According to Yonhap News from Korea: In a conference call Thursday, July 30, 2020, Samsung said it sold 57 million units of handsets in the April-June period, with smartphones accounting for around 95 percent of the total and not 54.2 million shipments, as IDC research firm reported, as you can read on our related before post here
The conference call audio is available on this link: Samsung
IDC research firm has made some notes over their preliminary chart, as follows:
Notes:
• Data are preliminary and subject to change.
Company shipments are branded device shipments and exclude OEM sales for all vendors.
The "Company" represents the current parent company (or holding company) for all brands owned and operated as a subsidiary.
Figures represent new shipments only and exclude refurbished units.
In that case, the chart will show the smartphones market share for the period April-June 2020, in millions of units shipments, like this:
Worldwide smartphone shipments decreased 16.0% year over year in the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. In total, companies shipped 278.4 million smartphones during 2Q20. Although this a larger decline than in the first quarter, it was expected as major economies around the globe were in lockdown for the majority of 2Q20 due to the pandemic.
"Smartphones shipments suffered a huge decline in Q2 as they directly correlate to consumer spending, which had a massive reduction due to the global economic crisis and rising unemployment brought on by the widespread lockdowns," said Nabila Popal, research director with IDC's Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers. "This, combined with the closure of retail stores, especially in regions where online shopping is less common, compounded the negative effect on smartphone sales. In addition, consumers spent significantly other technologies, such as PCs, monitors, and tablets, to facilitate mandatory work from home and distance learning, leaving an even smaller share in the shrinking consumer wallet for smartphones."
From a regional perspective, Asia/Pacific (excluding China and Japan), Western Europe, and the United States declined 31.9%, 14.8%, and 12.6% respectively. China fared slightly better with a decline of 10.3% and arguably shows some early signs of market recovery. "The smartphone supply chain ground to a halt when the pandemic hit. However, recovery, specifically in China, has been strong," said Ryan Reith, vice president, Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers. "The question now becomes what does demand look like with so much uncertainty around the world. We have already seen OEMs moving more aggressively with their 5G portfolios both in terms of production and price points. However, we still see consumer demand for 5G being low, so the supply-side push is likely to produce very high-priced competition."
Smartphone Company Highlights
Huawei for the first time reached the number 1 position with 55.8 million smartphones shipped in 2Q20 despite a small decline of 5.1% year over year. With the overall market declining even faster, Huawei also achieved its highest-ever share (20.0%) of the global smartphone market. This was driven by Huawei's tremendous growth in China – almost 10% year on year – which offset the large declines the company faced in every other region. Looking forward the impact of the U.S. technology ban will continue to create uncertainty for Huawei in foreign markets.
Samsung shipped 54.2 million smartphones in 2Q20, finishing a close second with 19.5% share. However, the Korean giant suffered a 28.9% year-on-year decline, the most significant among the Top 5 vendors. While the A series continues to perform well contributing to the majority of its volume, premium devices such the Galaxy S20 and the Galaxy Z Flip, unfortunately launched in the peak of the pandemic, are facing sales challenges despite price reductions.
Apple shipped 37.6 million iPhones in 2Q20, which placed the company in third with 13.5% share of the market. iPhone shipments managed to climb 11.2% year over year thanks to the continued success of its iPhone 11 series and the timely launch of the new SE (2020). The new SE found success as it managed to effectively target the lower-priced segment, which bodes extremely well for the vendor in this time of crisis where consumers are shifting towards more budget-friendly devices. Looking ahead, the launch of four new potential models will signal Apple's entry in the world of 5G and challenge Android 5G devices that have been out for more than a year.
Xiaomi shipped 28.5 million devices maintaining its number four position and achieving a 10.2% market share despite a decline of 11.8%. Although Xiaomi faced a large year-on-year drop in both China and India, the lockdown and anti-China sentiment in India had a larger impact on the vendor with a 50% year-on-year drop despite maintaining its number one position.
