India’s smartphone shipments rose by 8% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025, with market value increasing 18%, as per Counterpoint’s Monthly India Smartphone Tracker. Continue reading “Indian smartphone shipments grew 8% YoY in Q2 2025: Counterpoint”
The bill of materials (BoM) for Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra (12GB + 512GB variant) is estimated to be 3.4% higher than that of the Galaxy S24 Ultra, according to the latest report by Counterpoint Research. While the S24 Ultra had seen a modest rise over the S23 Ultra, the S25 Ultra’s cost increase is more significant—primarily due to higher SoC costs. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra BoM cost rises 3.4% over S24 Ultra: Report”
Global smartwatch shipments fell by 2% year-on-year (YoY) in the first quarter of 2025, marking the fifth consecutive quarter of YoY decline. The report stated that the slowdown mainly resulted from India’s smartwatch market cooling down and a drop in Apple’s shipment numbers, despite Apple keeping its global lead. Continue reading “Global Smartwatch shipments down 2% YoY in Q1 2025: Counterpoint”
The global smartphone market rebounded in 2024, growing by 7% and reaching 1.22 billion units, according to the latest Canalys research. This marks a recovery after two consecutive years of decline. Continue reading “Global smartphone market rebounds with 7% growth in 2024: Report”
According to the report by Counterpoint’s IoT Service, India witnessed a substantial 21% year-on-year growth in smartwatch shipments during Q3 2023, aligning with the broader trend of the country’s wearables market, which expanded by 29.2% during the same period. Continue reading “India smartwatch shipments grew 21% YoY in Q3 2023: Counterpoint”
Counterpoint Research’s Teardown and BoM Analysis Service reveals that the total bill of materials (BoM) cost for producing an 8GB+256GB iPhone 15 Pro Max is $37.7. This marks an 8% increase compared to the 6GB+256GB iPhone 14 Pro Max launched last year. Continue reading “iPhone 15 Pro Max’s BoM cost is 8% more than 14 Pro Max: Counterpoint”
According to Counterpoint Research’s latest Global Smartwatch Model Tracker, global smartwatch shipments experienced a decline of 1.5% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2023. This decline comes after a growth of 12% year-over-year in 2022. Continue reading “Global Smartwatch shipments decline 1.5% YoY in Q1 2023; India sees 121% growth: Counterpoint”
Counterpoint’s IoT Service has reported a 9% year-on-year decline in India’s neckband market shipments for 2022. In contrast, India’s TWS headset shipments have grown by 85% YoY in the same year. Despite the neckband market decline, boAt remains the leader in the neckband and TWS headset market. Continue reading “India neckband shipments declined 9% YoY in 2022: Counterpoint”
According to Counterpoint Research’s Global Smartwatch Model Tracker, the global smartwatch market shipments grew 12% year-over-year (YoY) in 2022, due to strong YoY growth in the first three quarters of the year. Continue reading “Global Smartwatch shipments up 12% YoY in 2022; Noise and Fire-Boltt enter top 5 spots: Counterpoint”
The cost for Apple to manufacture a 128GB iPhone 14 Pro Max with mmWave technology is estimated to be $474, as reported by Counterpoint Research’s Bill of Materials analysis, Continue reading “iPhone 14 Pro Max’s BoM costs 3.7% more than its predecessor: Counterpoint”
Counterpoint reports that Samsung accounts for over 50% of the cost of materials for Google Pixel 7 Pro, and their contribution is crucial in helping Google compete in the high-end market. Continue reading “Samsung accounts for over 50% of Pixel 7 Pro’s BoM Cost: Counterpoint”
According to Counterpoint’s Market Pulse research, sales of smartphones in China fell 14.2% YoY in Q2 2022. Volumes for the quarter were less than half of the historical peak of Q4 2016 and were down 12.6% from the level seen during the severely pandemic-hit Q1 2020. The report claims that not nearly ten years ago, in Q4 2012, sales were lower than they are now. Earlier this year, global smartphone chipset shipments declined 5% YoY in Q1, 2022. Continue reading “China smartphone sales hit a new low in Q2 2022: Report”
Counterpoint Research has published an interesting market study on ‘Made in India’ smartphone shipments, which increased 7% year-on-year (YoY) in Q1 2022 to reach more than 48 million. OPPO, which also manufactures the realme and OnePlus smartphones in India, led the increase in “Made in India” shipments with a 22% increase over the previous year, followed by Samsung in second place. However, due to low demand, feature phone production fell by 42% year-on-year. Continue reading “Made in India smartphone shipments up 7% YoY in Q1 2022”
According to Counterpoint’s television market analysis for Q1 2022, India’s overall TV market grew 33 percent year-on-year to reach its highest ever at 89 percent, with Xiaomi leading the market, followed by Samsung, LG, and others. Interestingly, the premium TV segment (> INR 30,000) increased by 68.6 percent year-on-year, rising from 23.5 percent in Q1 2021 to 33.6 percent in Q1 2022, accounting for a 10.8 percent year-on-year increase in average selling price (ASP). Continue reading “India Smart TV shipments up 33% YoY in Q1 2022: Report”
Counterpoint, a famous research firm, has published a global smartwatch shipments report for Q1 2022, claiming that the market has increased by 13 percent year-on-year and has maintained double-digit growth for the fifth consecutive quarter. When compared to the previous quarter, Q4 2021, the shipments have dropped by 24%. Continue reading “Global Smartwatch market records 13% YoY growth in Q1 2022: Report”
