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Analyst Insider
A weekly technology research update from ABI Research
Wednesday - February 8, 2012
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This Week's Analyst Insider
Technology News
Mobile Device Teardown
Teardown: Samsung Cuts LTE Cost in Half
Asia Intelligence
Despite Subscriber Adoption Slowdown, Indian Handset Market Witnesses a 14.1% Growth in 2011
| Featured ABI Insights
 Streaming the Super Bowl - Not Yet Prime Time
Siri Musings
Mobile Device Teardown
Teardown: Samsung Cuts LTE Cost in Half
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus made a big impact on the market in December due to its sleek design, new Android operating system (Ice Cream Sandwich), and NFC capability. The Galaxy Nexus has another notable hidden feature, however: the Samsung Galaxy Nexus modem is constructed with the combination of a Via Telecom CDMA/EVDO Rev. A integrated circuit and a Samsung LTE baseband integrated circuit. This combination is now common for Samsung’s Verizon phones, but the Galaxy Nexus sports a new version of the LTE baseband chip. The new chip is estimated at nearly half the cost of the prior chip’s $23 price tag. This type of cost reduction is an important milestone in securing the rapid migration to LTE throughout the world.
ABI Research’s “Samsung Galaxy Nexus Teardown” provides detailed photos, process evaluation, and part descriptions for all of the major components such as power amplifier, power management, baseband processor, application processor, RF, Bluetooth, GPS, WiLAN, and many discretes. Tying all this information together are unique circuit board photos, performance measurements, benchmark data, cost information, and board area data.
It is one of thousands of devices and components – phones, baseband processors, power management, RF front end components, connectivity components, application processors, sensors, and power management discretes – that are torn down and analyzed in the firm’s Mobile Device Teardown Service.
Asia Intelligence
Despite Subscriber Adoption Slowdown, Indian Handset Market Witnesses a 14.1% Growth in 2011
The Indian mobile handset market closed 2011 with an annual growth rate of 14.1%, achieving a total volume of 182 million handsets. Looking forward, the Indian handset market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 10.7% during the period of 2011-2017, with total handset volume expected to reach 335 million units by 2017. The market is currently led by Nokia (37.2% market share), with Samsung (14.9%), G’Five (7.5%), and Micromax (5.8%) trailing behind.
ABI Research’s new study, “Indian Mobile Device Market,” identifies the drivers for growth of the handset market in India and provides forecasts for handset shipments, 3G subscriptions, and smartphone market size.
It is part of the firm’s Asia Intelligence Research Service and Smartphones & Mobile Devices Research Service.
Featured ABI Insight
Streaming the Super Bowl - Not Yet Prime Time
On February 5th, for the first time, the United States' biggest sporting event of the year, the Super Bowl, between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants, was broadcast live on the internet for free. NBC got online broadcasting rights (to PCs), along with the broadcast rights for the game. Meanwhile, Verizon Wireless had exclusive mobile rights to broadcasting the games to its mobile customers - supporting both Android and Apple operating system (OS) platforms.
This ABI Insight is free to all registered users of the ABI Research website, www.abiresearch.com, for seven days, starting today. To read the full text of the insight, please visit here.
Featured ABI Insight
Siri Musings
Siri, the newest feature in Apple's line of iOS devices that has customers raving, marks yet another innovation in the smartphone and mobile device world that has not stopped since the first Apple smartphone was introduced in 2007. Originally developed from government funded DARPA research, and then by start-up Siri, this feature is a voice activated personal assistant. It helps with the most common tasks on the mobile phone that have typically required typing: sending messages, placing phone calls, searching for information, and answering questions.
In addition, Siri can deliver search results with computer-generated voice. Initial feedback from customers has been positive. Voice command recognition is relatively accurate (i.e., Siri does well interpreting spoken questions and executing commands) and the search results adequately address the questions asked.
This ABI Insight is free to all registered users of the ABI Research website, www.abiresearch.com, for seven days, starting today. To read the full text of the insight, please visit here.
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