OPPO returned to the Top 5 this quarter with 24.0 million units and 8.6% market share despite a 18.8% year-on-year decline. Roughly 60% of OPPO's shipments were to its domestic market of China, which was a key factor in getting the vendor back into the top 5 globally. In China, the A series was again the volume driver while the new Reno 4 series performed much better than expected due to very competitive pricing. Meanwhile, in India, OPPO's second largest market, the vendor faced challenges in both supply and demand with factory shutdowns and consumers facing the anti-China sentiment.
Best-in-Class Sensors Combined with Leading-Edge Algorithms Deliver First-Rate Zoom and Bokeh Image Quality.
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced
digital imaging solutions, today announced its collaboration with
dual-camera technology pioneer Corephotonics in producing a new
dual-camera zoom reference design for mobile devices. Combining
OmniVision's OV12A10 and OV13880 image sensors with Corephotonics'
proprietary zoom and Bokeh algorithms, the reference design brings
best-in-class optical zoom capabilities commonly found in DSCs and DSLRs
to smartphone camera applications. The reference design will be
available for demonstrations at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, from February 27 through March 2, 2017.
According to a June 2016 market
research report from Yole Développement, mobile devices with dual-camera
configurations are expected to account for 20 percent of the total
handset market by 2020. A dual-camera zoom configuration that combines
an OV12A10-based wide-angle camera with an OV13880-based telephoto
camera to achieve high-quality optical zoom is now available for
adoption in high-end smartphones and is well-positioned to enter
mainstream markets in 2017.
"Corephotonics is widely regarded as a world leader in dual-camera technology," said Will Foote,
senior partnership manager, OmniVision. "The rapid expansion of the
dual-camera smartphone market gives us the perfect opportunity to
combine our companies' expertise. We are pleased to introduce our first
joint reference design, and are excited about many more future
collaborations based on OmniVision sensors and Corephotonics' algorithm
IP."
"OmniVision has established itself as a leader in image sensors and
image signal processing. We are confident that combining its imaging
technologies with our proprietary algorithms can deliver a highly
competitive dual-camera optical zoom solution for our customers," said Eran Briman,
VP marketing and business development, Corephotonics. "This unique
collaboration can enable smartphone OEMs to leverage the system
integration and image quality tuning effort already made, and achieve
the fastest time to market."
Dual-camera configurations in smartphones require advanced
technologies that have not usually been found in single cameras, such as
image registration, image fusion and depth map generation. These
technologies can enable advanced features like the Bokeh portrait
effect, which brings elements into sharp focus while blurring the
background. In this reference design, Corephotonics works with OEMs and
camera module integrators to integrate its proprietary algorithms
specifically optimized for OmniVision's sensors to deliver excellent
image quality to the smartphone user.
The Corephotonics algorithms fuse
the images from the wide-angle cameras and telephoto cameras to deliver
optical zoom, increase resolution, reduce SNR and enable smoother video
transitions. OmniVision's OV12A10 and OV13880 are optimized to deliver
top tier performance in dual configurations. Key benefits include:
Slim form factor, which is enabled by reduced module height
Superior performance enabled by PureCel® Plus 1.25-micron large pixel and 1.0-micron small pixel
Dual-camera sync: master/slave capability to switch between sensors during zoom operation
Ultra-low power using unique toggle mode to extend phone battery life
The reference design is now available for customer demonstrations.
About OmniVision
OmniVision Technologies, Inc. is a leading
developer of advanced digital imaging solutions. Its award-winning CMOS
imaging technology enables superior image quality in many of today's
consumer and commercial applications, including mobile phones,
notebooks, tablets and webcams, digital still and video cameras,
security and surveillance, entertainment devices, automotive and medical
imaging systems. Find out more at www.ovt.com.
