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Neil Mawston
| Oct 29, 2020
Global smartphone shipments experienced a V-shaped recovery in the third quarter of 2020.
Samsung recaptured top spot in the quarter, while Xiaomi almost overt...
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Linda Sui
| Oct 27, 2020
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, premium smartphone models will capture a record 80 percent marketshare of all smartphone revenues gene...
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Yiwen Wu
| Oct 23, 2020
Huawei unveiled its new flagship models - Mate 40 series - yesterday via an online broadcast event. There are four smartphone models being introduced: Mate 40, ...
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 21, 2020
Vivo is the latest Chinese smartphone maker to jump into Europe. Its push for marketshare begins this month and is starting with the X51 5G, several midrange Y-...
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Yiwen Wu
| Oct 20, 2020
We forecast global smartphone wholesale revenue will drop -10% YoY in 2020 under the hit of COVID-19. But it will rebound quickly from 2021 onwards, driven join...
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Boris Metodiev
| Oct 14, 2020
On October 13, 2020, Apple unveiled the latest updates of its smartphone lineup -- iPhone 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max.
The most anticipated news of the ...
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 14, 2020
How many iPhone 12 5G units will be sold worldwide in Q4 2020 and 2021?
Answer = a lot!
Clients of our WSS (Smartphones) service can download the full fo...
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 01, 2020
The smartphone industry is currently turning its attention to 2021 and a possible recovery next year.
Our updated report looks at smartphone sales forecasted b...
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 01, 2020
Covid-19 has slammed smartphone demand into reverse this year.
How well has industry supply managed the shortfall?.
The answer is "surprisingly well"!
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 01, 2020
Our latest research shows MONTHLY smartphone shipments grew +5% month-on-month worldwide in August, 2020. Markets across the globe remain volatile, as dema...
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Neil Mawston
| Sep 15, 2020
Android 11 Go edition is being updated this month. It is a stripped-down version of full Android, optimized for low-cost smartphones in emerging markets such as...
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Neil Mawston
| Sep 11, 2020
Huawei this week updated its new Harmony operating system for smartphones, wearables, TVs, laptops, cars and other gadgets. Harmony OS 2.0 is Huawei's "plan B" ...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 12, 2020
HMD Global this week confirmed it is receiving some US$230 million of fresh funding -- from Google, Qualcomm and Nokia.
That is quite a "lockdown bonus".
All ...
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Rajeev Nair
| Aug 12, 2020
Vivo minimized its losses in a COVID hit quarter. In Q2 2020, when the global smartphone shipments declined in double digits, Vivo was better off with a -3% dec...
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Boris Metodiev
| Aug 10, 2020
TCL has launched its first 5G smartphone, the TCL 10 5G. With the new device the company offers a very solid spec sheet at an affordable price. It is TCL’...
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Yiwen Wu
| Aug 10, 2020
OPPO slightly outperformed global smartphone market in Q2 2020 with -15% annual decline rate amid COVID-19 pandemic. If adding back its sibling brand OnePlus an...
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Yiwen Wu
| Aug 08, 2020
Huawei outperformed the global smartphone market in Q2 2020 with a modest -5% YoY decline rate. It managed to ship nearly 56 million unit smartphones worldwide ...
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Rajeev Nair
| Aug 07, 2020
Profitability continued to elude Sony, as its smartphone volumes and revenues decline annually in Q2 2020. However, sequentially it did manage to grow ste...
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Boris Metodiev
| Aug 06, 2020
5G was off to a great start in the first year itself and the year 2020 is shaping up be the year of 5G. Qualcomm, the baseband market leader, has established it...
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Boris Metodiev
| Aug 04, 2020
Google unveiled Pixel 4a, Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 on August 3, 2020. While the long awaited (and very much delayed) Pixel 4a is available to pre-order now and w...
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