十二月 18, 2015
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…
十二月 18, 2015
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.…
十二月 18, 2015
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…
十二月 14, 2015
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…
十二月 14, 2015
“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…
十二月 14, 2015
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…
十二月 11, 2015
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…
十二月 11, 2015
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…
十二月 11, 2015
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…
九月 26, 2015
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…
九月 26, 2015
Festive season Impact on upcoming smartphone launches? – A Smartphone shelf life perspective
Almost every smartphone vendor in India is ramping up and refreshing its product portfolio ahead of the upcoming festive season. Apart from new…
九月 11, 2015
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…
九月 8, 2015
Changing Landscape in Devices Sales Channels & Pricing Startegies in USA
Price strategies and its future for 4 major operators in N. America With a drive to eliminate subsidy and move towards EIP (Equipment Installment…
七月 6, 2015
Samsung Galaxy S6 – right product, wrong price
Samsung management could be forgiven for wondering what they're doing wrong. The Galaxy S6 was expected to project Samsung back on to a positive…
六月 9, 2015
Mobile Handset Market Overview – April 2015
The global handset market returned to growth in April after a difficult March. Sell-in is still suffering though as channels that have been carrying…
五月 27, 2015
India – Epicentre of Manufacturing in Future?
India is the world's largest democracy, with 1.2 billion people and 3rd largest economy based on GDP (PPP basis). The country's GDP would grow by…
五月 8, 2015
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…