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IDC: Outlook Remains Positive for VR Despite Shipment Decline in 2018 Q2

by Andrew Fenn

Worldwide shipments of VR headsets were down 33.7% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2018, according to IDC. Analysts expect this to be a temporary setback as the VR market finds its legs. The …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 34

IDC: Worldwide Wearables Market Up 5.5% Year-on-Year in 2018 Q2

by Andrew Fenn

Growth continued in the global wearables market during the second quarter of 2018, as shipment volume reached 27.9 million units, up 5.5% from the previous year, according to IDC. The market experienced similar gains …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 34| Wearable Market

IDC: Declining Market for Personal Computing Devices

by Andrew Fenn

Unit shipments for the global PC devices market, comprised of traditional PCs, tablets and workstations, is expected to contract by 3.9% in 2018, according to IDC. This decline is expected to continue throughout the …

Tags:Forecasts| IDC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 25 - Issue 34

IDC: Smartphone Volumes Poised to Return to Growth

by Andrew Fenn

While the worldwide smartphone market is expected to decline again in 2018, IDC believes the market will experience low single-digit growth from 2019 through the end of its forecast in 2022. Analysts forecast worldwide …

Tags:Android| Forecasts| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 33

IDC: Russia Rides Smartphone Wave But Importers Wary of New Sanctions

by Andrew Fenn

The smartphone market continued to boom in Russia in the second quarter of 2018, with import volumes more than 10% higher than in the same period in 2017, reaching over seven million units — …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Russia| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 33

IDC: Smartphone Sales Slacken in EMEA — Vendors Take a Wider Aspect View

by Andrew Fenn

The EMEA mobile phone market continues to lose steam, according to IDC. Total smartphone shipments in the total European market including Russia and the CIS were marginally lower than in the same quarter last …

Tags:Europe| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 32