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Smart Wearables Will Dominate in 2016

by Tom Allen

With new vendors – including Apple – preparing to introduce new wearables, the market continued to grow in Q1’15. A new forecast from IDC estimates that 72.1 million wearable devices will be shipped worldwide …

Worldwide Wearables Market Forecast to Grow 173.3% in 2015 with 72.1 Million Units to be Shipped

by Helen Vince

The wearables market maintained its upward trajectory in the first quarter of 2015 as new vendors, including Apple, prepared to enter the market. A new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly …

Tags:IDC| Wearable Market

Thin Client Shipments Suffer After Strong 2014

by Tom Allen

Thin and terminal client shipments fell 7.8% YoY in Q1’15, with a poor comparison to the first half of 2014, says IDC. Shipments last year were boosted by a massive refresh of legacy PCs. …

MEA PCs Fall on Regional Instability

by Tom Allen

The PC market in the MEA region is suffering from currency fluctuations and unstable global oil prices, says IDC. Shipments fell 9.6% YoY in Q1, to 4.3 million units. Desktops were down 10%, to …

Wearable Market Remained Strong in the First Quarter Despite the Pending Debut of the Apple Watch, Says IDC

by Helen Vince

The worldwide wearable device market (commonly referred to as wearables) recorded its eighth consecutive quarter of steady growth in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly …

Wearables Vendors Enjoy Triple-Digit Growth

by Tom Allen

IDC record the eighth consecutive quarter of steady growth for the global wearable market in Q1’15 – before the debut of the Apple Watch. Shipments grew 200% YoY, to 11.4 million units (from 3.8 …

PC Shipments Will Continue To Decline in 2015 as Competing Devices Continue To Pressure PC Demand

by Helen Vince

Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by -6.2% in 2015 according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. This will be the fourth consecutive year of declining volume as the …

Tags:IDC| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Windows

Windows 10 Will ‘Stabilise’ PC Market

by Tom Allen

2015 will be the fourth consecutive year of declining PC shipments, says IDC, with a 6.2% fall forecast. The market continues to struggle, with competition from tablets and smartphones and generally low demand. While …

Cellular Devices Buck Falling Tablet Trend

by Tom Allen

That cellular connectivity will be a growth driver for tablets and hybrid devices in the future, is the main take-away from both IDC and Gartner’s new data set releases. IDC believes that worldwide tablet …

Saturated Markets Slow Smartphone Growth

by Tom Allen

After rising 27.6% YoY in 2014, smartphone shipment growth is expected to slow to 11.3% this year, says IDC. However, while overall growth will continue to decelerate, certain markets will experience strong growth in …

Global Smartphone Growth Expected to Slow to 11.3% in 2015

by Helen Vince

According to a new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone shipments are expected to grow 11.3% in 2015, which is down from 27.6% in 2014. …

Tags:IDC| Smartphone Market

Tablet Vendors Battle for Supremacy in Saturated CEE Tablet Market

by Helen Vince

Tablet and 2-in-1 shipments in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) declined by more than 20% in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same quarter in 2014, according to the Europe, the Middle …

Tags:Europe| IDC