@realmemobiles was the fastest-growing (+65% YoY) smartphone brand globally in 2020 and the one to watch out for.

India & Europe bright spots for Realme.

The rise of @realme and @oneplus indirectly help OPPO with global R&D scale & corporate growth!

counterpointresearch.com/apple-shipped-… The world's second-largest smartphone market India crossed 150 million shipments in 2020.

✓ Xiaomi recaptured the top spot in Q420 (+13% YoY)
✓ Samsung slipped to 2nd spot but grew +30% YoY
✓ vivo was the top offline player in 2020 & 3rd largest brand

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Hello e-Shenzhen!

This Huawei Analyst Summit is going to be interesting.

On one end @Huawei will be educating the world on its latest/greatest tech for 2020 and beyond and

on the other end US looks to disrupt the party and destroy the company in 2020 and beyond.

#HAS2020 @Huawei had solid 2019 for its smartphone business despite sanctions, thanks to growing domestic support and sales activity.

However, a small typo in the slide - The CBG Revenue climbed to US$467.3 Billion

//Should be CNY not US$ //

@Huawei at #HDC2019 announced its foray into its own OS platform built ground-up called Harmony OS (HongMeng in Chinese)

1/ Harmony OS is microkernel based and cross-device which makes it promising and similar to what Google is trying with Fuchsia OS. @Huawei @james_a3 @CounterPointTR @Tarunpathak @mobilekang @MobilePeter @HuaweiMobile @HuaweiMobileUK @HuaweiIndia @HiHonorIndia 2/ The initial OS framework runs on Linus/Unix kernel underneath but will replace it with its own microkernel

Huawei has its own compiler - Huawei Ark supports C/C++/Java/JS/Kotlin and other languages making it scalable

Not surprising re: Apple slowdown:

1/ China smartphone market slowed down Oct-Dec, but this is small part of issue. New iPhone Xs series from design standpoint is commonplace vs competition & super expensive with base iPhone Xs 64GB starts at ~US$1250

apple.com/newsroom/2019/… 2/ China smartphone market demand is expected to decline `9-11% but Apple iPhones is poised to decline 15-17% YoY in 2018, hence its market share will slip in 2018.

This highlights bigger problem for Apple as China is the second largest iPhone market for Apple.

@Qualcomm sent across the best & clever invite ever for upcoming #SnapdragonSummit in Maui.

A XR video invite in @oculus Go Standalone VR obviously powered by Snapdragon 821.

Some indication on some powerful XR features coming to Snapdragon? 🧐

Look forward to the launch!! Hello Maui!

Look forward to the 2nd Edition of #SnapdragonSummit

@CounterPointTR @reliancejio @LYF_In @OfficialJioTV @jio_money @Tarunpathak @karn_chauhan @Hanish2501 @Google @TheQuint @aadee_ram @JioPhone4G @Facebook @KaiOStech @firefox @bookmyshow @NamoApp @moneycontrolcom @enguruapp @FT @simonmundy @Forbes @baxiabhishek @theRohitBansal @JioChat @HMDGlobal @NokiaMobile @shobhit07 @itelMobileNG @qzindia @_ananyaaa @SCodeville @WhatsApp Great post by @FT @simonmundy
& @kiranstacey accurately capturing details on the rise of @reliancejio which is one of the key inflection point for 4G Internet revolution in India allowing hundreds of million users to leapfrog from 2G to 4G.

ft.com/content/4297df… @CounterPointTR @reliancejio @LYF_In @OfficialJioTV @jio_money @Tarunpathak @karn_chauhan @Hanish2501 @Google @TheQuint @aadee_ram @JioPhone4G @Facebook @KaiOStech @firefox @bookmyshow @moneycontrolcom @FT @simonmundy @Forbes @baxiabhishek @theRohitBansal @JioChat @HMDGlobal @NokiaMobile @shobhit07 @itelMobileNG @qzindia @SCodeville @kiranstacey Latest column on @FierceWireless

Industry Voices—Shah: What Reliance Jio in India can teach other global operators
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@tim_cook on stage at #AppleEvent

500 million visitors come to Apple stores every year.
Nearing 2 Billion iOS Devices shipment milestone Apple Watch is "intelligent guardian for your health"

#AppleEvent