Apple iPhone 5s & 5c : Forget Low Cost Its Just High Profit !!

The most awaited launch event of the year kicked off today as Tim Cook unveiled the very expected iPhone 5s (but with a smaller s) and to everyone’s surprise a second new flagship the ‘iPhone 5c’ and not a “lower-cost” or…

Top Mobile Devices Trends in 2014

Technologically speaking there has never been a dull year in mobile industry. Every year promises and brings in new technologies, disruptions, business models and lots of surprises and we hope 2014 will be another great year for mobile devices segment. Let’s see what we…

Samsung: the Toyota of Mobile Devices

Samsung — from fast-follower to first-mover.

There has been a lot of talk over the last week with Samsung increasing its share in the market even beyond Nokia. This was the final but necessary blow to Nokia’s multi-decade-old leadership…

Top 10 phones in August: Galaxy S4 sales drop but still leads the pack

February smartphone market share indicates Samsung will have another record quarter

Counterpoint Technology Market Research (Counterpoint Research hereafter), a pioneer in smartphone market data, has published its monthly report of the global smartphone market which…

Low Cost Android killing what was left of the feature phone market

9 out of 10 Handsets Sold in China are Smartphones

Smartphone momentum continues in the world’s largest mobile market, China. According to the latest Monthly Market Pulse Report from Counterpoint Research, smartphone sales in China reached an all-time monthly high of 30 million units in…

Nokia Becomes The Fourth Largest Smartphone Brand in USA in Q3 2013

After years of struggle in one of the most premium and important smartphone market in the world, USA, Nokia is finally seeing its smartphone strategy and hard work bearing fruits. During Q3 2013, Nokia became the…

Q3 2013 : Micromax Becomes The 11th Largest Global Mobile Phone Brand

According to latest research from Quarterly Market Monitor service, Asia was one of the fastest growing market in terms of mobile phones and smartphones volumes in Q3 2013. Within Asia, India was the fastest…

Q4 2012 Handset Value Share: Preliminary

Just two companies take 95% of the profits in the mobile handset industry: Apple and Samsung.

Counterpoint Research has released its preliminary Q4 2012 mobile handset and smartphone results. The most stunning part is that Samsung…

Apple is still №1 in profits, Samsung will have to wait for its triple crown

Apple still at top of profit share with 53%, Samsung at 45%, others at…2%

The second quarter of this year ended again as everyone expected. Samsung dominates in volume and…

Moto G : Motorola’s Emerging Markets Play With Google At Heart

After almost a couple of years of efforts to revive the once popular “Razr” brand again (but in the smartphone space) with limited success, Motorola the device company, was on the verge of a complete overhaul to survive in…

Apple is the №1 handset maker in Japan now

Counterpoint Research releases new data of the Handset / Smartphone market. In the…

Microsoft Acquires Nokia :: Integration, Marketing & Business Model Rejuvenation Will Be The Key

Surprising end to the US Labor Day weekend as Microsoft announced its next big strategic move in mobile space to acquire the world’s second largest handset supplier…

Apple Captures Record 34 Percent of Japan Mobile Phone Sales in September

Despite a slow month of sales globally, Apple continued to double its market share in several of its major launch countries for its iPhone 5s & 5c in September 2013. This will help Apple end its…

Apple’s US Smartphone Share Doubles in September with new iPhone 5s and 5c

Smartphone share by region in Q1

Samsung leads the smartphone market in all regions except North America

Top 10 smartphones in September

Apple’s iPhone 5S is now the bestselling phone of the month