In-Car Entertainment

Samsung is the market leader in consumer electronics but the company is facing strong competition from other companies. Can Samsung continue its dominance or will it falter under pressure from Huawei and other Chinese companies? ...

LG is a premium brand in home appliances and consumer electronics, especially televisions. The company’s true differentiator lies in OLED technology, and its debut of a roll-up OLED TV at CES 2019 served as a strong evidence of the company’s ...

Sony, an electronics powerhouse in the 1980s, saw its profits plummet in the early 2000s due to digital disruption. The company started a transformation journey in 2012, realigning the business under “One Sony”. Sony is now posting record profits and...

Navigation systems included in smartphones and in new vehicles have impacted negatively on sales of in-car navigation. Due to the relatively similar size of screen and functionalities, smartphones have turned into a perfect substitute for in-car ...

The positive economic context is closely linked to the growing number of cars in Romania. According to the Romanian government, there were six million registered cars in Romania in 2018, two thirds being older than ten years. The same source ...

Total sales of new vehicles, as reported by CAVENEZ (the Automotive Chamber of Venezuela) decreased by 27% to reach 889 units in the first quarter of 2018, while sales had already fallen in the previous quarter. Although total production capacity has...

Phasing out of the Norwegian FM radio system in 2017 led to an explosion of DAB radios in Norway during the year. The Danish government has not yet decided on whether to phase out the FM radio system by 2021 or not. However, it is highly likely that ...

According to statistics published by the trade association Bil Sweden (Car Sweden), new passenger car registrations rose by 2% in 2017. 2017 was the third year in a row for record numbers of new passenger car registrations. As the total number of ...

The substantial decline in in-car navigation volume sales in 2018 was mainly attributable to two factors. Firstly, due to the rise of smartphones and the wide availability of affordable and fast internet access, many consumers no longer see any need ...

In-car navigation systems are becoming redundant in the Israeli market, where smartphone penetration stands at over 200%. Israeli consumers typically use the navigation app Waze, which is trusted for its live reporting of traffic information and ...

Australia has witnessed a decline in consumer expenditure on in-car navigation systems. The fall in sales was mostly attributed to the increasing adoption of smartphones by Australian consumers. Since today’s smartphones come with applications such ...

The much-awaited recovery of the automotive sector was finally observed in 2017 with dynamic growth of new vehicles according to the most important Associations – Anfavea and Fenabrave. Sales perspectives remained positive even with major events that...

Over the forecast period, in-car navigation is set to record a decrease in volume sales terms, with the category expected to disappear altogether in the coming years. However, in-car entertainment is mainly driven by the need for in-dash media ...

In-car entertainment posted another heavy volume decline in 2018, continuing the downward trajectory of the review period. The major reason for this ongoing decline is competition from smartphones and fully-equipped cars. Following the recovery from ...

With their improved GPS accuracy, smartphones are becoming the main choice of Hong Kong consumers seeking navigational tools. The market in Hong Kong for in-car navigation systems is incredibly small, and it is expected to continue shrinking, ...

Larger screen size is a trend within in-car navigation and in-dash media players. This differentiates these products from smartphones, which are replacing in-car navigation devices. Some new products even have the feature of popping-up from the ...

In-car entertainment is expected to continue declining in volume and value terms at constant 2018 prices in the forecast period in Austria due to continuing losses in all categories. However, the decline is likely to slow down from the review period....

Retail volume sales of in-car entertainment are expected to record the steepest decline over the forecast period, in line with its performance over the review period. This can be attributed to the high penetration rates of smartphones in Malaysia. ...

The Annual Report of Vehicle Registrations showed that during 2017 sales of automobiles registered a 5% fall reaching 199,508 units and 610,604 vehicles were transferred during the same period. The automobile market declined due to electoral ...

Strong economic prospects and government policies seeking to boost the performance of the automobile industry have created a positive platform for the further development of in-car entertainment in the Philippines. The domestic economy is projected ...