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Smartphone Volumes Decline Slightly in the Second Quarter of 2017 Amid Anticipation of Strong Second Half Product Launches, According to IDC

by Isaac Oburu

According to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC)Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone OEMs shipped a total of 341.6 million smartphones worldwide in the second quarter of 2017 (2Q17). Coming off a …

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CEE and Notebook Segments See Shipment Growth In Q2

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, the EMEA traditional PC market continued to improve in the second quarter of 2017, with a slight volume loss of 0.6% and a total of 15.9 million units being shipped. Notebook …

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Worldwide IT Spending is Forecasted to Grow 2.4% This Year

by Alan Spencer

Gartner has predicted that worldwide IT spending will reach $3.5 trillion in 2017, which is a 2.4% increase from 2016. The growth rate is up from the previous quarter’s forecast of 1.4% due to …

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Wearables to See Strong Growth in Middle East & Africa

by Bob Raikes

IDC has released data on market shares of wearables in the Middle East and Africa. Shipments of Q1 were up 30.2% year on year. While shipments of basic wearables (devices that do not support …

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Five AR Head-Mounted Display Vendors Highlighted by IDC

by Milos Pavlovic

IDC has named five HMD vendors as ‘IDC Innovators’. They are: Daqri Meta ODG Optinvent Vuzix IDC has a new report on Commercial Uses HMDs.

Worldwide Shipments of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Headsets Expected to Grow at 58% CAGR with Low-Cost Smartphone VR Devices being Short-Term Catalyst, According to IDC

by Milos Pavlovic

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) continue to gain momentum in the mainstream tech media. According to recent forecast data from the International Data Corporation, (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset …

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IDC Bullish on AR & VR

by Bob Raikes

IDC has forecast that AR and VR headset sales will grow with a CAGR of 57.7% from just under 10 million units to just under 100 million by 2021. VR headsets have led much …

Indian Wearable Shipments Rise in Q1 2017

by Alan Spencer

According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Tracker for the first quarter of 2017, total shipments for wearables in India were 612,000. This included smart wearables that can run third-party apps, and basic wearables …

Challenging Conditions Affect Africa’s Mobile Phone Market

by Yvette Raikes

Q1 mobile phone shipments in Africa were 54.5 million, down 8.2% QoQ, according to figures from IDC. Smartphones in particular saw a drop of 17.6% to 21.2 million units. However, the YOY market rose …

Xiaomi and Apple Lead the Wearables Market

by Yvette Raikes

The Q1 wearables market grew by 17.9% YoY, according to IDC, with 24.7 million devices shipped. Fitbit slipped down the rankings to third with Xiaomi and Apple challenging neck and neck for top spot …

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Worldwide Shipments of AR/VR Headsets Rise Q1 2017

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, worldwide shipments of AR and VR headsets continued to rise with a total of 2.3 million units shipped in the first quarter of 2017. IDC is also forecasting triple-digit growth for …

BC11 Next Generation Flexible, Rollable and Foldable Displays

by Bob Raikes

Ryan Reith is Program VP for IDC’s Mobile Tracker and he started by saying that there is plenty of room for growth in smartphone volumes as, at the moment, penetration globally is only 43%. …