In-Car Entertainment

The key selling point of connected appliances is not connectivity but services offered by the eco-system. A huge business eco-system is expected to be built, with collective efforts from upstream industries, such as semiconductor and artificial ...

Samsung got back on track in 2017 with its flagship S8 range and Note 8 models, after its reputation was badly damaged by the exploding Note 7 in 2016. The company’s revenues and share prices were also apparently unaffected by its CEO being handled a...

The global electronics sector is expected to see a 3% CAGR over 2017-2025. Expanding Asian markets will land most investments into production in Asia Pacific. Unsurprisingly, nine out of 10 key electronics-driving countries will be based in the ...

With increased access to higher education and more women entering the labour force, women are more empowered than before. The higher spending power of women is driving the rise of the She-conomy. There is no need for all electronics to be customised ...

The potential for aftermarket sales of in-car entertainment is constrained by government regulations concerning car ownership in Singapore, which restrict the total number of cars in circulation and keep the passenger fleet in Singapore relatively ...

In-car entertainment recorded double-digit volume growth of 15% in 2017. The strong performance of in-car entertainment was in line with the rising attention from Vietnamese consumers in cars in general. Most consumers choose in-car entertainment ...

OEM products continued to pose a challenge to the growth potential of aftermarket in-car entertainment in Australia in 2017. Higher quality in-car entertainment units are increasingly becoming standard offerings in new cars, thus limiting aftermarket...

This report encompasses the operations of Sony Corp and its main competitors within consumer electronics, with a focus on the company’s main product lines: televisions, smartphones and digital cameras....

The increasing use of smartphones among the Japanese population has been devastating for sales of in-car navigation in recent years. This has been especially obvious since the launch of Yahoo! Car Navi in 2014. The result of this is that in-car ...

The longer warranties offered by car manufacturers, lasting for around 5-7 years, are preventing consumers from buying aftermarket in-car entertainment products due to concerns about these voiding their warranties....

In-car entertainment in South Korea continued to perform poorly in 2017, registering a retail volume decline of 12%. In-car navigation continued to suffer from drivers using the navigation services of telecoms companies (TMap from SK Telecom and KT ...

Car manufacturers have expanded the range of OEM in-car entertainment options available in the US. Factory-installed in-dash media players have become increasingly commonplace, while OEM audio systems have markedly improved in quality. These advances...

Mexico is showing steady growth of new car sales (3% volume CAGR predicted for 2016-2020), yet in-car entertainment continued to decline in retail volume terms for a third consecutive year....

Retail volume sales of in-car entertainment declined by 6% in 2017, due in large part to the rapid decrease of in-car navigation, which recorded an 11% decline. A growing number of new cars are pre-installed with advanced built-in navigation devices,...

A complex economic environment negatively impacted retailers and consumers in this category in 2017. Total sales of new vehicles, as reported by the Automotive Chamber or Venezuela (CAVENEZ) reached almost 2,700 units between May 2016 and April 2017,...

As car manufacturers continued to offer in-car entertainment, such as in-dash media players and in-car speakers, the performance of post-purchase in-car entertainment devices was negatively affected. For instance, only 1-2% of the cars sold by Honda ...

In-car entertainment showed further decline in 2017, driven by increasing obsolescence. The decline in 2017 was less negative compared to the entire review period, however, which was mostly due to an increase in second-hand car sales. In addition, a ...

The demand for in-car entertainment has been declining with the replacement of technologies that are available on mobile devices, especially smartphones and factory-installed systems that are available in new cars....

The ongoing growth in smartphone ownership in Morocco impacted in-car entertainment sales in 2017. Smartphones offer applications that are alternatives to GPS devices, such as Google Map and HERE WeGo. As a result, many Moroccans see GPS devices as ...

Software developments are disrupting in-car entertainment. Whether it is mobile applications, smarter features, or multifunctional nature, in-car entertainment products are continuously increasing in unit price, positioning them into more niches....