About Corephotonics
Corephotonics is the leading licensor
of dual-camera imaging technologies. The company provides end-to-end
dual-camera solutions that dramatically improve the image quality and
user experience of mobile imaging while introducing optical zoom, superb
low-light performance, Bokeh and depth features, and optical image
stabilization in an incredibly slim form factor. The company was
established in 2012 by Professor David Mendlovic, Dr. Gal Shabtay and Eran Kali. Thus far, Corephotonics has raised more than $50 million,
and its investors include Magma VC, Samsung Ventures, Amiti Ventures,
OurCrowd, flash storage Solutions Company SanDisk, Chinese telephony
services provider CK Telecom, and BetaAngels VC. Find out more at www.corephotonics.com.
OmniVision®, the OmniVision logo and PureCel are registered
trademarks of OmniVision Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
LG Electronics (LGE) has sent out invitations to journalists around the world for the releases of its new smartphone products.
LG Electronics will launch a new smartphone launch event at Barcelona, Spain, on February 26 at 12:00 local time. On the 26th, the day before the opening of the MWC 2017 exhibition.
LG made a dynamic impression by making invitation photos with moving pictures. As the fireworks on the calm lake above the night sky rise, the screen gets bigger and the firecracker pops up at 18: 9 ratio.
The introduction, "See More, Play More," emphasizes that the next strategic smartphone has a variety of convenient viewing and enjoying features.
LG's next-generation strategy smartphone features a variety of user experiences (UX) that can be enjoyed conveniently at 18: 9 aspect ratio. With a high resolution (1,440x2,880) display, the Pixel Per Inch (PPI) per inch is 564. That phone is for sure the LG G6.
LG Electronics is applying heat pipes to new products to lower the heat, and by introducing various quality tests that are higher than international standards, safety is greatly enhanced.
We also introduce artificial intelligence to the remote AS sequentially. The intelligent remote AS is one level faster and more accurate, and it also provides tailored services for each customer according to the level of familiarity with IT.
Well, after all the rumors before, Google finally will hold an event in October 4th, 2016 in San Francisco, California, USA. Doors open at 8 a.m and the presentation will start at 9 a.m Is expected to unveil the new Pixels smartphones replacing the actual Nexus brand. Probably Google will announce two phones the Pixel (Sailfish) with a 5 inch display and the Pixel XL ( Marlin) with a 5,5 inch screen It is not clear if the company will present the smartphones only or will also unveil Google Home an answer to Amazon`s Echo and maybe some new Google Android Wear watches . Will see. If you would like to be notify by Google, please summit your email address here
Sony Mobile Communications (“Sony Mobile”) today unveiled a new-look XperiaTM brand with the first “X” series smartphones and a vision for the future of communications, with ambient connected devices capable of changing the way you interact with the world.
“Sony Mobile will continue to create increasingly personalised and intelligent products and services that empower you to do more, and live more creatively than ever. Our products and services will connect you to each other and become essential and beloved parts of your lives.” said Hiroki Totoki, President and CEO at Sony Mobile Communications.
With our continued passion for technology, we will keep adding new and exciting features to evolve our smartphones. At the same time, we want to change how you access information and interact with friends and family in a closer, natural and more meaningful way.”
First “X” Series smartphones: Xperia X, Xperia X Performance and Xperia XA
The Xperia X series embodies Sony Mobile’s new brand vision through adding new layers of intelligent technology across popular and acclaimed Xperia features: camera, battery and design, to make every day smarter and simpler.
Predicting the unexpected is difficult, but not impossible – the next generation Xperia cameratakes spontaneous capture to another level allowing you to shoot in sharp focus, even for spur-of-the-moment shots. The all-new Predictive Hybrid Autofocus in Xperia X and Xperia X Performance is developed in close collaboration with Sony’s αTM camera engineers, it lets you choose your subject and then predicts its motion, so you can capture the action in perfect focus, free from blur.
Advanced features require the battery stamina to match, and Xperia X series incorporates Sony’s smart battery management to deliver up to two days battery life1. Not only will it keep your phone running for longer from one charge, Xperia X series benefits from a battery lifespan that’s up to twice as long with Qnovo’s Adaptive Charging technology2 and Sony’s smart battery management system. Each phone is powered to make the most of their advanced capabilities, with Xperia X featuring the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 650 processor and Xperia X Performance introducing the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 820 processor for ultra-fast connectivity.
