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Neil Mawston
| Jun 11, 2019
According to the latest research from our Smartphone Country Share Tracker (CST) service, Qmobile is losing its leadership grip at the top of the Pakistan smart...
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Neil Mawston
| Jun 06, 2019
Apple said this week that its iconic Watch is (finally) to get its own app store, with dedicated smartwatch apps on sale. This is good news for the Watch e...
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Rajeev Nair
| Jun 04, 2019
It was the South East Asian countries that led the “Next 45” markets in Q1 2019. Per our latest report available here, for smartphones, from the Han...
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Stephen Entwistle
| Jun 04, 2019
There is never a dull moment in the smartphone retail business. How will retail pricing be affected when network service operators are forced to range diff...
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Linda Sui
| Jun 04, 2019
Facing the huge uncertainty around the US China trade war, as well as the US ban of Huawei, Strategy Analytics Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service form...
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Neil Mawston
| May 30, 2019
EE of the UK this week became the first major European operator to launch 5G smartphones. Its no.1 partner was OnePlus, with the 7 Pro 5G model. EE is curr...
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Yiwen Wu
| May 29, 2019
Xiaomi’s Redmi brand launched its latest flagship model K20 series on May 28, 2019 in Beijing, China. Our analysts from Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WS...
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Yiwen Wu
| May 27, 2019
Google’s smartphone business grew rapidly in Q1 2019. Google has been among the world top 10 largest smartphone vendors by revenue this quarter. Pixel&rsq...
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Neil Mawston
| May 23, 2019
Best Buy, America's largest consumer electronics retailer, this week announced solid financial results for Q1 2019.
Total revenue and gross profit were up for ...
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Juha Winter
| May 22, 2019
As we’ve noted in earlier entries in this blog, Huawei is a major contender in many Western European countries, particularly so in the southern part of th...
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Linda Sui
| May 20, 2019
Huawei is facing mounting headwinds under the US ban. Google is reportedly to suspend Android license and Google Mobile Service to Huawei today. This will&...
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Yiwen Wu
| May 17, 2019
OPPO continued to rebound in Q1 2019 with stabilized smartphone shipments and improved wholesale ASP / revenue. Asia Pacific remained as OPPO’s largest re...
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Neil Mawston
| May 15, 2019
Xiaomi’s global smartphone shipments fell -3% YoY in Q1 2019. Xiaomi continues to decline in China, and its impressive growth across Europe is not en...
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Rajeev Nair
| May 14, 2019
vivo’s global shipments and revenues both grew in double digits in Q1 2019. Its ASP’s were at its highest in the last nine quarter of its operations...
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Juha Winter
| May 13, 2019
The first quarter of 2019 saw Samsung launch its newest generation of Galaxy S Series flagship smartphones, namely, the Galaxy S10, S10+, S10e, and the S10 5G, ...
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Yiwen Wu
| May 10, 2019
OPPO today launched “5G Spotlight Program” for Reno 5G. The concept is that OPPO will select 200 users in China to test the new flagship model. Base...
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Yiwen Wu
| May 10, 2019
Huawei maintained strong momentum in Q1 2019. Its smartphone shipments soared +50% YoY and the smartphone wholesale revenue surged +55% YoY. The vendor’s ...
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Jack Narcotta
| May 10, 2019
Google’s unveiling of the Nest Hub Max earlier this week at its annual I/O event isn’t particularly surprising. It’s a natural, if not expecte...
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Roger Lanctot
| May 08, 2019
The determined pursuit of "talking car" technology has introduced a phenomenon unique to the automotive industry. It is a malady that touches a wide range of ...
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