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The Mobile Device Market on the Move – Again

by Norbert Hildebrand

Market research firms have been reducing their tablet forecast since the sales growth has been slowing in 2014. The latest numbers from IDC, which we reported on earlier, show a 6% decline in the …

Tags:Market Data| phablets| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 22

As Smartphone Panel Prices Fall, Panel Makers Focus on Cost Reduction, IHS Says

by Helen Vince

As smartphone panel selling prices continue to fall, display manufacturers are focused on finding ways to reduce production costs, in order to eke out profits. For example, five-inch full-high-definition (FHD) mobile phone panels experienced …

Tags:IHS Markit| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphone Market

Apple iPhone Captures 12% Smartphone Marketshare in China in Q1 2015

by Helen Vince

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, China smartphone shipments grew 17 percent annually to reach 110 million units in the first quarter of 2015. Xiaomi maintained first position, but Apple is rapidly …

Tags:Apple| China| Huawei| iPhone| Smartphone Market| Xiaomi

Global Mobile Phone Shipments Reach 445 Million Units in Q1 2015

by Helen Vince

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile phone shipments grew 8 percent annually to reach 445 million units in the first quarter of 2015. Apple was the star performer, as it …

Tags:Apple| Nokia| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Worldwide

Samsung Overtakes Apple for Smartphone Crown

by Tom Allen

With a renewed focus on lower-cost models, Samsung regained the top spot in the global smartphone market in Q1’15, said IDC. Shipment volumes were seasonally down QoQ – a difference exacerbated by Q4’14’s record …

Tags:Apple| Huawei| IDC| Lenovo| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 18| Xiaomi

Cheap Handsets Cause Smartphone Jump in MEA

by Tom Allen

Smartphone shipments rose 83% YoY in the MEA region in 2014. The availability of cheap and dual-SIM models bolstered demand last year, with smartphones taking 41.9% of the region’s mobile phone market, according to …

Tags:Apple| Huawei| IDC| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 18

MEA Smartphone Market Rockets as Cheap Devices Spur Surge in Demand

by Helen Vince

Smartphone shipments to the Middle East and Africa saw unprecedented year-on-year growth of 83% in 2014, according to – Q4 2014 Handsets Tracker released by International Data Corporation (IDC). Spurred by the increased availability …

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

Rumor: Nokia Getting Back into the Phone Business?

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to an article by Re/Code, Nokia is planning on getting back into the mobile phone business. After the sale of its device business to Microsoft, many analysts believed that we had seen the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones| Nokia| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 17

US Smartphone Shares Flat From 2014

by Tom Allen

In the three months ending in February 2015, smartphones had penetrated almost 77% of the US market, according to Comscore – up 5% on the September – November 2014 period. The result represented 186.3 …

Tags:Android| Apple| BlackBerry| HTC| iOS (Apple)| LG Electronics (LGE)| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 16| Windows

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PEW Research Center Surveys US Smartphone Use

by Norbert Hildebrand

The PEW Research Center has released a new survey on the US usage of smartphones. The overview draws from surveys performed in October and December of 2014 and the report covers the use and …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 15

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Digitimes Forecasts Samsung Over Apple in 2015

by Steve Sechrist

Apple consistently out performed sales estimates of its iPhones but Digitimes is convinced Samsung will stay on top of the Smartphone heap The research arm of Digitimes (D-T) has released a prediction that flatly …

Tags:Apple| China| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 14