As part of their unified design concept, Sony designers researched premium materials, texture and curvature for the most natural palm fit. Each X series smartphone brings a curved glass display within a rounded, continuous frame for a familiar form that feels comfortable in your hand. The unified design concept is also extended to Xperia XA, which features a stunning edge-to-edge display to integrate seamlessly into your life.
Xperia X, Xperia X Performance and Xperia XA each have a range of matching Style Coversand will roll out in four elegant finishes; White, Graphite Black, Lime Gold and Rose Gold, from Summer 2016.
Introducing new Xperia smart products, with expanded communication experiences.
The new Xperia smart products and concepts are designed to adapt to your situation and environment, whether at home or on-the-go. Sony Mobile envisions this new category as intelligent devices that understand preferences, activities and behaviour, to provide useful and contextual information.
Xperia Ear is a next-generation wireless ear-piece that brings a new way of communicating, without compromising on enjoying the world around you. It provides you with useful information such as your schedule, weather and the latest news to keep you up-to-date on the go. Powered by Sony’s voice technology, it responds to verbal commands, so you can ask it to make a call, perform an internet search, dictate a message or navigate to a certain location. It enables you to face forward and get things done, for a convenient hands-free experience.
It connects to your Android smartphone via NFC or Bluetooth® and talks to a host application, where you can customise settings, including the info you need when you first connect in the morning, touch commands and app notifications.
Its lightweight and comfortable soft silicone ear-bud is built for continuous wear, with IPX2 water-protection and all-day battery life3. It’s available in Graphite Black and the innovative case doubles as a charger, so you can simply pop it in when you need to recharge.
Xperia Ear will roll out from Summer 2016.
All-new Xperia smart product concepts, a communications vision with machine learning, natural user interface and sensing
Xperia Eye is a conceptual vision for an ultra compact, wearable wide-angle lens camera – with the flexibility to be easily attached to clothing or worn around the neck. It represents a proof-of-concept exploration to bring Sony’s acclaimed camera and sensing technology to its smallest ever form-factor – featuring a 360-degree spherical lens for a natural field of view. Its intelligent shutter technology will use facial and voice detection to capture images, allowing you to enjoy and preserve life’s moments without thinking about the technology.
The Xperia Projector concept will enrich, empower and stimulate creative family communication using a natural and interactive interface projection on any clear surface. It will respond to touch, voice and gestures just as you would interact with your smartphone screen.
The Xperia Agent concept is a vision for a personalised assistant. It will enhance everyday life by responding to voice and gestures – providing you with useful information, communication assistance and home appliance controls. It is also powered by Sony’s voice technology and will respond to a number of commands – and has a built-in camera and projector display for projecting content onto surfaces.
RM-X7BT in-car Bluetooth® commander, from Sony Corporation, enabling wireless music streaming and hands-free smartphone functions.
RM-X7BT is an in-car Bluetooth® commander that enables wireless music streaming and uses Sony’s voice technology to activate smartphone functions whilst driving. It consists of two units – an ‘adaptor’ module that enables wireless audio streaming and hands-free calls, and a ‘commander’ facilitates smartphone functions such as navigation, all whilst driving safely.
RM-X7BT in-car Bluetooth® commander will roll out from Summer 2016.
During SONY third quarter earnings call in the recent past, the company’s chief financial officer Kenichiro Yoshida answered an analyst’s question about dual camera adoption in the future, saying in part that “major smartphone players” will be using Sony’s dual camera platform.
During the call, an analyst asked the question: "Do you have thoughts from dual camera adoption over the next one to two years and the impact from some of these operations?" Sony's CFO responded:
Well, for next year, our so-called dual lens – dual camera platform will be launched by, we believe, from major smartphone players.
However, as I said previously, recently, our smartphone market is growing and particularly, our high-end smartphone market is now slowing down. So, that may impact the demand or production schedule of dual camera smartphones by the major smartphone manufacturers. So, we believe the real start, the takeoff of smartphone with dual lens camera will be in the year of 2017.
