Annual smartphone sales in Nigeria grew by 81% YoY in 2021, according to Counterpoint Research’s Global Monthly Handset Sales Tracker. Nigeria’s smartphone market entered a slowdown in early 2020 amid pandemic restrictions. However, the market [c]
Smartphone brand realme ended 2021 with its 5G smartphone shipments growing fastest among major 5G brands in the December-ended quarter, according to the latest data from Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor service. This was the third quarter in [c]
The global smartphone market revenue crossed $448 billion in 2021, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor Service. The revenues grew by 7% YoY and 20% QoQ even as component shortages and COVID-19 restrictions continued [c]
The global smartphone market grew for the first time since 2017, with annual shipments reaching 1.39 billion units in 2021, according to the latest research from Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor service. Despite the 4% annual growth, however, annual shipments [c]
Global PC shipments reached 90.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 to maintain their year-on-year (YoY) growth momentum at 3.1%, coming on a relatively high base in 2020. The situation on the component supply [c]
The tech industry is going through an “intelligent” digital transformation wave as data collected from the billions of connected fixed and mobile assets is converted into actionable intelligence and insights. However, all the intelligence is [c]
Shipments of Extended Reality (XR) headsets – that is Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) – are projected to grow about 10 times from 11 million units in 2021 to 105 million in 2025, [c]
Global smartphone AP (Application Processor)/SoC (System on Chip) shipments grew by 6% YoY in the third quarter of 2021, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Foundry and AP/SoC Service. According to the report, 5G [c]
TECNO outlined its latest technologies and achievements at a webinar entitled “Global Mobile Camera Trends 2022: Innovation Talk”. The event was organized with Counterpoint. Webinar speakers addressed developments on mobile imaging technology. TECNO, highlighted its [c]
Smartphone shipments in the Africa and Middle East (MEA) region grew by 1% YoY and 7.5% QoQ in the third quarter of 2021, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service. Despite pent-up [c]
Despite supply shortages, smartphone rear cameras are increasingly adopting high-resolution image sensors, which continue to penetrate lower-end smartphone segments. According to the latest research from Counterpoint Smartphone Camera Tracker, smartphones featuring rear main cameras powered by [c]
The global market for truly wireless stereo (TWS) hearables experienced a less-than-impressive performance quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth in the second quarter of 2021, as typically strong spring sales waned across the US and Asia ex-China markets, resulting [c]
Smartphone sales in the Africa and Middle East (MEA) region grew by 35% year-on-year (YoY) but declined by 3% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the second quarter of 2021 even though this was the best second quarter [c]
The global refurbished smartphone market saw healthy growth across most regions in the second half of 2020. The market more than made up for the slump in the first half of 2020 with a modest 4% increase [c]
Global PC demand continued to grow in the second quarter of 2021 amid component shortages, with shipments increasing by 15% YoY to 80.1 million during the quarter, according to Counterpoint Research’s latest data. The growth [c]
Global smartphone shipments declined by 7% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service. This was primarily due to ongoing component shortages as well as [c]
The global tablet market saw a big revival during the pandemic, emerging from a long slump. The market grew by 19% Year-on-Year in 2020 due to the increasing demand for large-screen mobile devices spurred by [c]
The global refurbished smartphone market fell 9% YoY in 2020, according to the latest Counterpoint Refurbished Smartphone Market Update. The market saw a dramatic 16% decline in the first half of 2020 compared to the [c]
Global smartphone shipments in the third quarter of 2020 grew by 32% Quarter-on-Quarter (QoQ), but declined by 4% year-over-year (YoY) to around 380 million units, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service. [c]
The global connected car market is expected to double in the next five years with more than 270 million of such cars to be shipped during 2020-2025, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Smart Automotive service. [c]
HMD Global, the vendor of Nokia phones, leads the Counterpoint Research 2020 trust rankings based on the four pillars of software, security updates, build quality, and devices recommended for enterprises. These pillars comprise various weighted [c]
Smartphone shipments from Original Design Manufacturer and Independent Design House companies grew by 12% year-on-year (YoY) in the first half of 2020 against the declining trend in the overall smartphone market (a decline of 18% [c]
The global smartwatch market revenues increased by 20% in the first half of 2020, with the leading brands being Apple, Garmin and Huawei. The top three brands contributed more than 69% of the total market [c]
Fixed wireless access (FWA) is emerging as one of the leading use cases for 5G New Radio (NR) architecture, rapidly gaining momentum as a scalable alternative to fixed broadband, according to the latest research from Counterpoint Research’s Emerging Technology [c]
The global smartphone market declined by its fastest ever rate (by -24% Year-on-Year) in the second quarter of 2020, to 271.4 million units, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service. The quarter [c]
Smartphone sales in China declined 17% year-on-year (YoY) in the second quarter of 2020, according to Counterpoint’s Market Pulse – Monthly Smartphone Sales Tracking service. However, the sales increased by 9% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) indicating some signs of [c]
Global online music streaming subscriptions rose by 35% year-on-year (YoY) in the first quarter of 2020 to reach 394 million subscriptions, according to the latest findings from Counterpoint Research. The spike was driven by increased [c]
According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Refurbished Smartphone Tracker, the global market for refurbished smartphones declined by 1% year-on-year (YoY) in 2019 reaching just over 137 million units. The latter half, especially in the fourth [c]
The global smartphone market declined its fastest ever, coming down 13% year-on-year (YoY) in the first quarter of 2020, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service. This is the first time since [c]
More than 6 billion Wi-Fi capable smart home devices are set to be shipped between 2020 to 2025 according to Counterpoint Research’s latest Smart Home research. The global smart home market is projected to grow [c]
By Arushi Chawla Looking at the impact of COVID-19 on digital payment platforms, its acceptance in the near term will be improved leading to a stronger role in the longer term. COVID-19 has damaged both, demand and [c]
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