A new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) powered smartphones has appeared. This generation is set to turbocharge smartphone applications like search, photography, and a host of others. Generative AI will drive these changes as powerful new smartphones with high-end chipsets power these applications.

TechInsights tracked that global smartphone shipments (sell in) and sales (sell through) grew 8% YoY and 4% YoY in January 2024 respectively, indicating the market has reached bottom and is under the recovery phase. Apple maintained the top place by both shipments and sales.

This acoustic wave filter (AFF) report contains the results of the process analysis of the Avago FBAR filter die from the transmit path of the AFEM-8234 RF front end module (FEM). This module was removed from the Apple iPhone 15 Pro A2848 5G smartphone. The AFEM-8234 is a Mid/High Band LNA-PA module with integrated duplexers (MHB L-PAMiD).

The Q4 2023 update of the OECD Mobile Broadband Price Benchmarking service is now available for download and includes over 1,100 mobile broadband tariff plans from more than 100 providers across 38 OECD countries. The OECD Mobile Broadband Price Benchmarking Service uses the OECD 2017 baskets.

Smartphone shipments in Canada grew by 1% in Q4 2023 compared to the year-ago quarter, with two of the five leading vendors seeing shipments improving year-on-year. Canada is a mature market in which replacement sales make up most smartphone volumes, limiting growth. Nonetheless, Canadian consumers are once again upgrading their smartphones.

Automakers are increasingly turning to cloud service providers (CSPs) for a wide range of business, operational, and engineering-related capabilities. Several CSPs that provide solutions to companies in the automotive industry, including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle, and their relationships with companies in the industry, including customer relationships, are covered in this report.

The global smartphone image sensor market experienced a 12% annualized growth in shipments in Q4 2023. The market volumes recovered with the seasonal demand for high-resolution CIS products and correction of the inventory. GalaxyCore GC02M1 and Samsung S5KJN1 were the most shipped CIS products, together achieving over 200 million units during the quarter.

The market for smartphone image sensors rebounded with a revenue growth exceeding 10% in Q4 2023. The correction in the market enabled stocking momentum and combined with seasonal CIS orders for premium smartphones, drove the market revenue in the quarter.

Apple remains the shipments leader in Bluetooth True Wireless Stereo (TWS) headsets. AirPod Shipments declined YoY in Q4 2023. Overall TWS headsets growth has slowed down YoY. India is driving growth. Geopolitical turbulence, inflation and looming recession affected shipments negatively. The report offers valuable insights to all designers, vendors, operators, distributors, etc working with TWS headsets.

Apple remains the shipment and revenue leader in Bluetooth True Wireless Stereo (TWS) headsets in Q4 2023. Apple's share is being eaten by rivals from India and China. Premium-tier remains as the most valuable but Entry-tier rises to the top in shipments.