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Q1 Smartphones Up Globally

by Bob Raikes

IDC said that 347.4 million smartphones shipped in Q1 of 2017, up 4.3% on Q1 last year, up on the company’s forecast, with Chinese brands driving much of the growth as Huawei, Oppo, and …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 16

DSCC Releases Quarterly OLED Report

by Alan Spencer

Display Supply Chain Consultants has released its latest quarterly report on OLED supply, OLED demand and the OLED equipment market. The report also contains the latest OLED fab schedules, OLED capacity forecasts, OLED yields …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| OLED TVs| OLEDs| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Now There are Four… as ZTE Pushes Smartphones in USA

by Steve Sechrist

Strategy Analytics updated its smartphone US market tracking, reporting strong growth for smartphones from the China-based ZTE brand. The company is now in fourth place in the USA market, edging out domestic Chinese competitor, …

Tags:Apple| LG Electronics (LGE)| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 15| ZTE

IDC

GCC Mobile Market Rebounds in Q4 2016

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, the Gulf Cooperation Council region’s smartphone shipments in Q4 2016 were 5.98 million units, up 7.7% on quarter three. Prior to this the GCC suffered three consecutive quarter-on-quarter declines from Q1 …

Tags:IDC| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Smartphone Shipment Volumes to Rebound This Year

by Alan Spencer

IDC has published its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker and forecasts that worldwide smartphone shipments will rebound in 2017 and beyond, following on from the 2016 results which showed the lowest growth ever, with …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Fierce Battle Between Apple & Samsung for Top Spot

by Bob Raikes

Gartner said that there is a fierce battle between Apple and Samsung for the top position in the global smartphone market as Apple went back past Samsung in Q4 2016. Over the whole year, …

Tags:Gartner| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Chinese Smartphone Market Sees19% Growth

by Bob Raikes

The latest IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker has been published and shows that the Chinese smartphone market grew by 19% in 2016 when compared with 2015. In addition, the last quarter of 2016 saw …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Apple Beats Samsung in Q4 2016 Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

According to preliminary data from IDC, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 428.5 million units during Q4 2016, resulting in 6.9% growth when compared to the 400.7 million units shipped in Q4 2015. For …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 04

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

Chinese Brands Grow Fast in India

by Bob Raikes

According to Counterpoint Research, Chinese brands have substantially increased their share of the mobile phone market in India, reaching 46% in total. Samsung is top brand, but Vivo, Xiaomi, Lenovo and Oppo take the …

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

Smartphone Market to Depend on Component Supply

by Bob Raikes

Sources in Asia are pointing to shortages of key components of displays as well as memory and optical sensors as being potential blocks to the growth of brands below the top rank that are …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 02

iOS Gains Against Android – Kantar

by Bob Raikes

Smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows Android sales declined in the US, GB, and France, as iOS continued to make gains across most regions in the three months ending November 2016. iOS …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 02