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Large-size LCD Panels Shipments Drop 3.7% in 4Q16

by Alan Spencer

Digitimes has announced that 204 million large-size TFT-LCD panels were shipped globally in the last quarter of 2016, which is a drop of 3.7% on quarter and 6.1% on year, quoting IDC as the …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Outlook for Personal Computing Devices Mainly Negative

by Alan Spencer

IDC is forecasting that global shipments of personal computing devices, including tablets, will decline from a total of 435.0 million units in 2016 to 418.2 million units at the end of 2021. This represents …

IDC Forecasts AR and VR to Reach $13.9 Billion in 2017

by Alan Spencer

IDC is forecasting that worldwide revenues for AR and VR will reach $13.9 billion in 2017, which is an increase of 130.5% over 2016 when the revenues were $6.1 billion. AR and VR spending …

PC Market Declines Further in India

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, the PC market in India fell 15.2% year-on-year for 2016 with shipments of 8.58 million units. If special projects are discounted, the overall India PC market dropped 7.5% in 2016. The …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Tablet Shipment on the Decline According to IDC

by Bob Raikes

The fourth quarter of 2016 marked the ninth consecutive quarter that tablet shipments declined. Based on preliminary data from IDC, vendors shipped 52.9 million which was a decline of 20.1% from the same quarter …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 05

IDC Expects Turkey’s IT Market to Total $10.9 billion in 2017

by Bob Raikes

IDC is predicting that the total ICT spending in Turkey will total $22.3 billion in 2017 and Turkey’s IT Market will total $10.9 billion matching the 1.9% year-on-year growth rate seen in 2016. It …

PC Market Stabilizes with Solid Fourth Quarter Shipments Despite Component Shortages, According to IDC

by Isaac Oburu

Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs (Desktop, Notebook, and Workstation) totaled 70.2 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016 (4Q16), posting a year-on-year decline of 1.5%, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide …

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Strong Demand For Wearables in MEA

by Bob Raikes

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) wearables market continued to see steady growth in Q3 2016, according to IDC. The firm said that the Middle East and Africa (MEA) wearables market grew 38.3% year …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50| Wearables

IDC Looks at A/R & V/R

by Bob Raikes

Not wanting to be left out of the slew of numbers about VR & AR, IDC has released some data. Worldwide AR and VR headset shipments are expected to see a CAGR of 108.3% …

Tags:Augmented Reality| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Over 100K Smartphones Get Damaged by Liquids Every Day in WE

by Bob Raikes

IDC said that as many as 100,000 smartphones get damaged by liquids every day in Western Europe and that is a factor in an increase in the sales volume of devices offering resistance against …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 50| warranty

Fitness Trackers in the Lead as Wearables Market Grows 3.1%

by Bob Raikes

The overall wearables market grew 3.1% year over year in Q3 of 2016 and shipments reached 23 million in the quarter, according to data from IDC. Basic wearables, primarily comprised of fitness bands, accounted …

Fitness Trackers in the Lead as Wearables Market Grows 3.1% in the Third Quarter, According to IDC

by Isaac Oburu

While the smartwatch market took a tumble this quarter, the overall wearables market grew 3.1% year over year in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16). Total wearables shipments reached 23 million in the quarter, …

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