Smartphone Market – Page 18

Huawei Overtakes Samsung to Take the Lead in the Russian Smartphone Market in the Second Half of 2019

by Artem Alekseenko

Huawei overtook Samsung to take the leading position in the Russian smartphone market in the second half of 2019, as consumers flocked to purchase the Chinese telecommunications firm’s affordable handsets. Huawei overtook Samsung to …

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Foldable Smartphones – Can They Drive Demand?

by Sweta Dash

The mature smartphone market has been experiencing declining growth rates for the last three years. The year 2020 was previously expected to be a recovery year with positive growth rate. However, supply chain disruptions, …

…and then China got Sick

by Steve Sechrist

It was the 19th century Habsburg era diplomat Prince Klemens von Metternich who once said, “When France sneezes, Europe catches a cold”. Well, it’s a different viral strain, but that’s pretty much what seems …

VR Missing Out on Black Friday Again?

by Norbert Hildebrand

If you are located anywhere in the world outside the USA, you may have heard of the Thanksgiving holiday, which is celebrated in many other countries in similar ways, just on different days. In …

Google Pixel 3a ‘Good Enough’ Smartphone Strategy

by Steve Sechrist

In case you lost your ticket to the latest Google fest last week (Google I/O 2019), the company launched a pair of new ‘good enough’ ($400 and $480) smartphone devices, among other important announcements …

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Foldable Smartphones: Can They Reach The Mainstream Market?

by Sweta Dash

Foldable smartphones are finally here after years of expectation and anticipation The biggest potential advantage of foldable smartphone is that it can offer “thin, light, unbreakable larger display for smartphone in a smaller form …

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Smartphones Hit Consolidation Phase

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, the word on the street is that 2018 will be known as the year the once booming smartphone device market began to hit saturation and the subsequent consolidation that …

Smartphone Display Woes in 2019, What Can Help?

by Sweta Dash

The smartphone market has started a declining trend after years of growth. In January, Apple reported lower than anticipated iPhone revenue for the 4th quarter, especially in Greater China. Samsung also reported a decline …

Global Smartphone Shipments Declined for the Last Two Consecutive Quarters – View analysis

by Bob Raikes

The cumulative unit-shipment volume of global smartphones during the first three quarters of 2018 exceeded 1 billion units, down 1 percent from the same period last year according to IHS. Samsung Electronics continued to …

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What Bob Saw on the Net 15/2/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Japan …

What Bob Saw on the Net 20/03/2019

by Bob Raikes

What Bob Saw on the Net 21/03/2019

by Bob Raikes