Smartphone Shipments from ODMs Declined while EMS Grew by Over 20% in 2018
Smartphones shipments from ODM/Independent Design House (IDH) companies declined by 1% year-on-year (YoY) in 2018 to 358.2 million units while those…
Silver Linings in the Gloomy Chinese Smartphone Market
It is a grim time for smartphone sales in China. The largest smartphone market in the world has been on a constant decline since Q4 2017, according…
China Smartphone Market in 2H 2018: From Price War to Flagship Battle
Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, San Diego, Buenos Aires, London, New Delhi – November 29, 2018 Smartphone sales in China are showing no signs of recovery,…
A Closer Look at Meitu Inc.’s Failure to Turn a Profit Since Launch
There’s a joke going around in Chinese internet circles, “Even a pig can fly, if it is in the middle of a whirlwind”. Meitu Inc., which has taken to…
Highlights of Smartphone Industry Forum 2018—Global Trend of Device ODM and Smartphone Components
On 24 Apr, Counterpoint Research and NEPCON EXPO collaborated to host the SMARTPHONE INDUSTRY FORUM 2018—GLOBAL TREND OF DEVICE ODM AND SMARTPHONE…
ODMs Contributed to 23% of Global Smartphones Shipped in CY2017
IDHs/ODMs are the key force behind the brands designing as well as manufacturing hot-selling smartphones to make mark in the industry and are…
Meet Counterpoint Analysts and Industrial IoT Leaders at the International Embedded System Innovation Forum
Counterpoint Research will join hands with Messe München Electronic Show, one of the most influential exhibitions in global electronic devices…
China Mobile Global Partnership Event 2017: A Big Push Towards the IoT and 4G+ Era
China Mobile, the undisputed No. 1 mobile operator in China and around the world in terms of user base, hosted the annual global partnership event…
Huawei, Xiaomi & Apple Lead in 11.11 Singles’ Day Sale
Since 2009, Alibaba group has transformed the date of Nov 11, well-known as the Singles’ Day in China for the pictographic character “11.11”, as an…
Why China is Leading NB-IoT Development Globally
Machine to Machine (M2M) communications have existed for years. It refers to the process of connecting remote machines to a central control point.…