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Apple and Samsung, though normally sworn enemies in the courtroom, are mighty forces when they combine powers — and by powers, I mean profit. It turns out the two smartphone vendors account for a whopping 95 percent of profit in the entire mobile industry. Canaccord Genuity proclaimed these results just recently in a new study.…
The battle over supremacy of sales and consumer mindshare in the smartphone market continues between Apple and Samsung. According to Canaccord Genuity’s Mike Walkley, Samsung has topped Apple in Q1 for the number one spot, thanks to a slew of handsets teaming up on the iPhone 4S. Walkley states that several models from Samsung have…
According to a new report by ABI Research, global handset shipments will increase 29% from 1.7 billion in 2012 to 2.2 billion in 2016. As you can imagine, most growth will come from smartphones sales, with this market becoming larger than the ultra-low cost, low-cost, and feature phone segments combined by 2016. To put it…
According to the new NPD In-Stat report, the growth of mobile processors in 2011 exceeded 43% and is forecast to grow at a 22% CAGR through 2016. Needless to say smartphones and tablets are leading the demand though other devices like e-readers, handheld game consoles, mobile PCs and portable media players are also helping the…
Google Play, formerly the Android Market, apparently isn’t pleasing developers in the same way the iOS App Store or even Amazon’s Appstore are. According to data from Flurry Analytics, Amazon generates nearly four times more revenue from in-app purchases than Google Play does. Flurry compared the iOS App Store, Amazon Appstore and Google Play by…
According to a new report by Juniper Research titled “Mobile Revenue Assurance & Fraud Management: Business Strategies & Forecasts 2012-2016,” mobile telecoms industry lost over $58 billion last year (more than 6% of global revenues) due to inadequate FM (Fraud Management) and RA (Revenue Assurance) processes. The report suggests that if these processes aren’t fixed,…
Everyone knows the world of technology is constantly evolving, and it’s almost impossible to predict what might be the “next big thing.” Even though most experts may not know the future, one thing they do know is soon most people in the world will carry some sort of smartphone as their daily driver. Well, that…
Google and its partners have been in a patent battle with just about every giant software company in the world, and its upcoming hearing with Oracle is just the next chapter. In the Oracle case coming up, legal documents unveiled the ruler of search generated more than four times as much advertising revenue from all…
Berg Insight is out with a new report, looking at the shipments of NFC-enabled devices. According to the research company, global sales of such products increased ten-fold in 2011 to 30 million units and are set to reach 700 million units in 2016, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 87.8%. At the…
Juniper Research is dealing with mobile finances in its latest report titled “Mobile Banking for Developed & Developing Markets,” forecasting dramatic increase in transactional mobile banking services usage, from 185 million in 2011 to over 550 million in 2016. According to the research company, those users that do make bill payments are expected to continue…