In February 2019, the global smartphone market recorded sales of 108.9 million units, down 7.9% year-on-year (YoY) and 14.3% month-on-month (MoM). This was the lowest sales volume since February 2015. Sales in the Chinese market fell 19.6% YoY. It was primaril...

Key Takeaways: Global Sell-in and Sell-through Declines Further: Sell through was down. There was no exception this month. All regions and major countries saw a decline including Japan and Korea which usually show growth during the February season. But s...

Key Takeaways: Global Sell-in and Sell-Through Declines: Sell-through was weak through all regions except for Japan and Korea. China sell through was slightly better than December but showed negative growth YoY. Sell in dropped more than sell through sho...

In January 2019, the global smartphone market posted the lowest sales since Jan 2014, with sales of 127 million units, down by 3.0% YoY and 6.4% MoM. It was mainly due to a 4% to 5% decline in sales across all regions except India and LATAM. Table of Conten...

In December 2018, the global smartphone market showed sales of 135.7 million units, down 6.5% YoY and 1.7% MoM. The decline in the worldwide smartphone market was due to the overall weak smartphone sales in Asia, Europe, the US, and China. Table of Conten...

Key Takeaways: Global Sell-in Remained Flat, Sell-Through Down. Sell-through was down in December as the new global peak season has shifted to November due to online events. Sell-in, however, was flat as OEMs expected some increase in sales during Novemb...

Key Takeaways: Global Sell-in Declined Marginally, Sell-Through Inclined. Global sell-through was healthy in North America and Western Europe due to the various marketing events at the year-end. However, China demand was slow compared to last year, despi...

In November 2018, the global smartphone market recorded a 138.8 million unit, showing a 1.7% MoM, but 3.8% YoY decline. Considering China’s Singles’ day and the US Black Friday in November, the global smartphone sales seem to be still weak overall....

Global smartphone sales climbed 6.3% MoM in October 2018, recording 136.7 million units, but fell 1.2% YoY. This decline is attributed to the continued sluggishness of the Chinese smartphone market and the relative sluggishness of the US mid- and low-end phone...

Key Takeaways:  Premium ($600-$799) and Ultra-Premium ($800 & Above) price segment continues to perform well. Flagship devices from top OEMs are driving volumes for the smartphone vendors, especially in the case of Apple and Samsung. Apple&rsq...

In September 2018, the global smartphone market eclipsed 128.8M smartphones -- a 2.1% YoY decrease and a 1.3% MoM increase. There is no change in our outlook for the global smartphone market and its forecasted decline YoY in 2018. Global 3Q was slightly up 1.1...

Key Takeaways:  Global Sell-in Dropped, Sell-Through Rises Marginally: In September, global sell-in dropped, especially for Chinese brands and Samsung, however, Apple sell-in increased driven by new launches. Apple’s new launches were the majo...

In August 2018, the global smartphone market marked 125.4 MU, showing 1.0% YoY and -0.92% MoM. Despite there was a positive YoY growth, the drop in MoM has increased the possibility of sluggish earnings in the global smartphone market in 2nd half. Table o...

Key Takeaways: Global handset market as well as smartphone market remained bearish during the month of August. Weaker market sentiment can be attributed to prospective mobile handset buyers waiting for new launches in September, as well as upcoming festi...

In July 2018, the global smartphone market showed a slight increase of 0.9% MoM and 2.8% YoY. Samsung showed a 2.2% YoY increase and 1.3% MoM growth, maintaining a global No.1 position. Please find herewith the Counterpoint Research Market Pulse Premium P...

Key Takeaways: Sell in volume grew healthy annually. Chinese brands such as Huawei, Xiaomi and Oneplus are showing ambitious growth and stocking up the channels. Korea, Japan were back to positive MoM growth in sell through volumes. However, some Europea...

The global smartphone market grew 3.8% MoM and 2.7% YoY due to growth in the Asia Pacific and the Middle East and Africa region. Despite the global market growth, Samsung seems to have dropped about 500,000 units on a sell-through basis, mainly due to the slug...

Sell-through was slightly up over May. This is mainly because of new model launches by many Chinese players. However, this was offset by sell-through volume lower in Japan, Spain, UK, Korea compared to last month. The US was up slightly. Overall sell-in was sl...

Global smartphone market grew 4.4% p MoM and 3.4% YoY. Samsung maintained its Top position, Apple slowed down 1.6% YoY. Huawei maintained its 2nd position for two consecutive two months.  Please find herewith the Counterpoint Research Ma...

Sell through improved in May as China rebounded and Western European countries, like Germany, swung back to growth. India continues its strong momentum as well. Japan was negative. The US & Korea were flat during the month. Sell in has jumped in May...