Overview:

Sell through increased ~1% MoM in December. However weaker than last year. Other than India, all other major regions showed flat or downward curves comparing last year. Sell-in was down annually as top brands like Samsung experienced a drop and Apple was flat.
After a steady initial month of iPhone X sales, the premium tier grew again due to a push from Apple. Xiaomi did well in a relatively weak season in China and India. Performance of all other top Chinese brands was weak compared to the previous year.
After a dip in November, feature phone share increased by 1ppt due to good performance of Reliance Jio with its bundle offers and fulfillment of preorders during the month.
Topical Report: CES 2018 provided a fascinating insight into what is seen as most compelling in the tech sector. In this report, we highlight some of the more interesting announcements at the show and discuss implications.

Table of Contents:

Key Takeaways
Monthly Research Topic
- Emerging Tech Opportunities
Global Market Status
- Market Sizing – Demand & Supply / Price band
- Market Share – Vendor / Price band
Major Country Landscape
- US Market Landscape
- China Market Landscape
- India Market Landscape
Trends in Features and Specs
- Hardware trends and feature adoption rates
- Average feature sets
- Vendor market share by feature set

Number of Pages: 68 (Full reports are available for clients at our portal)
Author: Counterpoint (analyst@counterpointresearch.com)
Published Date: January 2018

Monthly Market Pulse - December 2017

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