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Roger Lanctot
| Jan 25, 2022
Once again keynoting the annual Consumer Electronics Show and once again doing so virtually, General Motors CEO Mary Barra talked over the heads of her audience...
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Chris Schreiner
| Jan 25, 2022
Chris welcomes special guest, UX Soup co-creator, and former co-host Derek Viita. Derek left to pursue other opportunities in 2021, so it seemed fitting to brin...
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Ken Hyers
| Jan 20, 2022
5G smartphone shipments in North America in will grow by nearly 40% YoY in 2022.
The USA will account for more than 9 in 10 of total smartphone shipments in t...
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 20, 2022
We notice Vivo is quietly inching up the smartphone rankings in France.
Recent research from our Country Tracker (CST) places Vivo in 8th place during the seco...
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 20, 2022
Recent research from our Smartphone Country Tracker (CST) shows Honor grabbed a record 4% share of worldwide smartphone revenues in the third quarter of 2021.
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 20, 2022
New research from our WSS (Smartphones) service shows 5% of German adult consumers today in 2022 have used a smartphone insurance policy to repair their lost, s...
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 20, 2022
We notice HMD, maker of Nokia smartphones, is currently driving a major push into the United States market.
HMD Nokia wants in 2022 to be a leader in US prepai...
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 20, 2022
Russia is making a lot of headlines in recent months, but its smartphone market is holding up reasonably well for now. The market grew a mild +2% in the first 9...
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 20, 2022
We notice Xiaomi has continued to launch this year a rising wave of 5G phone models in China and Europe, and possibly upcoming to the US.
For example, Xia...
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 20, 2022
With the Internet currently working up a frenzy about a rumored new Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone, we took a quick look at its predecessor S21 shipments last ye...
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 20, 2022
New research from our Wearables (WDE) tracker predicts global smartwatch sales will grow a healthy +22% in 2022.
Smartwatches, like Apple Watch, are a high-val...
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 20, 2022
CES 2022 in Las Vegas this month was a surprisingly active show for wearables.
Dozens of new devices and partnerships were unveiled. These are the ones that ca...
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 20, 2022
New research from our Wearables (WDE) tracker predicts worldwide shipments of cellular-enabled wearable devices will grow an impressive +30% in 2022.
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 20, 2022
Recent research from our Bluetooth Device Tracker (BDT) predicts half-a-billion Bluetooth speakers will be selling annually worldwide by mid-decade.
Bluet...
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Ken Hyers
| Jan 20, 2022
The Western European 5G smartphone market is growing quickly, up nearly 360% YoY in Q3'21 and more than 200% for the full year.
Apple and Samsung are the ...
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 20, 2022
We notice this week that several Bluetooth earbud players in the emerging India market have been offering fairly steep pricing discounts on some of their t...
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Ken Hyers
| Jan 20, 2022
The eSIM as a technology has been around now for around half a decade. Yet many smartphones do not have the technology and most consumers are not even aware of ...
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 20, 2022
We notice OnePlus this month is updating the firmware on its Buds Pro TWS Bluetooth headphones with a new Dual Connection feature. If you have a OnePlus sm...
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