Overview: An overview of Alibaba's AI chip ambitions via wholly-owned subsidiary T-Head, together with an in-depth analysis of its first chip, the Hanguang 800, an AI Cloud Inference chip, which is expected to be launched commercially before the end of ...

Overview: Global smartphone market returns to quarterly growth (2% YoY) in Q4 2019 but declined (1% YoY) in CY 2019 overall. This is the first time that the smartphone market has declined for two consecutive years. However, the decline was slower than in 20...

Overview: Huawei group announced its CY2019 annual result on 31 Mar 2020. Despite the restrictions imposed by the Entity list from the U.S. government since 16 May 2019, total revenue of Huawei group grew by over 19% YoY to near US$123 billion, and its net ...

Key Takeaways: Global handset sell-in and sell-through declined Annual sell-through dropped 18% for handsets and 14% for smartphones. Handset sell-in shipments dropped slightly more as COVID-19 spread rapidly. Most of the drop in February was caused...

February brought continued YoY declines for almost all vendors due to the impact of COVID-19.  Global smartphone sales reach 93.4m units, down 13.9% YoY and 21.5% MoM. Table of Contents :  Global Overview Vendor analysis of major br...

Overview: Current estimates show COVID-19 is 2-3 times more contagious than the flu and 10 times more deadly. COVID-19 has become a global pandemic as announced by the WHO on March 11, 2020. This short reports discusses the impact on global smartphone ...

Our CY-2019 Infographic has been published. We release this Infographic every year to summarize the handset and smartphone market activities in a single page. Some quick observations from this edition:  Global smartphone shipments declined 2...

Key Takeaways: Global Handset Sell-in and Sell-Through Declined Sell through dropped 9% compared to last year and it was mostly caused by the Chinese market. Due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) sales during the last week in January were dismal. Both U...

§In January 2020, the global smartphone market recorded sales of 120.1 million units, down 5.5% YoY and down 9.2% MoM. YoY decline was mainly driven by weak sales in China and US.   Table of Contents :  Global Overview Vendor ...

Overview:  This report covers the global mobile phone shipment by air interface technology including market share and rankings by regions and key countries. The deliverable includes: Single pivot format giving an in-depth analysis of glob...

This report is one of the series of reports which tracks mobile handset: Smartphone and Feature Phone shipments every quarter for more than 140 brands covering more than 95% of the total device shipments in the industry.  The deliverable includes ...

Overview: The Big 4, Huawei, OPPO, Vivo, Xiaomi (HOVX) have joined to form an organization called GDSA (Global Developer Service Alliance) which is planning to provide a platform for developers to upload apps to the app stores of the Big 4 (HOVX) easily and...

Key Takeaways: Global Handset Sell-in Inclines While Sell-Through Declines Sell through in December fell 2% from November as the holiday season started and working days were reduced. Most of the major markets like China and Europe saw a drop in sel...

In December 2019, the global smartphone market recorded sales of 132.2 million units, down 2.5% YoY and down 1.3% MoM. YoY decline was mainly driven by weak sales in China and US.   Table of Contents :  Global Overview Vendor analy...

Overview: 5G smartphones are on the rise. We envision 5G to have the fastest ramp up of all generations of cellular technology. Monthly tracking has become important to identify the technology leaders. In this monthly tracker we provide the brand level a...

Overview: The report is an extended analysis of the Bill of Materials covering the components that constitute Huawei Watch GT 2. This will help in understanding the cost structure and the Components Used in the latest Smartwatch Offering from Huawei. Tab...

Key Takeaways: Global Handset Sell-in & Sell-Through Declines Sell-through improved in all regions including USA, Europe and Japan. However, China and India were weak. India, in particular, had a big drop in feature phones as brands like Jio...

In November 2019, the global smartphone market recorded sales of 134.0 million units, down 3.0% YoY and down 2.7% MoM. The decline was mainly due to weaker year-on-year sales in China, the US, and India smartphone market.   Table of Contents :&...

Overview: Counterpoint Research has been tracking the global smartphone industry on a monthly basis. According to Counterpoint’s latest model tracker, Apple maintained the top spot in the global smartphone model by revenue list. Samsung, on the other ...

Overview: The global smartphone market remained almost flat during Q3 2019, reaching 380 million units in shipments, as compared to 379.8 million units in Q3 2018. Overall, the smartphone market is undergoing a wave of transition. The transition from 3G to ...