Rumors are around the web about upcoming major smartphones featuring a dual-camera design, including the iPhone 7, LG G5, and more. Those rumors gained credence with Sony's own statement, though we may not be seeing the new technology used in a big way until next year.
You can find some smartphones with dual camera here and here at this time.
LG Grows Its Smartphone Market Share to Nearly 10%
comScore, Inc., a global media measurement and analytics company, today released data from comScore MobiLens® and Mobile Metrix®,
reporting key trends in the U.S. smartphone industry for September
2015. Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with 43.6 percent
OEM market share, while Google Android led as the #1 smartphone platform
with 52.3 percent platform market share. Facebook ranked as the top
individual smartphone app.
Smartphone OEM Market Share
192.4 million people in the U.S.
owned smartphones (77.4 percent mobile market penetration) during the
three months ending in September. Apple ranked as the top OEM with 43.6
percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers. Samsung ranked second with 27.6
percent market share, followed by LG with 9.4 percent (up 1.1 percentage
points from June), Motorola with 4.8 percent and HTC with 3.3 percent.
Smartphone Platform Market Share Android ranked as the top
smartphone platform in September with 52.3 percent market share (up 0.7
percentage points from June), followed by Apple with 43.6 percent,
Microsoft with 2.9 percent, BlackBerry with 1.2 percent and Symbian with
0.1 percent.
About comScore
Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Reston,
Virginia, comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global media measurement
and analytics company that makes audiences and advertising more
valuable. comScore helps media buyers and sellers understand and make
decisions based on how consumers use different media, such as TV, video,
mobile, desktop and more. Through its products and services, comScore
helps its more than 2,500 clients understand their audiences, know if
their advertising is working, and access data where they want and need
it. Please visit www.comscore.com to learn more.
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comScore, Inc.
+1 (312) 775-6474 press@comscore.com
LG UNVEILS V10, A SMARTPHONE DESIGNED WITH CREATIVITY IN MIND
LG’s Latest Phone Features Many Firsts:Second Screen, Dual Front Cameras, Manual Video Mode
LG Electronics (LG) today took the wraps off its newest smartphone featuring multimedia capabilities never before seen in a mobile device. The first of its V Series phones, the LG V10 was designed to provide a rich multimedia experience — both consumption and creation — for today’s social network savvy consumers.
Distinctive new features such as a Second Screen, Dual Front Cameras and Manual Video Mode differentiate the LG V10 from the competition. All this comes wrapped in a design that utilizes high-grade stainless steel and a durable silicone skin to make the V10 one of the rare smartphones to pass drop tests for shock conducted by an independent third party.
Second Screen
Always pushing the boundaries of smartphone innovation, LG is introducing a Second Screen as an inset display above the main 5.7-inch QHD IPS Quantum Display on the V10. Working independently, the Second Screen can be set up as an “always on” display to enhance the V10’s productiveness all without impacting battery life. Set the Second Screen to display the weather, time, date and battery icon when the main display is off.
With the main display on, the Second Screen can be set to convert to a dedicated launching area for shortcuts or your favorite apps. What’s more, when you’re enjoying a movie or game on the V10, the Second Screen will notify you discreetly without blocking your view when a call or text comes in.
Ignoring the notification won’t distract you from your enjoyment or you can pause whatever you’re doing to respond.
Dual Front Cameras and Multi-view Recording
Wide angle images usually require a large, heavy lens which can distort the corners of photographs.
The LG V10 features 5MP Dual Front Cameras with two separate lenses to capture standard 80 degree selfies or perfect wide angle selfies of 120 degrees, without the need to pan the smartphone which increases the likelihood of camera shake.
For the wide angle shot, the V10 employs a sophisticated software algorithm to combine images from the two separate lenses which are just far enough apart to provide two different points of view.
The ability to take group selfies without a selfie-stick has never been easier. Multi-view Recording can capture different angles utilizing all three cameras on the V10. Select and insert the version that looks best in your masterpiece.
