Apple and eSIM – Control, Convenience and Commercial Opportunities

We have talked and deep-dived on the potential of eSIM across different connected things (see here) from automotive to drones (see here), to IoT (see…

Apple Fall Launch 2018: Apple Watch Series 4 Steals the Show

Apple, the first company to touch a trillion dollar market cap, announced a series of new additions to its premium portfolio of consumer smart…

Dual Camera Smartphones Are Going Mainstream: Explosive Growth in 2018

Almost 42% of smartphones sold globally in July 2018 sported two or more rear camera (dual+) sensors and this dual+ camera sensors adoption in…

Samsung Electronics : Q2 2018 : Tale of Two Business Units :: Semiconductor the Star

We mentioned in the previous post (here) how Samsung is transforming into semiconductor and systems company. Now we have more evidence that the…

Apple’s Audacious Bet to Build its Own Maps. Too Little Too Late?

Since the Apple Maps fiasco at the launch of iOS6 and a public apology by Tim Cook in 2012, which led to exit of Richard Williamson who used to be…

IoT World USA 2018: ST Micro, Sunsea IoT, Ericsson-PTC, Cumulocity & Microsoft Impresses the most

Seoul, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Beijing, London, Buenos Aires, San Diego - June 29th, 2018 IoT World 2018 was a comprehensive event in Santa Clara, CA…

AWS Greengrass: Amazon Driving Intelligence at the Edge

Overview: This report discusses the need to shift from Cloud to Edge computing and the current players. It thereafter analyses AWS Greengrass in…

Xiaomi IPO : Need Focus on Intellectual Property & Opportunities

It is a historical day for the eight year old upstart Chinese consumer electronics vendor Xiaomi as it filed for its Initial Public Offering (IPO)…

KaiOS : Bridging The Digital Divide

Mobile devices have consumed the world. They’re the most successful consumer durable product of all time. Smartphones now get all the attention. In…

Apple’s Revenue “Super Cycle”

Everyone has been less bullish or skeptical if Apple this time will witness a "Super Cycle" for demand of its new iPhone X, 8 series portfolio like…

Apple HomePod: Let’s Just Call It an ‘Apple Music’ Speaker

Some quick thoughts on Apple HomePod. HomePod, which Apple claims to be in the development for last six years, definitely shows up in terms of the…

HERE “Mobility Marketplace” Platform – Unique, Disruptive & Will Help Build the “Mobility Graph”

CES 2018 has transformed from a show focusing on "consumer electronics products" to "intelligent consumer mobility" solutions powering next…

Samsung Transforming into a Semiconductor and Systems Company

Samsung today announced its fourth quarter (Oct-Dec) 2017 and full year results. The results have been good but also indicate how Samsung…

Average Smartphone NAND Storage Capacity will Top 60GB by 2018

Flash Memory storage has become an important component in smartphones not only for consumers as their needs for storage keeps on increasing with…

Key Factors Driving Mobile Device Growth in India

This report contains an overview of mobile market drivers in India and takes a detailed look at various factors that are driving the growth. It also…

Location Platform Players Analysis & Scorecard

We closely track the location industry and here we have updated location ecosystems. Overview: With proliferation of internet, growth in mobile…

Location Platform Effectiveness Index: HERE Leads Ahead of Google & TomTom

With proliferation of internet, growth in mobile devices, applications, increasing urbanization, rise of e-commerce and on-demand services, the power…

Google-HTC Deal: Make or Break For Both’s Smartphone Ambitions

我们有广泛的HTC以来风ows Mobile heyday, more than a decade ago, and when it was more of an ODM (Original Design…