New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Facing a severe, supply‑driven memory crunch, global smartphone shipments ended 2025 with low single digit growth (year-on-year), supported by improving macroeconomic conditions and healthy demand during the holiday season, a report showed on Friday.Global smartphone shipments grew 3.8 per cent in Q4 2025, extending the market’s recovery to a fourth consecutive quarter and marking the strongest holiday quarter since 2021, with most regions posting YoY growth except C…
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New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Global smartwatch shipments grew 4 per cent (year-on-year) in 2025, recovering from a decline in 2024, according to a new report on Wednesday.Apple posted its first on-year shipment growth since 2022, fuelled by a comprehensive portfolio refresh across its smartwatch lineup, said Counterpoint Research’s ‘Global Smartwatch Shipments Tracker.’The market’s recovery was driven by a shift in the competitive landscape, marked by hardware and software upgrades from key …
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Apple’s iPhone became the most valuable export item from India in 2025 with around $23 billion worth of devices shipped from domestic factories in the country, mostly to the United States, according to industry data.This surge in Apple exports was driven by production incentives such as the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme and diversification from Chinese suppliers, said industry players.Smartphones were India’s top export category for the first time, surpass…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) India’s smartphone market grew a modest 1 per cent year‑on‑year in volume but a robust 8 per cent in value in 2025, underscoring sustained premiumisation, a report said on Monday.The report from Counterpoint Research said that over one in every five smartphones shipped in India is now in the premium segment, and that Apple recorded its highest ever value share.Vivo (excluding iQOO) led the market in 2025 in volume terms with a 20 per cent share, while Apple led in v…
Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) Indian consumers’ smartphone buying patterns showed a marked shift moving away from the traditional budget‑segment dominance, as Apple Inc.’s iPhone 16 base variant emerged as the top‑selling smartphone model in 2025, a report has said.Counterpoint Research report said that India recorded about 154 million smartphone shipments in 2025, of which the iPhone 16 base model accounted for roughly 6.16 million units, representing about 4 per cent of the overall market by v…
Seoul, Jan 14 (IANS) Amid a recent supercycle in the chip industry led by an artificial intelligence (AI) boom, South Korean chipmakers are becoming vulnerable to non-practicing entities (NPEs) as Washington moves to strengthen patent protection, industry watchers said on Wednesday.NPEs, commonly known as “patent trolls,” generate profits by licensing or enforcing patents rather than producing goods, reports Yonhap news agency.Such concerns have emerged as Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix In…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) US tech giant Apple achieved a major milestone under India’s smartphone production‑linked incentive (PLI) scheme, with the company’s iPhone exports crossing $50 billion by December 2025, industry data showed.The figure is expected to rise further, with three months still remaining in Apple’s five‑year PLI window. In the first nine months of FY26, iPhone exports stood at nearly $16 billion, pushing cumulative shipments during the PLI period beyond the $50‑billion…
Mumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) US-based tech giant Apple sold about 6.5 million iPhone 16 units in the first 11 months of 2025, making it the country’s highest‑selling smartphone, according to a new report.The report from Counterpoint Research said that Apple outpaced Android rivals in the same period. The research firm’s data found the gap is striking as iPhone 15 also made to the top five best‑selling list.The research firm said Apple’s performance reflects changing buyer behaviour in a market,…