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Taiwan Smartphones Down 10% in Q3

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes Research said that smartphone shipments from Taiwan-based brands and ODMs dropped by 10% to 19.54 million in the third quarter of 2015. Compal was the top producer in Taiwan, followed by Asustek which …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 42

TrendForce Reports Third-Quarter Global Smartphone Shipments Grew 9.1% to 332 Million

by Isaac Oburu

Numerous branded smartphone vendors unveiled their next-generation flagship devices ahead of Apple’s iPhone 6s reveal this September. These earlier major product launches included Samsung’s Note 5, Huawei’s Mate and Sony Z5 series. Consequently, much …

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Mixed Results for Business Smartphone & Tablet Shipments in Q2 2015

by Isaac Oburu

Shipments of business smartphones and tablets had mixed results in Q2 2015, with smartphone shipments declining from Q1 to Q2 2015, while quarter-over-quarter tablet shipments grew, according to Strategy Analytics. Business smartphone shipments reached …

Tags:business| Smartphone Market| tablets| Worldwide

Blackberry and Sony Could Leave Smartphones in 2016

by Tom Allen

The CEOs of Blackberry and Sony have expressed doubts about their stay in the smartphone market. Blackberry CEO John Chen has said that the company could withdraw from making smartphones altogether next year. He …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 41

How Long Do You Work for an iPhone 6?

by Bob Raikes

Click to see a bigger imageStatista published a nice chart showing how many hours of work it takes to buy an iPhone 6, according to data from the Prices and Earnings report, published every …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 38

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Replacement Indecision Will Cause Device Sales to Drop

by Bob Raikes

Click for higher resolution44% of current tablet users are looking to use a different device according to Gartner. “Replacement activity across all types of devices has decreased,” said Ranjit Atwal, research director at Gartner. …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Smartphone Market| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 38

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TSMC Forecasts Weak 4Q15

by Bob Raikes

TSMC said that sales revenues are up in Q3 for exchange reasons, but expects a sequential drop in Q4 as weak smartphone demand impacts processor shipments.

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| TSMC| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Fogg Clarifies Mobile Mistakes

by Bob Raikes

Ian Fogg is originally from the cable TV business, but now looks at the mobile industry for IHS. He gave a high bandwidth talk that started by looking at the mistakes that had been …

Tags:IFA 2015| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Apps| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 36

The Panel Market is Still Developing says Tamura

by Bob Raikes

Tamura-san is from IHS and looked at the development of the panel industry. China is the biggest market for TVs (23% of global) and phones (33% of global) and that means that success in …

Tags:China| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 36

iPhone’s New 3D Touch Display

by Steve Sechrist

Now, just hours away from the the world’s best selling Smartphone next gen product launch, (Sept 9) rumors of a new 3D Touch Display are dominating the news for the newest iPhone (6S and …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Smartphone Market| Touch Interfaces| Vol 22 - Issue 36

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Huawei’s Smartphone Shipments to Break 100 Million Units in 2015

by Helen Vince

According to a new report from Taiwan’s Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC), Huawei outperformed the rest of the smartphone market in Q2, selling 28.2 million smartphones, up 54.9% from Q1. MIC believes that …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 36