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Worldwide Tablet Market Contracts for Second Straight Quarter

by Helen Vince

Worldwide tablet shipments recorded a year-over-year decline for the second consecutive quarter in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15). Overall shipments for tablets and 2-in-1 devices fell to 47.1 million in 1Q15, a -5.9% …

Tags:Apple| Asus| IDC| Lenovo| LG Electronics (LGE)| Samsung

2015 Fails to Check Tablet Fall

by Tom Allen

Q1’15 was the second consecutive quarter in which the worldwide tablet market declined says IDC. Competition from alternative devices, such as phablets, drove shipments of tablets and hybrids to 47.1 million units, down 5.9% …

Tags:Apple| Asus| IDC| Lenovo| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 19| Worldwide

Tablet Shipments Decline Again

by Helen Vince

Worldwide tablet shipments recorded a year-over-year decline for the second consecutive quarter in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15). Overall shipments for tablets and 2-in-1 devices fell to 47.1 million in 1Q15, a -5.9% …

Tags:Apple| Asus| IDC| Lenovo| LG Electronics (LGE)| Samsung

Samsung Overtakes Apple for Smartphone Crown

by Tom Allen

With a renewed focus on lower-cost models, Samsung regained the top spot in the global smartphone market in Q1’15, said IDC. Shipment volumes were seasonally down QoQ – a difference exacerbated by Q4’14’s record …

Tags:Apple| Huawei| IDC| Lenovo| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 18| Xiaomi

Cheap Handsets Cause Smartphone Jump in MEA

by Tom Allen

Smartphone shipments rose 83% YoY in the MEA region in 2014. The availability of cheap and dual-SIM models bolstered demand last year, with smartphones taking 41.9% of the region’s mobile phone market, according to …

Tags:Apple| Huawei| IDC| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 18

MEA Smartphone Market Rockets as Cheap Devices Spur Surge in Demand

by Helen Vince

Smartphone shipments to the Middle East and Africa saw unprecedented year-on-year growth of 83% in 2014, according to – Q4 2014 Handsets Tracker released by International Data Corporation (IDC). Spurred by the increased availability …

Tags:IDC| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Smartphone Market

EMEA PC Fall In-Line With IDC Predictions

by Tom Allen

20.2 million PCS were shipped in the EMEA region in Q1’15, IDC data shows – a 7.7% fall YoY. Following a strong 2014, the market returned to decline, as expected, following the end of …

Tags:Europe| IDC| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 22 - Issue 17

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PC Shipments Fell in Q1 but Mobile PCs were Higher

by Helen Vince

PC shipments fell to 71.7 million units in Q1’15, representing a 5.2% YoY decline, according to numbers from Gartner. The replacement cycle, which was boosted by XP renewals last year, is now returning to …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Gartner| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| PCs| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 15| Worldwide

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PC Shipments Fall As XP Renewals Slow

by Vanessa Browning

PC shipments fell to 71.7 million units in Q1’15, representing a 5.2% YoY decline, according to numbers from Gartner. The replacement cycle, which was boosted by XP renewals last year, is now returning to …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Gartner| IDC| Large Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| PCs| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 15| Windows| Worldwide

2014 EMEA Thin Client Results Will be Hard to Match

by Tom Allen

Thin clients in EMEA had a ‘brisk’ 2014 with 7.9% YoY growth (1.97 million units shipped) – but the market is now settling down. By the end of 2015, IDC expects the EMEA thin …

Tags:Europe| IDC| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Russia| Thin Clients| Ukraine| Vol 22 - Issue 15