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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 …

More than 330 million 4K UHD TVs will be sold globally by the end of 2019

by Isaac Oburu

Newly released connected CE research from Parks Associates finds more than 330 million 4K UHD TVs will be sold globally by the end of 2019, an increase from two million in 2013. The report, …

Tags:TV Set Market| UltraHD & 4K| Worldwide

UltraHD TV Sales to Rise 16,400% in Six Years

by Tom Allen

Parks Associates predicts that more than 330 million UltraHD TVs will have been sold worldwide by the end of 2019 – an increase from 2 million in 2013. A new report by the firm …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 41| Worldwide

Semiconductor Sales See First Fall Since 2012

by Tom Allen

Due to weaknesses in ‘key’ electronics segments – including smartphones and PCs – worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to shrink 0.8% YoY in 2015. According to Gartner, the fall (to $337.8 billion) will be …

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

Dell and CDW Expand Partnership to Make All Dell Solutions Available in North America, Europe and Asia

by Isaac Oburu

Dell today announced an expansion of its channel partnership with CDW to include all Dell products and solutions in CDW’s catalog in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. CDW will assist customers with …

Tags:Dell| Distribution| Worldwide

Currency Values and High Inventory Push PCs Down

by Tom Allen

Worldwide PC shipments fell 7.7% YoY in Q3’15, Gartner’s preliminary PC results show. Desktop PCs continued to exhibit weakness, with declines in the high single digits, while mobile PCs (notebooks and premium ultramobiles) fell …

Pay-TV Subs Rise, Revenues to Stay Flat

by Tom Allen

Pay-TV subscribers across 89 countries will increase by 200 million between 2014 and 2020, says Digital TV Research. There were 704 million subscribers in 2014, and are forecast to be 904 million by 2020. …

Strategy Analytics: Automotive Navigation Market to Grow as Segment Shifts Focus to Autonomous Cars

by Tom Allen

The market for automotive navigation software, data, and location-based services is shifting as OEMs focus on bringing a mix of connected navigation experiences for drivers and using location data for ADAS and enabling self-driving …

Tags:Automotive| Market Data| Worldwide

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 39

by Tom Allen

Combining its Pro Tablet 608 (USB-C Makes HP Appearance) and Payment Jacket with Verifone’s e355 mobile point of sale (mPOS) terminal, HP has created the HP Pro Tablet Mobile Payment Solution. The addition of …

Gartner: IT Spending Will Fall in All Verticals

by Tom Allen

Variations in global currency exchange rates will mean that ‘all’ vertical industries will show negative growth in IT spending this year, according to Gartner. The firm predicts spending to reach $2.7 trillion: a 3.5% …

Thin Clients Will Return to Growth in 2016

by Tom Allen

Global thin and terminal client shipments fell 8.9% YoY in Q2’15, says IDC, continuing the downward trend seen in Q1 (Thin Client Shipments Suffer After Strong 2014). The market suffered from comparisons to a …