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Gartner Survey Shows Wearable Devices Need to Be More Useful

by Milos Pavlovic

The abandonment rate of smartwatches is 29 percent, and 30 percent for fitness trackers, because people do not find them useful, they get bored of them or they break, according to a survey by …

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Gartner Survey Shows Wearable Devices Need to Be More Useful

by Bob Raikes

Gartner said that it has surveyed 9,592 online respondents from Australia, the U.S. and the U.K. between June and August 2016, to gain a better understanding of consumers’ attitudes toward wearables, particularly their buying …

Tags:Gartner| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Gartner Says Chinese Only Winners in Q3

by Bob Raikes

Gartner highlighted with its Q3 global smartphone sales data that Huawei, Oppo and BBK, all from China, between them took 21% of the global market in the period. They were the only smartphone vendors …

Tags:Gartner| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017

by Norbert Hildebrand

At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2016, October 16-20 in Orlando, the market research company focused on the top technologies for 2017 as they identified them. These trends will require strategic decisions from many companies in …

Global Semiconductor Sales Will Improve

by Yvette Raikes

By the end of this year, semiconductor turnover will have reached $332 billion, down 0.9% YoY, according to Gartner. But the researcher still thinks that the outlook is improving, thanks to stock replacement and …

The Big Get Bigger as PC Market Declines

by Bob Raikes

Gartner said that PC shipments in Q3 were 5.7% down from last year, the eighth consecutive quarter of PC shipment decline and the longest duration of decline in the history of the PC industry. …

Gartner Says More Decline for Device Market

by Bob Raikes

Gartner has released its overall forecasts for smart devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) which it expects to see decline 3% this year, after falling 0.75% last year. After that, the analyst sees …

Gartner Says PC Vendors Must Change

by Milos Pavlovic

Gartner said that Business leaders of PC vendors face a stark choice and must decide between overhauling their businesses or leave the PC market by 2020. If they decide to stay, they need to …

Tags:Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 23 - Issue 37

The Dragon is Awake: Chinese Dominate Mobile Phone Rankings

by Tom Allen

Although smartphone sales are slowing, they still grew 4.3% YoY in Q2’16, to 344 million units, says Gartner in its recent report on the mobile phone market. Total mobile phone sales, including featurephones, were …

Gartner Prepares For Symposium 2016

by Tom Allen

The next Gartner Symposium/ITxpo will take place between the 16th and 20th October in Orlando, Florida. More than 8,500 CIOs and senior IT and business leaders will attend. Keynote speakers will include Microsoft CEO …

PC Market “Shows Some Signs of Improving”

by Tom Allen

Worldwide PC shipments reached 64.3 million units in Q2’16, down 5.2% YoY – the seventh consecutive quarter of declines, says Gartner. However, the market is showing some signs of improvement. Weakening local currencies against …

Gartner: Smartphone Growth Will Halve

by Tom Allen

Gartner’s predictions for the global smartphone market are slightly – but only slightly – more positive than IDC’s recent figures (Brands Shorten Lifecycles as Smartphone Slowdown Continue). Gartner expects growth to roughly halve YoY, …

Tags:Gartner| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 22| Worldwide