Research firm Strategy Analytics tracks the design and engineering trends in the handset market, and, thanks to a teaming between Strategy Analytics and FierceWireless, we'll bring you some key figures from the firm's reports. In January, another 52 new handsets and 1 new USB dongle were announced globally by 26 vendors. The firm's fourth-quarter 2009 shelf share analysis of 140 mob...

When it comes to mobile devices, analysts usually look just at the processor. However, the CPU alone does not make a device it also takes the baseband processor which handles communication. Strategy Analytics performed a tally of baseband makers, and ended up with the following chart it shows who produced how much in Q3

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Due to increased demand in the end of year holiday season, Q3 2009 cellular baseband revenues and shipments grew for the first time since Q3 2008, according to Strategy Analytics. Click here for more.

A recent study by the company Strategy Analytics suggests that owners of the Apple iPhone rank highly in terms of likeliness to return to Apple for repeat business when looking for their next mobile device. The report,"iPhone Owners Most Satisfied and Likely to Repeat Purchase," added that mobile users of QWERTY based phones were significantly more satisfied than 12-key phone owners. This data isn...

  A study conducted by Strategy Analytics reveals Samsung ruled the U.S. mobile phone market in 2009. The claim is on the basis of reported shipment data that makes Samsung lead the charts for six quarters in a row. Moreover, Samsung also announced that the 2010 Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index study has declared Samsung as

According to a new study by Strategy Analytics, Apple iPhone owners are so satisfied with their phones, that they're most likely to buy their next device from Apple as well. The report titled "iPhone Owners Most Satisfied and Likely to Repeat Purchase," also found that QWERTY keyboard owners, whether virtual or hardware, were more satisfied with their phones than 12-key phone owners. Read the...

Mobile navigation services have been swarming into the spotlight in the last year, giving traditional Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) a pretty good kicking. But TomTom and Garmin don't need to shut the offices down just yet - at Navigation Day at the massive CeBit trade show in Hanover, Strategy Analytics claimed there would always be a place for PNDs.

The fourth-quarter announcements from the mobile operator industry has come to a close. How did they all stack up in the quarter? Which operator had the largest amount of revenue coming from data services? Strategy Analytics charted the top 10 U.S. wireless operators in the fourth quarter of 2009 by subscriber base. Major metrics include churn, ARPU and revenue--of each carrier. The...