Samsung is trying to get into the Home Automation business the old fashion way, by buying their way in. This is a very different strategy than Samsung has used in other consumer markets, preferring in the past to carpet bomb consumers with a mix of marketing and blitz of products until there is only mindshare […]
Amazon’s Fire Phone lit into the hands of users late last week. As typical Amazon customers, early Fire users were not shy about sharing their views with others. But unlike Kindle Fire Tablet customers, Fire Phone users are not ablaze with desire for more of their new handsets. Bad fire puns aside, new users flamed […]
Though it hasn’t been the main thrust of our business at Argus Insights, every quarter we round up our mobile data to see who is winning the battle for hearts, minds and wallets. Since we use public data mined by listening to consumers themselves, we’re able to judge the quarter almost immediately after it closes. […]
Apple seems to have made a habit of shocking Wall Street at the gaps between guidance and reality of late. After a slow holiday season, Apple suggested that Q2 was going to be very low and went on to sell more iPhones than any other quarter. I knew weeks before the street did. I knew […]
I don’t know about you but my inbox has been awash with ads from Apple and others with first class tickets for a guilt trip if I don’t get my mom (or my wife) an iPaxly Fire tablet or Next S5 Dash 8 smartphone for Mother’s Day next weekend. The gadget blogs have all been […]
Although Samsung’s most recent quarter has investors concerned as to their growth prospects in smartphones, the recent launch of the Galaxy S5 portends a brighter future for Samsung and their suppliers, including Qualcomm and Synaptics. The S5 is the best launch Samsung has seen in over a year. Unlike the launch of the S4, which […]
