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  • Refurbished handset sales growing, but India market largely untapped

    by Ken Hyers | Sep 27, 2017
    Refurbished handset sales continue to grow, by double-digit percentages year-on-year in 2017. Strategy Analytics’ Emerging Device Strategies practice find... ...
  • Ten Emerging Technologies Powering Smartphones

    by Ken Hyers | Sep 26, 2017
    Today’s smartphones are loaded with advanced sensors and technologies. These have allowed the modern smartphone to replace PCs, standalone cameras, naviga... ...
  • Is WiGig Dead?

    by Neil Mawston | Sep 26, 2017
    In a recent announcement that flew under the radar screen for most of the industry, Asus introduced the world’s first WiGig smartphone with Gigabit LTE. I... ...
  • Google Buys HTC Pixel

    by Neil Mawston | Sep 21, 2017
    As expected, Google this week purchased HTC’s Pixel unit, taking on half the company’s handset R&D team. Google has paid US$1 billion to (once a... ...
  • Apple iPhone X -- Which Technologies Matter Most

    by Neil Mawston | Sep 13, 2017
    Apple introduced the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X on Sep 12, 2017. Our EDS (Devices) service guides the most important TECHNOLOGIES you need to be aware of in... ...
  • Apple iPhone: The Trillion-Dollar Smartphone

    by Neil Mawston | Sep 08, 2017
    According to the latest research from our Emerging Device Strategies (EDS) service, Apple has shipped 1.2 billion iPhones worldwide cumulatively in the past 10 ... ...
  • MWC Americas: Overshadowed by Apple iPhone...

    by Neil Mawston | Sep 07, 2017
    MWC Americas -- the new name for the old CTIA tradeshow -- takes place next week in San Francisco, USA. The event is unfortunately timed, because it opens on t... ...
  • SA at IFA 2017: Windows on Snapdragon and New Kirin 970

    by Ville-Petteri Ukonaho | Sep 02, 2017
    Windows on Snapdragon Microsoft and Qualcomm announced their initiative to bring Windows on Snapdragon in December 2016. Now the fruit of that co-operation is ... ...
  • LG V30 Brings LTE 600MHz to Smartphones

    by Neil Mawston | Aug 31, 2017
    LG this week launched its new V30 handset. It is the world’s first LTE 600MHz phone. According to our EDS (Devices) service, the V30 has an attractive be... ...
  • IFA: Day 2: Smartphones and Smart Robots

    by Ken Hyers | Aug 31, 2017
    Day 2 of the big IFA tradeshow in Germany, on Thursday, 31th August, 2017, turned up three notable new products that we saw from LG, Sony, CAT and Miele. As ou... ...
  • IFA: Day 1: Wearables Rule

    by Neil Mawston | Aug 31, 2017
    Day 1 of the big IFA tradeshow in Germany, on Weds, 30th August, 2017, turned up three notable new products that we saw from Samsung, Fitbit and Diesel. As our... ...
  • NFC Phone Sales Will Grow 16% in 2018

    by Neil Mawston | Aug 29, 2017
    According to our EDS (Devices) service, NFC phone sales will grow +16% globally in 2018. NFC is used for paying, pairing and sharing by smartphone. The NFC segm... ...
  • Who Will Buy HTC?

    by Neil Mawston | Aug 25, 2017
    HTC, of Taiwan, is rumored (again) to be selling its mobile handset division. This will be no surprise to anyone who has watched the company stumble from one di... ...
  • How Often Do UK Consumers Replace Their Mobile Phones?

    by Neil Mawston | Aug 24, 2017
    Carphone Warehouse (Dixons Carphone) took a pounding today on the UK stockmarket, due to a profit warning. DC shares closed down almost -20% on the day. Carpho... ...
  • IFA 2017: What You Should Go See

    by Ville-Petteri Ukonaho | Aug 22, 2017
    Strategy Analytics experts will be present on site at IFA 2017 in Berlin from 30.8. to 5.9. to bring our clients up to date insights of the industry. 360 c... ...
  • Qualcomm Announces Depth Sensing Camera Technology

    by Ville-Petteri Ukonaho | Aug 15, 2017
    On 15. August 2017 Qualcomm announced its latest innovation to the imaging technology solution Spectra. Latest addition brings improved biometric authentic... ...
  • Q2 2017 : Samsung : Healthy S8 Flagships Sales to Drive Highest ASP in 3 Years

    by Woody Oh | Aug 03, 2017
    According to the latest insight report for Samsung, covering the vendor's performance during Q2 2017, this Korean vendor could record the highest handset ASP in... ...
  • Q2’17: LG Must Expand to Newer Smartphone Markets

    by Rajeev Nair | Aug 01, 2017
    LG’s volumes and revenue were hit in Q2 2017 on account of soft demand for its flagships. Handset shipments for the vendor declined by -16% YoY in the qua... ...
  • Over 5 inch Handsets will Capture 57% of Global Market by 2018

    by Woody Oh | Jul 28, 2017
    According to the very recent report, 'Handset Sales Forecast by Type : Phablet, Superphone, Smartphone, Feature phone & Basic phone : 2003 to 2022', publish... ...
  • The Holographic Smartphone Era has Begun

    by Rajeev Nair | Jul 26, 2017
    RED has announced its entry into the smartphone segment with the Hydrogen One Smartphone. Hydrogen One is a cinema-quality smartphone with “holographic&rd... ...

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