Smartphone shipments Grew +25% Annually In North America To Record High...
According to our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, smartphone shipments grew +25% annually in North America during the fourth quarter of 2012, the region's strongest growth rate for a year...
View ArticleHTC Struggling to Take Off in China
According to our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, HTC’s smartphone shipments worldwide declined by -29% annually in Q4 2012. We believe Chinese players such as Huawei, ZTE and Lenovo are...
View ArticleIs Android's Smartphone Marketshare Peaking in North America?
According to our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, global smartphone shipments reached a record level of 700 million units in full-year 2012. While Android was once more the dominant global...
View ArticleHuawei Becomes World's 3rd Largest Smartphone Vendor in Q4 2012
According to our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, global smartphone shipments grew +38% annually in Q4 2012, and +43% in FY 2012. Growth in the quarter was healthy but slowed a little as...
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Mozilla Kicks Off MWC 2013 With Spectacular Firefox OS Phones Debut &...
It’s unofficially the first day on Mobile World Congress 2013 and already mobile ecosystem players such as Mozilla have jumped in to announce their offerings. My colleagues are on the ground covering...
View ArticleIs Samsung bypassing Google with its proprietary services seen with Galaxy S4?
Samsung unveiled its new flagship smartphone model, the Galaxy S4, at Radio City in New York, US, on March 14th, 2013. The S4 is an attractive model with advanced software and rich services. We expect...
View ArticleAsia to Make Up Half of All Smartphone Sales in 2013
According to our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, global smartphone sales will grow by +33% in 2013. Asia Pacific will remain the largest region, accounting for half of global smartphone...
View ArticleIndia Smartphone Sales Will Surge 69% in 2013
According to our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, smartphone sales volumes will surge +69% in India this year. The rate of growth in India is two times higher than the global average....
View ArticleAfrica Smartphone Sales Will Jump 56% in 2013
According to our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, smartphone sales volumes will surge +56% in Africa Middle East this year. The rate of growth in Africa is almost two times higher than the...
View ArticleSmartphone Operator Distribution Channels Soaring in China
According to our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, shipments of smartphones through operator-controled channels, like China Telecom, will rise sharply in 2013. The landscape for smartphone...
View ArticleWhat is the Future for Apple iOS Smartphones?
Apple iOS has reached a fork in the strategic road. Should Apple continue along its current path and do nothing? Or should Apple downscale and upscale into smaller and bigger screens? Extensive...
View ArticleCan Ubuntu Smartphones Take Off in 2014?
Ubuntu OS is being hyped as an emerging smartphone platform that could be a long-term alternative to Android. What opportunities and threats does the Ubuntu OS face? Will it be low-cost enough and have...
View ArticleWil Tizen Smartphones Be Popular in 2014?
Tizen OS is being heavily supported by Samsung and others as an alternative smartphone platform to Android. Is Tizen a credible Android challenger? Or will it be a "Bada 2.0" flop? Extensive analysis...
View ArticleGlobal Handset Industry Revenues Grew Over 11% Year-over-Year in Q1 2013
According to our Wireless Device Strategies (WDS) service, global mobile phone industry revenues grew +11% annually in Q1 2013. Profits increased annually due to a greater proportion of 3G and 4G...
View ArticleGlobal Smartphone Revenues Will Grow by 37 Percent Through 2017
According to our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, global smartphone revenues will grow +37% over the next 5 years. Increasing smartphone volumes will be partly offset by decreasing price...
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BlackBerry Q10: The Best "Touch & Type" Smartphone But Leaves BlackBerry 10...
It could sound surprising but the new BlackBerry Q10 is my first physical QWERTY smartphone, coming from four years of full-touch smartphone usage, to type using those soft physical keys on Q10 has...
View ArticleBlackberry Q2 2013 Results Not a Major Surprise
While Blackberry’s share price on Wall Street crashed today, we think their financial results for calendar Q2 2013 were broadly in-line with expectations. Lackluster smartphone volumes, no profit and...
View ArticleHow many smartphones will be featuring NFC chipset through 2017?
NFC smartphones have reached a tipping point in 2013 and volumes will surge an impressive 156% this year due to the stabilized NFC ecosystem generation efforts made by device makers, mobile carriers,...
View ArticleWill Nokia Lumia 1020 with 41MP image sensor create a sub-ecosystem focused...
Under the current smartphone industry where the segmentation is gearing towards flagship, imaging, mini, water/dust-proof, phablet and etc, Nokia has announced its long-awaited and the first...
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Wearables: Will You Be Wearing Your Next Mobile Phone?
According to our Wireless Device Strategies (WDS) service, wearable devices are emerging as a new growth wave for the mobile industry. Companies like Google Glass, Sony, Samsung, Pebble and Jawbone are...
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