Interest in BlackBerry 10 surges while iPhone loyalty slips
The latest YouGov report on smartphone brand perception and purchase intent is out, and this one is a keeper. According to the data, the proportion of …
Tero Kuittinen
After launching mobile game company SpringToys tragically early in 2000, Tero Kuittinen spent eight years doing equity research at firms including Alliance Capital and Opstock. He is currently an analyst and VP of North American sales at mobile diagnostics and expense management Alekstra, and has contributed to TheStreet.com, Forbes and Business 2.0 Magazine in addition to BGR.
Articles by Tero Kuittinen
Rovio’s games are losing revenue generation power rapidly
The most famous mobile app franchise in the world has generated more than 1 billion downloads over the past three years — yet it currently …
Every 10 years, a cataclysm kills off most phone brands – the next one is almost here
Around 1994, most mobile phone brands with global ambitions vanished or pulled back to their home markets. The same happened around 2003. We are now …
Nokia’s former luxury division now selling $10,000 Android phones
Last summer, Nokia (NOK) was reported to have sold its luxury phone division to private equity group EQT for estimated $250 million — less than the …
Windows Phones may be stuck in the ‘budget phone’ bin
February is a good news, bad news kind of month for Windows Phone. The latest snapshot of the United Kingdom smartphone market demonstrates that there …
No, Rovio did not rack up $2.4 billion in revenue last year
The problem with tech news cycle is that speed sometimes trumps all rational thought. The latest example is the false Rovio revenue news that is …
Why the Lumia 620 is so important to Nokia: Windows Phone is hammering the iPhone in India
The latest Nielsen survey confirms one of the major smartphone trends of 2012: That the Windows Phone operating system showed remarkable strength in India even …
Sprint has a blue Christmas after the iPhone fails to deliver enough new subscribers
The comparison between Christmas 2012 and Christmas 2011 is cruel for Sprint (S). Sprint just reported that it sold 2.2 million iPhones during the Christmas …
A hellish June led by Apple and Samsung may steamroll BlackBerry, other contenders
Various factors have conspired to create a unique U.S. launch cluster for the most high-profile smartphones of the year. Samsung’s (005930) Galaxy S IV now …
Cisco lowers mobile data growth estimates – while doing its best to hide the drop
Cisco (CSCO) recently released its new 2012-2017 mobile data growth projections and the numbers seem strong. The company is calling for 66% compound average growth …
January was a very strange month for mobile browsing, especially for Apple and Nokia
This week, StatCounter declared that Apple (AAPL) had finally become the biggest smartphone brand in the world when it comes to mobile browsing volume, TechCrunch reported. …
Will the Z10’s success shield BlackBerry from subscriber drama?
BlackBerry’s (BBRY) share price is soared on Monday afternoon, goosed by new brokerage comments on early BlackBerry Z10 sales in the United Kingdom. It’s possible …
Google now delivering five times faster app revenue growth than Apple
The latest AppAnnie statistics once again highlight the biggest app market trend of the past year: Google (GOOG) has started showing spectacular mobile app revenue …
Qualcomm highlights the 3G device trend that gives Samsung an edge over Apple
Qualcomm (QCOM) recently updated its 2012 3G/4G device estimates and the numbers demonstrate why Samsung (005930) is gaining such a strong smartphone volume advantage over …
BlackBerry rolls the dice and prices the Z10 high
The BlackBerry Z10 will be first available in the United Kindgom starting on January 31st. The price will be steep, essentially on par with where …
UK shocker: BlackBerry PlayBook is outselling the new iPad
British electronics distribution specialist Context dropped a bit of a bombshell on Tuesday by claiming that Research In Motion’s (RIMM) PlayBook tablet outsold Apple’s latest …
Why the rumors about a cheap iPhone aren’t adding up
A trickle of rumors about a cheaper iPhone has recently turned into a gush. This would seem to lend support to the idea that a …
Smartphone growth is slowing rapidly, but feature phone surprise aids Nokia
One fascinating thing about IDC’s report on handset sales in the fourth quarter of 2012 was that smartphone sales growth declined to 36%, which was …
Sony’s PS Vita: Dead again
Over the past year, Sony’s (SNE) PS Vita has been squeezed badly by the dazzling success of the Nintendo (NTDOY) 3DS and the overall contraction …
Amazon and Samsung are poised to win big as cheap tablets catch fire in Europe
Retailer Carphone Warehouse surprised retail observers in the United Kingdom by delivering a torrid 16% revenue growth for the December quarter. Interestingly, CW specifically pointed …
Nokia’s North American sales soar by 444%, but emerging markets take a big hit
Apple (AAPL) wasn’t the only handset vendor to disappoint this week; Nokia’s (NOK) share price dipped by -5% in Helsinki after the company released its …
Carriers’ messaging nightmare gets worse as Apple’s iMessage growth pulls even with WhatsApp
As mobile operators across the world seek ways to cope with SMS volume erosion, two leading messaging services are now running neck and neck with …
The best news for Apple: The iPhone is still generating monster profits
Many expected a black Christmas for the iPhone average sales prices. CIRP had estimated that the iPhone 5 portion of total iPhone sales had dropped below 70%. …
Major surprise: Apple’s Q1 sales growth stalled in the Americas, but was OK in Europe
One of the big surprises in Apple’s holiday quarter was the weak iPhone volume — iPhone sales came in at slightly below 48 million, missing …
Verizon learns that the iPhone isn’t the golden goose it once envisioned
After three and a half years of AT&T (T) exclusivity, the iPhone finally debuted at Verizon (VZ) in February 2011. What happened to Verizon Wireless profitability …
The five dumbest cell phone names of all time
The rumor about an upcoming new iPhone called “iPhone Math” was interesting on many levels. It would be fascinating to see how well an iPhone …
Apple slips, BlackBerry slides and Windows Phone stalls in December
Kantar Worldpanel’s December smartphone market share numbers are out. And they are as fascinating as ever. Kantar pegs the BlackBerry market share in America as …
Samsung keeps lagging in the Windows Phone race
It could be that Samsung (005930) simply does not care, but the world’s biggest smartphone brand is off to a notably weak start in the …
Recent report of iPad display production halt was the third devastating Apple rumor in five days
Apple (AAPL) is reporting on January 23rd. In the time period between January 13th and January 18th, investors have witnessed a jaw-dropping sequence of negative …
Nintendo’s Wii U problems turn into a crisis
In just a week, the problems Nintendo’s (NTDOY) new home console is facing have cascaded into something sinister. The traditional post-New Year slump hit Nintendo’s …
