Apple Inc: Focus on Services to Grow User Base
Tim Vattmann
Apple achieved its highest ever sales in 2021, despite global macroeconomic challenges. The company is shifting its business towards services, a strategy intended to avoid overreliance on sales of iPhones and to grow the company's user base.
Samsung in Consumer Electronics: From Products to Ecosystems
Veronika Kandusova
Samsung enjoyed a stellar 2021, as high demand continued to be driven by pandemic-related interest in TVs, smart wearables and headphones. To fight competition from China, Samsung offered affordable 5G lines of smartphones. The company also invested in the Samsung Galaxy ecosystem and service development, to maximise cross-selling and as a further challenge to Apple.
5G Adoption and Availability in the United States
Euromonitor International
The much anticipated rollout of high-speed 5G networks in the United States began in earnest in 2019 when many of the nation’s wireless carriers began offering coverage in large cities. Urban areas like Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta were the first…
AI & Big Data Leaders Summit Hong Kong 2019
Daegal Leung
The AI and Big Data Leaders Summit were hosted by Forward Leading at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong on the 5-6th November. At the two-day event, 42 speakers came from a wide variety of backgrounds, ranging from finance to creative…
Google Acquires Fitbit for $2.1 Billion
Euromonitor International
Tech giant Google announced that it would buy Fitbit, a leading wearable electronics manufacturer, for $2.1 billion today. The move marks Google’s second high-profile investment in wearable technology this year, after its January 2019 $40 million…
Smart Living Innovation at KES 2019
James Kang
Korea Electronics Show (KES) is the largest electronics show in South Korea and has been running for 50 years. Innovative technology was a key factor at KES, showing how advanced technology will enhance smart living in the future. LG and Samsung ran…
IFA 2019 (Part Two): Sustainability, Commoditisation and Functional Aesthetics
Stefano Botter
This is the second in a two-part recap of IFA 2019. For the consumer electronics recap – see here. 5G, Voice and AI were the main highlights of IFA 2019 which took place in Berlin, 4-11 of September. During keynotes, panel discussion and…
Consumer Electronics 2024: Trends and Opportunities
Euromonitor International
The newer iterations of smart wearables evolved from being smartphone companions to stand-alone devices. This transformation will push sales of smart wearables to hit US$24 billion in 2024. The webinar investigates the key drivers of the evolving consumer electronics landscape…
IFA 2019: Software Launches Outweigh New Product Releases
Tim Vattmann
The consumer electronics and appliances industry gathered in Berlin for IFA 2019, a key fair in the industry’s event calendar. It comes at a difficult time as trade wars are in full swing and sales growth is declining across the globe, falling to…