Digital wallet payment solutions are becoming more relevant for the Indian economy driven by mobile centric internet penetration. The current digital wallet segment is populated by several players from different verticals, but in many cases offering overlappin...

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:...

We have initiated our Smart Wearables coverage. Counterpoint’s focus areas are Smart Watches, Activity Trackers and Augmented/Virtual Reality devices which are the most prominent in the emerging smart wearable industry. In this third report of a three...

We have been closely tracking and have extensively covered Xiaomi's business which primarily has been smartphones. Xiaomi is the world's fourth largest smartphone brand and the number one smartphone brand in China, thanks to Xiaomi's bestselli...

This report tracks Wholesale Revenues, ASP & Shipments for more than top 20 mobile devices brands split by smartphones & feature phones. ~~Table of Contents Pivot Pivot Table for Volumes (Shipments) Pivot Table for Value (ASP, Reven...

Please find herewith the September edition of the Counterpoint Research Market Pulse covering the global sales in August 2015. Overview: Sell-In ticked down in August but remained above Sell-Thru more or less in line with seasonal norms given bot...

With a drive to eliminate subsidy and move towards EIP (Equipment Installment Plan) models following T-Mobile’s 'Uncarrier' footsteps, major operators will shift focus from “hardware” pricing to “plan” pricing. I...

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. ...

We have initiated our Smart Wearables coverage. Counterpoint’s focus areas are Smart Watches, Activity Trackers and Augmented/Virtual Reality devices which are the most prominent in the emerging smart wearable industry. In this second report of a thre...

Please find herewith the August edition of the Counterpoint Research Market Pulse covering global sales in July 2015.  Overview: Sell-through has been mixed while sell-in has been strong, driven by marketing activity and continued entry of new br...

The Rise of Smart Wearables We have initiated our Smart Wearables coverage. Counterpoint’s focus areas are Smart Watches, Activity Trackers and Augmented/Virtual Reality devices which are the most prominent in the emerging smart wearable industry. ...

Please find herewith the August edition of the Counterpoint Research Market Pulse covering the global sales in July 2015.   Overview: Some of common themes after July sales analysis are given below: Sell-through has been mixed while sell-in...

The global mobile phone industry shipped 462 million units’ mobile phones in Q2 2015, a growth of 4.8% annually. Shipments increased double digit in some regions, Middle East Africa continued as a fastest growing mobile phone region while other regi...

Counterpoint's Market Monitor reports track shipments from over 75 vendors every quarter. In addition to the global brands, Counterpoint analyses the performance of multi-million selling local brands such as India’s Intex,&nb...

The report tracks now more than 75 top vendor shipments every quarter across regions and countries which contribute to almost 90% of the total global smartphone volumes and much more at country level. We continue to track multi-million local brands such as Ind...

Quarterly handset shipments by different cellular air-interface technologies (e.g. LTE, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, etc.) for 75+ OEMs covering majority of the global handset volumes. Summarizing the landscape in Q2 2015 below: • Global handset shipments ...

Global handset shipments grew 5% annually recording 462 million units in shipments, a second quarter shipment record LTE was the fastest growing segment as the total demand continued to more than double compared to last year reaching just shy of ...