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2015 Was ‘Last Year’ for Double-Digit Phone Growth

by Tom Allen

2015 is likely to have been the last year of double-digit smartphone growth, IDC has forecast. 2015 shipments were up 10.4% YoY, to 1.44 billion units. Although projections for 2016 are higher (1.5 billion …

Obi Worldphone Launches New Model, MV1

by Isaac Oburu

Continuing its tradition of powerful technology paired with smart Silicon Valley design, Obi Worldphone™ today launched its latest model, aimed at young professionals in a host of fast-growing markets spread across Asia, Africa, Latin …

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Will Flagship Samsung S7 Sell?

by Steve Sechrist

In its yearly update, Samsung showed its flagship smartphone duo at the Mobile World Congress on Sunday including the Galaxy S7 and Edge (curved display) models. But beyond the extended hype, some say the …

Tags:Flexible Displays| MWC 2016| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 07

Apple Faces First-Ever iPhone Fall

by Tom Allen

Global smartphone sales reached 403 million units in Q4’15, says Gartner: a 9.7% rise YoY. However, this was the slowest Q4 growth rate since 2008. Smartphone sales rose 14.4% YoY, to 1.4 billion units, …

Biometric Smartphones Are Officially “Mainstream”. More Than 200 Models Have Been Introduced Since 2013

by Isaac Oburu

According to new research from Acuity Market Intelligence, biometric smartphones are officially mainstream. More than 200 fingerprint, iris, and eye-vein biometric smartphones have been introduced since Q1 2013 under 70 brand names. This includes …

Chinese Smartphone Market Development, 4Q 2015

by Isaac Oburu

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/znpj7c/chinese) has announced the addition of the “Chinese Smartphone Market Development, 4Q 2015” report to their offering. As of the third quarter of 2015, the number of China’s mobile phone subscribers …

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Huawei is 2015’s Smartphone Success Story

by Tom Allen

Worldwide smartphone sales reached new record levels at the end of 2015, thanks to multiple product offerings at all price points, in both mature and emerging markets. Preliminary IDC data shows that 399.5 million …

LG Electronics Result 26/01/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

LG Electronics reported Q4 net loss of 140.4 billion won ($116.4 million), down by 32% YoY from 205.7 billion won. Turnover for the period was reported at 14.56 trillion won ($ 12.57 billion), a …

Huawei: Europe Will Boost Phone Shipments

by Tom Allen

Sources in the handset supply chain say that Huawei expects to ship 120 million smartphones this year, up from 108 million last year and 75 million in 2014. The company believes that its business …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Huawei Claims Revenue Boost of 70% in 2015

by Bob Raikes

Huawei said that it had hit revenues of $20 billion, nearly 70% up from 2018 and that it has increased its smartphone sales by 44% to 108 million in 2015. As well as a …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 01

2015 was “Banner Year” for AMOLED Smartphones

by Tom Allen

21% of the smartphone display market was taken by Full HD smartphone panels in Q3’15 – largely due to the increase in AMOLED display adoption by Samsung and other vendors, says IHS. Unit shipments …

Tags:AMOLED| IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Huawei Enjoys Rising Popularity in Europe

by Tom Allen

In an interview with China’s Xinhua, Huawei has said that its smartphone sales in CEE and northern Europe this year have been ‘gratifying’. More than 3.46 million smartphones were sold, representing a 114% increase …

Tags:Europe| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 51