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Worldwide spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) is forecast to be $18.8 billion in 2020, an increase of 78.5% over the $10.5 billion International Data Corporation (IDC) expects will be spent in 2019. The latest update to IDC’s Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide also shows that worldwide spending on AR/VR products … Read more
In Q3 2019, the Russian smartphone market totaled 8.6 million units, representing a 2.2% decrease compared with the same quarter last year. Despite the recent buoyancy of the ruble, total smartphone market value declined by 3.1% in U.S. dollars to 2.0 billion. With the addition of feature phones, the total market size was 10.6 million … Read more
The latest analysis from the WitsView research division of TrendForce shows that global TV shipment in 3Q19 reached 54.97 million units, a 16.8% growth QoQ and 1.9% decline YoY. As China-U.S. trade relations worsened in 2Q19, TV brands took on a speculative attitude towards stocking-up. This attitude completely changed with the imminent arrival, towards the … Read more
Every gamer knows the pain of reaching that critical point in a story or boss battle only to realize they have an important appointment to get to. Now you’ll never have to miss a beat with PlayGalaxy Link, a streaming service available from the Galaxy Store on the Galaxy Note10 that allows you to bring … Read more
Over the last year, there have been changes in the environment for variable refresh rate monitors for gaming based on Nvidia’s G-sync or AMD’s Freesync technology. Historically, G-sync users could only use this feature with G-sync monitors and Freesync users could only use their monitors. The feature meant that frames were only updated between scans … Read more
Following three straight years of market contraction, global smartphone shipments are expected to return to growth in 2020 fueled by ambitious 5G plans in China. According to the latest forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the worldwide smartphone market is expected to grow 1.5% year over year in 2020 … Read more
On the heels of strong growth during the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19) and changing dynamics in the market for personal computing devices (PCDs), International Data Corporation (IDC) has raised its outlook for the remainder of 2019. According to a new forecast from the Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, overall PCD shipments will reach … Read more
Global sales of smartphones to end users continued to decline in the third quarter of 2019, contracting by 0.4% compared with the third quarter of 2018, according to Gartner, Inc. Demand remained weak as consumers became more concerned about getting value for money. “For the majority of smartphone users, desire has shifted away from owning … Read more
If you are located anywhere in the world outside the USA, you may have heard of the Thanksgiving holiday, which is celebrated in many other countries in similar ways, just on different days. In America this holiday falls on the last Thursday of November followed by a day off on Friday for most people, which … Read more
5G is coming, as I have said before. Currently, the main drive for 5G comes from the consumer segment, especially the consumer love of streaming video to show on their mobile devices, computer monitors and TVs. In the long run, however, it may be the enterprise market that drives the need for 5G networks – … Read more
Samsung Display in the third quarter reclaimed the top position in the global smartphone display market as the company capitalized on record-high demand for active matrix organic light emitting displays (AMOLEDs). The South Korean tech giant accounted for 29 percent of smartphone display shipments in the third quarter, a major leap from its 21.3 percent … Read more
Chinese technology giant Huawei has lost its number-two position in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) smartphone market for the first time since Q3 2018, according to the latest figures from global technology and consulting services firm International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker shows that the overall GCC smartphone market experienced solid year-on-year … Read more
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