MEA Smartphone Shipments Drop 12% YoY in 2022 to Reach Lowest Level Since 2015
MEA smartphone shipments retreated 18.4% YoY in Q4 2022 and 12.1% YoY in 2022. At 148 million units, 2022 shipments were the lowest since 2015.…
Counterpoint Macro Index Caps off 2022 with Another Quarterly Drop; But Forecast is Raised for 2023
The Counterpoint Macro Index reading of 77.56 for December 2022 marks another quarterly drop and only the second month-on-month rise in the index…
Top 10 Macro Risks For Tech World in 2023
Counterpoint analysts say economic recession will be the biggest macro risk affecting the tech world in 2023. Economic recession is followed by the…
MEA Smartphone Shipments Decline 20% YoY in Q3 2022 as Macro Situation Worsens
MEA smartphone shipments retreated 20.4% YoY and 12% QoQ in Q3 2022 to 35 million units. This was the lowest level since Q2 2020, or since the…
Transsion Updates Q3 2022: Revenue Stays Resilient, But Profit Declines Sharply as Costs Balloon
Q3 Revenue Stays Resilient, But Profit Declines Sharply as Costs Balloon December 13, 2022 Transsion Holdings has reported flat revenue growth for Q3…
MEA Smartphone Shipments Decline 7.8% YoY in Q2 2022 on Macro Headwinds
MEA smartphone shipments retreated 7.8% YoY and 10% QoQ in Q2 2022 to 38 million units. This was the lowest level since Q2 2020, or since the depth…
Counterpoint Macro Index Drops to Lowest Level in Two Years in June 2022
The Counterpoint Macro Index reading of 82.86 for June 2022 marks the index’s worst reading for the year and the lowest since June 2020. The war in…
MEA Smartphone Market Drops 4% YoY in Q1 2022 on Macroeconomic Concerns
MEA smartphone sales retreated 4% YoY in Q1 2022, mainly due to macro concerns. Samsung sales dropped YoY but saw their market share rebound from…
MEA Smartphone Market Grows 15% YoY in 2021 as Digital Adoption Accelerates
MEA smartphone sales grew 15% YoY in 2021, marking the best year ever for the market. Samsung continued to top the market, though its lead was…
MEA Smartphone Market Witnesses Best Q3 on Record; Samsung Reverses Decline, TECNO Solidifies Position
MEA smartphone shipments grew 1% YoY and 7.5% QoQ in Q3 2021. The quarter was the best Q3 on record, registering shipments of 46.5 million devices.……
POCO F3 Long-term Review: Attractively Priced ‘Flagship Killer’, But Some User Experience Compromises
The POCO F3 is powered by the 7nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SoC. It features an AMOLED 6.67-inch screen with a 120Hz refresh rate. Price starts at…
MEA Smartphone Market Sees Best Q2 on Record; Samsung Leads but TECNO, Xiaomi Close Gap
MEA smartphone sales grew 35% YoY during Q2 2021, making it the best Q2 on record. Samsung continued to hold the top spot in the region by…
Big shake up in Chinese smartphone market Q1 2021; OPPO, vivo top the market, realme grows fastest
realme’s quarterly shipments grew 82% QoQ, making it the seventh biggest brand in China’s smartphone market. OPPO, vivo topped the market as Huawei…
China’s Smartphone Market Turns Corner in Q1 2021; 5G Takes Center Stage While vivo, OPPO Jostle For Top Spot
Boston, Toronto, London, New Delhi, Beijing, Taipei, Seoul – April 29, 2021 Smartphone shipment growth in China turned positive in Q1 2021, growing…
TECNO Beats Samsung to Claim Africa Smartphone Top Spot in 2020
• TECNO topples Samsung as Africa's top smartphone brand. • African smartphone market was resilient in 2020. Boston, Toronto, London, New Delhi, Hong…
Vivo Takes Lead In China Smartphone Market for the First Time
• OPPO and vivo fight for the top position in China after Huawei’s decline. • The top spot in China may change hands frequently this year. Beijing,…
China’s ‘Two Sessions’ See a Great Wall of Supply Chain Resilience, Next-Gen Technologies
The March 5-11 plenary sessions of the two organizations that make China’s national-level political decisions introduced a range of important…
Middle East Smartphone Market Sees Light at the End of 2020 Tunnel
The Middle East smartphone market contracted in 2020 after experiencing big declines during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the second…