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Bank Predicts First-Ever iPhone Fall

by Tom Allen

A research note from Morgan Stanley predicts that 2015 is the year that iPhone sales peaked – and it’s downhill from here for Apple. Sales of the iPhone shot up this year, from 169.2 …

Tags:iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 50| Worldwide

Smartphones Fall to Single-Digit Growth

by Tom Allen

2015 will be the first-ever full year of single-digit smartphone growth, according to IDC. The firm forecasts 9.8% growth YoY, to a total of 1.43 billion units. This is a revision from IDC’s previous …

Strongest Q3 Smartphone Sales on Record Driven by Demand in China, MEA and Emerging APAC*

by Isaac Oburu

The record quarterly sales performance in Q3 2015 can be attributed to three markets: China, which returned to growth, the MEA and emerging APAC. In total, 324m smartphone units were sold. The US$294 average …

Tags:APAC| China| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Smartphone Market

Apple and Samsung Claim All Smartphone Profits

by Tom Allen

Financial services company Cannacord Genuity estimates that Apple took 94% of the smartphone industry’s profits in Q3 – while shipping only 13.5% of the volume. Samsung, meanwhile, made 11% of the smartphone industry’s profit. …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Emerging Markets Boost Smartphones to 15.5% Growth

by Tom Allen

Worldwide smartphone sales were driven by continued demand for affordable models in emerging markets in Q3’15, says Gartner. Global sales reached 353 million units: up 15.5% YoY. The increased availability of low-cost smartphones in …

Huawei Goes Past Xiaomi

by Milos Pavlovic

Local sources say that Huawei is likely to beat Xiaomi in the smartphone market as the company is expected to ship over 100 million handsets this year (with 75.6 million shipped by the end …

Lenovo Looks for Growth in Africa

by Milos Pavlovic

Lenovo has started to sell its smartphones in Kenya following a launch in Nairobi. Safaricom is reported to be rolling out a 4G network in the country, while Airtel is expected to do the …

Tags:Lenovo| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Acer Re-vamping Smartphones

by Milos Pavlovic

Acer is re-aligning its smartphone strategy to look for revenues and profit rather than share and will de-emphasise developing regions, which are already seeing fierce competition and weak demand in some, according to Taiwanese …

Tags:Acer| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 44

PEW Releases Technical Device Ownership Data

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a new survey, the PEW Research Center released the latest data on technical device ownership in the USA. The survey was taken in the March / April and June / July 2015 time …

Smartphone Vendors Ship over 340 Million Units in Q3, as Chinese Market Slackens

by Isaac Oburu

Leading mobile analyst firm Juniper Research estimates that the number of smartphone shipments reached 342.5 million in Q3 2015, with a slowed y-o-y growth of 8.4%. Apple Reports Record Profits and Bets on China, …

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Smartphones Approach Record High, Despite Challenges

by Tom Allen

355.2 million smartphones were shipped worldwide in Q3 this year, according to IDC: 6.8% up from the 332.6 million shipped a year ago. Although the result represented the second-highest quarter of shipments on record, …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 43| Worldwide

Huawei takes China’s smart phone throne as Xiaomi’s growth slows

by Isaac Oburu

Huawei became China’s top smart phone vendor in Q3 2015, while Xiaomi fell to second place, according to Canalys estimates. This is Huawei’s first time at the top of China’s competitive smart phone market. …

Tags:China| Huawei| Smartphone Market| Xiaomi