Market Data

subscribe

Most Smartphone Users Spend Nothing on Apps

by Bob Raikes

Over half of smartphone users spend no money on smartphone apps (paid-for downloads and in-app transactions) *, according to a new survey by Gartner, Inc. However, end-user spending on in-app transactions continues to rise. …

Tags:Gartner| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Panel Area Grows, but Units Drop in TV Panel Supply

by Bob Raikes

Witsview has reported that panel area shipped in 2016 grew by 6.5%, while units shipped dropped by 3.5% as average set sizes rose by 2.2″ to 43.6″, a bigger increase than in previous years.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Market Data| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Juniper Releases Smartwatch Forecast

by Bob Raikes

Juniper released its forecast for Smartwatches in 2021 and expects a market value of $21.5 billion. North America and Europe will represent more than half the market by that time.

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 03

WW Chip Revenue Grew 1.5% in 2016 – Gartner

by Bob Raikes

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $339.7 billion in 2016, a 1.5% increase from 2015 revenue of $334.8 billion, according to preliminary results by Gartner. The top 25 semiconductor vendors’ combined revenue increased by 7.9% compared …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Virtual Reality Headset Market Forecast CES Update

by Steve Sechrist

The VR AR space is a niche market at best, barely showing up as a rounding error in the recent CEA market update given on press day one at CES 2017. The CTA Extended …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2017| Emerging Markets| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Press Events| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 02

CTA Celebrates 50 Years of CES

by Bob Raikes

The CTA held the opening event which followed the traditional format with Shawn Dubravac and Steve Koenig of the organisation giving, first, a view on technology and then a report on global markets. Dubravac …

Tags:CES 2017| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Point Share Provides Interactive Map on Phone Shares

by Bob Raikes

While we were researching an article, we found this useful ‘interactive map’ showing the current market share of mobile phone operators in European countries. If you need the information, published by Point Topic, the …

Tags:Back Panel| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Enterprise Wearables to Shift to Body-worn Devices says ABI

by Bob Raikes

The enterprise wearable market is experiencing a shift from wrist-worn devices to body- and head-worn wearables said ABI Research which forecasts enterprise wearable shipments will grow from 30 million shipments in 2016 to nearly …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01| Wearable Market

OLEDs Forecast to Take Share in Automotive

by Bob Raikes

UBI research, via OLEDNet has forecast that OLED will start to enter the automotive market in 2019, with just 1% of the market, and will see penetration rising to 20% by 2022. Key to …

Tags:Automotive| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Global semiconductor sales up 7% YoY

by Bob Raikes

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said that sales of semiconductors reached $31 billion in November, up 7.4% year on year and 2.0 up on October, the best annual growth since January 2015. The Chinese …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Digitimes Research Forecasts LED Volumes

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes Research forecast that that 303 billion LEDs will ship in 2017, 23.9% up year on year, but with ASPs likely to decline by 17%. 200 billion units are expected to go into lighting, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Worldwide Device Shipments Flat Until 2018

by Bob Raikes

Gartner has said that worldwide combined shipments of PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones are projected to remain flat in 2017, with very slight growth in 2018 and 2019. Mobile phones and ultramobiles will …

Tags:Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01