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Eric Smith
| May 18, 2017
In an attempt to jumpstart slowing growth of its ultra-low priced tablets, Amazon announced a relaunch of its two most popular tablets as well as an increased f...
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Rajeev Nair
| May 18, 2017
Google, in the official key note address at Google I/O 2017, announced Android Go. It’s a tweaked down version of the next iterate of its Android op...
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Stuart Robinson
| May 17, 2017
Despite the growth in cloud storage and embedded NAND Flash storage on smartphones, the inclusion of memory card slots in smartphones has never been stronger. S...
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Neil Mawston
| May 17, 2017
Our WDE (Wearables) service notes Samsung this week has been using the annual Tizen Developer Conference to talk up the potential of the platform for smaller mo...
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Rajeev Nair
| May 16, 2017
Importance of the Indian market has steadily risen in Xiaomi’s scheme of things. It launched its entry and mid-priced Redmi 4 smartphones today. Last week...
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Rajeev Nair
| May 16, 2017
Samsung in the very first month of the sales of its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8 has hit more than 5 million units. This is very much in line with Str...
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Woody Oh
| May 16, 2017
According to the latest report, 'Global Handset Vendor Market Share for 15 Countries in Q1 2017', published under Handset Country Share Tracker (HCST) service, ...
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Yiwen Wu
| May 16, 2017
Xiaomi had a mixed quarter in Q1 2017. Despite global smartphone shipments posting -14% YoY decline, the vendor ranked the 7th position in global smartphone mar...
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Juha Winter
| May 15, 2017
As we’ve noted earlier, the first quarter tends to be Samsung’s quarter, with new flagship smartphone models from the world’s largest handset ...
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Rajeev Nair
| May 15, 2017
India would be key to the success of new Tizen based Z4 smartphone from Samsung and would be the first of the markets where the device is to be launched. In the...
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Juha Winter
| May 12, 2017
The United States is the world’s second largest smartphone market in volume terms, but in terms of revenue, the country is easily the single most importan...
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Yiwen Wu
| May 12, 2017
vivo continued strong momentum in Q1 2017. The Chinese vendor solidified its 5th position in global smartphone market, up +64% YoY by volume.
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Steven Waltzer
| May 10, 2017
Apple, for an undisclosed amount, has acquired Finnish sleep-tracking company Beddit, known for their between-the-sheets sleep tracking device and associated ap...
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Neil Mawston
| May 10, 2017
Apple this week became the first US company to top US$800 billion valuation on Wall Street. A huge number and an impressive achievement.
This chart -- from our...
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Neil Mawston
| May 10, 2017
According to the latest research from our Smartphone Model Tracker (SMT) service, Apple iPhone 7 was the world's best-selling smartphone model in the firs...
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Yiwen Wu
| May 10, 2017
OPPO posted a strong quarter again. Its global smartphone shipment grew +78% YoY in Q1 2017. OPPO solidified its position as the largest smartphone vendor in As...
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Rajeev Nair
| May 09, 2017
Nubia, the sub brand of ZTE has just launched its mid-tier smartphone, the M2 Lite in the Indian market. ZTE continues to hold miniscule share in India, per our...
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Rajeev Nair
| May 09, 2017
Samsung pay has been just launched on a pilot phase in the Taiwanese market this month. This comes right after the launch of Apple pay in the month of March. Th...
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Cliff Raskind
| May 09, 2017
Northeastern University's Distinguished Professor Ahmed Busnaina presenting at the Medical Sensors Design Conference this week. NANO-SCALE PRINTING of sensors a...
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Linda Sui
| May 06, 2017
A huge number of second-tier MICROVENDORS are playing a meaningful role in the global smartphone market. However, industry consolidation is underway. The "top 3...
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