IBM Watson: a milestone in artificial intelligence
On 2nd December 2015 IBM announced that it is going to deploy its cognitive computing technology platform “Watson” in India to support medical staff…
Is Argentina on the path to recovery?
Argentina’s political and economic landscape is going through huge changes. Last week Th. Mauricio Macri, the new Argentine president, took office.…
Moov Now’s athletic performance tracking: working hard
I blogged about an upcoming event that I am training for – see here. I have now received the two Moov Now devices that I ordered and have started to…
helloPay: a vertical integration strategy for growing big
Lazada Group is the pioneer of Southeast Asian eCommerce ecosystem. It operates out of its own online shopping website as well as hosting a…
“Make in India” Impact: Half of all smartphones will be made in India
India is the world's largest democracy, with 1.2 billion people and the third largest economy based on GDP (PPP basis). Furthermore the economy is…
BBK, Vivo, OPPO – Fathers, Sons and Cousins
Counterpoint Research is frequently asked about the relationships between Chinese handset brands BBK, Oppo and Vivo. The simple answer is they have…
Tight Race For The Top Spot In China Smartphone Market
Following is the cumulative smartphone market share for China till date for the first 9 months. For the first nine months, it has been a tight race…
China’s Black Friday and the shifting seasonality
China has traditionally had peak handset sales around a few clearly defined periods. These periods still exist as sales drivers but are now being…
2015-Q3: Battery Capacity Tracker Trends
Counterpoint has been using its unique model level sales to calculate the hardware specifications in smartphones. Our Battery Capacity Tracker…
XiaoMI : M is for Mobile & I is For Internet
Smart Devices Giant We have been closely tracking and have extensively covered Xiaomi's business which primarily has been smartphones. Xiaomi is the…
Why Internet Giants Are Rushing To Enter The China EV Market?
China is roughly a 16 million unit car market this year in terms of new sales and will grow to roughly 20 million units in 2020. However, there is a…
Activity trackers :: OK up to a point
A number of seemingly unrelated events have occurred recently. However they all have a bearing on each other and the development of the wearables…