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Yiwen Wu
| Aug 31, 2018
IFA 2018, the world-leading trade show for electronics, is taking place in Berlin from August 31st to September 5th. There are several interesting new smartphon...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 30, 2018
It is being widely reported this week that Apple has recently purchased Akonia Holographics, a US startup that creates color displays (lenses) for augmente...
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Ken Hyers
| Aug 29, 2018
Global LTE handset revenues grew at a healthy 8% annual pace in Q2 2018. LTE handsets now make up nearly 4 out of 5 handsets shipped globally, according to the ...
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Ken Hyers
| Aug 23, 2018
While Face ID is rapidly gaining ground as an authentication method for smartphones, FINGERPRINT detection is the most popular biometric authentication method t...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 23, 2018
Lenovo-Motorola’s mobile phone division has now lost money for an incredible 6 years in a row! The second quarter of 2018 was yet another d...
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Ken Hyers
| Aug 21, 2018
Smartphone security and authentication is ever more important. In the early days of smartphones users used passwords, PINs, and pattern-swipes to unlock their d...
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Yiwen Wu
| Aug 21, 2018
Xiaomi continued to grow in Q2 2018. The vendor solidified the 4th position in global smartphone market with 9% market share. Xiaomi’s investment on overs...
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Rajeev Nair
| Aug 21, 2018
Per our latest report, on the “Next 45 Markets” available here, from the Handset Country Share Tracker (HCST) Service Indonesia, Thailand and ...
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Linda Sui
| Aug 17, 2018
Global smartphone industry saw contracted volume recent quarters, but smartphone wholesale revenue and ASP is still under upwards track. According to ...
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| Aug 16, 2018
Conventional wisdom has it that Millennials, aged 22 to 37 in 2018 according to Pew Research Center, are major consumers of data-heavy apps such as Instagram, S...
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Yiwen Wu
| Aug 15, 2018
vivo came back to the right track in Q2 2018, with strong growth both in volume and value. It ranked the 6th largest smartphone vendor by volume and 5th largest...
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Rajeev Nair
| Aug 14, 2018
Indian Smartphone market grew by 14% YoY and 10% QoQ in Q2 2018. Online channel share witnessed a sharp increase, per our latest report available here from the&...
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Yiwen Wu
| Aug 10, 2018
OPPO posted stabilized performance in Q2 2018. It maintained the 5th position in global smartphone market, catching up quickly with the 4th player Xiaomi. Suffe...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 09, 2018
Samsung this week introduced its Galaxy Note 9 phablet with a 6.4-inch screen and 1TB storage. It is goodlooking Android model with business-led features, ...
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Ken Hyers
| Aug 07, 2018
Last week Motorola announced that it would be releasing an accessory for its new moto z smartphone that would allow the phone to connect to a 5G network. Queue ...
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Woody Oh
| Aug 07, 2018
Our Handset Country Share Tracker (HCST) service tracked 15 major countries to identify the smartphone market growth and vendor share in Q2 2018, and found that...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 02, 2018
Global smartwatch shipments soared +56% YoY in Q2 2018.
Smartwatches are now among the world's fastest-growing electronic gadgets.
Apple Watch lost ground to ...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 02, 2018
Global fitnessband shipments dipped -19% YoY in Q2 2018. Fitnessbands are losing ground to smartwatches. In what's left of the fitnessband market, Xiaomi i...
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Linda Sui
| Aug 02, 2018
According to the latest report from our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service: Global Smartphone Vendor Market Share by Region : Q2 2018, global smartpho...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 02, 2018
Sony Mobile's worldwide shipments and revenue collapsed to a record low in Q2 2018. Sony continues to struggle in all regions worldwide, including Japan an...
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