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Premium Smartphone Market: Why the Apple vs. Samsung Duopoly is Misleading

Premium Smartphone Market: Why the Apple vs. Samsung Duopoly is Misleading

tech-thoughts.net ― According to Counterpoint Research, Samsung has overtaken Apple in the premium ($400+) smartphone segment. Samsung has grown its share from 20% to 47% from May 2012 to May 2013, while Apple's share has dropped from 73% to 38% during this span. ...

Tags: Samsung, IPhone, Android, Apple

Sameer Singh ― 23 hr ago

Declining App Download Rate: Impact on iOS vs. Android Engagement

Declining App Download Rate: Impact on iOS vs. Android Engagement

tech-thoughts.net ― Apple recently announced that cumulative app downloads for the iOS appstore have reached 50 billion. In comparison, cumulative app downloads for the Google Play Store have reached 48 billion. Most analysts have been quoting these figures, but ...

Tags: Samsung, Android, Apple

Sameer Singh ― 5 days ago

Microsoft Surface Mini: BOM implies Price close to $349

Microsoft Surface Mini: BOM implies Price close to $349

tech-thoughts.net ― Numerous reports have stated that Microsoft is preparing to launch a smaller, 8-inch version of its Surface RT tablet. This looks more likely after Acer announced the world's first 8-inch, Windows 8 tablet. As we did before for the iPad Mini and ...

Tags: Surface, Microsoft

Sameer Singh ― 1 week 1 day ago

Tablet Segmentation by Usage: Explaining the Popularity of Smaller Tablets

Tablet Segmentation by Usage: Explaining the Popularity of Smaller Tablets

tech-thoughts.net ― I had previously identified two broad usage-based segments in the smartphone industry, which helped us understand the trends shaping the market. Let's apply the same usage-based segmentation methodology to the tablet market to understand the ...

Tags: IPad, IPad Mini, Android, Windows 8, Apple, Microsoft

Sameer Singh ― 1 week 4 days ago

The iPhone's Growth Challenge: Shipment Estimate for Calendar Q2 & Q3 2013

The iPhone's Growth Challenge: Shipment Estimate for Calendar Q2 & Q3 2013

tech-thoughts.net ― In my last iPhone estimate, I had projected a total of 150-170 million shipments for the fiscal year 2013. This range was far lower than estimates from notable analysts, some of which exceeded 250 million. Apple reported iPhone shipments from the...

Tags: IPhone, Apple

Sameer Singh ― 2 weeks 1 day ago

Smartphone Segmentation by Usage: Explaining the Growth of Phablets & Low-Cost Devices

Smartphone Segmentation by Usage: Explaining the Growth of Phablets & Low-Cost Devices

tech-thoughts.net ― In my last post on the "profit share" trap, I had explained the natural evolution of the smartphone industry. In this post, I will be exploring the two primary market segments shaping the short to medium term growth prospects of smartphone OEMs. ...

Tags: Samsung, Nokia, OEMs, Android, Apple, Microsoft

Sameer Singh ― 2 weeks 5 days ago

Apple & Samsung's "Profit Share" Trap

Apple & Samsung's "Profit Share" Trap

tech-thoughts.net ― Over the past few days, there has been a lot of noise in the tech media about the supremacy of "profit share" over "market share", specifically related to Apple's performance in the smartphone market (but it can be extended to Samsung as well). ...

Tags: Samsung, OEMs, Android, Apple

Sameer Singh ― 3 weeks 1 day ago

HTC Could be an Attractive Acquisition Target for Regional Smartphone Vendors

HTC Could be an Attractive Acquisition Target for Regional Smartphone Vendors

tech-thoughts.net ― HTC has seen its smartphone shipments and market share drop steadily over the past couple of years. The company had pinned its hopes on the HTC One, but production problems derailed the launch. This has led to a mass employee exodus, which has put...

Tags: Android, HTC

Sameer Singh ― 3 weeks 4 days ago

Windows Phone Inventory Build-Up: Bad Sign for Q2 Nokia Lumia Shipments

Windows Phone Inventory Build-Up: Bad Sign for Q2 Nokia Lumia Shipments

tech-thoughts.net ― The tech media has long been obsessed with the semantic differences between smartphone shipments and sales. In reality, all figures announced by companies, and those announced by IDC, are shipments (also known as channel sales or sell-in). Gartner ...

Tags: Windows Phone, Nokia, Microsoft

Sameer Singh ― 4 weeks ago

Global Smartphone Market Share Trends - Q1 2013: Android Extends Lead Over iPhone, Windows Phone Performance Mixed

Global Smartphone Market Share Trends - Q1 2013: Android Extends Lead Over iPhone, Windows Phone Performance Mixed

tech-thoughts.net ― It's time again for my quarterly review of smartphone market share trends around the globe. While I initially considered doing this semi-annually, I've been requested to make it a quarterly feature. As always, Q1 2013 data is sourced from Gartner ...

Tags: Windows Phone, Samsung, Android, Google, Apple, Microsoft

Sameer Singh ― 4 weeks 4 days ago

Slowing Windows Phone App Growth Points to Weak Developer Interest

tech-thoughts.net ― Microsoft recently unveiled that the Windows Phone Store has about 145,000 apps available. App growth for the Windows Phone platform had been slowing over the past year, which Windows Phone 8 was supposed to correct. However, Windows Phone 8 has ...

Tags: Windows Phone, Nokia, Microsoft

Sameer Singh ― 5 weeks ago

Mobile Platform Concentration Growing Twice as Fast as PC Industry

Mobile Platform Concentration Growing Twice as Fast as PC Industry

tech-thoughts.net ― Over the last few years, mobile platforms like Android & iOS have gained market share in computing systems at the expense of legacy WinTel-based devices, i.e. traditional PCs. The chart above gives us a great snapshot of the impact of Post-PC...

Tags: Windows Phone, Android, Windows 8, Apple, Microsoft

Sameer Singh ― 5 weeks 4 days ago

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