Global smartphone demand returned to a modest positive growth after a flattish first quarter as the seven out of the top ten smartphone brands were Chinese, together capturing a third of the smartphone market. According to the latest research from Counterpo...

Google I/O 2016 has been a very important I/O developer event in last ten years since Google started. Google has entered into hottest segments today – Virtual Reality Daydream platform to AI powered Messaging app Ello to Google Assistant powered smart ...

As the growth options in China market are almost maxed out for Chinese brands, India, thus presents them with the only sizeable opportunity for them to garner growth with scale. However, India also has been one of the tougher markets to grow and scale as you n...

Please find herewith the Q4 2015 edition of Infographic: Market Monitor Report summarizing the Handset and Smartphone market in Q4 2015. The report tracks top vendor shipments every quarter across regions and countries which contribute to almost 90% of the to...

China is one of the key markets for Apple iPhone. The initial response to the iPhone 6s/Plus has been positive according to our channel checks with notable stock outs at the Apple Store of key SKUs -- especially the Rose Gold 64GB 6s and 6s Plus. Operators are...

In this insight report, we detail how India is developing in terms of a hub for manufacturing high technology products such as smartphones. This report was originally client exclusive research, but is now available as a complimentary report. It was first pu...

This profile was initially client-exclusive but is now being made available on a complimentary basis. In this profile of Vietnam we detail the operators and their status with respect to subscribers and technology development. We analyse the handset mar...

Qualcomm Research, invited Counterpoint Analysts to San Diego, USA to demonstrate its 5G technology and solutions which will power the next generation “extreme mobile broadband” experiences. Each successive generation of mobile technology marks a s...

Our Q3-2015 Market Monitor report has been published. We update one infographic in each quarter to summarize handset and smartphone market activities in a single page.The report tracks now more than 75 top vendor shipments every quarter across region...

Blu is building a beachhead in North America to match its already strong position in Latin America. It has engaged Ingram Micro to help build its position in the US big box retail sector. Its combination of high specs and low prices is driving interest and dem...

Lots of things have changed since Mr. Satya Nadella took the reins from Mr. Ballmer. While Steve was adept at selling and growing Microsoft’s business through the entire 2000 decade, Nadella is a clear visionary in tying all the assets tog...

The India TV market has sales of 3 to 3.5 Million units per quarter. Global brands account for almost 75% of the market. The Government of India’s “Make in India” campaign is aiming to boost domestic manufacturing.  We expect the ma...

IoT is a catch-all term that describes how everything that can be connected will be connected. IoT remains a broad term encompassing many disparate areas of development. In this research note we provide a structure for thinking about the IoT landscap...

IFA 2015 provided an opportunity to take stock of the developments in the connected devices space. In this report we analyse how the new products on show and keynote speeches reflect the themes that we have been seeing and discussing for many months:...

Our Q2-2015 Market Monitor report has been published. We publish one infographic each quarter to summarize the handset and smartphone market activities in a single page.The report tracks more than 75 vendors' shipments every quarter. ...

China’s economic growth is marginally slowing, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics, accumulated GDP annual growth slowed from 9.4% in 2Q 2013 to 5.5% in 1Q 2015. However the growth while slowing remains solid. Money market rates...

At the beginning of July 2015, Counterpoint Research was invited for a visit to the Micromax local assembling operations in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand. The factory is named as Bhagwati Products Limited, it is a 100% subsidiary of Micromax Informatics Limited s...

This report is a recap of the smartphone market during the month of April 2015. We published reports covering the global smartphone market every month in our Market Pulse and the following is the excerpt from our April 2015 report.  We found th...

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 7.7% in 2015-16 projected by Reserve Bank of India (RBI). India is t...

Our Q1-2015 Market Monitor report has been published recently which is a series of Excel reports and PDF Insight documents. For clients, we update one infographic in each quarter to summarize the handset and smartphone market activities in a single page. ...