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Gartner Expects Device Growth in 2018

by Bob Raikes

Gartner has revised its forecast for device shipments and now expects device markets to grow by 2.0% in 2018, an improvement over the last two years. The company quoted its online end-user survey as …

Tags:Forecasts| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Business Smartphones and Tablets Show Recovery

by Alan Spencer

For business smartphones and tablets, the second quarter of 2017 was a buoyant quarter, as the market showed signs of a rebound according to Strategy Analytics. Business smartphone shipments grew 14.8% compared to the …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Red’s Hydrogen One Phone uses Lightfield Display From Leia Inc.

by Norbert Hildebrand

Some time ago we reported on a smartphone to be released by Red, the camera company. The surprising fact about this announcement was that the Android phone would feature a “holographic” display. Now Red …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 34

Global Smartphone YoY Growth

Phablet Sales Contribute to Smartphone Growth

by Yvette Raikes

Global smartphone shipments will grow until 2021, according to IDC’s updated forecast. 1.47 billion were sold in 2016 and this is expected to rise to 1.7 billion in 2021, with the researcher predicting a …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 32

Chinese Smartphone Shipments Down in Q2

by Yvette Raikes

Smartphone shipments to China were 94.1 million in Q2’17, down 11.8% YoY although similar to Q1, according to Digitimes Research. Chinese shipments were 28.9% of the global number. In particular, the top three telecom …

Tags:China| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 31

India Smartphone Market Readies Itself for Festive Sales

by Bob Raikes

IDC said that 28 million smartphones were shipped to India in Q22017, which was just modest 3.7 % QoQ growth and a “meagre” 1.6% YoY) increase. Just as the market had started to recover …

Tags:IDC| India| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Samsung Galaxy S8

IHS: Samsung and Apple Lead 7% Smartphone Market Growth

by Andrew Fenn

New data released by IHS Markit reveals that the global smartphone market grew from 320 million units this time last year, to 350.9 million units in Q2 2017, representing a year-on-year growth of 7%. …

Tags:IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 28

111.8 million Smartphones Shipped to China in the Second Quarter

by Alan Spencer

The latest IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker for the second quarter of this year, reveals that there were 111.8 million smartphones shipped to China in the quarter, with growth being flat when compared to …

Tags:China| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Smartphone Volumes Reach 341.6 million in the Q2 2017

by Alan Spencer

Preliminary results from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, show that OEMs shipped 341.6 million smartphones worldwide in Q2 2017, declining 1.3% compared to the same quarter a year ago, and down 0.8% …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Global Smartphone Demand Peaks – ASPs Rise

by Bob Raikes

GfK has put out data on regional sales of smartphones and said that sales were 347 million in Q2 2017, up 4% year on year, with Emerging Asia growing 13%, Central and Eastern Europe …

Tags:GfK| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 27