Video and Audio Capture Capabilities
As the LG G4 did with photography, the LG V10 offers users the ultimate in video capturing, editing and sharing. The V10 is the first smartphone to offer manual mode for video. First introduced for still photographs on the G4, the technology has been enhanced to handle video recordings as well.
With Manual Video Mode, budding directors can easily create professional-quality videos by adjusting options such as shutter speed, frame rate, ISO, white balance and focus while recording. Videos can be recorded in three resolutions — HD, FHD or UHD — and two aspect ratios — 16:9 standard or 21:9 cinematic.
In addition to its impressive professional-level video and audio capabilities, the LG V10 offers these additional features that video content look and sound their best:
Steady Record: utilizes electronic image stabilization (EIS) optimized for recording video to neutralize shake, helping to capture sharper video footage when in motion
Snap Video: create one video by combining many shorter videos
15 Sec. Auto Edit: create a short video highlight clip by automatically eliminating blurred frames and static scenes
Quick Video Editor: easily trim or change the frame rate and add after-effects, such as colors and background music
Quick Share: when finished recording, a pop-up appears on the display showing options of popular social networks to make video sharing even easier and faster
Audio Monitor: adjust the sensitivity of the three microphones during video recording and directly monitor and control audio input, including directional recording capability to highlight sound from one particular location
Wind Noise Filter: eliminate external wind noise for high-quality sound when shooting video outdoors
The V10 carries on LG’s tradition of providing alternative storage options with a microSD card slot. Compatible with cards of up to 2TB, V10 owners can shoot as much 4K video as they want. And with the 3,000mAh removable battery, you can always be ready with a second or third replacement battery to pop in if you ever run low on power while shooting.
And with Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 2.0 technology built-in, it only takes 40 minutes to get a 50 percent charge.
Durability and Design
The LG V10 was designed to be taken places other phones normally wouldn’t feel at home. The resilient Dura Guard frame firmly secures the display to protect the phone from hard bumps and tumbles.
The V10’s frame is composed of SAE grade 316L stainless steel, the same tough, hypoallergenic material used to make surgical tools and high-end watches. Because the edges and corners are the most vulnerable areas of a phone, the extra protection provided by the Dura Guard frame ensures maximum durability.
On the back and bottom of the display, resilient but soft Dura Skin offers added protection from direct impacts to the device. Dura Skin is soft to the touch but also is highly resistant to nicks and scratches.
What’s more, the back grid pattern was designed specifically to offer a more secure grip, even when you’re on the go. Independent testing and certification firm MET Laboratories tested the LG V10 by dropping it from height of 48 inches repeatedly at different angles and found it to be “MIL-STD-810G Transit Drop Compliant” for shock.
Great Sounding Music and Voice
As an advanced multimedia smartphone, the sound in the V10 has been designed to be best-in-class. The V10 features 32 bit Hi-Fi DAC by ESS Technology, designers of high-performance audio products for professionals.
The LG V10 automatically detects connected devices and provides sound control options which can be customized. And the LG V10 is the first commercial device to utilize Qualcomm Technologies TruSignal™ antenna boost technology designed to intelligently optimize signal strength at all times for fewer dropped calls, faster data and better call coverage, no matter how the phone is held.
Access and Security
Along with the popular Knock Code, the LG V10 features a new fingerprint sensor to unlock the smartphone and turn on the display simultaneously. The sensor also works with Android Pay in the United States to make purchases as quick and easy as possible.
“The LG V10 was designed from the ground up primarily as a multimedia smartphone for the sharing ecosystem,” said Juno Cho, president and CEO of the LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “We heard from many customers that until the G4, they weren’t comfortable going on vacation or outings without a separate camera. With the V10, we hope to do for video what the G4 did for photographs.”
The LG V10 will be available in Korea starting this month followed by markets such as the United States, China and key countries in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Information regarding additional markets and launch dates will be announced locally in the weeks to come.
