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Neil Mawston
| Jun 25, 2019
Samsung launched commercially its first 5G smartphone, the S10 5G, in South Korea in April, 2019. Recent local reports suggest its shipments finally topped 1 mi...
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Chris Taylor
| Jun 25, 2019
Wi-Fi 6, the latest Wi-Fi standard, has come a long way in the last 18 months, having started to ship in phones and laptops as well as access points. Mark...
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Rajeev Nair
| Jun 25, 2019
Oppo has been steadily building up its smartphone portfolio in Kenya. It latest launch includes Oppo A1K and would be available online via Jumia. The Kenyan sma...
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Neil Mawston
| Jun 25, 2019
Nigeria is the 2nd largest smartphone market in Africa. But the country is not led by Samsung or Apple... Nigeria is dominated by little-known Transsion. I...
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Neil Mawston
| Jun 24, 2019
The South American smartwatch market is roaring ahead at +40% annual growth in the first quarter of 2019. Apple watchOS and Tizen OS are top dog in th...
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Neil Mawston
| Jun 23, 2019
India, Vietnam and Indonesia will be the fastest-growing smartphone markets in Asia this year, outshining even China.
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Neil Mawston
| Jun 21, 2019
Australians love their iPhones. Even as the smartphone market dipped -13% YoY in the first quarter, Apple took the top three bestselling slots in the count...
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Ken Hyers
| Jun 21, 2019
5G smartphones have arrived, though their sales volumes in 2019 will be minuscule compared to overall smartphone sales volumes this year. But those small volume...
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Asif Anwar
| Jun 19, 2019
Xilinx has made steady progress in the automotive market with penetration at 29 vehicle makes and 111 models in 2018. To-date, the company has shipped over 150 ...
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Neil Mawston
| Jun 14, 2019
Various reports this week suggest Huawei is on the verge of launching commercially its own proprietary smartphone operating system, called "Hongmeng" in China o...
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Neil Mawston
| Jun 13, 2019
VinSmart, of Vietnam, plans to expand its global smartphone production capacity by an astonishing +2400% this year. VinSmart is a rising star across Asia a...
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Juha Winter
| Jun 13, 2019
Ever since overtaking Oppo as the second largest smartphone vendor in Indonesia in the second quarter of 2018, Xiaomi has held on tight to its no.2 position, ev...
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Michael Goodman
| Jun 12, 2019
According to Strategy Analytics, North American Pay TV Index, for the fourth consecutive quarter, pay TV services (i.e., cable, satellite, IPTV, vMVPDs) decline...
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Kevin Mak
| Jun 12, 2019
Last weekend, I attended the second year of the Fully Charged Live show. If you are not familiar with Fully Charged, it’s a series of light-hearted ...
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Edward Sanchez
| Jun 11, 2019
Two weeks into owning a Tesla Model 3
The day I have awaited literally for the better part of a decade for finally happened just over a week ago when I took del...
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Rajeev Nair
| Jun 11, 2019
Vivo is gearing up to launch its Z Series smartphones in India. The Z series, is positioned for the online channel segment. Vivo was the third largest smar...
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Neil Mawston
| Jun 11, 2019
Speculation continues to mount that Amazon will introduce its own range of healthcare wearables by next year. The devices may track emotions, fitness, etc....
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Neil Mawston
| Jun 11, 2019
Amazon is quietly accelerating its drone-delivery program around the world. Light goods at high speed over short distance are being targeted first. We pred...
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Neil Mawston
| Jun 11, 2019
According to the latest research from our Smartphone Country Share Tracker (CST) service, Qmobile is losing its leadership grip at the top of the Pakistan smart...
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Neil Mawston
| Jun 06, 2019
Apple said this week that its iconic Watch is (finally) to get its own app store, with dedicated smartwatch apps on sale. This is good news for the Watch e...
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