Mobility Week in Review
The week when:
- Dish officially buys Boost Mobile
- Apple to slim down the box?
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The week when:
- Dish officially buys Boost Mobile
- Apple to slim down the box?
LG introduced the most devices this month; all focused on the prepaid market. The latest versions of the Premiere Pro and Stylo launched across Boost, Cricket, T-Mobile, and Sprint.
Last month US Cellular had significant discounts for new subscribers across iPhone, Pixel, and Galaxy that have all increased in price this month.
NPD Connected Intelligence’s new Promotions Marketplace report is a monthly updated tracker providing insights into a wireless carrier and national distributor's promotional incentive practices. The report provides a detailed list of all promotional activities captured via NPD’s retail and online store visits conducted on a periodical basis. Captured promotions are categorized (i.e., service plan, accessories, device discounts, BOGOs, Gift Cards, etc.) and dated (start date/end date) for easy navigation and analysis purposes.
This report tracks the availability of TV network, vMVPD, streaming video service and sporting league apps on TV-connected devices. As of February ‘20, TV-connected devices were installed in 66.5 million homes. Within this report we track the availability of apps on 94 percent of those devices, depicting their reach to as many as 62.5 million homes.
The NPD Connected Intelligence OEM Brand Analysis report is a bi-annual Powerpoint-based report providing extensive information on consumers’ awareness and perception towards smartphone OEM brands in the market. The report is designed to help product development teams in their smartphone brand/device ranging efforts.
The week when:
- Curse of the free trial
- Amazon Prime goes live
- Peacock Premium Comped
The week when:
- Apple Announces New HomeKit Features
- Samsung is Shaking Up SmartThings
- Eufy Enters the Home Security System Ring
The week when:
- Verizon reengineers prepaid
- If I had a (Verizon) dollar for every
The week when:
- Finally, sleep
- Go no more
Smart home device penetration has surpassed one out of every three US consumers, meaning that 35% of consumers say they own at least one type of device across a portfolio of products that may include anything from security cameras to smart doorbells to sensors that monitor for water leaks. Ownership rates vary by type of device, however, with security cameras the most popular smart home device, owned by 15% of consumers. In comparison, a segment like smart door locks is further behind in the adoption curve, currently resting at just 5% penetration.