The Vietnamese smartphone market grew by 11% YoY in H1 2017. We expect the market to continue heating up in the second half thanks to the appearance of new high-spec smartphones at affordable prices. However, this growth will mainly be driven by global and Chi...

Counterpoint Research conducted consumer survey spanning multiple countries like India, China, Germany, Mexico and so on. We surveyed on user behaviors, brand preference, factors influensing purchase decisions to mobile usage patterns.  Table of conten...

Huawei has surpassed Apple in global smartphone sales consistently for June and July. With August sales looking strong for the Chinese vendor, a hat-trick for Huawei could be on the cards. Overview: This is a significant milestone for Huawei, the larg...

Counterpoint Research Director Neil Shah had a webinar about Chinese Mobile Brands in India on 25th July, 2017. Please find herewith the presentation about "Chinese Brands Growth in India" Agenda :  Indian mobile phone market overview ...

This is one of our series of reports analyzing quarterly vendor performances. Apple reported its calendar Q2 2017 (Apr-Jun) results and we take a deep dive looking at the trends and analyzing the vendor's performance during the quarter.

Please find herewith the Infographic: 2017 smartphone markekt outlook Overview: 2016 Global smartphone shipment grew 3.2% YoY. In 2016, MEA had the highest YoY growth rate among all the regions and accounted for  almost 10% of...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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 Infographic: Storage Solution Trends in the Consumer Notebook Market. Overview: The laptop/notebook PC segment is undergoing a significant form-factor evolution as increasing numbers of consumers demand sleeker hardware, ...

Please find herewith the detailed report on Storage solution trends in the Consumer notebook market.  Overview: The laptop/notebook PC segment is undergoing a significant form-factor evolution as increasing numbers of consumers demand s...

Counterpoint Research analysts had an opportunity to visit Lava Noida mobile phone manufacturing operations, where the company manufactures both smartphones and feature phones.   Overview: Lava currently produces 1.5 million phones a mo...

Counterpoint Research analysts had an opportunity to visit Intex’s Noida mobile phone manufacturing operations, which is one of its five manufacturing facilities.   Overview: Three out of five manufacturing facilities are located in No...

Please find herewith the Q2 2016 edition of Infographic: Market Monitor Report summarizing the Handset and Smartphone market in Q2 2016. This report tracks Top Vendor Shipments every Quarter across regions and countries which contribute to al...

Apple reported a quarter which exceeded Wall Street’s expectations for the company despite most key metrics falling year-over-year. In this report we have analyzed some key takeaways. List of Tables & Charts: Apple’s Wholesal...