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Yiwen Wu
| Jan 22, 2021
Honor launched its first model after spinning out from Huawei. The new 5G model - Honor V40 - is powered by MTK Dimensity 1000+ chipset and is equipped with a 6...
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 15, 2021
Samsung this week launched its new Galaxy S21 smartphone portfolio.
It is a premium range of 5G Android models with bright screens, rich cameras, and fanc...
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 07, 2021
Lava, this week, has launched a made-to-order smartphone service in India.
You can buy a Z2, Z4 or Z6 Android handset and customize it with myZ by 66 "unique" ...
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Neil Mawston
| Dec 23, 2020
New research from our WSS (Smartphones) service forecasts the global installed base of Apple iPhone to grow +9% in 2021.
We expect strong upgrades to new ...
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Boris Metodiev
| Dec 17, 2020
Global smartphone replacement rate reached the peak in 2013, when operator subsidies also reached the record-high level. However, replacement rate has been expe...
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Neil Mawston
| Dec 17, 2020
Tradeshow season is fast approaching. CES is upon us and takes place from January 11 to 14, 2021. The event is 100% online and will be livestreamed daily. We lo...
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Boris Metodiev
| Dec 09, 2020
Global smartphone wholesale (trade) revenues are expected to decrease -9% YoY in 2020, as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic. We expect revenues to reb...
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Neil Mawston
| Dec 07, 2020
Many will want to forget 2020. But what does next year bring for the smartphone industry?
We look here at five top trends that will move or shake markets ...
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Neil Mawston
| Dec 07, 2020
New research from our WSS (Smartphones) service finds global smartphone inventory levels stabilized in the month of October 2020. Despite coronavirus, US-China ...
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Neil Mawston
| Dec 07, 2020
Despite coronavirus, unlocked smartphone shipments in the United States posted +6% YoY growth in Q3 2020. America consumers are trading down to lower-cost smart...
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Yiwen Wu
| Nov 19, 2020
OPPO smartphone business grew +7% YoY in Q3 2020. With 9% volume share, OPPO ranked sixth in global smartphone market this quarter.
OPPO’s performance in...
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Linda Sui
| Nov 18, 2020
According to the latest report from our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, global smartphone wholesale revenue went down -9% YoY in Q3 2020.
Apple ...
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Boris Metodiev
| Nov 13, 2020
HMD (Nokia) total global handset shipments dropped -10% YoY in Q3 2020. That was 8 out of the last 9 quarters registering a YoY decline in volume.
The main reas...
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Yiwen Wu
| Nov 13, 2020
Google’s Pixel smartphone business continued the downturn track in Q3 2020 while it launched the new Pixel 4A 4G model.
Google unveiled two 5G models - P...
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Rajeev Nair
| Nov 11, 2020
Per our recent insight report on Vivo, available here, from the Wireless Smartphone Strategy (WSS) Service, the vendor's smartphone shipments grew in doubl...
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Neil Mawston
| Nov 11, 2020
New research from our WSS (Smartphones) service shows Honor is now the world’s 7th largest smartphone brand. Bigger than Motorola and LG combined. What is...
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Boris Metodiev
| Nov 11, 2020
Lenovo-Motorola total global smartphone shipments fell -4% YoY in Q3 2020. As a result, the company dropped to number eight in the ranking of the largest smartp...
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Neil Mawston
| Nov 09, 2020
LG pretty much doubled its smartphone marketshare in Canada during the third quarter of 2020.
This was LG's fastest growth in the country for more than a decad...
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Neil Mawston
| Nov 09, 2020
For the first time in over three years, Samsung is back on top of the US smartphone market in Q3 2020. The A, S and Note models experienced strong demand. ...
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Boris Metodiev
| Nov 09, 2020
Xiaomi’s total global smartphone shipments grew an impressive 45% YoY in Q3 2020, a great feat considering that the overall smartphone market grew just 0....
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