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Russian Mobile Market Cautiously Up

by Milos Pavlovic

IDC said that there was some life in the Russian mobile phone market in Q2 as the market slowly recovers. Imports were nearly seven million units, up from less than five million a year …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Russia| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Smartphone Forecast Drops as Competition Builds

by Steve Sechrist

For the second time in three months market research firm IDC cut its smartphone forecast amid maturing world-wide markets as competitive forces continue to build in the space. New research released this week from …

Smartphones to Flat Line as Mature Markets Decline

by Bob Raikes

Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.46 billion units with a year-over-year growth rate of 1.6% in 2016 according to the latest forecast from IDC‘s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Although growth remains …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Asustek to struggle to reach 2016 smartphone shipment target

by Milos Pavlovic

Taiwanese news reports suggest that Asus will not be able to reach its target smartphone shipment volume of 25 million, a target that had already been reduced from 30 million in Q1, following a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 34

Cat® S60 Announced as the World’s First Smartphone With Integrated Thermal Camera

by Isaac Oburu

Southwest Technology Solutions Ltd are pleased to announce the supply of the Cat S60; the world’s first smartphone with integrated thermal imaging, and the world’s most waterproof smartphone. The Cat S60 includes an embedded …

Tags:Smartphone Market| Smartphones

Xiaomi is Prepared to Enter US Market – Slowly

by Tom Allen

Bloomberg says that Xiaomi is preparing to enter the US smartphone market – a move that it has avoided until now, although it has been selling accessories like earbuds. Company VP Huge Barra, formerly …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 33| Xiaomi

Mobile Internet: Smartphones for Everyone – The 2 billion who earn less than $5.00 a day will remain offline for decades – Research and Markets

by Isaac Oburu

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Mobile Internet: Smartphones for Everyone?” report to their offering. With the smartphone market now approaching saturation in all developed internet economies attention is now turning …

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Parents Share Concerns with Buying Laptops and Smartphones for Kids This Year

by Isaac Oburu

FatWallet.com, the savings resource for millions of online deal hunters, announced results of its Back to School Tech Survey (*Survata), which revealed 28% of parents plan to purchase student laptops and/or smartphones during back …

Tags:PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Smartphone Market| Smartphones

Strategy Analytics: Global Smartphone Shipments Grow 1 Percent to 340 Million in Q2 2016

by Isaac Oburu

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments grew 1 percent annually to reach 340 million units in Q2 2016. Samsung maintained first position with 23 percent global smartphone marketshare, while …

Vivo Enters Top 5 Global Smartphone Brands on IDC Q1 2016 Report

by Isaac Oburu

Vivo Mobile (Vivo) is now the world’s fifth largest smartphone manufacturer according to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Q1 2016 Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report. The IDC regarded Vivo’s fast growth as one …

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Samsung Turns to Profits Over Growth

by Tom Allen

A source speaking to the Korea Times has said that Samsung is planning to change its mobile strategy. The shift comes amidst a falling smartphone market and low profits. An unnamed executive at Samsung …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Gartner: Smartphone Growth Will Halve

by Tom Allen

Gartner’s predictions for the global smartphone market are slightly – but only slightly – more positive than IDC’s recent figures (Brands Shorten Lifecycles as Smartphone Slowdown Continue). Gartner expects growth to roughly halve YoY, …

Tags:Gartner| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 22| Worldwide