Overview: The smartphone has become one of the most important devices in the world today, There is a rising need to incorporate greater storage capacities while simultaneously optimizing a device’s Bill of Materials (BoM) costs to hit key price points...

In July 2016, Indonesian govt. introduced new TKDN rule on local content requirements for smartphones which states that staring from 2017 all 4G smartphones sold in Indonesian market need to have 30 percent local content both in hardware and software. In this ...

Russia smartphone market grew 5% YoY reaching 33 million units in CY 2016 driven by strong demand for affordable smartphones specially in sub $100 segment. Two in three phones sold was a smartphone in 2016. Most of the growth was driven by latter half of 2016....

Smartphones sales in Russia increased in unit and value terms in 2016 due to increased demand for LTE-devices. In this report, we have tracked the main factors that lead to rise in demand for smartphones in different price bands and their impact on whole ...

More than 400 million feature phones were sold globally in 2016 and we saw smartphone market growth slow down to 3% YoY, portraying that the easy days of smartphone growth are over. The smartphone growth slowing down and the feature phone declin...

In this report, we have analyzed the technologies and applications of virtual, augmented and mixed reality headset.   Overview: VR, AR, MR have been hot terms in tech circles, but what is the reality behind the hype and how is the field likely ...

India Online Channel contributed 32% to smartphone shipments during 2016. Flipkart led the online channel market followed by Amazon and Snapdeal. Most of the online sales were driven by Chinese brands like Xiaomi, Lenovo, and Motorola. Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 and ...

Please find herewith the Q4 2016 edition of Infographic: Market Monitor Report summarizing the Handset and Smartphone market in Q4 2016. This report tracks Top Vendor Shipments every Quarter across regions and co...

Please find herewith the Q4 2016 edition of Infographic: Market Monitor Report summarizing the Handset and Smartphone market in Q4 2016. This report tracks Top Vendor Shipments every Quarter across regions and co...

Smartphones sales in Russia increased in unit and value terms in 2016 due to increased demand for LTE-devices. Multi-brand retailers and leading operators, like MTS, have also recorded increased sales of smartphone devices in 2016. In this report, we have main...

We closely track the location industry and a lot has changed since our last report. HERE, has transformed from a mapping and navigation platform to an “open location platform” company emerging as a clear winner in the location ecosystem. The compan...

Technology will play a key role in bringing financial inclusion to India. Mobile phone penetration is growing. With an estimated 700+ million mobile phone installed base, every family will likely have a mobile phone or at least access to one in the next year. ...

The CES trade show provides a perfect launch into the new calendar year. Counterpoint’s analysts were in Las Vegas to meet companies and experience the latest technology developments. Our key takeaways are as follows: Among the most striking thi...

YunOS is a Linux-based operating system developed by AliCloud, a subsidiary company of Alibaba Group. The operating system can be used to power smartphones, television set-top boxes, smart car infotainment systems, smart TVs, smart home appliances, wearab...

Please find herewith the Counterpoint’s Bangladesh Handset Market Q3 2016. Overview: As per latest research from our Market Monitor program for Q3 2016 (Jul-Sep), Bangladesh mobile phone market declined 4% YoY for the first time. How...

As 4G reaches maturity there is high anticipation of 5G. IoT will be the core application of the 5G era as the low latency and high speed enable a new connected world around us. The 4G era was mostly about smartphones and the LTE - ARM combo dominated - LTE as...

Counterpoint's latest report on Impact of demonetization on India Handset Market. On Nov 8th 2016 India’s Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi announced that INR 500 and INR 1,000 notes – that make up 86% of cash in circulation – coul...

In today’s highly competitive smartphone market, displays have become a major differentiator for new smartphone models and smartphone OEMs are under increasing pressure as never before to innovate to add value as a hedge against falling prices. As the s...

Please find herewith the Q3 2016 edition of Infographic: Market Monitor Report summarizing the Handset and Smartphone market in Q3 2016. This report tracks Top Vendor Shipments every Quarter across regions and co...

Please find herewith the Q3 2016 edition of Infographic: Market Monitor Report summarizing the Handset and Smartphone market in Q3 2016. This report tracks Top Vendor Shipments every Quarter across regions and co...