According to data from Counterpoint Research, U.S. consumer demand for smartphones fell 10% in January. Budget-constrained consumers are waiting longer to upgrade their mobile devices, and U.S. smartphone sales last month were nearly half of the record levels during the same period in 2017, the research...
Samsung’s decade-plus reign as the king of the smartphone market is over. “The last time a company not named Samsung was at the top of the smartphone market was 2010, and for 2023 it is now Apple,” research group IDC said Monday (Jan. 15) in...
The smartphone industry has recorded its first month of year-over-year (YoY) growth in 27 months. Global monthly smartphone sell-through volumes grew by 5% YoY in October, global research firm Counterpoint Research said in a Wednesday (Nov. 22) press release. The last time the smartphone industry saw a...
This week, Apple will unveil new products that include the fifteenth iteration of its iPhone. And as a Bloomberg News report Sunday (Sept. 10) notes, that company will once again try to steer shoppers to costlier models to drive revenue. As the report argues, it’s...
July 15, 2024
iPhone sales stabilized in the second quarter amid growth in the broader smartphone market. New data released Monday (July 15) by IDC shows a 6.5% increase in global smartphone shipments, while Counterpoint Research — published Monday as well — found a 6% increase in phone sales to consumers. “Apple’s momentum in Q2 improved significantly from […]
February 21, 2024
According to data from Counterpoint Research, U.S. consumer demand for smartphones fell 10% in January. Budget-constrained consumers are waiting longer to upgrade their mobile devices, and U.S. smartphone sales last month...
January 16, 2024
Samsung’s decade-plus reign as the king of the smartphone market is over. “The last time a company not named Samsung was at the top of the smartphone market was 2010,...
November 22, 2023
The smartphone industry has recorded its first month of year-over-year (YoY) growth in 27 months. Global monthly smartphone sell-through volumes grew by 5% YoY in October, global research firm Counterpoint...
