Smartphone Market – Page 41

Low-Cost Vendors to Challenge Tier Ones

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Juniper Research has said that smartphone shipments will reach 1.2 billion this year: a 19% YoY rise from 2013’s 985 million. Emerging markets, with high uptake of low-cost models, will drive growth. Products from …

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As Expected, Apple Sets New Sales Record for iPhone 6/6Plus

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The first weekend of iPhone 6/6 Plus sales have commenced and, as expected, Apple recorded a new sales record for their latest iPhone models. Apple states that it sold 10 million iPhones this weekend. …

End of Subsidies Spurs Panel Price Hike

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The end of smartphone subsidies in China will affect the wider market, says NPD DisplaySearch. Direct subsidies are to end, being replaced with consumer call charge subsidies. The inventory of name brands is expected …

Smaller iPhone Outsells Larger Cousin

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Statistics from mobile analytics firm Mixpanel show that around 20% of iPhone 6 handsets sold are iPhone 6 Plus models. In total terms, the 4.7″ iPhone 6 represents just over 6% of all iPhones …

Market Research Targets Wearables

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CE markets are always changing and everyone wants to stay ahead of what is going on. This leads to many market reviews and market forecasts of products that have not even been developed and …

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iPhone 6 Boosts ODM’s Revenues

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Foxconn Electronics and Pegatron both reported large increases in sales for September, rising 51% and 63% respectively from August, primarily due to shipments of Apple’s new iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus. Foxconn’s …

Gartner: 90% of Mobiles Will be Smartphones by 2018

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Tablet growth has slowed enough this year that these products will represent 9.5% of all devices worldwide. Consumers are looking at alternative devices like hybrids and phablets, as well as holding on to their …

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Smartphones Drive MEA Handsets to Record Sales

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A new record was set for the MEA tablet handset market in Q2 this year, rising 27% YoY to 64 million units. IDC says that most growth came from smartphones, which are rapidly gaining …

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BlackBerry Passport Sells Out

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The Taipei Times reports that in a recent interview with John Chen, CEO of BlackBerry, he said that supplies of the new Passport smartphone have sold out, demonstrating the phone’s popularity. According to the …

Smartphones Reach New High as Xiaomi Joins Top Vendors

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Global smartphone shipments remained above 300 million units in Q3’14, having reached that point in Q2. According to IDC, new releases and an increased emphasis on emerging markets were key. In total, vendors shipped …

iPhone 6 Orders Reach 50 Million

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Pegatron is expected to ship about 25 million iPhone 6 handsets before the end of 2014, say reports from Asia. A similar number is expected from Foxconn, putting overall iPhone 6 shipments at around …

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Chinese Production to Rise on Growing LTPS and Oxide Demand

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73% of all high-resolution LTPS and oxide-TFT LCD smartphone displays will be purchased by Apple and Chinese brands this year. NPD DisplaySearch says that the demand for these displays is boosting LTPS LCD capacity …

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