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Neil Mawston
| Nov 10, 2020
Apple this week said its iPhone partner, Pegatron, of Taiwan, has been put on probation for misuse of labor.
Pegatron is said to have overw...
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Neil Mawston
| Nov 09, 2020
Xiaomi is currently building a fully automated, unmanned factory to assemble smartphones in China. This new method could substantially lower the cost of 5G hand...
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Neil Mawston
| Nov 09, 2020
New research from our EDT (Techs) service shows Huawei was once again the world's top 5G smartphone vendor in the third quarter of 2020. The Chinese brand ...
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Ken Hyers
| Oct 22, 2020
In terms of sheer volumes China and the USA lead in 5G smartphone sales. But in key Western European markets, consumers are fast adopting 5G smartphones.
Swit...
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 21, 2020
Argentina -- South America's 3rd largest economy -- is in a terrible mess right now.
Covid cases have sadly topped a million. GDP is plunging -10%. Forex broke...
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 20, 2020
New research from our EDT (Techs) service forecasts global eSIM smartphone sales to grow a robust +40% next year in 2021.
Led by Samsu...
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 15, 2020
Li-Fi is like Wi-Fi, but faster. OPPO and others are prototyping Li-Fi smartphones, ready to download superfast wireless data by light. Is Li-Fi the new Wi-Fi?
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 14, 2020
New research from our EDT (Techs) service forecasts worldwide 5G smartphone sales to grow a healthy +150% in 2021.
The latest Apple iPhone 12 hitting stor...
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 01, 2020
Global 5G smartphone ASPs have plunged by almost 50% in the past year. Cheaper components and a flood of lower-cost models from China are driving down prices. H...
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 01, 2020
New research from our EDT (Techs) service finds 22% of all smartphones sold worldwide supported Qi RX wireless charging in 2019. Penetration will double to a fo...
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 01, 2020
Our new analysis finds 5G smartphone prices are falling faster than many expected. Three new 5G smartphones this quarter, from Motorola, LG and TCL, using ...
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Ken Hyers
| Sep 23, 2020
HMD Global, better known as Nokia, announced that it is bringing its Power Earbuds to the USA. The Totally Wireless (TWS) Bluetooth earbuds space, established b...
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Ville-Petteri Ukonaho
| Sep 02, 2020
ZTE Axon 20 5G became the first device that is launched with under-display front camera. The technology has been coming for some time ever since Samsung Display...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 18, 2020
According to new research from our EDT (Techs) service, global 5G smartphone shipments soared +2300% to an all-time high in the second quarter of 2020.
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 14, 2020
Microsoft this week confirmed it is re-entering the 4G handset market with its new Surface Duo. It is a dual-screen clamshell phone with Android avail...
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Ken Hyers
| Aug 11, 2020
Global WiFi-enabled phone sales will decline in 2020 as the global Covid-19 pandemic affects smartphone sales. The WiFi standard 802.11ac remains the most used ...
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David Kerr
| Jul 22, 2020
Strategy Analytics device technologies team flags NFC SE and UWB as two key technology movers in the smartphone connectivity space.
NFC has of course been embed...
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Ken Hyers
| Jul 14, 2020
The Bluetooth headset market is booming. Bluetooth headset sales have entered a new "golden era" that doesn't look set to end anytime soon. Unlike the last Blue...
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Ken Hyers
| Jun 25, 2020
5G smartphones accounted for more than 1 in 10 smartphones shipped in North America in Q1 2020. A single vendor, Samsung, accounted for the vast majority of all...
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Ken Hyers
| May 13, 2020
Strategy Analytics predicts global legitimate mobile phone sales will decline -17% annually in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and global recessions.&nbs...
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