The Market: In October handset sell-through continued to grow despite the sluggish Chinese and Korean markets. Sell-in grew faster than sell-out meaning inventory built up in the channel. But this is an expected event and consistent with previous years. Sma...

Please find our finalized in-depth Q3 2014 global handset: smartphone & featurephone shipments, marketshare and rankings by region and key countries from our Market Monitor service.    The report tracks more than 65 top vendo...

This report centres on recent happenings in the mobile Industry. We expect about what happen in the mobile industry in 2015 and organized in 10 sentences.   Tablet of contents 1. Commoditization in the extreme – Only brand is l...

  The Market: In September handset sell-through picked up as it was back to school season in the US and European markets. China and Korea also rebounded. Sell-in has increased faster though to accommodate to the upcoming holiday seasons. Smartphones...

Attached is one of the infographics we update quarterly to summarize the events each quarter for the handset and smartphone market. The data comes from our Q2 2014 quarterly Market Monitor report. This quarter it was all about the rise of local brands such ...

  The Market: In August handset sell-through was low as expected due to the long holidays in European countries. US and China demand fell slightly. Other markets were fairly stable. Sell-in however has slowly increased most likely gearing up for the ba...

Summarizing the landscape in Q2 2014 below:           Global handset shipments grew 6% annually, highest growth in over last 10 quarters thanks to ramping 3G/4G smartphone demand globally    &nb...

We research 5 countries (Brazil, UK, China, India, USA) Top smartphone models. Brazil is the first one. Brazil Top Smartphone Models Samsung Galaxy S5 and iPhone 5S are the most desirable devices in Brazil. Samsung’s Galaxy S5 was launched in Ap...

In May handset sell through improved, finally. Europe and emerging markets were strong while China and Japan were weak. Sell-in is also increasing fast following the improving demand picture. Inventory at the industry level remain at manageable levels in most ...

Xiaomi was founded in Beijing, in April 2010 by ex-Kinsoft CEO Lei Jun. It started as a software company that created MIUI, an enhanced and easy to use ROM based on Google's Android smartphone OS. In 2011, Xiaomi announced its first hardware to the market,...

Xiaomi was founded in Beijing, in April 2010 by ex-Kinsoft CEO Lei Jun. It started as a software company that created MIUI, an enhanced and easy to use ROM based on Google's Android smartphone OS. In 2011, Xiaomi announced its first hardware to the market,...

April handset sell through was worse than March. Europe demand was weak as some consumers withheld purchasing to wait for new flagship models. Japan also entered a low period after strong sell through in March. Operator marketing has been banned in Korea resul...

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 ...

India is slowly converting into a major manufacturing hub for mobile phones companies. Foreign handset vendors such as Nokia, Samsung, and LG have been manufacturing mobile phones in India for many years.  On the other hand, the brands at the top end o...

India is slowly converting into a major manufacturing hub for mobile phones companies. Foreign handset vendors such as Nokia, Samsung, and LG have been manufacturing mobile phones in India for many years.  On the other hand, the brands at the top end o...

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...

October handset sell through improved as demand grew 3% compared to last month and 2% annually. US, Latin America and Europe were strong but Africa somewhat weak and also China to a certain extent.  Smartphones are now more than 63% of the market. Androi...

Counterpoint Research Analysts were in Abu Dhabi for the “Nokia World”, the grand product launch event from the world’s second largest mobile devices manufacturer. The event in the middle of modern and advanced Arab Peninsula portrayed the Fi...