s Q3 2022 Smartphone Shipments Up 34% YoY on Increased Economic Activity

Vietnam’s Q3 2022 Smartphone Shipments Up 34% YoY on Increased Economic Activity

Samsung led the market followed by OPPO and Xiaomi. Apple shipments surged 139% YoY. $200-$400 price band shipments grew 159% YoY. Online channel…

Vietnam’s Apple Shipments More Than Doubled in Q2 2022

Vietnam’s Apple Shipments More Than Doubled in Q2 2022

Vietnam’s Q2 2022 smartphone shipments declined 1% YoY to 3.2 million units. Premium smartphones’ (>$400) shipments saw a growth of 75% YoY.…

Key Southeast Asian Countries’ Smartphone Shipments Cross Pre-pandemic Levels in 2021; Xiaomi, realme, Apple Achieve Highest Ever Volumes

Key Southeast Asian Countries’ Smartphone Shipments Cross Pre-pandemic Levels in 2021; Xiaomi, realme, Apple Achieve Highest Ever Volumes

Key Southeast Asian countries’ (Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam) smartphone shipments were highest ever in a calendar year in 2021,…

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Vietnam Smartphone Shipments Double QoQ in Q4 2021, Up 15% YoY; Samsung Retains Top Spot

Vietnam’s smartphone shipments soared 104% QoQ in Q4 2021. Samsung retained the top spot, capturing 28% share, followed by vivo (18%) and OPPO(17%).…

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Vietnam Offline Channels Successfully Embracing Online

Vietnam’s mobile phone market is dominated by offline distribution channels. However, responding to the changing times, offline channels have been…

Telecom, E-commerce Central to China’s Renewed Focus on Southeast Asia

Telecom, E-commerce Central to China’s Renewed Focus on Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia holds great potential for growth in the technology and e-commerce sectors. It has a comparatively young and tech-savvy demographic…

iPhone 12 series devices are the best-selling 5G smartphones in 3 out of the 4 Key SEA markets

iPhone 12 Devices Top List of Best-selling 5G Smartphones in 3 out of 4 Key SEA Markets

Apple and OPPO’s 5G smartphones topped the best-selling 5G models’ lists in key Southeast Asian (SEA) countries in Q2 2021, according to Counterpoint…

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China Handset Production Stops Shrinking For Now

Global handset production fell 16% YoY in 2020 due to disruptions at manufacturing units and a sharp drop in demand following the COVID-19 pandemic.…

Governments Play Catch-up With Digital Economy

Governments Play Catch-up With Digital Economy

Propelled by rapid technological changes and dynamic market forces, the digital economy is changing fast. To be in step, governments and law-making…

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…