According to the latest research from Counterpoint, global smartphone demand slowed down slightly sequentially but was up a healthy 51% annually in February. While the demand across mature markets such as Japan, Korea and US slowed down further to pre-holiday ...

February handset sell through dropped again and even smartphone sales as the Chinese market goes slow as well as the rest of the world. Japan and Korea were the only markets growing in sales units during February. Inventory also drops showing healthy signs for...

Regional Quarterly Report for Q4 2013 : Mobile Devices The global mobile phone industry reached 470 million units phones shipments in Q4 2013, seasonal uptick of 6.6% sequentially but remained flat annually. Majority of the sequential growth was mainly due ...

January handset sell through dropped 1% compared to December but wasn’t that steep due to the Chinese New Year sales. Sell in fell further reducing inventory slightly. Sales in Japan were slow after an unusually strong December. US and European markets s...

Regional Quarterly Report for Q3 2013 : Mobile Devices The global mobile phone industry reached a record third quarter high of 441 million units phones shipments growing 6% annually and sequentially. Smartphone remained the key segment within mobile phones...

August handset sell through was again weak compared to July but sell in also drops relieving the inventory situation a bit. US and Europe are weak but China seems better than the previous months. Smartphones were almost 60% of the market and Android share is ...

Regional Quarterly Report for Q2 2013 : Mobile Devices   Global mobile handset market grew 5% annually to reach 407.6 million units shipment in Q2 2013. The sequential surge in shipments can be attributed to positive annual demand in mobile handset ...

May sell through was 145 million units, sell through is not picking up in regions like Europe and Asia. US and Latin America sales grew. Inventory is building and this may imply a weaker Q2 than expected. Smartphones were 82 million units, 58% of the market i...

Apple and Samsung are slogging it out but the result is a bloodbath for all other players who are dwarfed. Apple repeatedly takes 60% of the market profit and Samsung gets next largest share of 35%. 5% of the profit is shared by 300 brands which is pushing ma...