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# The 5 Major Events in 2016 with Sameer Singh
- URL: https://www.analysepodcast.com/episode-154-the-5-major-events-in-2016-with-sameer-singh/
- Published: 2016-12-29T13:20:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-19T13:50:14.000Z
- Description: Sameer Singh & Bernard Leong discussed the five major events that rocked the Asia tech landscape in 2016 & the interesting side events that will impact 2017.
- Author: Leong Chung Wei Bernard
- Tags: Analyse Podcast

Sameer Singh from App Annie and our host Bernard Leong discuss the five major events which rocked the Asia landscape in 2016: (a) Softbank’s acquisition of ARM for US$32B, (b) Pokemon Go, (c) Uber and Didi’s deal in China, (d) the Indian unicorn startups apocalypse & (e) the ecommerce war between Amazon & Alibaba in Southeast Asia. We also examine other interesting events that had happened and its implications to 2017.

Here are the interesting show notes and links to the discussion (with time-stamps included):

- **Sameer Singh** ([@sameer\_singh17](http://twitter.com/sameer%5Fsingh17?ref=analysepodcast.com), [LinkedIn](https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sameer-singh-1ba0177?ref=analysepodcast.com), [main site](http://www.tech-thoughts.net/?ref=analysepodcast.com)), Industry Analysis Director of [App Annie](https://www.appannie.com/?ref=analysepodcast.com) & Founder of [Tech-thoughts.net](http://www.tech-thoughts.net/?ref=analysepodcast.com) (see his article “[2017 Predictions for the App Economy](https://www.appannie.com/insights/market-data/2017-predictions-app-economy/?ref=analysepodcast.com)” in App Annie).
- **5 Events that rock 2016 in Asia**  
  - Softbank acquired ARM for US$32B. (See [episode 126 with David Corbin](https://analyse.asia/2016/07/21/episode-126-softbank-group-2016-edition-david-corbin/?ref=analysepodcast.com)) \[1:35\]
  - The Pokemon Go Phenomenon (See [episode 127 with Serkan Toto](https://analyse.asia/2016/07/28/episode-127-pokemon-go-serkan-toto/?ref=analysepodcast.com)) \[4:41\]
  - Uber and Didi in China (See [episode 128 with Josh Horwitz](https://analyse.asia/2016/08/09/episode-128-uber-didi-deal-josh-horwitz/?ref=analysepodcast.com)) \[10:11\]
  - India Unicorn Startups Apocalypse (See [episode 134 with Newley Purnell](https://analyse.asia/2016/09/12/episode-134-open-india-market-onslaught-newley-purnell/?ref=analysepodcast.com)) \[11:45\]
  - Ecommerce War between Alibaba and Amazon from India to Southeast Asia with consolidation of companies such as Lazada and Redmart (See [episode 143 with Jon Russel](https://analyse.asia/2016/11/08/episode-143-alibaba-vs-amazon-southeast-asia-jon-russell/?ref=analysepodcast.com)l) \[13:18\]
- **Side Events that we considered:**  
  - [Tencent’s investment of US$175M in Hike](https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/16/indias-whatsapp-rival-hike-raises-175m-led-by-tencent-at-a-1-4b-valuation/?ref=analysepodcast.com) with 1.4B valuation for India market \[16:28\]
  - US Elections and [SoftBank](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-softbank-idUSKBN13V2LG?ref=analysepodcast.com) and [Foxconn](http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/07/technology/foxconn-us-investment/?ref=analysepodcast.com)’s response to Donald Trump \[20:36\]
  - Smartwatch / Wearable Expectations Implode \[22:09\]
  - Samsung Note 7 Debacle (and [that ends Samsung’s year in a smoke](https://www.engadget.com/2016/12/27/samsungs-2016-went-up-in-smoke/?ref=analysepodcast.com)) \[24:15\]

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