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China Smartphone Sales Hit New Low in Q2 2022; HONOR Bucks the Trend, Doubles Sales

China’s smartphone sales decreased 14.2% YoY in Q2 2022, according to Counterpoint’s Market Pulse report. The quarter’s volumes were 12.6% lower than the level seen during the severe pandemic-hit Q1 2020, and less than half of the historical peak of Q4 2016. The last time the sales were lower than this point was nearly a … Read more

Omdia: Global Smartphone Shipments Declined by 3.2% from the Previous Year, as Major Chinese OEMs Continue to Slump

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According to Omdia’s smartphone preliminary shipment report for the second quarter of 2022, global smartphone shipments totaled 293.7 million units, a decrease of 3.2% compared to the same period last year – and a 4.6% decrease compared to the previous quarter. Although the growth rate from the same period of the previous year was significantly … Read more

Worldwide Tablet Shipments Post Flat Growth in Q2 2021 While Chromebooks Experience a Sharp Decline, According to IDC

Worldwide tablet shipments reached 40.5 million units during the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22), posting year-over-year growth of 0.15%, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. Smoother deployments into education projects and several promotional sales, such as the “618” online promotion days in China and Amazon’s … Read more

Now Trending in Education: When Technology Becomes a Hot Mess

Have you been wondering what’s happening these days in the education arena, PCSE (post-covid shutdown era)? This series of four articles spotlights some of the most recent post-pandemic downtrends now taking shape in K12 and/or university settings. In our last installment, we focused one two of the key input/output stresses challenging educators these days: the … Read more

Strategy Analytics: Android Tablet Market Share Falls Below 50% for First Time in 10 Years

Inflation has gripped household budgets and consumer sentiment is on the decline, yet mobile computing demand persists as user behaviors favor hybrid work and tablet shipments continue to outpace pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report by Strategy Analytics. Tablet demand in Q2 2022 followed this pattern of higher shipments for premium and detachable tablets, … Read more

XRAI Glass: Revolutionary New Glasses Allow Deaf People and People Who Have Hearing Loss to ‘See’ Conversations

XRAI Glass announces the launch of the public preview of its revolutionary technology. XRAI Glass is a pioneering software product with a mission to enrich conversation for hundreds of millions of people1 around the world who are deaf or have hearing loss. Users wearing phone-tethered augmented reality (AR) smart glasses will be able to read … Read more

Smartphone Shipments Decline for the Fourth Consecutive Quarter with 8.7% Drop in 2Q22 Shipments Amidst Global Uncertainty and Softening Demand, According to IDC

Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 8.7% year over year in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This marks the fourth consecutive quarter of decline for the smartphone market as shipments fell to 286.0 million units in the quarter, about 3.5% lower … Read more

Strategy Analytics: Apple Hits Best Second Quarter Global Smartphone Market Share in Ten Years in Q2 2022

According to new research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments fell -7% YoY to 291 million units in Q2 2022. Samsung topped the global smartphone market with a healthy 22% share in Q2 2022. Apple ranked the second place with 16% share, the highest second quarter performance over the past ten years. Xiaomi, OPPO (including … Read more